LAND AHOY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 60, 28 March 1944, Page 5

LAND AHOY

TWENTY LOST ACRES On behalf of one of our clients who inserted ah advertisement dealing with the loss of 20 acres of land under Hood water, Ave. would like to thank all those residents of the- district who so kindly sent in samples of the- earth's crust in reply. In fact so much soil flooded into the BEACON office that we almost resetted having printed the ad. The first morning , a sugar bag Avas found standing inside, the door addressed to the Editor, who immediately jumped on it Avitli squeals of glee, thinking some 'kindred spirit had left him a bag of sugar. But it wasn't sugai*. it was jns.t a couple of the lost acres. All that day, the Editor rushed through the town, stopping people with cartloads on their Avay to the office. His bescaching supplicating voice could be heard begging people not to add the silt on their dining room iloors to the evergroAving pile of soil blocking the entrance to liis oll'iee. Fortunately the chief reporter Avas able to "scoop" his way through to collect the. jicAvs of the day, so the BEACON came out as usual. The Editor, ever a man to take advantage of anything, lias started a victory garden, and is growing mashed potatoes on his office table.