Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 82, 24 July 1942, Page 4

Local and General

Art Union Success The fourth prize in the recently drawn "Black Cat" Art Union came fo Whakatane, the winner being ticket holder lollilo under the pseudonym "White Cat." The fourth prize money is £150. A further award in the £10 prize section went to "Happy Ending" Waimana, 79173. Farewell This Evening: The Dl.strict and Ladies Farewell Committees will make a formal presentation this evening at 5 p.m. in the Borough Council Chambers to Owen Brockett who leaves shortly for a South Island air station. The public is cordially invited to attend. Whitebait Season The whitebait season opened quietly on the Waikato River. Very few people ; tried their luck, and those who did were not well rewarded. A wholesale buyer who went down the river to purchase any whitebait offering got none. The heavy runs usually occur later in the season. Prislmaitic Compasses Wanted An advertisement in to-day's issue draws attention of the need for prismatic compasses lor use by the Rangitaiki and Whakatane Home Guard. Private owners of these instruments are asked to assist the Home Guard organisation by making them available for training purposes. Eyes Too Big For Its Throat A kingfisher was found in a Massuburb recently choked bj' a mouse. It had attempted to swallow the mouse, which was protruding from its bill, but it had mated. the capacity of its throat. Incidentally-, the incident goes to show that the diet of the kingfisher is well varied. Ferret Attacks Baby A seven months old baby, while lying in a pram on the verandah at its parents' home in Oamaru the other day, was attacked by a ferret. Severe wounds were inflicted on the baby's face by the ferret, which belonged to -another member of the family and had escaped from its cage. Guilty Aiid: Not Guilty "How do you plead, guilt} 7 or not guilty?" asked the clerk of the court in the Ghristehurch Magistrate's Court when a charge of fighting in a public place Avas about to come up for hearing. "I plead guilty to trying to stop the fight but not guilty to fighting," said the accused to an amused court. Freak Iceland l Poppy The season seems to have encouraged an abnormal number of freak flowers and an Iceland poppy grown by Mrs Roulston of Victoria Avenue Whakatane, bids fair to being one of the most original. The flower itself is dwarfed, but the calyx (original bud covers) have assumed amazing proportions and could easily be mistaken for leaves* Ration Book Trafficking "We are quite satisfied with the position. W r e do not suspect any trafficking in ration books, and not one case has been reported to us yet," stated rationing authorities, in Wellington when reports on trafficking in stolen ration books in Sydney were referred to them. They added that not many cases of lost or missing ration books had been recorded. The Wai-piro Again A. Maori, Temo Te Ruki, who returned to Ruatoki from Whakatane on the bus on, the 21st laslt became a nuisance as the result of meeting too manj r friends at Whakatane. and as the result he appeared before Messrs Moody and Hayward, J.P's at Tancatua charged with being drunk, using obscene language and casting offensive matter. He was fined £5 and costs. Eleven-Headed Marigold As though in response to the challenge from the Auckland turalist who produced the much commented upon four-headed marigold, Mr S. H. Tippett of Hillcrest has presented us with a flower having a super-structure of no less than eleven miniatures. The second crown springs from the calyx as in the Auckland freak bloom, and the whole head gives the . impression of neat bouquet of gold.

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