Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 46, 9 February 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Motion of Sympathy Members of the Harbour Board at last Friday's meeting stood in. silencc at. the chairman's invitation as a motion of sympathy to the widow of the late Captain Wheelock, for many years the Board's harbourmaster. Craft on the River Under the E.P.S. 'denial' of resources scheme,' a list of boats and launches in the port of Whakatane lias been compiled and reveals: that there are no less than 45 craft between the Heads and the Whakatane River bridge. Air Forces Rescue Work The. (Whakaitane Harbour Board ha/ dec&led to make its launch the Port Whakatane available for Air Force rescue work, and arrangements have also been' made to augment this service if necessary by the inclusion of the privately owned launch Muriwai, Parking Area in Borough' The suggestion that ithe area at the Strand weiSt reclamation should be utilised by the Borough Council as a parking area until the Board had further use for such ground was agreed to by the Whakatane Harbour Board at its meeting last Friday. Eclipses in 1943 During 1943 there will be four eclipses, two of the sun and two of the moon. The total eclipse 1 of the moon this month will "be invisible in New Zealand. The annular eclipse of the sun in August, and the partial eclipse of the moon, also in August, will be partly visible in this area. Rehabilitation Chairman Advice has been received by Mr W. Sullivan, M.P., Bay of Plenty, from the Minister of Rehabilitaton, >the Hon. R. Semple 1 , that the chairman of the Rehabilitation. Board. Mr W. Moohan, will' pay -a visit to the Bay of Plenty electorate some time this month. Mr Sullivan has no details of the proposed visit yet, but Mr Sullivan advises that he wishes Mr Moohan to particularly Gis'borne Chamber of Commerce Brother Bowlers Gesture One of those pleasing incidents which serve to make us all kin, occurred over the week-end, when some twenty members of the local bowling fraternity visited, the section owned by one of their members who is incapacitated—Mr Jim Healy, and dug. and bagged his quarter acre of potatoes. While lauding the incident as one of generous thoughtfulness we feel that, the moral won't be lost on those who still have potatoes to dig. Solution ■ —join the Bowling Club. • Te Teko-Murupara Road Writing the 'Whakatane County Council the Whakatane Paper Mills advised that the road between the Paper Mills northern boundary and the main camp at Matahina had now been widened as requested by the Council. Further work would be done toi the hill on the Mill side of the Waihou Crossing when the machinery was available. The Council was asked to remit, the £100 as agreed on, if the work was satisfactory. After a brief, discussion it was agreed that £100 account be

paid. Taneatua-Gisborne Good's Service At the monthly meeting of the Gisborne Chamrber of Commerce reference was made to the large amount of trouble taken by the Railway Department ito meet the wishes of Gisborne businessmen in maintaining the Auckland goods service. via Taneatua. I/t was explained that the Railway Department had instituted a very useful tri-iweekly service, oil favourable terms as to frieght and was prepared to give iit a trial for three months:. Alt busi-' nesS people were 1 urged to give the service their utmost support as its continuance depended entirely on the result of the three monthsh' trial.