Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 27, 12 May 1947, Page 5

Local & General

Active Hunt Club The Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club was not only the largest club of its kind in New Zealand, but also the club with the largest active membership, stated the Master, Dr: „ H. Bertram, at the annual meeting of the club. He paid a tribute to the work of the secretary, Mr E. La Trobe Hill, who handled the club’s affairs. - . Napier Wants Town Orchestra A proposal that a municipal orchestra should be formed was made '>• at a meeting of the Napier Borough Council. A special committee was deputised to meet Mr Cedric White, who had formed an orchestra in Napier. Mr White was praised by the council for the work he had done in the town’s musical- activities.

High School Dance The annual High School dance which was held in the King Street Hall on Wednesday proved a singular success. The function is keenly looked forward to by pupils who appreciate fully the fact that it is entirely run by themselves under the supervision of teachers and that adults are rigidly excluded. -Features of the evening include old- Y time dances which, surprisingly, enough, enjoy widespread popularity. Last Wednesday’s function was described by all who attended as one of the brightest to date. <

Not So Kindly / The Whakatane Hospital Board was discussing the subject of the Govrenment sponsored Mobile -ray unit, which it is proposed to serve the South Auckland areas based oil Hamilton. The question of the local board’s liability in maintenance and in salaries of officers employed was under, review, when Mr H. C. MeCready observed that • despite the scheme appearing to be a magnami- . mous gesture from the Government, the Board should beware. We have had a good many so-called kindly gestures from the Government, he“ said, but there have been rat-traps all over them. The Government is not so kindly that it spends lavishly without some hope of returns. We should watch this pretty closely.

“Tlie Toorie On His Bonnet” The song of this name which proved so popular at the McLeod Clan, evening has a history—or -at least the copy in their possession has. It was sent by a Scottish girl serving in the A.T.S. in England to a relative, .now a member of the McLeod Clan, during, the war. For a long period the copy lay unused 'but:/ when items were needed for the' proposed evening it was brought to., light. The tune and words so caught the fancy of members that it became the star attraction of the The song enjoyed a great run of popularity in England and Scotland during the war but. has seldom been, heard in this countrv. To the MeLeod Clan must go the credit for bringing to light one of the more recent Scottish numbers written in the modern style and capable' of. taking its place with many of the/'' “hits” so often heard today. 1

Danger Money The Otago and Southland War Amputees’ Association, at its annual meeting, dissociated itself from any move aimed at obtaining danger % money for war services rendered by passing the following motion: “That the members of the War Amputees’’ Association prefer not to degi'ade the service , they rendered and sac- y ;.. rifice they made for the security of*’ the Empire by associating themselves with any movement having as its objects the obtaining of danger money for service in the armed forces in war.” One member expressed the opinion that the motion, which had bpen submitted to the Returned Services Association on this subject had been in the nature of a joke, to which the newly-elect-, - ed president, Mr H. Irvine, said that, if such were the case, it was most reprehensible, as the gist of the motion had been circulated throughout New Zealand. • » Grateful Greek • - f ; More than a year after sending a parcel of clothes to Unrra an Auckland woman has received an acknowledgment from. Mrs Zoi Soulis, of Zaute, Greece, who found a rjote in one of the garments bearing the name and address of the' sender. “Your . country with her previous assistance saved a great lot of people from'destruction and death and obtained. the eternal gratitude of all the-/'sufferers,” l 'says the?writer. “In our small island, arrived, too, your your’dice/frock. As I am a widow (my husband was killed in. 1940 in Albania’s twc>gifils, we should be very grateful if you. are so kind. to. assist us by sendi ing some ladies’: fpocks, and be suret ;hat you assist a poor family.”