Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 40, 19 January 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Tame Penguin at Heads Ail injured, penguin which came ashore after the recent heavy seas at the Heads was befriended by a family resident there and became so attached to its surroundings that even when placed, on the beach again it refused to leave. For several days it remained the pet of the, visitors and apparently quite at ; horns in their company.

Geological Survey An officer from the Industrial Research Department, is at present visiting the Bay of Plenty for thepurpose of making a complete survey of the coastal areas. It is. understood that careful attention is being paid to the volcanic and structural nature of the Eastern Bay with a view to defining still more closely the. well-known but little comprehended; line-of-fault. Whale, and possibly White Islands will be visited.

Saturday's Auction Sale Attention is drawn to an important auction sale in Cannings Mart on Saturday, details of which are advertised, in to-day's issue. Court Sitting To-day The first. Magistrate's Court sitting in Whakatane for the. New Year takes place to-day, at 10s a.m. before Mr E. L. Walton, S.M. Cadets Training Course The following cadets from Whakatane entrained on Saturday for Papakura where they will undergo a fortnight's course of N.G.O. special training: Sgt G. West., Spl J. Head. Cpl G. Brabant, L/C pi G. Torrie. Minister's Forthcoming' Visit Word! has been received) by Mr W. Sullivan, M,P., that Hon. II .G. R. Mason, will be visiting this .district next week-end. He is due to arrive in Te Kahia and will be visiting the coastal area. He will arrive in Ruatoki on Sundlay next in> time for the special Home Guard parade. Cases of Food Poisoning A number of eases of food poisoning and kindred complaints, have been reported locally within the past few weeks. These, complaints are aggravated by the unusually humid weather conditions now prevailing and Avhich make it doubly imperative on housewives to see to it that the. utmost care is taken in the serving of all foods especially those of a perishable type. Some Heavy Rainfallis Government meteorological observations for November, published in the Gazette, show interesting variations in the New Zealand climate. Milford Sound had. the heaviest rainfall for the month with 38.87 inches followed by Jackson's Bay with 30.61 inches. At the other extreme were Ophir with 0.54 in., Hastings with 0.87 in. and Napier with 0.92 in. The heaviest fall for one day wac! at Milford Sound with 9.51 inches, closely followed, by Jackson's. Bay with 8.16 inches. Invercargill led for number of wet days, rain being recorded, on 20 days. Napier easily head the list for hours of bright sunshine with 260.5. Other good records were Auckland with 219.4 hours. Tauranga 209.3 hours, Nelson 214 hours, Lake Tekapcj 205.9 hours and Gisborne 219.2 hours.