Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 08, Issue 93, 27 July 1945, Page 4

Local and General

Home From War The latest list of men who have returned to New Zealand from prisoner of war camps includes the following names: Pte. H. C. W.O. G. A. Gaskill, R.N.Z.A.F., Opotiki, Radio Programmes In response to numerous requests for the. reinstitution of the Radio Programme column in our back pages avc will be reinstating this feature in the near future. The reason for deleting it in the first place was dictated by the growing pressure on our space by seasonal advertisements during the May and June Clearing Sale period. Telegraphic Service Restored 1 Public telegraphic service now restored to Poland and telegrams may be accepted at rates shown in guide. Messages must be in English or French cod£ not admitted. Reference communication with Italy j telegraphic service now extended to all parts Italy except provinces Fiume, Gorizia Pola Trieste •9 ' ) 5 and Zara. Telegraphic code ad;dresses may now be used in telegrams to Egypt. The Reply Paid Service is again admitted in telegrams to Denmark. Identified asi Pigeon In reply to the paragraph in out last issue requesting identification of a bird seen in Louvain \vt have received intimation from i member of the Peter the Whalei

column (who used her Forest and Bird Magazines to good effect) that the bird in question is a wild pigeon. She. states that, the bird has been frequenting the locality for the past few weeks is and very tame. The Stewardess in question in fact, has approached to within several feet <f it and has. been watching it for some time, Horace —The Skeleton ! A chuckle went round the room at the meeting of the St. John Ambulance Association on Wednesday evening at the mention of Horace ? in the reading of the. balance sheet. Horace it was elucidated was the •j » . skeleton 'in the St. John cupboard, used for instructional purposed. It was also stated that when new, Horace cost £25 ? but now ? allow}* ing for depreciation, is only valued at £15. Poor Horace ! The time will come when lie will be valueless. No. doubt even he himself can feel it > '9 1 in his bones!