Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 127, Issue 127, 9 July 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Fashion Sale. Bridgers Limited's Fashion Sale is now proceding. Great reductions in fashion goods. We advise early; inspection. Advt. Price of Eggs. The price of eggs i,n Whakatane yesterday was 2s fid per dozen. It is anticipated that the price will fall to about 2s 3d shortly, as local supplies are improving. Child Injured. A native child 11. Raerine, ageel night years, Avas admitted to the local hospital having been kicked by a horse. The lad had sustained a compound dislocation of a toe. Trophies Displayed: On display in the window of the Home Guard Orderly Rooms are q number of the trophies to be competed for at the Military Gymkhana to be held on Saturday 26". These include many cups and a canteen of cutlery. Daily Hay RationFeeding out hay every morning is now "the order of the day"' on dairy farms in this district, and with most farming familieis feeling the effect of someone absent on war service the winter farm work is often more arduous than ever. Large reserves of hay arei to be seen everywhere, as; a result o 7 f good harvesting weather and much hard work last summer, so that Bay of Plenty dairy herds should be in good condition for the new milking season. Tempting Exhibits.. Anyone possessing a "sweet tooth" who entered the local court yesterday, was greeted with a tempting sight. On a table in the body of the court stood a large jai of chocolate aweets beside which were two bottles of lemonade—exhibits: a, b and c presumably in a charge of thetft which was remanded. Members of the Bar were confronted with these exhibits out the sitting, and on several occasions the Sergeant was asked to "pass the jar" around. However,, there was nothing doing, and the police even had a clieck-up when court rose, to make Sure no one had been "in" while their backs were turned. >