Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 58, 27 May 1942, Page 4

Local and General

No County Conference Due to the fact that 88 County Councils expressed the opinion that there should be no County Conference tliis year owing to war conditions and that only 18 favoured the fixture, the conference will not' he held. An Outsize in Apples Following the recent announcement of an apple grown in Auckland weighing lib 3oz, a local grower, Mr P. L. Bloxham of Edgecumrbe, exhibited to the 'Beacon' yesterday a monster weighing no less than 1.1 b 7oz. The apple was six inches across and was perfectly shaped. No More Sodium "We will have to try and cope with the ragwort problem without sodium in future," said Mr J. L. Burnett, chairman of the Whakatanc County Council, in his annual review. "I think however we can mar-age to keep it under control by cutting and hand burning. In any case we can only do our best under the circumstances." County Pine Grove Referring to the pinus plantation at Te Teko which had been made available to the Paper Mills, the chairman, of the County Council, Mr J. L. Burnett, stated that while he .had no figures ,available as yet, he understood that the plantation was now being intensively worked ami actual figures would 'be forthcoming later.