Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 50, 23 February 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Appeal Board 1 Sitting' A sitting of the Armed Forces. Appeal Board (Paeroa area) will tal><* place in Whakatane on Wednesday next. It is expected that it will continue over two days. Edgecumbe Rainfall In the last issue of the Beacon it was stated that the total rainfall recorded at Edgecumbe for the month to date was 5.07 inches. This was incorrect and should have read since the beginning of the year. Easter Scout Rally Details of arrangements and prospective programme of the District Scout Rally to be held in this centre hcxt Easter will be discussed at a special meeting of the Citizens Scout Committee to-morrow evening. Show Members Charged We have been asked to state that owing to a misunderstanding last Saturday several members o| the A. and P. Association were charged admittance, to the gymkhana grounds. Those who were so charged may obtain a refund to that extent upon application to the secretary, Mr GR. Ivent. Preventing "Ladders" Make new silk stockings ladderless by washing them in methylated spirits before wearing them. Hang to dry in the usual way but peg by the seam under the heel (the. strongest part of a stocking). The; smell of the spirit, soon evaporates and the stockings can be worn without further washing. Stockings treated thus will wear into holes at toes and, heels, but will not ladder. Sharp Earthquake Shock A sharp earthquake jolt occurred in this locality yesterday morning at approximately 4..45 a.m. The shake, was sufficiently strong enough to awaken numerous households and to dislodge small articles from shelves. There was no sign of the usual wave'-likc effect, nor was the quake accompanied by any rumbling, though several residents who burned the midnight oil declare that sounds like muffled explosions could be heard between 11 ami 12 p.m. on Sunday evening from general direction of the. sea. An Unpleasant Surprise This happened on a farm not many miles: from Whakatane. A farmer and his wife had been milking a large herd of cows alone, until re.cently when they managed to secure the help of a Maori boy. This boy was not. an early riser and the employer and his wife tired of waiting until 7 a.m. before the boy appeared in the milking shed, st> the wife one morning filled a bucket with cold water and opened the whare door and, said, "Now get up and dry your mattress" and threw the contents; of the bucket over boy and bed. Link With H.M.S. Calliope We have been loaned by Mr Patterson of Goulstone Road, two photographs of the opening of the. Calliope docks at Auckland in 1888, which portrays the gallant steam rigged battleship after which tho docks were named, nosing her way into the end berth. She is followed byi another smaller armed vessel. The whole atmosphere is Victorian and taken from a height, probably the sheer-legs which were diemantled ten years ago, commands a comprehensive view of the crowd of many hundreds. The ship is a three masted vessel with a single funnel and light side armament. She would scarcely stand a mild form of air attack to-day let alone a broadside or two, nevertheless she was considered a stout ship fifty years ago and her worth was proved at Apia harbour some six years later when in the face of a Pacific hurricane of unparalleled violence she alone steamed out to the open sea, passing German and American warships in the process:. The fact that gave New Zealand singular pride in her performance was that she was bunkered with Westport coal at the time.