Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 71, 8 May 1946, Page 4

Local and General

Impounding of Stock The question of impounding stock on the roads within the County was referred to the last meeting of the Whakatane County Council to the Finance Committee for in. estimation.

Scouts and Guides Can Help Discussion at last Monday’s meeting of C.0.R.5.0. Food Committee, brought forcibly to light the difficulties of fat and coupon collection throughout the Borough and district. The committee intends approaching the Boy Scout and Girl Gu.de organisations with a view to enlisting their assistance as the movement gradually takes shape.

Debt Cases

Judgment was entered for plaintiff in the following debt cases heard before Mr E. L, Walton in the Whakatane sitting of the Magistrate’s Court yesterday: Jean Eustace v R. Wallace £27 10s (costs £6 14s); Wheel er’s Garage v V. -H. Kemp, (costs only 355). Judgment Summons: Electrical Construction Co. of N.Z. v V. H. Kemp, ordered to pay £lB 2s forthwith or alternatively 18 days in custody.

Rabbits For Britain During 1945, New Zealand exported 2,902,743 frozen rabbits to Britain. This was an increase of 652,743 on the number exported in 1944. Lack of shipping space severely restricted the number sent in 1942 and 1943. New Zealand rabbits are popular as a food with the people of Britain, and now form an important addition to the amount of meat we can make available to them. One rabbit is sufficient to provide an average-sized family with one meat meal.