Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 58, 4 December 1946, Page 5

Local & General

‘Brownie’ Stall Results The stall conducted on the Strand last Friday in the interests of the Whakatane Brownie Pack resulted in the sum of £l6 being raised. Winners of the competitions ,were: — Sweets, Mrs E. Hansen; breakfast, Mr C. Wells; stockings, Mrs W. R. Sloane.

English League Tour Receipts The English Rugby League balance sheet shows gate receipts of £27,792 from the tour of Australia and New Zealand, more than £IO,OOO above the record. This resulted in a profit of £9647, of which the players get one-third, giving each a bonus of £123. ,

Debt Cases " ' In the Whakatane Court last Tuesday, before Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., judgment was entered for plaintiff in the following debt cases: Max Hunt (Mr Suckling) v Eric Henry Nimord King £8 9s 10 (costs 40/6); R. Oxenham v J. Gillman £2 6s (25/-); R. Oxenham v A. A. Kinley £ll 18s (69/-); A. G. Judd v Henry Hudson £23 (86/6). Judgment summons: C. R. Whittle (Mr Suckling) v v C. E. Wharton £9 17s 6d, in default 10 days; Bridgers Ltd. (Mr Barry) v Henry Hudson £4 10s 6d, in default 4 days. Frost Fighting Plan

Farmers in southern Ontario’s to-bacco-growing belt are planning to use smoke screens laid by aircraft- to protect their tobacco and corn crops from frost damage next year. Frost usually hits about four o’clock in the morning, and farmers will have the smoke screens laid about two hours earlier. In the past many growers have protected their crops by lighting green wood fires around the edges of the fields, but this will be the first aerial assault on the frost menace. Some growers suffered frost losses of up to 50 per cent, this year.

Ohope Spotlight Bowling 'on a fast wicket at the Cabaret on Saturday night, Freddie Burt’s Orchestra could not restrain dancers from scoring off their many overs; Seen putting in very • good footwork were Mr and Mrs Jenkins (Papakura), Mr and Mrs Whittaker, Mr and Mrs Robinson, Mr and Mrs West, Mr and Mfs Hay, Mr and Mrs B. Butler, Mr and Mrs D. Morpeth and Mrs Allen (Aucklan). Misses Jeannine 'Lodge, Ngaire Eivers, Elva Clark, Pat Wil-. son, Ann Cardarine, Jean Lowry (Hamilton), and Irma Doran (Waimana) were also among those present. Carpenters’ Dispute A dispute involving the carpenters and joiners employed at the Whakatane Paper Mills was brought before Mr E. L. Walton S.M., in the Whakatane Magistrate’s Court last, Tuesday. The issue at stake was whether, under the N.Z. Carpenters and Joiners Award, the men employed at the Mill in this capacity were eligible for travelling time. Mr Hackett represented the Inspector of Awards, whilst Mr Alderton represented the Paper Mills. The main facts were put before the Court, and it was decided that the two parties involved should then put their claims in writing. Mr Aiderton pointed out that the issue depended mainly on the clause in -.the award concerning suburban work. In this case, the men performed the -work at the ‘shop of the employer’, and not away from it. The men were all on an hourly rate. After agreeing to the proposal to forward the various claims in writing, the Magistrate adjourned the case till the next sitting on January 21.