Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 55, 12 March 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Street Collection The question of allotting a suitable date for a street collection in the interests of the St. John Ambulance has been left, in the hands of the Mayor and Mr A. J. Canning to be announced later. Borough Watery Supply "Though we are. now pumping 24 hours a day \vc are not able to keep the reservoir filled/* said the Borough Engineer, Mr F. W. Lysaght, at the Borough Council meeting last Monday, "I don't think the householders are paying any attention to the restrictions on the use of water" he added, "land it only means a good fire to place us in a ve'ry setrious position.'" Mudflat Development On April 16, Mr R. Grierson who has at the instigation of. the Harbour Board, been engaged on a comprehensive plan for the reclamation and development of the mudflats at the rear of the Strand, will visit Whakatane and confcr with the Board and also members of the. Borough Council. Popular Bowler Farewelied At an informal gathering of brother bowlers; Mr R. Bath who for some time has been managing the AwakerL Store, and who has also been a prominent member of the Whakatane Bowling Club, was farewelled last Monday evening prior to his departure for Paeroa where he will take over the managership of the Farmers Trading Company's store. Complimentary references were made by Messrs W.i S. Hender-» son, W. Howat, R. F. Smith, J. Creeke, A. G. King, E. J. Bell, J. Gwynne and S. McLcod, who paid tribute to Mr Bath's sportsmanship and popularity. Mr Bath was the recipient of a combination pipe and tobacco pouch. «

Whakatane Public Library At the monthly meeting of the Library Committee the. above books were selected: Garden of Paradise, Stella Morton; The Body in the Library. A. Christie; Eskimo Pie, J. H. Curie;. Rover Harbour, T. Armstrong; Young Ames, W. Edmonds; Time ® Runs Out, Henry Taylor: The Eye of a Needle, J. Menzies-Wilson; Restless are the Sails, Evelyn Eaton. Objections to Farm Lands List, j Objections to the Borough urban . farm lands list for a new basis of f rating have been received by the. t Borough Council from the following _ residents in James Street: E. E. Hunt, > B. McMalion and Miss M. Crockett. ' The objections are mainly based on j the distance from town and the. ; meagre Borough facilities which reach the lespective holdings. Opotiki's Example i At the quarterly meeting of the „ Opotiki Patriotic Committee Mr L. . Clark, chairman of the Waste Mai terial Sub-commitec, stated that l}a ■ tons of waste rubber had been for- : warded from the town and several . bales of waste paper. Scrap metal , which had been collected realised £26. At the same meeting Mr Pipe, chairman of the. Hospitality Committee, reported that 1563 meals had been supplied, free to soldiers passing through the town. Clifton Road Sealing A further letter from Mrs J. Pearson urging the necessity of scaling Clifton Road was read at the BorCouncil meeting last Monday evening. The Council met the position later by adopting a recommendation of the Works Committee to the effect that providing materials can be procured, Clifton Road be sealed from the intersection with Waircre Street to the intersection with George Street,, and also that # the concrete footpath to the cemetery in Domain Road be continued to McGarvcy's Road.

James Street Parking The Borough* Council lias authorised the expenditure of £50 for the formation of parking facilities in James Street for the beneiit of peflji pie and organisations making use of the Caledonian Hall. Story of Guadalcanar Tit Avas a dark night on Guadalcanal- and the troops were digging "fox holes" to sleep in, relates an American Marine now in New Zealand. One American had a Japanese shovel captured some time before, ;i more .suitable shovel for the purpose than the American ones. Nearby was another soldier digging with a pick. They were tired and did not. talk to each other, but every now and. then one threw the shovel over to the. other, who -threw back the pick, and so on until the two fox holes were finished. On awakenr ing next morning the American discovered to his horror that his neighbour was "a Japanese. He did the decent thing and wake-ned the enemy before shooting him.