Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, 2 May 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Pig Council Meets. A report of the Pig Council"meeting held on Wednesday will appear in our next issue. * Local Popular Song. The National station 2ZB intends including in its "Diggers" session to-night, at B.i.i p.m. a rendering of the locally composed song "Sons of the Diggers." ■ Appreciation. Appreciation of the work of the: acerieitary (Mr D. V, Saunders) and also the assistance of Mr F. W. Lysaght (Borough elccirieal engineer) was expressed at the annual meeting of the Fire Board. Fire Alarm Extension. The fire alarm system in Whakatane is to be extended. Six call boxes are on hand, and other material and a committee is to invest! < gate the matter o,t selecting convenient. points and- forward recommendations to the next meeting of the Fire Board. Firemen in Army,. The number of members of the local Fire Brigade on overseas service is 11, one is in the! territorials, While Fireman Davies has joined the Air Force, and Fireman S. Dent wasi d,ue for overseas camp at the end of lasti month. Thus thirteen men of a total of seventeen, in the Brigade are serving. Seventeen-Poi»ter Stag*. An exceptionally good, trophy was o-btainedi by Mr Nick Cloory,, ol Whakatane, when he made a shooting expedition to Murupara last week-end. He was successful in dropping a stag Avliich turned oul to be a seventieen-pointer. Thf> weight of the, head Avas 451bs*. Fire Helmets. Recently the local Fire Brigade has received a consignment of helmets from England. The Brigade also last year purchased helmets from Palmerston North. The property of the Brigade has been Avell maintained but it has not been; possible under Avar conditions to obtain the normal hose) requirements during the year. Soldier M.P. A local friend has received a letter from Lieiut. A. G. Hultquist, M.P., from overseas and this Avas dated April 1. Lieut. Hultquis-t stated that he found! time to he very interested in the welfare of his electorate and, his thoughts were wrapped up in. his. friends,and ito a£arit s of pientv.

Officer Invalided. Captain C. F. Thomas,, of Whakatane, was among the 240 men who have arrived home invalided from the theatres of Avar. The boat berthed at Auckland on Tuesday. Plum Tree Blossoms. Many things are happening today to make this Avorld a topsyturvy one and. to depart from tha more serious errors, of those thinga human and otherwise., it is interesting to note the untimely action of a plum tree, in Whakatane' bursting i'ntO' blossom. Record for April. Mr H. Miuseutt reports that the rain,fall for April 1941 Avasi a record for its me'agre nature only .63in. being recorded l . The wettest April, occurred in 1938 Avhen no less than 10.18 inches fell. The total fall this, year is iioav 17.10 inches against 12.41 inches lor the same period last year. Edgecumbe Rainfall. A total of 1.12 inches of rain fell at Edigecumbe in April according to the observer, Mr AndreAV McLean. The heaviest fall \vas on April <5 Avliien the total Avas nearly made up Avith 1.14 inches!. So far this year 21.48 inches has been recorded as against 19.4 inches: for the fame term last year. In April of 1940 2.43 inches was -recorded. Still Flying. The National Savings flag still flies on the Whakatanei Post: Office signifying that, this toAvn hasi still the highest percent a gel of population contributing to> the National Savings Scheme, although it is likely if some more residents do not make haste to open accounts the honour will be awarded; another town. Whakatane has led in the Scheme for some ten Aveaks and at present about! 460 is tihe total o* persons contributing, to the fund. New Residential Areas. Every attention is being giA'en by the Fire Brigade Superintendent to the provision of Avater supplies for the Hillcrest and Heads residential areas, and he has schemes, deVised to serA r e those areas Avhen the work can be financed. Other houses far away from plugs in the Borough are under his notice and lie consider rs., according to his, annual report, these matters urgent. In vieAV of his report it Avas resolved "that the importance of attention to the reticulation of all residential areas within the Borough from the point of view of lire lighting be brought to the notice of the council, and that it be asked to make the necessary provisions, as early as possible"