Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 56, 29 November 1946, Page 5

Local & General

Rod and Gun Trophies The Whakatane Rod and Gun Club will hold its biggest shoot on December Ist. Trophies to be competed for include a radio valued at"' 21gns and a leather suitcase valued at £5 10s. Both are now on exhibition in the window of Mr J, D. Rivett’s tfruit shop.

Pohutukawas Blooming The gradual change from cold, wintry weather to the more summery days, coinciding as it did with the increasing heat of the election, was pushed into the background as a Spring subject of discussion. Consequently, now that the Government has been chosen, the summer has apparently stolen up behind us and descended on the land with a vengeance. Evidence of the warm weather can be seen in the kawa trees backing the Heads, ' which will shortly be a blaze of red..

Thornton Scout Rally The first rally of its kind to take place in the Whakatane district will be held at Thornton on Saturday •when Scout troops in the area will be invited to compete for the Big Brother Trqphy, donated by the Thornton Young Farmers’ Club. The promotion of the rally will rest ,' s for the main part on the shoulders of members of the Thornton Scout Committee, who have proved themselves extremely energetic in the past. Competitions will include ambulance work, signalling, tent pitching, camp-fire cooking, and all the usual activities associated with practical Scouting. There will be a refreshment stall on the ground, and the programme will commence at 10 a.m. A special invitation to attend is extended the general public. Australian Journal This month’s Journal contains some excellent fiction by Australian writers. The highlight is possibly “Home is in the Heart,” a complete novelette by Moira Skinner. There is both topical and human . interest in this story of the bride who goes to live with her husband’s'' family—his father is a country .* clergyman—and finds herself faced with adjustment problems which, at first, seem insoluble. Helen Seager also strikes a human note in “Moody Kid,” the “kid” in question being a schoolgirl whose little world crashes when her parents are divorced. Humour and drama balance the contents neatly and the issue is ' rounded off by interesting travel and adventure articles by Arthur J. King and Keith Douglas Young. ( Sixpence still buys this bright and-" entertaining magazine.