Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 86, 3 July 1945, Page 4

Local and General

Not a Blade of Grass Describing the state ol the stock now being driven through from the East Coast to the J aneatua Railhead the chairman of tlie Whakatane County Council (Mr J. L. Burnett) said that, there was not a blade of grass on the roadside irom here to Gisborne, and that following the drought in Poverty Bay the plight of the mobs as they passed through Waimana was pitiful. Overseas Communications The following has been received from the Director-General, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington : "Public telegraphic service now restored to Luxemburg. Messages must be in English, Spanish or Portugese languages. Code not permitted . Telegraphic communication now extended to all parts of Italy except towns of Gorizia, Pola Jara Trieste Fiume, Undine, Bolzano Trento Aosta Tori no Cunea and •5 » » Sondrio.' "Drift to the Country" That there may be a drift to the country, as distinct from the oftlamented drift to the. towns, on the part of young women is. indicated by the number of townswomen who aije enrolling to qualify as herd-re-corders this year. Townswomen so far enrolled for the 10 days' course at Massey College, prior to their being appointed to districts by the New Zealand Herd Improvement Association, represent about 75 per cent, of the total enrolments, whereas last year the percentage was less than that. Mr Sullivan's Question Was'it* the policy of the ment that before an ex-serviceman could bring his fiancee to New Zealand he had; first to lodge a deposit of 150s. with the Bank of New Zealand? asked Mr W. Sullivan tional Bay of Plenty) in notice of a question in the House of Representatives. If that were so, said Mr Sullivan, would the Minister of Finance endeavour to reduce the amount as it fell particularly heavily on returned men who I'ouncl it difficult to provide such a large amount of cash. Regent Preview The attention of movie fans is drawn to the film "We Dive at Dawn" which is to be screened at the Regent Theatre tonight and tomorrow night. This is a stfory, not of submarines, but of one submarine, and the men who manned her. Eric Portman (who starred in "49th Parellel") and John Mills (who played in Noel Coward's production, "In Which We Serve") have the leading roles. "We Dive at Dawn" .is an English produced in England, and with an all-English cost.— sufficient • recommendation for any picture. More Coloured Hedges Hedges should be considered as an integral part of any garden, and as such they can be colourful as well as utilitarian (states an article compiled by the horticultural section of Massey Agricultural College). Balanced against the price factor should be such advantages as colourful foliage, flowers and berries a deeprooting system to avoid unduly robbing the topsoil and ea-se of clipping. The New Zealand, countryside, as well as suburban gardens and seaside baches, can be brightened immeasurably by a wise choice in hedges—a choice which can well be made at this season, of the ye«r.