Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 7, 21 September 1942, Page 4

Local and General

Slipped Badly! What a misplaced little space did. A newspaper, reporting a church service, said that "the congregation was filtering in," but the linotype operator failed, the proof-reader quailed, and the editor was nearly gaoled when it appeared as "thej congregation was filterin gin." 1 i • ' Wheat and Oats Threshed The results of threshing operations'carricd out in the Dominion j during the months of January-June, 1942, according to returns received from threshing-mill operators to do show that 216,891 acres of wheat threshed returned a total yield of 7.357,486 bushels, the average yield per acre being 33.92 bushels; 52,226 acres of oats threshed produced 2,570,870 bushels, the average yield being 49.23 bushels.

Scouts Increase Membership The 34.th annual report of the Boy Scouts Association (New' Zealand Branch), gives the following figures revealed in the membership census lor 1942: Cubs, 6625; Scouts, 9470); Sea Scouts, 540; Air Scouts, 18; Scouters, 1023; Rover Scouts, 197; Commissioners, 76; total 17,958, an increase for the year of 2489. Over 700 other members of the move- ' men t are serving in the armed ! forces. I Keeping of Bees The first application for a license to 'keep bees under a by-law recently adopted by the Christchurch City Council was considered by the bylaws committee last week. The committee declined to issue a license on the grounds that the hives were situated. in a thickly-populated area. Authority for the City Council to control the keeping of bees was given by the amendment to the Municipal Corporations Act in 1938.

Bright Sunny Week-end l There was a welcome touch, of spring about the weather over the week-end when Whakataneans patron iseel the Heads Beach and Ohope in greater numbers than hitherto this year. Several of the hardier breed were to be seen swimming.

Maximum Restaurant Charges Some time ago the maximum price for a restaurant meal in Britain was fixed at 5s and certain establishments with high overheads were permitted to mallie an additional charge of not more than 7s (>d. Now Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, has decided that this extra charge shall not exceed 3s 6d for luncheon and 6s for dinners.

An unreliable Hand l A smile 1 went round the crowded courtroom last Wednesday during the sitting of the Overseas Appeal Board, when one appellant during the recitation of the difficulties he experienced in obtaining sufficient labour to milk his herd, declared that his only assistant was a Maori who could not be depended on,, as he was frequently away for a full week or more on a drinking bout. Wild 1 Pig Destruction I

With reference to rides for th< .303 ammunition, the Army Depart ment is prepared to consider tin supply of rifles in certain cases o the taking of alternative action t< meet the cases put to the Minister The farmers concerned, are advise* to make initial application to thei local police station, stating in sucl applications the reasons why the: require the firearms concerned. Plague of Rabbits Australia is threatened with « plague of rabbits, in spite of tin high prices offered, for furs urgent ly need for military hat-making The main reason is said to be tlial many expert trappers are in th< Army, so that the rabbits are breeding without interference. In Soutl Australia rabbits are reported to be consuming valuable fodder on an alarming scale. Civilian Enternees at' Singapore We have been notified "by the local branch: of the Red Cross Society thiat they are holding 1 a further list of civilian and other internees who were captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore. The lists which were received from the Malayan Government agency in Australia contain some 500 n>ames and 1 will be open for inspection by persons interested at the local Red Cross Shop? Whiakatane Hotel Buildings, the Strand.

Medical Corps Congratulated At the complimentary gathering tendered Gpl S. Armstrong by his fellow members of the Home Guard Medical Corps, Major Otley who was one of the guests took itlie opportunity of congratulating the unit on the keenness and. enthusiasm of its members. "There has been a splendid spirit shown, he said, and in the .matter of parades and standard of. the work achieved by the individual members I consider that you have everything to be proud of." 600 Milking' Plants Changed It was mentioned by Mr C. J. Parlane, general manager of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, at the annual meeting in Hamilton that the commachinery department had been of great assistance to suppliers who had been required to change over from butter to cheese and back again to butter. Members of the staff, by long hours of work, had made the necessary plant ad jus t- [ ments in over 600 milking sheds.