Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 42, 21 January 1944, Page 4

Local and General

iSJtock Sales on Page 8 The attention of farmers and other readers interested, is drawn to the fact that stock sales in to-day's issue appear on page 8. Rangitaiki Dairy Company j The attention of readers is di- g rected to an informative article on li page 8 dealing with the uniformly f high grading of butter which has t been manufactured by the Rangi- v taiki Plains Dairy Company during t the past six months. ii Accident Near Ohope 1: About 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday even- t ing a collision occurred between t two cars, one. witli trailer attached n driven by Mr W. H. Jones, of New i Plymouth, who was travelling to* j the beach and the other by Mr W. t G. C. Hurst,, of Ohope, -who- was re- > turning to town. The impact, was not ( a serious one though with cars were I damaged to a minor degree,, and it j took place a third of the way down ] the hill approach. < ] Possession of Firearm ' In the. Whakatane Magistrate's ] Court before Mr E. L. Walton* < S.M., last Tuesday Reginald Percival Rowse, of Otakiri, pleaded guilty • to having delivered a firearm to an , unauthorised person on October 24 last. He pleaded ignorance of the regulations, and. was' lined 10s and costs 255. In the same connection Robert William CauUield for having in his possession a firinarm without a permit for same was lined 10s and costs 255. Hose Restrictions 'T have caught three offenders so far for using their hoses to water their gardens," said the. Borough Inspector in the course of hi.s report to the. Borough Council last Mon« day evening. Councillors present commented on the fact that the practice was fairly widespread and needed careful watching. There, were still many Borough residents who claimed that they did not know there were any restrictions' on the use of water. * Leap Year \ This is the second Leap Year of the war.. Leap Year, as it is known to-day, began in the days of Julius Caesar, whose astronomers in 46 B.C. settled the solar year at 365 days six hours. For convenience the six hours were set aside and. at the end of every four years Averc added to February. Tradition lias, given women the right to do the. proposing during the 366 days of. Leap Year, but marriage statistics do not. indicate that the modern woman places a very high A r alue on that privilege. Heads Water Supply Reporting to the Borough Council on the recent instance of young children swimming in the emergency water supply at the Heads, Cr Creekc at. .last Monday's meeting of the Whakatane Borougli Council said that the residents would not hesitate to cut the supply off unless the Council provided a proper galvanised top to the pool. The. Mayor remarked that the residents had not the power to cut off the supply as the Council itself shared in the ease-* ment on the water, in its. capacity as a section holder. The matter was referred to the Works Committee. Debt Cases Judgment Avas entered for plaintiff in the following instances Avhich were heard before Mr E. L. Wall ton in the Whakatane Court last Tuesday: Wheelers Garage A r A. E. Mulligan, £9 4s Gdi, 38s costs,; Mayor and Councillors of Whakatane, v R. J. Toomey, £2 9s 6d, Dsi costs; Bridger.s Ltd. v R. J. Toomey., £4 7s 6d 24s 6d s costs; Pollock and Graham v S. Tawa, £6 12s 6d, 45® 6d costs; Pollock and Graham v Monti Kora, £11 lis lid, 61s costs; A. L. Amos v Fred Hunia, £3 ss, 4.8s 6d, costs*. Judgment summonses: Farmers Cooperative Organisation Service of N.Z. v A. E. Woodward, £2 6s, payment forthwith or default 2 days; G. andi J. Burmestcr v L. G. Kilminster, £42 2s 9d, payment forthwith or default 30 days; Standard Trading Company v Joseph Gillman, £8 19s, payment of £2 per month in default 9 days.