Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 98, 14 July 1944, Page 4

Local and General

Returned Men The following men from this district returned on Tuesday from the Pacific area: Capt. H. G. Cutler, Ptc. R. J. Tubb, Hte. W. E. Hanlen, and Pte. S. Mahy. The soldiers arrived by the express. Fertiliser Distribution The Primary Production Council have now confirmation that the special allocation of top-dressing fertiliser is now available. The basis of the allotment is to be lewt. of superphosphate or its equivalent per :'ow. All application forms submitted to the Council have now been forwarded to the various merchants nominated by the aj^plicant. New Library Books At the monthly meet ing of the Whakatane Library Committee the following books were selected: The i Silent Service, Jones and Mriess; All That Swagger, Miles, Franklin; The Director, L. A. G. Strong; Katherine Christian, Hugh Walpole; Green. Battlefield, Victor Canning; Miss Hargreaves, Frank Baker; And This Our Life, Jacqueline Vincent; The Saint Steps In, Leslie Charteris; The Crimson Cat, Francis Grierson; J Power, Naomi Jacob; An Eye for a Tooth, D. Yates. Primary Industry '"I am sorry to say that many business men and others do not realise that they would be out of a job to-morrow if we could not sell our farm products to the other side of the world," said Mr M. H. Oram, M.P., when speaking at a public gathering addressed by Professor W. Riddot, of Masscy Agricultural College, in Wellington recently. Mr Oram said that Professor Riddet had done a great deal of dairying in New Zealand and had done his best to put rural education on a sound basis. *1 > w I Passing the Buck Cr Warren has apparently lost no time in accustoming himself to his new position as a dignified member of the City Fathers in monthly conclave. At last Monday's meeting he raised the question of a gutter and culvert in Simpkin Street and intimated that now lie had attained to the glamour of Borough Councillor, the residents were getting on to him about the poor drainage. "Now I'm getting on to some one else" he added in typical municipal style. The matter was referred to the Foreanan for investigation. "Hard to Come By" "In the past three years, through having continually to change the sharemilkers on my farm, I have, lost over £1000," declared a Avitness before the Armed Forces Appeal Board at Palmerston North, "In this period, including the man I am now appealing for, I have had five sharemilkers" he. said. "I have advertised in Auckalnd, Palmerston North, Wellington and Christ-church for a man. I did receive some replies, but. they were all unsuitable*? Two were from Maoris, one of whom could not speak English, one from a maker, another from a trolley-driver on a wharf. Good sharemilkers are very hard to come by."