Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 29, 25 September 1946, Page 5

Local and General

Hailstorm During Thursday afternoon a severe hailstorm passed along the range of hills between Nukuhou North and Waiotahi. The hills in many parts were white with hail, which remained on the ground for a number of hours. Accident at School An accident at school was responsible for a fractured right arm suffered by 13 years old Clifford Marshall, a pupil at Ruatoki, and son of Mr J. T. Marshall, of Waimana. He was admitted to the Whakatane Public Hospital where his condition is now reported to be satisfactory. Farmer’s Accident Whilst cutting ensilage last Sunday morning, Mr A. Torrie, of Taneatua, suffered a serious wound- to his foot, caused when the knife slipped. He was admitted to the Whakatane Public Hospital where his condition is now reported to be satisfactory. Maize Planting The opinion that a remit should, be placed before the Dominion Executive asking that ample maize seed and organic fertilisers be made available in time to ensure that full production of maize would be available this season was expressed by the president of the Tauranga central branch of Federated Farmers of New Zealand at the monthly meeting recently. A motion on the lines received the support of the meeting. Salmon For England mental shipment of salmon to Eng-° land, with a view to increasing the trade. The Polish trawler Castor took a cargo of frozen and smoked salmon, gathered by the new Polish, deep-sea fishing industry.

Ohope Spotlight “Itchy feet” -brought them or anyway it was something to do with Freddie Burt and rhumbas, that produced the stylish couples that, were seen at the Cabaret on Saturday night. The spotlight recorded Mr. and Mrs Whittaker, Mr and Mrs Hay, Mr and Mrs Thomason, Miss Venables, Ngaire Eivers, Jeannine and Yvonne Lodge, Jean Armstrong, Kath Kingsley, Eunice Beveridge, Margaret Millar, Ann Bluett, Pam Gartshore, Shirley Comiskey, Madeline Murray, Marion Duncan, Doris Sykes and Phyllis Young. Stopping Stock Stopping

That a number of drovers on their way through with cattle and sheep stopped at Matata to ‘boil the billy”, and let their charges wander at will was a complaint of Cr Burt' at the last meeting of the Whakatane County Council. “The stock are allowed to just wander anywhere they please; they break into people’s prpperty, and when the drovers' are ready to move on, the dogs are simply sent in and the stpck break their way back to the road again. What we . want is a by-law to prevent this,” he said. The chairman (Mr J. L. Burnett) stated that when a reply was received from the Internal Affairs Department which had been contacted regarding stock routes, a solution might present itself.