Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 34, 27 March 1942, Page 4

Local and General

No Cement Available Mr James Fletcher, Commissioner of Dcfence Construction, has stated that substitutes for concrete and brickwork "would have to be used in all E.P.S. construction work. The country's entire cement production would be required for projects that envisaged not only defence, but also offence. Magpie Trouble Again 'The assistance of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society was sought in a letter received from Mrs Neil Martin, Himitangi. Seven magpies in tin 1 ' vicinity of her home had pecked prize, pullets and attacked her son, and the son of a neighbour, and she had found it impossible to raise chicks owing to the magpies' attacks on them. Permission is to be sought for the society's ranger to destroy these outlaw magpies. Anzac Day in Whakatane Anzac Day will be observed as usual in Whakatane this year unless nnforseen circumstances prevent it. It will have this year, as it has liad since 1939 when Adolf Hitler unleashed liis dogs of war upon the world, a double significance. It will be a day to remember not only the men of the first Anzac Expeditionary Force who were killed in action but the young men Avhc: have given their lives 1 in the present conflict. "Nobody's Business" "I hope this w\ll be the forerunner of many of these young people entering not only the teaching profession but in every other walk of our civil life," said Mr G. A. Maddison at a recent meeting of the Hawke's Bay Education Board, when it "was reported that three Maori students had been selected for admission to training college to replace students called up for military service. It was pointed out by Mr W. Cuthbertson that there were many young Maori students who had an excellent education, but simply went back to the pa, and it was a, good thing if» they could be ta.Ven in hand and made useful citizens. "The trouble is that they have beer, 'nobody's: business,'" said Mr C. R. Sainsbury.