Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 309, 23 May 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Power Interruption. The Borough electrical engineer advises in this issue that electric power will be cut off in the Borough on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Borough Council. The monthly meeting of the Whakatane Borough Council is to be held on Monday next. This will be the first meeting since the election and the nine unopposed members who take their seats will include seven of the last council. In the place of Messrs G. Otley and A* Hal], Messrs T. J. Gummings and J. Creelce will take their seats as councillors.

Nails as Farewell Gift. When Professor C. B. Ross left Tokyo for Australia recently he was presented with u handful of nails as a farewell gift. He considered it a "handsome" gift because nailst were almost unobtainable in Japan. He had no nails to hammer down his cases, and lii& Japanese friends rallied round, some giving one rusty nail, others two or three. Professor Ross, who was professor of English at Miito High School, near Tokyo, said foodstuffs in Japan were severely rationed. The rice ration was not enough to keep a hard-working man in good health. Sugar, all types of beans, leather and petrol were scarce. Potatoes were almost unobtainable, because they were used in making power alcohol.

Airforce Trainee. Notice has been received t.hat A. E. W. Bradmore, of Whakatane, has been successful in passing his preliminary educational examina.tion for the R.N.Z.A.F. National Party. A meeting oi the Otakiri branch of the National Party is. to be held on Tuesday next when it is hoped that all members will be in attendance. Minister to Open Show. Arrangements have now been completed for the forthcoming Winter Show to be opened by the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. J. G. Barclay, on Wednesday June 4, at 2 p.m Far-distant Entries. j It is interesting to note that the first group of entries for the shed exhibits in the Winter Show include some knitting work from an old lady, aged 70 years, who is at present living in Ghristchurch. Citrus Brown Rot. In order to prevent citrus brown rot, which was prevalent in som'e, districts last year, immediate spray-'; ing, repeated in July, is recommended. The Government orchard instructor, Mr J. D. Kennedy, stated in Gisborne last week that the Bordeaux spray used for the purpose would check the disease. The jmixture was 31b of bluestone, 4lb of hydrated lime, and 50 gallons _ of water. If growers did not spray, Mr Kennedy said, there might be a recurrence of last year's outbreak, when buds were destroyed and a certain amount of the wood burnt back. The outbreak was so severe that many people feared that an outbreak of citrus canker had occurred. Professional Soldier Speaks. "I was able to recompense myself for some of the bullet wounds I received in Spain." said a New Zealand gunner who returned from the Middle Elast last week.' This man, who also served in the last war, was injured by flying fragments and was the only survivor when a motor truck was blown up during his last campaign. He served for seven months in Libya with the 34th AntiTank Battery arid took part in border fighting in -which small units were constantly engaging patrols and transports along routes that were for the most part uncharted. Until he was wounded he had been fighting since August in 1936, when he joined the Spanish Republican Army and became a lieutenant in charge of anti-aviation and antitank combat groups. He was mentioned in dispatches and was wounded on the Ebro front in 1938.