Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 177, 7 November 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Maize Planting Maize planting has commenced in the Te Teko district, and according to officers of the Native Department at Whakatane large areas have already been sown. Patriotic Appe'al A campaign to raise £500,000 was launched by the Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council at a meeting on Tuesday night, presided over by tlie Mayor, Mr J. A- Allum. This will be known as the All Patriotic Purposes Appeal, and its term, will extend over a period of 14 months as from Saturday last, November 1, to December 31, 1942.

E.P.S. Badges Members of the Whakatane Coun, ty Emergency Precautions Scheme Organisation are now to be recognised by a circular red and white coat lapel badge. "Baked'' Homework. The need for the utmost accuracy on the part of schoolboys in ancient . Babylon when doing their homework was mentioned by Mr E. M. Blaiklock in an address at a luncheon given by the Auckland Grammar School Old Boys' Association. Once the work was done, there would be no changing it, as the clay slab would probably be put in the oven to bake hard for the morning. "We can imagine," said Mr Blaiklock, "a schoolboy trudging wearily to school with his sack of homework over his shoulders!"

Cricket I>raw The matches to be played in the Whakatane Cricket competition, at the week-end are as follows: Central v Taneatua at Central; Paroa v P. and T. at Whakatane. Respect for Late M.P. As a mark of respcct to the memory of the late Lieut. A. G. Hultquist, member of Parliament for the Bay of Plenty, the New Zealand Ensign was flown half-mast on the post office on Wednesday. Must Deliver the Goods '"Message boysi are more valuable than managers to-day.. Parcels must be delivered, and managers will not do that, and we cannot get enough message boys to do* it either," said an appellant before the Christchurch Man-power Committee in appeals for two youths who had voluntered for the Air Force. The appellant said it seemed ridiculous to say that youths were essential when they had been with the firm only about 18 months, but there were no boys offering for employment at the present time. The committee allowed him to retain the services of one boy who was showing particular promise in the operation of a complicated machine. Australian Girls Criticised "Ii haven't seen a pretty Australian girl yet," said the White Ranee of Sarawak, when visiting New Zealand. "I 1 think it's hard luck on those nice Australian men. I thought I Avasi going to be sort of flattened out by the girls there —I was, too, but not in the way I expected. There's something wrong with Australian girls. Their faces are hard, and I guess they must be hard. One of the first things I read in the pap. ers were their complaints about the shortage of silk stockings. Threequarters of the world is starving to-day, and Australian girls want to waste their money on stockings and hats! What's wrong with their legs? Are they ashamed to show them in public?" Locally Built Farm Trailer A strong four-wheel trailer wh'.ch is likely to be of great assistance to farmers who by reason of the change over to cheese are forced to carry heavy loads long distances has been completed by Mr Fred Worrall, of Commerce Street. -The vehicle has a capacity for twenty large milk cans and was made for a farmer living eight miles from the cheese factory, who runs two large herds. It Is constructed on a heavy motor un-deri-gear and fitted with hand and vacuum brakes, controlled from the drivers seat. It is also easily conyertable from a tow waggon into a norse waggon by merely replacing the towing-hitch with a pole and bars for horses. Another feature is a full lock for easy manoeuvring. Further particulars for those interested may be learnt by ringing Mr Worrall personally No. 261. Advt.