Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 3, 11 September 1942, Page 4

Local and General

Soldiers Honoured This Evening" Citizens are invited to attend a gathering in the Borough Council Chambers this evening in honour of live local soldiers. Newspaper Changes Hands Messrs 11. Q. Pearee and L. W. R. Lovell have disposed of their interests in the Te Puke Times,, which has been taken over by Mr P. Basham. The Times was established in UH 2, Dairy Chairman's Report The full context of Mr W. A. McCraeken's annual report to the meeting of shareholders of the Rangituiki Dairy Company which took place at Edgecumbe last Wednesday appears on page 3. Edgecumbe Cricket This coming week-end September 13th at the Central Cricket Club ground Edgecumbe single men will play the married men. All those who are interested are requested to be at the ground at 1.30. Maize Plucking Machines At a meeting of the Gisborne Primary Production Council held in the Cook County County Chambers last week, advice was received from the Department of Agriculture, in reply to a request from Gisborne to permit the entry of maize plucking machines because of the shortage of labour, stating that some machines were on order from the United States and were expected in New Zealand before the next picking season. A maize-picking machine was used in the Gisborne district about the year 1910 but was then not considered a success. This machine required six horses to pull it through the maize. The machine was of little use in maize that had been blown out and even where the maize was upright the paddock had to be gone over and stray cobs plucked by hand. The cobs were carried by elevator to drays which then carted the cobs to the crib. With larger 1 tyres and the use of a tractor, the latest models should be able to pluck a big area in one day.