Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 87, 3 October 1947, Page 4

Local & General

Wednesday’s Rainfall The rainfall last Wednesday totalled 1.83 inches in Whakatane. The fall was steady-and consistent and though it was feared minor flooding might result, there were no such instances.

Shipping News The Clansman berthed at 7.45 a.m. this morning with general cargo. She will leave on Sunday with butter and empty drums. The Tuhoe is due on Sunday with general cargo and will be despatching on Tuesday morning with a cargo of butter and cheese. . The bar conditions are very good due no doubt to the improvement effected by the groyne.

Majpri Population Increases In the course of his address to Rotary on the Maori Race recently Rev. J. G. Laughton stated' that by comparison with the Pakeha race the natural increase of the Maori was three times as great—not thirteen times as reported in the Beacon. The commencement of the Maori wars was likewise signalised by the Wairau massacre—not W.airoa.

Publicity Booklet

For some time past a special subcommittee from the Whakatane Chamber of Commerce has been working 6n the question of a suitable publicity booklet covering the town and district of Whakatane. The matter is now well in hand and photographs and material in the process of collection should go to make a very interesting and attractice record.

Farmers’ Field Day Owing to heavy rain on Wednesday the field day at A. B. and J. M. Barr’s farm at Awakeri be The function will now take place on Tuesday next but should the weather be at all wet it will be again cancelled. Full details are advertised in this issue.

Food For Britain Campaign >■ Coupon values received at the Post Office, Whakatane, to the end of last week were as under: Butter 21bs; meat £1 15s 6d; sugar nil; tea nil; fats nil. The total value of coupons received to date is now: Butter 274£lbs; meat £265 2s 8d; sugar 23 lbs; tea 211bs. •

Flags From Newcastle A columnist of a Newcastle journal (New South Wales) featured the following story in a recent issue of his paper:—New Zealand’s Dunedin, ye ken, is full of Scots, and they are to celebrate the city’s centenary next February. Don Wright, a former Newcastle bank official, has come from Sydney on Dunedin’s behalf to back up a cable from the centenary organisers to the mayors of Greater Newcastle, suggesting it could take over all the bunting and flags used for Newcastle’s 150th celebrations—as a loan, if possible, by purchase otherwise. Britain’s Gratitude

A message conveying his gratitude to New Zealand for its assistance at

the time of the in Britain this year was given by the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Bracewell Smith), to Mr N. L. Samson, a civil engineer, who has recently arrived in the Dominion. “I shall be glad,” said the Lord Mayor, „ “if you will inform all those with whom you came into contact in New Zealand how grateful I am on behalf of the victims for all the help which has been given by the Government and people of the Dominion to the Flood Distress Fund.”

British Rations Acute The remark of a member of a British family that they could have eaten their week’s ration of staple foods in one meal and not felt overfed, was quoted by Mr H. E. Blyde, a member of the Aid for Britain National Council, when addressing a mass meeting of town and'country residents at Awakeri. This instance of the acute food position in Britain was given to. Mr Blyde by Mr W. N. Perry, President of Federated Farmers of New Zealand, and Mr W. W. Mulholland, a former president, in the course of a discussion following their return from overseas. Clothes For China

A sequel to the Wellington CORSO clothes drive held towards the end of last year has come in a letter from Mr Paul Wu, executive secretary of the Kwangtung International Relief Committee. He writes, that through the kindness of Bishop R. O. Hall, his committee received 75 cases of clothing and shoes from CORSO for distribution to the poor and needy in the province of Kwangtung. These goods, including toys, were distributed to 3294 orphan boys and girls, 315 blind men and women, and 2627 poor and destitute people. Thus over 6000 persons bentfited.