Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 26, 9 May 1947, Page 5

Local & General

For Discerning Shoppers Attention is/drawn to F. M. Abbott’s advertisement on page 8 covering that firm’s Specialty Trading Department, and the new bargains to be made there in utility gifts for Mother’s Day. All these lines will be eagerly sought by discerning shoppers. Utilising Waste Steam With a view to conserving the steam which has hitherto been allowed to escape into the open air at the rear of the Annexe, the Whakatane Hospital Board has agreed to a suggestion of the engineer, which will divert, the steam jet for- pre-" heating the water before entering the boiler. .

Projected Scouts Hall Following an interview with Professor Corbin of the Whakatane Paper Mills Directorate, the projected building of a log cabin to serve as a Scouts Hall in McGarvey’s Road will probably be abandoned in favour of a more permanent structure in concrete blocks-. Plans and other details are now under discussion.

Hospital Statistics The following statement for April showing the Whakatane Hospital statistics was submitted to the Board by the Medical Superintendent, Dr. E. T. Dawson yesterday: Patients at beginning of April 91 (41 male, 50 female); admissions 122 (47 and 75); discharges 118 (44 and 74); deaths 4 (2 and 2); patients at end of April 91 42 and 49); births 43 (23 and 20); operations major 6, minor 47. The daily average occupied bed was 88.13.• '

Mysterious Letter Bearing all the earmarks of a first-class mystery a letter in fluent German was picked up by a Heads resident recently and brought to the Beacon Office for interpretation. Always willing to adopt the role of sleuth the Beacon newshounds were quickly on the scent. A little Sherlock Holmes technique quickly adduced the story behind the missive. It appears that a local resident was corresponding with an Austrian pen friend and had inadvertently dropped a portion of his last letter at the Heads. All hopes of a major inter-

national espionage scare quickly evaporated. Goodwin Marionette Theatre Whakatane is fortunate in that an appearance of the Goodwin Marionette Theatre for May 27 has been arranged by the Community Arts Service. ‘‘The Tempest” and “The Reluctant Dragon” are being shown and these make up a programme well worth seeing. Puppet theatres are in existence in many countries and the New Zealand Company has received high praise as being among the best in the world. During -the war years shows were presented to servicemen and women all over' New Zealand and these again received tributes from all who were fortu-. nate enough to see them. As one I who has seen a performance of thetheatre the writer would advise residents to book early so that they will not fail to see the really outstanding attraction.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that BERTIE WILLIAM HUGHES the occupier of a Butcher’s Shop at Taneatua has made application under Section 19 of the Shops and Of-" fices Amendment Act 1927 and Section 3 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act 1945 for partial ex- \ emption from the provisions of the Northern Industrial District (except Auckland (21 miles radius) and Gisborne Judicial District) Butchers’ 1 Award dated the 11th day of October 1946 which require that the said shop shall not be open for business on Saturday. The said BERTIE WILLIAM HUGHES is applying for authority to close his Butcher’s Shop all day on Wednesday of each week and to keep ..the same open for business on Saturday *of each weeh from 8.0 a.m.- to ' 8.0 p.m. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the said application will be heard at the vMagistrate’s Court at Whakatane on. Tuesday the 3rd day of June 1947 at 10.0 a.m. .Any occupier A of a shop alleging that he will be substantially affected by.the above application shall be entitled to appear and be heard in opposition thereto. * Bated this .sixth day of May 1947. THpS. MORGAN, - ' ; 128’ Clerk of Court, Whakatane.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that HENRY EDWARD BELL and RQBENIA MARGARET HODGSON (trading as Bell and Hodgson) of Waimana, Storekeepers, and SINCLAIR McCONNELL of Waimana, Storekeeper, have made applications under Section 19 of the Shops -and Offices Act 1927 and Section 3 of th& Shops and Offices Act 1945 for partial exemption from the provisions of the Northern Industrial District (except Gisborne Judicial District) Retail Grocers Assistants’ and Driers’ Award dated the 6th day .of ; November 1946, which require that the said shops shall not.be open for business on Saturday. The said Applicants are applying for authority to close their respective shops all day on Thursday of each week-and

to keep same open for business oir Saturday of each week from 8.30 a.m. to 9.0 p.m. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the said Applications will be hearpl at the Court; at- Whakatane on Tuesday the 3rd day: of | June 1947 at 10.0 a.m. Any occupier of \ -shop alleging' that he--will be / substantially affected vby • the above applications shall be entitled' Li to appear: and -be heard 1 in opposition thereto. ' - , Dated this sixth day of May 1947. , THOS. MORGAN, 1127 Clerk of . Court, - - ' V* • .: " 'v v