Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 77, 1 June 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Court Sitting To-day The June sitting of the Whakatane Magistrate's Court takes place to-day. Tln-rc is a fairly large list set down lor hearing. Broken Ribs Sustained While participating in Saturday's football match—the first in Whakatane for the new season, one of the local players, J. Gartshore, sustained a broken rib. His condition is satisfactory. Thornton Football Meeting An advertisement in to-day's issue* indicates that Thornton residents are moving towards the formation of a looa: football club with an eye towards active participation in the forthcoming competition. A meeting of rugby ehtusiasts Avill be held in the. Thornton Hall to that end tomorrow evening. Pig: Meal as Fertiliser At the meeting of the; Eastern Bay ol Plenty Primary Production Council it was stated that the attention of the Director had. been drawn to the misuse of meat meal as a lertiliser. He had been asked to take action to stop the practice, so that the total output is available for pig and poultry food. Offenders in this direction should take warning. Cost of Nurses' Home During a recent meeting of the Cook Hospital Board, it was reiported that Ministerial approval had been given for the. erection by the board of a IG-bed nurses' home at a cost of £2UOO. It is interesting to notice that the cost per nurse is five times less than the proposed nurses' home at the new Opotiki Hospital and shows a similar comparison with the Whakatane proposal. It is proposed to erect a nurses' home at Opotiki for 32 nurses at a cost of. £21,000. Loans on S.S. Certificates)

Investigations have been proceeding lor sonic time into allegations that ecrtain moneylenders in the Dominion and private financial agents had established a fairly lucrative business in making loans al Various rates of interest to social security beneficiaries who tenderer their certificates as security for the loans made. The Minister of Social Security (Mr Parry) said that under the law it was yiewed as s serious offence for any person, othei than . the bencficiary to- demand 01 take charge of a social security certificate. Scout Rally Meeting' A meeting of the joint committee responsible for the promotion of the highly successful Scout rally early last month, took place last evening Letters from the Commissioner, Mr C. F. Christian, were received warmly congratulating the commite on its work and: the signal success of the rally. The committee which combines both the Citizens and Scottish Troops will it is hoped be responsible for future. Scout-gath-erings in this, district and a tentative plan which was favourably received aimed at the promotion of another /ire side concert next spring. Delinquent Parents Should the parents of delinquent children be punished? Canon Davies, preaching at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, thought they should be. He had already referred to the. modern swing over to the other extreme of austere parental, or paternal austerity of. Victorian days; and he. had reminded, his hearers of the comments made by the courts today to the acuteness of the juvenile delinquency problem. "I am not fooliihg,* l explained the Canon, when he suggested that the parents of child delinquents should be brought before the courts and, if found guilty, punished by terms of imprisonment and even given a few strokes of the birch! Air Training Corps Ihe special window display in Mr F. M. Abbott's shop, the Strand directs attention to tli£ local movement to establish a branch of the Air Training Cadet Corps in Wha, katane. Application cards may be collected at the shop and it requires a group of 20 approved train, ces before recognition by the Air Force is forthcoming. There are already 37 applications to-hand, but many cards are stili out and require finality one way or the other. Cards should, be handed back to Mr Abbott as soon as possible once they have been filled in. It should be borne

in mind that in the event of the Corps being started in Whakatanc petrol licenses and travelling expenses will he made available for members living in. the country.