Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 12, 13 January 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Too Realistic “Patient” During the surf practice held at Ohope. on Sunday, in preparation for the Maunganui Surf Carnival in February, a too realistic patient threw the “rescuing” team into confusion, due to the fact that he did not stand at the correct moment in the proceedings. He preferred to collapse over the beltman’s knee and insist on being, picked up and carried all the way_ out. He is being instructed in the art of being more cooperative. Mayor Island Fishing Fishing in Mayor Island waters last week Mrs J. E. Lloyd, of Tauranga, gained the distinction of landing the first mako of the season. The fish,- which weighed 200 pounds, was caught from Mr H. W. Burch’s Maharatia, skippered by Mr Steedman. A striped marlin of 3001 b was caught off Mayor Island on Saturday by Mr J. E. Lloyd. On January 2 Mr J. Wildman, of Tauranga, caught a striped marlin of 2301 b. < Sumptuous!

Nowadays when one wants to take the girl friend out for the swankiest lunch in London, one takes her to Cafe Royal, according to a Gisborne man, now in Whakatane, who came back from England lately. This place, ranking with the betterknown Ritz and Savoy, charges 4/for half a dozen oysters, and 5/- for soup, bread and sweets (ice cream and a biscuit). All orders are subject to a house charge of 1/6!

Export Only A Whakatane shopkeeper found himself raising the eyebrow the other day at a man who said he .was just back from England and wanted to buy an English teaset to send to a relative with whom he had stayed over there. Asked the obvious question, the visitor explained that he had got the set before he left because England was manufacturing that sort of thing for export only and England was one place where it was quite impossible to buy an English tea set. ’Plane On Beach Crowds flocked from all quarters on Saturday afternoon when an Auster monoplane, piloted by Mr D. Greig, of Aircraft Services, Auckland, landed on Ohope Beach near the Captain’s Cabin after a hop from Tauranga. After a stay of about 20 minutes, the little ’plane took the air again with a man and two women as passengers. During its stay it was thoroughly looked over by the crowd, which had gathered fully expecting to see a pile of wreckage when the- aircraft was seen coming down.

N.Z.’s Dollar Earnings New Zealand earned £7,034,197 worth of dollars during 1946 by selling wool to the United States and Canada. At this figure, wool represented 56 -per cent of New Zealand’s total dollar earnings of £12,389,958 during 1946. Hides and skins which earned £2,282,384 worth of dollars, were the next most important item. Britain Needs Fat “The item in a food parcel which brings the greatest joy to an English housewife is cooking fat,” wrote. Mr J. A. Rock, a New Zealander, of Blackheath, London, in a reecnt letter. “There is plenty of fish on the market,” he wrote, “but no fat in which to fry it. Boiled fish can become very monotonous.”

Flying Wheel In Shop A plate glass window in the Juliana florist shop in Paeroa was smashed by a wheel from a caravan last week. The caravan which was being towed by a car, was on its way to Waihi when the wheel became detached and rolled across the footpath and crashed through the window. There was no serious damage done by the wheel in 'the shop. Problem Of Peace The belief that peace could only be won by the masses of the people oi the world by themselves was expressed by Mr T. K. Weal, of the Hamilton branch of the New Zealand Esperanto Association, before the opening of the 13th Dominion congress of the association in Hamilton. In his opinion, continued Mr Weal, the first step was the need ** a common understanding among peoples. V New Fire Patrol Plane

The first of the Auster cabin aircraft which have been imported by the Government for forest fire protection work joined the Rotorua fire patrol detachment last week. A high wing monoplane, the Auster will accommodate two passengers and the pilot. It will replace one of the three aircraft, two Tiger Moths and a Fox Moth, now stationed at Rotorua for fire patrolling. Expanding Federation Another progressive step in the Federation of Farmers was the recent formation of another Sub-Pro-vince of the Auckland Province. This is called the Auckland Central Sub-Province. Mr H. Ferguson was elected president and by virtue of this office, now becomes a member of the Auckland Provincial Executive. Mr Ferguson is chairman of the East Tamaki Dairy Company and is a representative of the South. Auckland Dairy Association.