Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 152, 8 September 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Patriotic Effort. Waimana residents are fortunate in having in their community Mr and Mrs M. King, who, both being musicians, solve the problem when patriotic dances are held, never failing to give their services free for such events. . fThe Bay on the Air. To-night from IYA during the farming talks an address by Mr C. Taylor, late of Whakatane, and Fields Instructor at Rotorua, wfiT be heard his subject being "Maize Growing in the Bay of Plenty." State Houses. The eleven Stat© Houses being built in Salonika Street are rapidly rfearing completion, four having , been tiled while the men are engaged on the others. The further sixteen dwellings which are to be constructed in Crete Street will shortly be commenced the timber having been delivered on the job. The Egg 1 Market. All supplies of eggs reaching local shops are being rapidjv disposed of, the preserving season being at hand. Likewise• there is a brisk trade in preserving requisites. Eggs are at present selling at 1/6 per dozen and it is anticipated that this will be the basic pricc for the season. With the production at its height producers are putting eggs down themselves, while the price is cheap, and instead of supplying the tradespeople, in many cases customers are being supplied with large quantities for preserving.

| Benefit Picture. I The local Red Cross Society is fortunate to have obtained the film "My Love Came Bpck" for the benefit screening night on Wednesday 17. This production is the latest first class comedy to be released in the Dominion and is anticipated to create box office records. Its newness is responsible for people not having noticed it receiving much publicity and for it having not been before many reviewers. The theatre plan is rapidly filling following the sale of tickets on Friday. Busy Stock Market. Sales which will interest farmers of the Plains Avill this month be offering close on three thousand head of cattle according to advertisements appearing in our last issue. To-day the Loan and Mercantile will offer at the local yards 1200 head. To-morrow the attraction will be the Te Puke yards when the F.A.C. will pen 100 cattle together with 150 pigs. The Tauranga Bull Sale of the. Loan and Mercantile will be next in order when on the 12th 93 pedigree Jerseys should interest many and this will be followed on September 18 by the Te Puke Cattle Fair of the same firm at which 900 head are scheduled to change hands. The Cattle Fair of the F.A.C. at Te Puke will eventuate on the following Tuesday with 300 head of station bred cattle offering, and to conclude the month's activities the Whakatane A. and P. Showgrounds will be - the scene of the sale organised by the South Bay of Plenty Jersey Cattle Breeders Club, at which 270 head, incluiing 135 pedigree bulls will be on the market.

Earthquake Shock. A sharp earthquake shock was felt in Whakatane at about 12.30 a.m. on Saturday. Although not of sufficient intensity to cause damage the movement was sufficiently pronounced to rattle contents of houses and create some uneasiness. Native Ducks and This being the mating and nesting season fox native water fow) (and not the shooting season) these birds are now a fairly common sight to people living near streams and watercourses in the Whakatane County. Native ducks and pukekos, which were rotable for their absence in May and June, are now often noticed in secluded parts of the Rangitaiki Plains.