Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 52, 27 February 1945, Page 4

Local and General

Shoal of Swordfish

F?ur well-known local fishermen avlio were plying their sport in the vicinity of Whale Island on Sunday were the witnesses of a shoal ot swcmlfish which was disporting itsell' in that area. The fish appeared to be having the time of their lives and put on a lirst class show for the benefit of the four exponents of rod an,d reel. Cricket Report In Friday's issue of the Beacon a report was printed dealing w 7 ith the last cricket match between Central and United. A portion of the report read: "Scott was very listless and numerous catches were dropped." This should have read: "Scott also went, well for 21. United's fielding was very listless- and numerous catches were dropped." Central was successful by :?8 runs. Kiwi Concert Party Advice, has been received that the Kiwi Concert Party, now giving a record entertainment season at Hia Majesty's Theatre j Auckland will be appearing in Whakatane on March 22nd and 23rd. This, famous party which includes all the Liain figures which helped to inane its high reputation in entertaining the troops wi:l be louring the East, Coast and will cali at Rotorua 3 I Whakatane ?nd go on t« Gisborne, Further details later. PBA. Petrol for March-April It has been announced by the act-ing-Minister of Supply and Munitions Mr Nash that the War Cab--2 J inet had decided that, coupons Nos. 9 and 10 woukl.be made available at half their value, for the months of March and April respectively ? and redeemable at any time during the two months. "This decision," said Mr Nash "will enable motorists who desire to do so to redeem their coupons for both March and April prior to the Easter holidays." Tale of Woe

How often is a youngster the sul ject of great loss when he inatlve: tantly tips his ice cream cone tc far to one side, and s.3nds the delic ous appetising tennis ball of ic cream rolling on the pavement. On such case was seen in the Stran on Thursday afternoon when youngster scarcely past the toddlin stage was seeii wailing his way u the street with an empty cone i his hand. One did not need to se the quickly melting ice cream o; the l'ootpain some distance behim him to guess the nature of the trag edy. Thisi Week's Ration Coupons Ration coupons available thi week are: Meat (ration Is 9d week ly ? H coupon 6d, others 3d; chiid': ration lid weekly J coupon sd).— Nos. 17 and 18. Butter (ration 80; weekly each coupon 8 *oz.) —Nos. 11 unci 18 ? available until March 4. Sugar (ration 31b monthly j each cou I pon 12oz.) —Nos. 17 to 20 inclusive, available until March 18 special coupon YB, available until March 31 for 31b for jam-making. Tea (ration Boz. monthly each coupon 2oz.) —. Nos. 17 to 20 inclusive ? available until March 18. Petrol (ration half face value of coupon).—No. 8 available until February 28.

Hosiery Coupon Period According to a statement made by the acting-Rationing Controller hosiery Coupon XlO3 will expire on March 31. "Coupon XlO3 should normally expire at the end of this month " he said, "but. owing to the stock position and in. order that everyone who is desirious of doing so may redeem the coupon the expiry date has been extended for a period of one month. It is emphasised however that coupon XlO3 will definitely expire on March 31 and cannot, be used after that date." Hosiery coupon X 104: becomes valid on April 1 for a period of six months for one pair of women's fully-fash-ioned stockings ol' either sl?k or or any mixture thereof.