Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 98, 14 November 1947, Page 4

Local & General

Street Name Changed By special resolution, the Whakatane Borough Council has decided to change the name of Beach Street, Hillerest, to Wainui Highway. Hitherto there have been two Beach streets in the Borough. "The other is off MpGarvey’s Road. Hard On Bishops? N v y

“I don’t know if the Diocese of Waiapu is particularly hard on Bishops, but it seems to be getting through them at ■ terrific rate lately,” remarked the Mayor of Whakatane, Mr B. S. Barry,welcoming Bishop Lesser yesterday. Plunket Appeal The Plunket Society’s appeal in Whakatane will take place next Friday. There are to be" stalls at the Grand Theatre and the Caledonian Hall. By dvertisement today the Society seeks donations of produce, cakes, sweets and flowers. Food For Britain

Up to last Saturday, coupons received by the Whakatane Post Of flee in connection with the food for Britain campaign have the following total values: Butter 275-2-lbs, meat £304/2/5, sugar 251bs and tea 27 libs. War Assets Sale An advertisement in this issue advises that a War Assets Realisation Auction Sale of Army and Navyclothing will be held in Whakatane next Friday, November 21. The auctioneers advise that any person will be given the right* to buy one or more of any line and that they are prepared to • take orders from buyers unable to attend the sale. P.B.A. Little-Known Rule

Attention to the fact that the traf-• fie regulations state that no person shall use a warning device between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.'in any borough, town district or close-ly-populated area except in case of emergency was drawn by Mr H. J. Thompson, S.M. in the Magistrate’s - Court at Wellington. He fined two defendants 10s each on charges of sounding a horn unnecessarily after 11 p.m. Evidence was given by the police that defendants had been en- , gaged in a horn-blowing contest in their motor cars parked outside a, • city restaurant.