TOWN AND DISTRICT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 35, 22 December 1944, Page 4

TOWN AND DISTRICT

WITH the approach of Christmas, the BEACON takes this opportunity of wishing its many friends, subscribers, advertisers and readers, the Compliments of the Season, and the best prospects for a Bright and Prosperous New Year. Since commencing as a news organ endeavouring to serve a section of the Bay of Plenty it has been the objective of the paper to bring before the reading public those questions and controversies which have engaged the local mind from time to time. The warm support which has been accorded our continued efforts under growing difficulties is deeply appreciated. Businessmen, organisations, local bodies and country groups have combined to lend us the greatest encouragement and for this we are deeply grateful. The new year stretches before us all, with an uncertainty, without parallel. Fears for the future are however out of place at the present juncture when the nation is endeavouring to draw some solace from the glad festival of Christmas. It is therefore fit and proper that all should look upon the forthcoming holiday in the light of a God-given topic of which to make the most, during the strain of modern things. Town and country are one as a community during the Christmas and New Year's season of relaxation from which all are expected to return to work stronger and better equipped to grapple with, the problems which lie ahead.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Relieving Staff The breaking up of sclvool comes as a welcome factor to shops these days when the shortage of staff is .so acute. Many school pupils are at a loose end for the. week they are on holiday before. Christinas and consequently arc gbd of a job whereby they can not only fill in their time but also earn a little money lor Christmas. not only the shops and pupils themselves find it convenient, but also the public, for it means that in the last minute rush for gifts etc. people stand a good chance of being served without spending half the afternoon waiting at one. counter.

Balloons Back Again 9 Back in the lore once more this Christmas are balloons. For several years they have been unobtainable j and those that were- released last year were &o expensive as to render them unprocurable to the average person. Already kiddies are amusing themselves making hideous noises on the street, made by stretching the neck of a deflating balloon while one was even seen adorning the bonnet of a local timber truck. Anyway there is every chance that this Christmas will see the decorations in the houses interspersed with balloons bringing us one step nearer to the. way things were before the war.