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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 119, 20 June 1941, Page 5

"New Arrivals'" in Pig Pens. All is not quiet on the Bay of Plenty farming front. This month is seeing the arrival of numerous large families of piglets, which will be required to help "put awny" the large quantities of skim milk to be expected in August and later months. Although cold weather is the order of the day and night, both mother pigs and, their families can be expected to do well, thus ensuring a generous, supply of fat porkers and baconers towards Hie end of the year. Roitorua Blackout. By order of the electricity controller, lighting in Rotorua is to be restricted further from to-day with the prohibition of window lighting in shops, when the premises arc not open for business. Since the introduction of the. partial "black-out" mi Monday, shop windows have boon ! hc sole source of lighting in the business part of the town before vi p.m., and have alleviated the gloom under the shop verandahs later in Mic evening when the street lights have bcein switched on.