MEMORIES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 48, 13 February 1945, Page 4

MEMORIES

Local Airmen Home Included in the Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel who have arived in New Zealand from Britain are the following: Corporal E. J. Cleaver Aircraftsman H. H. Armstrong (Whakatane). Surprise Party . A surprise party was given by men of the P.W.D. and their wives, to Mr and Mrs K. McKenzie last J Tuesday evening prior to their leaving the Whakatane district. A pleasant time was spent in community singing, games and competitions. Mention in Despatches Advice that the King has approv ed of the mention in despatches of the. following district men, members of the Second N.Z. Expeditionary Force has been received by the Minister of Defence: W. 0.1. D. S. Wilson Whakatane; Sgt. C. C. Davies, Taneatua; and L-Sgt N. A. Pulley ? Whakatane.

". . • WE shall retaliate from now on, night by night, and on an ever-increasing scale. And if the R.A.F. throw two thousand or three thousand or four thousand kilogramme bombs, we. then shall throw in one night one hundred and fifty thousand, one hundred and eighty thousand, two hundred and thirty thousand, three hundred thousand, four hundred thousand kilogrammes and more ! If they say that they will attack our cities on a large scale, we shall erase their cities."—(Hitler in Berlin Sportspalast, 4.9.40.) "England is fighting her lasl battle, and tht big men of the British Empire in London are preparing their retreat to Canada."—(Zeesen in German, 29.9-40.)

Councillors Pyjamas "What happened last night _that the lights suddenly went out," asked Cr A. J. Canning of the electrical engineer at last evening's Borough Council meeting. "I Avas just going to bed and couldn't find my pyjamas" he complained. Mr F. Lysaght explained tactfully that it was a breakdown at Arapuni and was not meant personally in any way. January Road Fatalities The Commissioner of Transport states that the January road fatalities' in which motor vehicles were involved, were eight, the same total as. in 1942, a decrease of three on January figures last. year. In January 1941 the deaths were 21. Seven ') .5 of last month"s deaths were in the North Island and one in the South (Nelson district). Three lives were lost in one accident when the driver of a motor car and two passengers were killed in a collision with a rail car near Masterton.