Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 121, 25 June 1941, Page 4

Local and General

County Accounts. Accounts totalling £3542 2s 2d were passed for payment at yesterday's meeting of the Whakatane County Council. ' Harbingers of Spring. Early varieties of narcissus arc coming into bloom in gardens oi the Whakatane district, a sure sign that spring is not far away. Golden daffodils will appear a bit later when spring is reeilly here. Otalciri Dance. In our last issue an advertisement appeared announcing that a Home Guard dance Avould be held at Awakeri Hail on July 1. This was incorrect the dance being arranged for the Otakiri Hall, when the funds 1 will be used to assist the Otakiri unit of the Home Guard. Definition of Britisher. j "The Nazis have got to learn how the average Britisher can 'take it'," said Mr F. W. Doidge speaking at Edgecumbe last Thursday. "The Britisher is like a pile being driven into the ground—the harden- you hit (iim the firmer he stands on its feet." Record Catch. What is confidently believed to be a record catch of hapuka for the Bay of Plenty was experienced by eight Waimana fishermen from the Pert Whakatane on Sunday. The launch anchored oft Whale Island and in two and a half hours fishing landed fif) hapuka, the largest fish being 701b,5: and a good average of weight btunfi maintained throughout. ! No Contribution. In addition to deferring an application for an immediate grant of £25 for the Home Guard, requests' for assistance from the Home Guard and the emergency precautions service amounting to £2724 were refused by the Gisborne Borough Council when adopting the estimates recently. The reason for the refusal was that it was considered it was a matter for the Government. Store Cattle Rates Increase. Increases up to £1 a head marked the values at the final cattle fair of the season held at the Matawhero yards, Gisborne, last week. Buyer's from the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Wairoa were* in full force, and their numbers were among the largest knoAvn at Matawhero. Their operations sent values 1 up to the hi ghost point of the season, and the sale gathered strength right up to lunch time. The cattle were mainly in splendid condition, and the yarding totalled about 3000, of which 1600 stores werei offered before lunch. No really heavy bullocks w 7 ere in the yards, but prices frequently touched £9 and: went up to £9 10s. A Way of Living. Farming is not only a way of making a living—it is a way of living— and when one; comes to consider the things which affect the farmer, one finds that they are not only the things: that affect the OKdinary individual citizen of the country, but they are also the things which affect most of the businesses' in the Dominion," snid the Dominion secretary of the Farmers' Union, Mr A. P. O'Shea, when addressing farmf ers in Hastings. "Transport, taxation, telephone facilities, country educational facilities, freezing questions, noxious weeds control, are all questions affecting the farmer, and although they are only a few of the things, the foregoing list demonstrates how wide are the interests of the farming community.'"