Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 2, 22 July 1946, Page 4

Local and General

Rangitaiki v Whakatane Arrangements are now in the course of being finalised, for Rangitaiki and Whakatane representative teams to meet at the Domain on Saturday next, July 27. The match should be a particularly interesting one. Hole In One Mr John Connell, Captain of the Whakatane Golf Club, while at Opotiki with a visiting team of golfers over the weekend, played the perfect shot, holing out in one at the thirteenth' The usual time honoured custom was fully observed in the clubhouse later. Y.F.C. Welcome Dance On Wednesday, 24th July, the Thornton Y.F.C. is sponsoring a dance to welcome to the' district sharemilkers and other farm labourers new to the district. The committee ask the older residents of Thornton to back them up in this function as in the past new arrivals have come and gone without getting to know the permanent residents. The Thornton Y.F.C. extends a cordial invitation to all new sharemilkers and farmhands to attend.

Courageous Tuis Tuis are very courageous birds, states Forest and Bird. They have been seen to attack cats, and dogs even, and when one of them makes an attack he hurls himself with great speed at his foe. For a tui, attack is always the best defence. When a hawk appears a call is sounded and several tuis will join in a combined attack, the hawk generally being routed.

Menace of the .22 Rifle

The damage to native bird life, and the indirect damage to the bush, from the use of the .22 rifle is commented on in Forest and Bird. Recently parakeets were found shot on Mt. Holdsworth, and in parts such as South Westland where road making is in process, kakas, pigeons, and tuis, all-important in forest regeneration, are being slaughtered. The Society is advocating restriction of the introduction of small arms and small arms ammunition.