Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 60, 30 March 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Fifteen Tons of Paper The waste paper drive in Gisborne on Saturday last, resulted, in 15 tons of paper being secured for despatch to paper mills in New Zealand lor reprocessing. Since December, 38 tons of waste paper have been sent to New Zealand mills. Accident at Paper Mills Mr A. McLean an employee oT the Whakatane Paper Mills was struck on the head, on Thursday in the course of his duties when a piece of "wood from the ceiling fell ami rendered him unconscious. He was removed to the Whakatane hospital where his condition this morning was satisfactory. Second 1 Waste Paper Collection The second drive for A\*nstc paper under the auspices of the Whaka-' tane Waste. Paper Committee will take place on Saturday next when Zone 2 will be covered. This area takes in the main part of Domain Road (from McAlistcr Street to Cadman's corner) Haig and Russell Streets, Lovelock Street, Soutars Avenue, all East side of King Street, Goulstone Road, Crete Street, Ansae Avenue, Douglas Street, Salonika Street, Valley Road and Alexander Avenue. Once again householders are asked to assist bv having their waste paper ready for the collectors. Bobby Calf Pool Meeting As advertised elsewhere in this issue the annual meeting of suppliers to the Rangitaiki Plains Bobby Calf IPool will be keld at Edgecumbe to-morrow evening. The New Zealand Pig Marketing Association having handled the Pool calves for some years; past Avill be represented by Mr Norman Hastings who will explain the methods', of dealing .with 'and disposal of products as well as the various features of control by the industry. Under Government decree the existing committee continues, in office. It is hoped that suppliers desiring information regarding the pool will make a poiht of being present Six Sons at War Fcav families will be able to touch the record established by that of Mr and Mrs W. Rae of Oh ope whose six sons liaA'e all seen sennce abroad in the New Zealand military forces. The recent death in action of Gunner C. R. Rae, brings, this remarkable record forcibly to mind and Ave join in the hope that another son Gnr Walter L. Rae who has been posted as missing for eighteen months may yet shoAV up as a prisoner of Avar. The other sons on service are Ptes Wm. Western Rae (South Pacific), Arnold Rae (Middle East), Ronald Rae (South Pacific), Charlie Rae (South Pacific). The Rae. brothers who arc casualty cases both left with the Third Echelon. Rabbits in the Bay Reporting to the recent meeting of the East Coast Rabbit Board, Mi H. A. Burgess, stationed at Whakatane, reported, conditions much improved, and said that some parta of the country on the westernJjoun.daries were the cleanest he had seen them and he was quite satisfied that rabbits were not percolating to Ngatapa, although at one' timo he feared, that that might happen. Noijth.- of the mouth of the Rangitaiki River, hoAvever,, there were more signs than he had seen for years, AAiiile a month previously there were no signs of rabbits' at all. A rabbit .was reported crossing the Te Teko bridge in front of a car. He believed this rabbit had since been killed. Two rabbits were killed this month in a heap of debris: near a house at AAvakeri.