Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 57, 19 March 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Firm Fined £20 For selling a cycle bracket cap at a price exceeding the standard, Electric Batteries, Ltd., Hastings, were fined £20 in the Magistrate's Court la Napier. Use of Dried Eggs Dried eggs, imported from Australia may be put on the New Zealand market this winter, stated an officer of the Internal Marketing Division. Some samples were distributed last year and they met with a good reception. One part of dried egg powder to three parts of "water will give a mixture which is said to be suitable for all ordinary culinary purposes.

Hospitable New Zealanders Of New Zealand, Joe. E. Brown, the American lilm comedian, who is entertaining servicemen in the Dominion, has this to say: "Never anywhere have I met a more, hospitable and gracious people. My visit has been the most delightful experience one could imagine." Their Destination "In spite of all the reports from the BBC that the Japanese convoy in the Bismack Sea was annihilated, we can assure our listeners on the soundest authority th{it the whole of the convoy safely reached its destination" Rome radio as heard from Ohopc last. Tuesday evening. The meaning of the word destination may of course be applied in the widest sense.

Fruit More Plentiful Local orchardists report that pip fruit this season will be. plentiful throughout the Eastern Bay. Apples in particular are prolific and well formed. Release of News "I would take the people of New Zealand more into my confidence, because New Zealandevs can 'take it.' They want to be. told;, they should be told; and I believe it would make f.pr the betterment of the morale of the workers if that could be done.'' said Leading Aircraftsman A. F. Moneur (Government, Rotorua) during the Address-in-Reply debate in the House of Representatives. Motorists and Straying Stock Motorists who recently made, the trip to Galatea at night ■complain of the large number of stock roaming at large on the roads. Horses and cattle were present in considerable numbers on the Waiohou section of the road and this danger, combined with the heavy fog which covered the road for miles made travelling most precarious. In the words of one driver it was a milaclc that no accidents occurred.

Domestic Helfp An assurance that local manpower officers avoulc! arrange for necessary j help to be made available "in cases j where sickness or the care of children made it difficult for a mother to maintain her home was sought by Mrs Dreaver (Government, Waij temata) in a notice of question in l the House. She said cases had arisen where wives of men who had left | for overseas service had been confined without assistance being made available to care for their young ! families. Health Stamps The issue of a new triangu'ar design of health stamps for next year was announced by the Minister of Health, Mr Nordmeycr, at a meeting of the. Dominion Advisory Board of the New Zealand Federation of Health Gamp. With the permission of His Majesty the central features of the stamps ..in the 2d plus Id. denomination are a photograph of Princess Elizabeth, and in the Id plus d denomination one of Princess Margaret Rose. The colours are to be brown and green respectively. Results from 'Beacon' Ads. Though we arc not in the habit of boosting our own powers as an advertising medium we have lately liad so much tangible proof of the good results of small advertisements that. we. feel we should have no qualms in detailing at least one of them. This 'concerned a small casual advertisement for milk-shake mixers, identical with a similar advertisement. from the same advertiser which had been inserted in a large metropolitan daily. The advertisement in the larger paper brought no replies, while the local advertisement brought three. Rattling Tomatoes When a case of tomatoes is opened at the public markets to disclose the quality of the line being sold it is a common sight to sec Chinese buyers take up a tomato and shake it, states the Dominion. By this means they can tell whether the fruit is of the "cored'' variety or is good red fles.li throughout. Some tomatoes develop a strong core right through the centre. When this is the case, the expert buyers can, by shaking them, feel, and sometimes hear, the core hitting the inner side of the i fruit. This does not mean that the 1 fruit is not edible; it merely shows the variety being offered, the fullfleshed being generally preferred.