Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 11, 14 August 1946, Page 4

Local and General

St. John Street Appeal Permission has been granted the local branch of the St. John Ambulance Association to hold its annual street appeal on November 22nd next. National Party Campaign Hut The local branch of the New Zealand National Party has been granted the right to erect a wooden hut on the reservation on the western Strand for the purpose of using it as headquarters during the forthcoming election. Cement Work Blacklisted The Borough Foreman-Engineer (Mr W. S. Henderson) at last Monday’s meeting intimated that the latest regulations for conservation of cement supplies had blacklisted the construction of footpaths and kerbing and channelling. The effect would be fairly serious as far as the Borough was concerned for a substantial programme in this respect had been planned.

N.Z. Lowest in World The annual report of the Transport Department discloses that New Zealand has the lowest death rate of any of the motorised countries. Comparing the death rate from motor vehicle accidents in New Zealand with the corresponding death rates in Great Britain and two of the Australian States, the report stated that in 1945 the deaths per 10,000 motor vehicles were:—Great Britain 17.5 per cent.; N.S.W. 13.6 per cent.; Victoria 10.8 per cent.; and New Zealand 4.3 per cent. Ohope Spotlight Maintaining his lead for the introduction of modern dancing in Whakatane district, Freddie Btirt entertained a number of fans at the Cabaret on Saturday when as usual, a request programme lent interest to the evening. Seen dancing were Mr and Mrs R. Morpeth, Mr and Mrs Lovelock, Mr and Mrs R. Anstis (Opotiki), Mr and Mrs Thomason (Palmerston North), Mrs Lawson, Misses Hazel and Leita Thomason, Lois Moore, Jean Armstrong, Pam Gartshore, Audrey Butler, Ann Bluett and Miss Cotterell.

WSKT'-"' Flame Thrower Exhibited A further exhibition of the new Dragon flame thrower was carried out at the dump by representatives of Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. last week. Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce attended with a view to seeing whether or not it would be suitable as a measure against the large number of rats inhabiting the rubbish tip. The flame thrower was operated against vegetable and other refuse, and its effectiveness was shown by the scorched surface area wherever it touched on solid matter, and the flames which sprang up behind it and quickly caught on to anything combustible.

Bank ‘Holdup’ As he was about to enter the doorway of the Dunedin branch of the Bank of New Zealand one morning recently, a well-known uniformed representative of the Dunedin branch of the Post Office Savings Bank was suddenly asked to “Stick ’em up!” With these words an unidentified and mysterious figure emerged from behind the dark cover of a doorway and confronted the messenger, who, being in charge of a considerable amount of money, was no doubt rather startled, es= pecially when the intruder raised his weapon threateningly. The tension was relieved, however, when the schoolboy returned his stump of pencil, with string attached, to his pocket, grinned, and made his “getaway.”