Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 1, 7 September 1942, Page 4

Local and General

Battledress for Army Women

Battledress is to be issued to mem- | bers of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps engaged on certain duties in the South Island. It will lie a working uniform only, ami with it the women will wear army boots specially made to their feet, sizes. Two pairs of boots will be issued to each woman. For "walking out the regular uniform of the W.A.A.C. will lie issued.,

Appreciation We have been asked by the Whakatane Ministers Association to express that organisation's thanks and appreciation to business and professional men for the manner in which they observed the Mayors request to close their premises for the period of the Praj'er Service, last Thursday.

Just Petty Cash "In the last war America spent 600 million dollars on aircraft, but in this war that is just petty cash," stated Lieutenant-Colonel C. Beard, in an address on America and the war effort to the Palmerston North Rotary C'lnb. He added that already a sum of between 30 billion and 40 billion dollars was contemplated in aircraft appropriations. A Trick of the Tradte An incident related by a Te Awamutu farmer proves that women, who have unhesitatingly come forward to lill the breach caused by men entering the forces, are not backward in learning and applying time-honoured "tricks of the trade." While going to town the farmer noticed a feminine counterpart feedl- - out hay from a wagon and twohorse team, a number of heifers following up behind. Only when the shrewd land girl entered a paddock near the farmhouse did the veteran "cookie" realise to his amusement that she was exploiting the old donkey and carrot trick. The last heifer passed through the gateway and in an instant, without effort, the driver clipped, to the ground from the top of the load of hay and closed the gate! "The Cheapest Army" A reference to the Home Guard as "the cheapest army in the world" was made at a function in honour of the Thorndon unit, which was taking a new place in the organisation. Recognition was shown of the manner in which the units of the Home Guard had carried out their tasks iii the face of difficulties, which, it was stated, were being reduced, and the value of the work and training which had been carried out was stressed. The fact that there would be an important role for the Home Guard in the event of an emergency was mentioned by an army official, who expressed - this confidence in the ability of the units to carry out the duties allotted them.