Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 28, 28 November 1944, Page 4

Local and General

Fatal Scalds Fatal scalds were received by a 2 year old child Mikaere son of Mr and Mrs Tori at Opape last week when the child pulled a pot of scalding milk over himself. Tlie pot was on a shelf near the stove and an older sister also recc.ived minor burns. The. boy died shortly alter receiving the scalds, lie was a grandson of Mr Jimmy A pa mi i, Roman Roads "Alter centuries of use the original foundations of many of the Roliuin roads in Italy are .still carrying and it is a tribute to the road-making abilities ancient Romans that these roads have stood lip to tremendous weights since thk war began," said Sergeant F. I. Leyden of Invercargill who returned * J 'with a recent sick and wound )d draft. He added that he doubted "f any other roads in the world -would carry such weights. St. An-clrew'is Night Celebration Special features will be included in the Whakatane Caledonian Society's observance of St. Andrew's Night which falls du c on Thursday next. The Caledonian Hall will especially decorated and ' the picturesque piping in of the. haggis will be carried out with all the ceremony associated with this traditional Scottish custom. The Society has endeavoured to spread itself on this occasion in order to give, its members anil followers a true, taste of Caledonian fare. All who come can rest assured of a night of first class fun and entertainment. Holiday Patrol "Will the Acting Minister of Supply make a full and complete statement covering the supply of petrol to this country?" asked Mr W. Sullivan (National Bay of Plenty) in notice, of a question in the House of Representatives. "Will the Minister further state whether an increased allowance will be available to motorists over the. Christmas and New Year period?" Mr Sullivan said that further cuts, had recently been made thus creating further difficulties for transport, operators, and definite inconvenience, to tho public generally, particularly in districts where no other form of transport.' is available. Not as Generally Thought "Possession is nine-tenths, of the. law." That adage was not to be taken to be. true to the full, extent so as to mean that the person in possession could only be ousted by one whose title was nine times better than liis; but it placed in a stronger light the legal truth that every claimant must succeed by the strength of his own title ) not by the weakness of his antagonists," said Mr H. P. La wry, in an address to the Manawatu branch of the Justices' Association. For instance he. added even if a claimant J > were able to show his descent fo>: the granting of an perfect except; in one link of the chain ? an 1 the man in possession was an utter strangely the latter kept the estate, • Cheap Motoring Two partners who run an engineering shop at Alice Springs, in the cent-se of have made a gas producer which burns, wood. They fitted it to their utility truck and drove 1700 miles to Melbourne on 17001b of wood and one gallon of petrol. The 'wood they used cost them nothing. They gathered it on the. roadside. Ashes had to be cleaned out twice on the Journey and the filter once. For 1000 miles the track was with many sand drifts ? but on the good roads they maintained a steady 60 m.p.h. The engineers say that more useful gas comes from wood } particularly red gum and than from charcoal.