Fortune From Tobacco
Mr William J. Yap, the last of the original directors of Carreras, Ltd., tobacco manufacturers, left £4,501,437. Duty of £2,827,703, was paid on his estate. Carrei*as, Ltd., was formed in 1903 to take over the business of Jose Joaquin Carreras. Safety First? A young man driving a powerful car on Witherow’s Hill, Whakamarama Road, had the mortification of having the car leave the road, turn over twice, and come to rest upside down 50 feet below the road level. The young man was dazed though otherwise unhurt, but the car is out of commission for the holidays. Maori Relics Found Three Maori relics were brought to the office of the Bay of Plenty Times by Mr C. T. Allingham who stated that one seemed to be an old Maori spade, known as a koe. This he thought, from the markings, had been carved by a stone axe. The three relics were found on the property of Mr Henderson, of Tauriko. Two were discovered packed under a log in a swamp, the log being practically covered by water and silt. Monster Pig The dead weight of the huge pig which was in the yards of the Opotiki Bacon Company on Tuesday afternoon was 5691b5. A idea of the extraordinary size of this pig may be gained when it is mentioned that the average Jersey cow weighs between 375-40.01b5. dead weight.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 96, 19 February 1947, Page 7
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232Fortune From Tobacco Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 96, 19 February 1947, Page 7
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