Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 28, 26 November 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Caledonian Dance To-night Dance lovers are reminded of tho final open night to be held by tho Whakatune Caledonian Society in the Caledonian Hall this evening Tho first dance commences at 8.30 p.m. sharp. A Lucky Winner To have won £500 in au Australian conducted sweepstake on the Melbourne Cup ra:'r, was the lucky experience of a well-known Whakatanean—Mrs J. D. Rivett. The news was apparently all over the town 'before the lucky tieketholder realised it herself and she was liteiallj staggered by the congratulations showered, on lien by enthusiastic friends The ticket entitles the. holder to £250 in cash and £250 in Australian War Bonds. Latest Licensing Figures The last available iigures on the recent licensing poll were presented at the Auckland conference of the New Zealand, Alliance by the secretary, Mr Li. E. l-'alkner. "With a few more votes to come, the secretary said, the. vote for continuance was 528,0-10, a decrease of 18,955 since 1938. Other figures were: State purchase and control 123.. 388.. an increase. of 27,207 votes; and National Prohibition 269,fi15, an increase of 6407. With a more complete organisation lie said, the- vote for abolition of the liquor traffic could have been greatly increased. Fires at Beach Carelessness on the part of picnic parties in the lighting of fires at beaches has been responsible for considerable damage, at times, and a party at Ohiwa during the week-, end came near to destroying a pohutukawa tree. The fire was lit atjainsl the. base of the trunk and did considerable damage, to the tree. Another party chose a large log as the spot to build a fire and when they left the beach the log was still smouldering. During the. night a breeze sprang up and fanned, the fire which spread among the driftwood for some distance along the beach.