Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 171, 22 October 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Accident With Saw. Mr Taw hi Tu received severe lacerations to the last three fingers of his right hand, when operating s circular saw this week. At the local hospital half the little linger was amputated. Boy Scalded. Kelvin Murphy, aged 11 years, of Wainui, is an inmate of the local hospital suffering from burns, which resulted when he spilt boiling water into a gumboot which he was wearing. His condition is satisfactory. A Spare Coupon —No! The coupon seekers are on the rounds —even more than usual. With next Monday being Labour Day and the long week-end offering many motorists are keen to make trips to other centres and are finding tlieir petrol allowance very inadequate. Detention Camps. The Minister of National Service, the Hon. R. Semple, has announced that considerable progress had been made in the construction of detention camps for military defaulters. I The first areas selected were at Strathmore, 30 miles south of Rotorua, and Hautu, some distance south of Taupo. Labour Problem: A remit from the Northern King Country dealing with the shortage of labour on farms was considered at last Executive meeting of the Auckland Farmers' Union. The remit suggested that "owing to the scattered nature of farms in this district good use could be made of the system employed by the County Council for combating ragwort, by using gangs of men for contract work on the farms. The remit was approved. Home' Guard Promotions. Appointments as battalion com. mantlers in the Home Guard in the Northern Military District have been confirmed by the Army Department. The commanders, who each carry the rank of temporary major, are as follows: Group No. 2A—Majors W. L. Fulljames (Taupo), S. N. Chatfield (Opotiki), J. Mitchell (Tauranga), R. G. Anderson (Galatea), G. F. Pott (Rotorua), F. Cook (Te Puke), I. B. Gow (Rangitaiki), C. R. Wilson (Whakatane).