Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 70, Issue 91, 18 July 1944, Page 4

Local and General

Fowls Stolen In his report to the Hospital Board last week, the gardener stated that six birds had been stolen from the hospital fowl runs. The matter had been reported to the police. July Pension Payments The local' posit office authorities notify that pension day falls on July 20th (Thursday) when age pensions will be paid 1 . Miscellaneous pensions paid on Friday, July 21st and) Family Allowances on Tuesday, July 25th. Pensioners under any of the. above categories are asked to take notice of the above dates and to co-operate with 'the Department as much as possible. ! Americanisms Even the natives of the Solomons had borrowed the American "yeah" and "Okay," said Pastor Wilbur Clark, a missionary on furlough from the Solomon Islands, at the Christian Businessmen's Association luncheon in Wellington. And whereas a certain description of. Samson would have been given in the usual pidgin English,, the speaker said much surprise was caused when a native teacher referred to him as "this guy Samson!" Coal For 100 Years Though rumours to the contrary arc numerous, there is sufficient coal on the West Coast to satisfy New Zealand for the next 100 years. This statement was made at Greymouth by Mr J. M. Burt at the first meeting of the Westland District Progress League. Mr Burt said his information had been obtained from a reliable source. He added that if the. areas in South Westland were opened up and reafforestation measures carried out, there would be enough timber to last the province for years. Trees for Cemetery j Reporting to the Borough Council! on the work of the sub-committee which had been set up to go into the matter of securing the best types of trees for planting on the Hillcrest Cemetery, Cr A. J. Canning at the last meeting of the Whakatane Borough Council mmed Himalayan Cedars, eucalyptus salignum red gums and several other varieties. The council authorised the purchase of these trees, and also the use of the Borough truck to transport them from Rotorua to Whakatane.' It Worked Sometimes While he was in China he would never think of buying an article in a shop at the price first, asked, the Rev. H. W T . Mellsop told Christchurch Rotarians, states the ChristChurch Star-Sun. The price was finally settled only after prolonged haggling. This habit had landed him in trouble once or twice since his arrival in New Zealand. A girl would produce an article he asked for and when he said, "What an amazing price," more, often than not she would return the article to the shelf and leave him standing at the counter. However, he had managed to get the price reduced once or fiwice. Valuable Property Evidence of the value which moU orists now place on their spare tyres can be seen by the number of cars in the Strand with the spare wheel lashed to the rear of the vehicle with heavy chains and the whole lot made secure usually by a gigantic padlock locked through three or four links of the chain. However, this does not apparently stop would-be thieves jacking up the car and stealing the tyres it runs on. A novel idea to combat this is used by motorists in some of the larger towns and cities. When they are forced to leave their car anywhere, they simply lock it, but before doing so they leave a printed card in the window which, in. bold type states: "STOP THIEF. Any one changing the tyres on this car stealing them. Warn the nearest policeman.!' Thus the public is the, motorist's safeguard.