Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 47, 9 February 1945, Page 3

Local and General

Red Cross! Shop Opens The Red Cross Shop i.s again open those stuffing 'it will bs very guileful for donations of fruit and fc vegetables, etc. Judgment Summons In the Whakatane Court last Tues- ' A.. F. Cutler obtained rttlMss against JLeonard. Thompson a judgment suiilmoiis for £2 12s, in default two days' imprisonment. Unlighted Bicycle Joseph Fisher will be seventeen shillings the poorer as the result of riding his bicycle without a light and being intercepted by Inspector R. B. Doggett. The case was heard at the sitting of the Whakatane Magistrate's Court last Tuesday. Both Fec?t Burnt Roderick Macintosh son of Mr D. ■9 Mackintosh of 4 Douglas Street was admitted to the Whakatane Public Hospital on Sunday suffering from burns to both feet caused when he ran through some hot ashes while playing. He is progressing satisfactorily. Donations Wanted 1 Members ol' the Whakatane branch of the N.Z. Red Cross Society will 1 be carrying out the catering at the Gymkhana to be held in the Do- < main on Saturday February 17. i Donations of cakes and _other suit- '• able commodities, for this purpose 1 will be welcomed. For further tie- i tails ring the Secretary, Mrs J. E. 1 Winstone 348. 1 9

Forthcoming Mission Talk

Miss Margaret Young who has been for a number of years in India is to visit Whakatanc on Wednesday next. Miss Young t who was born in Auckland filled the position of a Church of England Missionary in the Dornakal Diocese, and was the founder and first- principal of the Dornakal Diocesan Girls' School* This position carried with it important work in connection with the University of Madras as well as many other educational responsibilities in South India. Miss Young took up her duties in India in 1931 and as a result, of her long period there has a rich experience ol' missionary work in that country. She is to speak at the Parish Hall next Wednesday evening after a short service.