Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 65, 20 December 1946, Page 5

Local & General

Xmas Carols Sunday Niglit

The Whakatane Citizen’s Band notifies that 'it intends playing: Christmas carols at various points dri the Borough oh /Sunday evening. The Band will split into two sections 'S and will cover all parts of. the 'Borough commencing soon after the. ' Church services are concluded. .

Wolf Cubs Excursion Tomorrow . Members, of the Whakatane Wolf Cub Packs and Rovei f Crew are reminded of the trip to Whale Island and to the Rarimas tomorrow morning at 9.30 p.m. All those who intend going should be down at the wharf promptly to time bringing with' them their lunches. Unless .. the weather ,is fine and settled the\ excursion will be declared off. :

A Guarantee

“We will guarantee that anyone f building houses on blocks of land for servicemen settlement will get timber,” said the Minister of Rehabi- , v litation, the Hon. C. F. Skinner, at the monthly meeting of the Re- ■ habilitation Board. “The Timber Controller has undertaken to give first priority to ex-servicemen building homes on the land.” .i

Hospital Competition The competition for a carved inkstand and a carved tray, run under the auspices of the. Whakatane Pub- ' lie Hospital was decided yesterday, the results being as follows: Ink-, stand—Mr P. Falwasser, Matata (No. 6373). Tray—C. A. Hignett, Hawera Street, Whakatane (No. 2235). The carvings were the work of Mr J. Riini, a former patient of the Whakatane Hospital. >• . • New Post Office The Whakatane Chamber of Com- _ merce unanimously supported the. Borough Council in its representations to the Postmaster-General to make an early start on the new Post Office in the New Year. It was pointed out at the meeting of the Chamber last evening that the pre-

sent office was erected in 1912 when, the population of the town was less A than 25 per cent, of what it is today.