Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 8, 21 March 1947, Page 4

Local & General

Baby Competition Winner The winner of the up to six months class in the Baby Competition at the Plunket Society Garden Party held last week was Baby Rosemary Ranby. ) Whakatane Lawn Tennis Club On Tuesday, March 25, at 7.30 p.m. at the A.T.C. Building there will be screened a Tennis Coaching Film. Whakatane club members, friends and intending members are cordially invited to attend. Chairmen of Licensing Committees Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., has been appointed as chairman of the Hauraki, Tauranga and Gisborne Licensing Districts. Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., has been appointed chairman of the Raglan, Piako, Waikato, Hamilton and Bay of Plenty Licensing Districts. Mr Walton was previously chairman of the Bay of Plenty Committee which held its meetings at Opotiki. The Bay of Plenty Committee will now meet at Rotorua. Borough Harbour Rate In the past the Whakatane Borough Council has accepted the sum of £25 from the Harbour B.oard in return for the collection of the Board’s rate within the Borough. The rate concerned amounts to roughly some £4OO per anum. When considered at last Monday’s meeting of the Council the question of revising the charge owing to increased costs and increasing rate was discussed and the matter was referred to the" Finance Committee for recommendation. Settling Down Well The number of'-returned servicemen who discontinued their trade training after having commenced it was surprisingly small, said Mr S. W. Gaspar, member of the Rehabilitation Board in charge of trade training and occupational training, at the quarterly meeting of the Rehabilitation Council. The ‘ percentage figure of returned servicemen trainees <who discontinued was 8.7, that for home servicemen was 15 per cent. Tall Stories Following the publication of a notice advising residents to boil the water from the borough supply if used for drinking purposes, some strange tales have gone the rounds, including the finding of a dead cow and two goats in the reservoir. Any fresh water contains a certain number of germs and in dry weather there is usually a noticeable increase owing to the decrease in the water flow, which is affected to a greater extent from decaying vegetation. Readers can be assured that there is no foundation of fact in the rumours of dead animals being found in the water supply. It was as a precautionary measure that‘the Health Department advised the boiling of drinking water. Opotiki News.

Whakatane Public Library At the monthly meeting of the Public Library Committee the above books were selected: Westwood, or the Gentle Powers, S. Gibbons; Odd Man Out, F. L. Green; Water on the Steps, P. de Polnay; The Battle Within, P. Gibbs; Come Into My Parlour, D. Wheatley; London Called Then, I. M. Bocoke; Hilary Trent, Pearl Buck; The Miracle of the Bells, R. Janney; In My Fashion, H. M. Moran; Against the Stream, B. Cartland; The Overlanders, D. Bittles; Brides Castle, P. W. Wilson; White Wool, N. Jacob; Three men in New Suits, J,. B. Priestley; Growing Up, A. Thirkell; Quality Chase, M. H. Tiltman; Traveller from Tokio, J. Morris; The Song of Bernadette, Franz Werfel; The Last Of Summer, Kate O’Brien; Captain Moonlight, E. Mannin; Alone We Embark, M. Laverty; Sunstroke, A. Roberts; Proud Heaven, E. Mannin; Wakefield Course, Mr de la Roche; Columbus, R. Sabatini.