No Tenders Received

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 47, 8 February 1944, Page 5

No Tenders Received

The Whakatane Harbour Board received 110 tenders for the leave of the three lots recently advertised for sale at the -west end of the Strand. Freezing Industry The meat freezing position in New Zealand has been described by the Dominion, secretary of the Fanners' Union, Mr A. P. O'Sbca, as tragic, lie said that farmers had loyally tried to follow the Meat Board's appeal to put more weight on lambs but, with the shut-down of the freezing works for the holidays and the stoppages since, many lambs would be lost. Lambs which should" have been killed Ave re now going back in condition because of the dry weather. Appeal to Public Opinion An aggrieved customer of a Wellington suburban Chinese fruit shop adopted a novel but effective method of obtaining redress on a recent night. The complaint of the customer, a soldier, was that lie had bought a pineapple the previous day which he had found was bad. Failing to obtain satisfaction in the shop, lie cut the pineapple open and patiently and silently stood outside the door, holding it on a piece of paper. People began to gather and when the crowd numbered about 50, the Chinese, who was the only person who did not take it all as a joke, refunded the cost of the fruit-