Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 87, 6 July 1945, Page 4

Local and General

Carelessness Alleged A complaint that County employees whilst working on Stanley Track, had set fire to the .scrub and fern ai>d destroyed .eight chains of new fencing was lodged by Mr W. Bigham manager for L. M. Hutchinson the owner of the property. Compensation was asked to the extent of of fencing wire. The matter was left in the hands of Cr Wardlaw and the engineer to investigate and. with power to act. Rainfall Figures During last month 3.92 inches of rain fell during eight rain days the heaviest fall being on June 29 when 1.34 inchcs were registered. The total-fall lor the six months of the present year to date measures 32.53 inches. These figures compare with 8.57 inches of rain which fell in June 194.4, and 29.61 inches for the corresponding six months of 1944. There was a total of 21 frosts during last month. Winter Sports Again With the weather changing back to fine clear days and frosty mornings once again kiddies en route for school are once more given the opportunity of indulging in winter i_e. 'skating' their way to school over every patch of frosty footpath they come to. A pastime in which we would not care to participate personally is that of skating up and down the ramp along- . side the Whakatane Service Station, Yet quite a group of boys may often. be seen making the most of the heavy coating of frost which invariably covers it on cold mornings. Brrh! Sunbasking Nothing is s6 pleasant on mornings with the proverbial nip in the air than to sit and bask in the sun. Unfortunately few of lis have time for such, idleness but the animal * world appears to- be differently placed? or at least so it would seem from the evidence we noticed in the Strand yesterday. A ca{; was squat- ' ting with paws folded behind : one of the parked cars in the main street. The warm sun : ing down and from the look of utter : contentment on the animal's feline i face Ave should say that at that 1

moment mice were a very second-1 ary consideration. Oddities * Seen in the Strand the other day: One very wee Maori girl complete with shopping kit and all slowly wending her way homeward, and idly engaged in window shopping. The second-hand shop display appeared to interest her particularly. Als»o: One impatient little boy riding round and round in circles, on his tricycle outside one of the shops in the wondering what in [thunder his Ma could' be doing all this. time. As Well As: A cattle dog endeavouring to squeeze through unden the gate next to the Grand The-i atre in an endeavour to take a '9 short cut through to the Strand (and not hesitating to make it known by a succession of yelps and squeals tiiat he wished he was a 1 pomeranian!) r