Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 26, 21 November 1944, Page 4

Local and General

"All That Glitters—!" Seen outside a well-known Whakatanc eating house: One teaspoon bent double and lying in solitude at the edge, of the curb evidently flung down by a disgusted patron who found it wasn't solid silver after all! Cut With Axe Leonard George Ball aged 16 years of Tanealua, was admitted to the Whakalane Hospital yesterday suffering from a cut hand. The injury wa" .sustained while lie was using an axe. Reports state that he is prog.cssing satisfactorily. Accident with Spade Jessie 2 vear old daughter of Mr and Alls Clay of McLean's Road Whakalane, was admitted to the Whakalane Public Hospital on Thursday suffering from a cut foot as the result of an accident, witli a spade. Her condition is now reported to be satisfactory. Damage to Power Lines Although the recent electrical storms experienced in Wha'katane were not as severe as some, in the past nevertheless the trouble squad of the Power Board was kept on its toes and was called out on a number of jobs. As far as can be gathered the telephone service was uninterrupted. Fall at School When lie fell at .school last TuesBrian aged 5 years, son of Air T. A. Connery Paper Mills, suffered a fracture of the left leg. He was admitted to the Whakatane Public Hospital where he is reported to. be progressing satisfactory. School Improvement Fund By way of augmenting the School Improvement Fund which lias been opened in the BEACON in the interests of the Whakalane School Committee the children attending school will commence a 'bottle drive' on Friday next. Householders arc asked to co-operate by making as many bottles as they can'available for the collectors when they call. A Whale Story The Avandering habits of whales were recently demonstrated when a hump-back whale was caught off the New Zealand coast. The whale carried the broken shaft and head of fin old harpoon with the owner's brand still clearly visible. A check of an .Australian whaler's record revealed that the w T halc had been harpooned off the Australian coast 11 years previous to its capture in New Zealand. Two Funds Benefit From tiro, two dances which were held recently, one in support of the. International Leper Fund, and the other on Saturday evening in aid of the Blind Servicemens' Fund a total sum of £32. was raised. Of this sum £18 which was raised at. the first dance will go to the Leper Fund and the remaining £15 the proceeds iVom Saturday evening will go to benefit the. Blind Servicemens' Fund. We extend our congratulations to the committee on their splendid effort. The Useful Kaka xVs an insect hunter the kaka has no superior and few states Forest and Bird. Its love of this type of food materially assists the forest. A heap of bark and chips beneath dead and decaying trees is a sure sign of the work of the kaka which has been stripping off the bark and tearing away the partly decayed wood to expose the. insects which would otherwise emerge and spread to other trees to damage them. It will even descend to the ground to tear away the mossy covering of the exposed roots of giant trees to obtain the larvae of. the insects which attack them.