The Bay of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1946 Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 70, 6 May 1946, Page 4

The Bay of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, MAY 6, 1946

Local and General

Infant Scalded Suffering from scalds received when he overturned a kettle of boiling water, Dennis Featherston. aged 16 months, of Piripai, was adm’tted to the Whakatane Hospital. His condition today is reported as not serious.

Milling Accident Mr A. H. Stewart, of Te Teko, an employee of Smith’s Mill was admitted to the Whakatane Hospital recently suffering from an injury to the toe, caused when his foot was trapped under a log. He is reported to be progressing satisfactorily.

Adult Education Subjects Lectures delivered during the day in the forthcoming Adult Education week will centre round the topics of Women in the Community and in the Home. A detailed programme of morning and afternoon lectures includes such subjects as ‘Home or Career’; ‘The Home Environment’; ‘Women’s Emancipation and its Results’; ‘The Film, the Radio and'the Home’; ‘Books in the Home’; ‘Women and Peace’; ‘Music in the Home’; ‘Women in the Community’ and others. Two lunch time sessions have been arranged.

Increase for Pig-meats Demanded In his address to the delegates from the East Coast Dairy Association at Whakatane last Wednesday, Mr A. J. Murdoch M.P. said that the Dairy Board had recently approached the Minister of Agriculture demanding an all round increase of 2d per lb for pig-meats. Mr Roberts had not been very interested at first but had been informed that if the Government desired extra production in pig-meats it had to be prepared to pay for it. This method appeared to succeed with all other industries and unless its demands were met the farming industry was not interested. Mr Roberts had thereupon undertaken to give the matter further consideration and there the subject rested.

Hospital Function After the delightful supper which was served at the social evening accorded a number of trainees who have sat and are preparing to sit examinations, by the nursing staff of the Whakatane Hospital last Wednesday evening, Nurse F. Eadie extended thanks to those responsible for organising the function. Her words were on behalf of both maternity trainees, and the 3 trainees who had already sat their examination, and who earlier in the evening had been presented respectively with floral posies and bouquets.

Solving Petrol Shortage Three motor car batteries built into the framework of a motor cycle in place of a petrol tank have served to overcome any petrol shortage in at least two cases in Palmerston North. The cycles are owned by two lecturers in farm engineering at Massey Agricultural College, and these men are so satisfied with the results that they do not intend to revert to petrol when the fuel restrictions are finally lifted. The car batteries are charged each night at a cost of lgd, which is sufficient to drive the machines for some 30 miles at a speed of about 25 miles an hour. Motor cycles in general attract attention by their noise, but these machines by their very silence prove a source of mystified interest on the road.