Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 51, 23 February 1945, Page 4

Local and General

Forthcoming 500 Card Evenings Members of the Citizen's Scout Committee will be commencing the lirsi of a series ol 500 card evenings in the Winter Show Hall next Wednesday. The tournaments will be held fortnightly and special prizes will be together with aggregate prizes every sixth evening. Watch for further details. Thi? Silver Cloud Residents and visitors to the Heads will no ctoubt have noticed a very smart looking launch lying on the slips being repainted. This is none other than the familiar Silver Cloud t and we understand that the work has now been completed and she should, all things, being equal be launched today. Swimming to the Fore With the continuation of this real summer weather, swimming after school has. become very popular among the younger folk of the town'. The old wharf still seems to be the favourite 'ole and from about 3.30 p.m. onwards each day youngsters (and older ones as well) may be seen diving in ? swimming about and generally having a great time. Manpower Regulations "If the war ends soon ? you can be sure that these manpower regulations will be revoked. I a-m sure that that will be the case as. soon as the Dominion's overseas commitments have been met :, # said the chairman of the No. 2 Wellington District Industrial Manpower _ Appeal Committee Mr F. D. during the hearing of an appeal in Wanganui. "Even if some of the regulations are kept in force it will just be to see that- returning men get a fair deal } " he added. A Compromise Impossible Wednesday's Main Highways conference was discussing the. possibility of calling yet a further meeting of Town and County delegates in order to find a common agreement as to the course of the proposed highway to Whakatane when Mr R. W. Schofield observed: "Personally I can't see any daylight through such a meeting. The differences between our policies are too deep to be disturbed. The only body to settle our differences is the Main Highways Board. We should leave it to them after making our own representations. Taxed on Own Timber The position of farmers who employed sawmillers to cut timber on their property and were subject to sales tax was the subject of comment at the quarterly meeting of the Bay of Plenty Sub-Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union in Tauranga on Thursday by Mr J. Gaskill (Omaramu-tu). Mr Gaskill pointed out that the, timber belonged to the farmer and he did not know why he should be taxed. The secretary of the Auckland .Provincial Executive (Mr A. E. Robinson) explained that this had been gding on for years ? and he mentioned the likelihood 'of an understanding shortly.