Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 53, 22 November 1946, Page 4

Local and General

Goodwill to Opponents Mr W. Sullivan, M.P., concluded his lively meeting at Edgecumbe last Wednesday on a. friendly note. Concluding, Mr Sullivan said he realised that the campaign was warming up and that many came along to an election meeting for a bit of fun. However he thanked those in opposition to him for making the meeting interesting, and promised if he could be of service to them at any time to give them the same consideration as anyone else.

Turning The Tables

At the height of the worst period of\ interjections at the meeting of electors at Edgecumbe last Wednesday, ivfr W. Sullivan told the following story: “When I was young I owned a pea-rifle. There was an old goat next door, and one day I went out and knocked it over. When I told my mother, she said, ‘You are a bad boy—that goat and the whole of his family will haunt you for the rest of your life.’ I believe,” concluded the speaker, “that those goats are haunting me now.” (Cheers and groans).

Potatoes From Ohope

A good crop of potatoes for the time of year has been harvested by a resident of Ohope, Mr J. Turnbull, who reports that from 17 plants (Shaws and Cliff Kidneys) he obtained 236 table potatoes, weighing 181bs. plus 64 smaller Pnes. From a secbnd lot of 14 plants (Sutton’s Supreme) he produced i 114 table potatoes weighing 121bs. plus 12 smaller ones. These we understand were all grown with compost manure only. This splendid achievement may be laid to the • credit of Ohope, and particularly to the fact that Mr Turnbull is a sincere advocate of the compost manure. A Lesson in Courtesy Mr Sullivan can certainly hold his own at a meeting of unruly obstructionists. This was proved at Edgecumbe last Wednesday when after putting up with one consistent interjector he suddenly addressed him personally. “You , wouldn’t think much of me if I were going you in the same way you are going me tonight,” he said. “If what I have to say is of no interest to you to remember that there are those who are interested and wKo came here to hear me. I think the least you can do is to be quiet.” The rebuke had its effect for quite a little time.