Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 32, 10 December 1943, Page 4

Local and General

Apaiiui Ladies Turn On Tuesday next, December 14th the Heel CrOss and Patriotic Shop pn. the Strand will be run by the Apanui ladies, Donations will be appreciated. Boys Bund To-night Fii connection, with the St. John Ambulance appeal campaign which opens to-day the Wliakatane Boys Hand will parade and play in the. Square between 7 and <S p.m. this evening. Attempted Suicide

In the Whakatane Court last. Tues. day a young woman whose name was was ordered to be. suppressed was eonvk'tcd and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months., on a charge of having attempted suicide on November 2nd las-ti

New Library Books

At the monthly meeting o£ the Library Committee the above books were .selected: 11.M.5. Wideawake, Lt- Com. Ceo. Stitt; Rainbow,, Wass. Wanda; The Trumpet in the Duet. C. Holme; Danger Zone, ,F. M. Walsh; A Stranger Beckoned, E. Margeston; 1 Ordered a Table for Six. Noel Streatfield; Parents Have No Fun. F. E. Bailey; Topers End. G. H. D. and M. Cole; Footstep's of Death,, Victor Cunn; Concord in

Jeopardy. Doris Leslie; David and Anna, Robt. Paj-ne.

Not Enough Population

New Zealand's- population of 1..5(10,000 was not enough, said Co'.onel Robert T. YVillkie chairman, of the United States Joint Purchasing Board in New Zealand, and a brother of Mr Wendell Willkie, in an address at Feilding. With the teeming millions as Asia not very Jar awav,, wanting room to expand. New Zealand was in great danger. "America is a cosmopolitan country" lie said, "and New Zealand, can do no harm in becoming the same. You arc proud of your 98 per cent, of British unccstry ,but is this going to prevent this, country from being overrun by the Asiatics?''

Drowned in Mata River

A Maori boy, Tuta Nihoniho Hacreroa, aged nine, was drowned in the Mata River at Waitakaro a few days ago. The boy went with two other boys l'rom the School to> the river for a swim. Norte of the boys was a good swimmer and the part of the river where they went in was Bft deep. Haereroa got into difficulties and his two friends were unable to get him out. Later his father was summoned and found the boy after he had been about one and a quarter hours in the river. Artificial respiration was applied, but. without .success. The verdict at the inquest held in Ruatoria before Mr W. H. O. Johnston and a jury of four was that death was due to accidental drowning.

A Remarkable Record Mr Fred Burt, of Matata, who entered the Whakatane County Council as riding' member for Matata in 1900 hais jusit completed his 44th year of service. This we feel must be a Dominion record. In hisi time of service he has seen no less than sixty-two County Councillors in office. The late Mr Walter Reid, he avers had 35 years to- his credit when he died, and in him l , Mr Burt declares was the ideal county chairman. Mr Burt who has a remarkable record of athletic experience behind him, still plays cricket and 1 has represented Matata for well over half a century. Hist scrapbook of newspaper clippings dates back to the eighties and' the nineties and is weii worthy of inspection. As he recently informed' a Beacon representative he wouldn't part with it for £500.

Sex Education in Schools Aj British Board of Education pamphlet entitled "Sex Education in Schools and Youth Organisations" advises parents to answer children's questions; simply and sensibly from the earliest age. It says:—"Questions about sex and reproduction should be treated like any other questions, thus avoiding the creation of false mystery. Too many young people are ill-informed on the facts of sex and ill-advised regarding their social implications. Many parents are reluctant to inform their children. Other parents: l'eel the. need for guidance on liow to deal with the problem. There is a growing conviction among teachers: that schools must undertake the task."