Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 55, 9 March 1945, Page 4

Local and General

Debt Case Judgment was entered for plaintiff by default in the case of S. Whit:\vorth v J. Riini for £18 18s in the Wliakatane Magistrate's Court last Tuesday. Costs amounting to £3 2 s were allowed. A Fine Airfield Speaking at the Main Highways Conference at Whakatane last week, Mr Gault emphasised Opotiki's crying need for an easy road access. "Opotiki lias a fine airfield," he declared "which many people in Whakatane will doubtless be requiring to use in the future. It is therefore urgently necessary that road access to the Held should be of the best. Donation for Advertising At the meeting of the Wha'katane Zone Executive of the Bay of Plenty Provincial Patriotic Council which was held on Monday a letter was received advsing that the Self Help Co-op. Ltd. was, wiling to donate advertising space to the. extent of £1535 for the 1945 appeal. Of this, £30 may be used by this Council as follows: Whakatane £9. Matamata £9 and Rotorua £12. It was decided to accept the offer. Tribute to Farmers "Nevtfr in the history of New Zealand," said Mr Harvey Turner of the Auckland Chamber of 7 Commerce, at last Wednesday's Rail Conference "has the farmer ever been known to holid up to ransom the people of Nefw Zealand like other sectionsi of the community have been, guilty of doing the past few years. I don't think he ever will. He is; too loyaL buit if he ever did ? I! tremibly to think of the result." ! Shortage of Men "We would start the job tomorrow if we could get the men/' said Mr Ronayne,, P.W.D. Officer in Charge of the Bay of Plenty area when questioned at the Highways Board Conference regarding the erosion now threatening the Whakatane. River bridge. The question was put by Mr H. C. McCready who declare ed that the County Council had paid in. the sum of £250 demanded ( by the Government some months ago. Since then } nothing hsd been done . and he desired to know just what ] was the position. <

' Captives During the recent flood Mr A. ' Kinniard senior's house was surround- * ed with water Avhich rose to withir an inch or so of the floor. Imprisoned beneath the house were two cats one full grown and one half growr which ) although apparently able tc swirh without any trouble did nol fancy the idea of spending any con siderable length of time with theii noses jammed against the flooi boards endeavouring to suck dowi enough air to sustain life. They wer< definitely not backward in announc. ing their plight and every effort was made to release them. When fhis was accomplished, it wa< found that only one Avas alive the younger one having been drowned. Supplies of Wool At the last meeting of the Wha. katane Zone Executive of the Bay of Plenty Provincial Patriotic Council 5 held on Monda'y, a letter was received from the National Secretary asking what amount of wool was required for the coming year. The [letter went on to state that it was unlikely that many garments would be required of khaki wool, and deliveries of this colour Avould therebe light. More Navy blue avool would probably be a\'aiiable in February and Air Force avool in March or April according to the quantity of unknitted avool on hand. The secretary stated that he had advised

the Provincial Council that up to 200 lbs of wool could he handled fry the inter-zones. This was a quantity similar to that which was handled last year. He also advised that a supply of wool from last year was still on hand and was available.