Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 13, 16 January 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Hospital Payments At the monthly meeting of the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board yesterday disbursements totalling £4124 18s 6d were authorised. “Awful Muck” “There is a strong need for certification of garden seeds,” said Mr E. R. Marryatt, of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture at the Whakatane Rotary Club’s luncheon on Wednesday. “We get some awful muck in packets these days.” Considerable Improvement Considerable improvement to the approaches of the Winter Show building has been effected with the sealing of Quay Street. The borough council has . spent considerable time in grading and packing this road, and the sealed surface is very smooth. Sealing is .a welcomed improvement for the businesses backing on to this street. Fire Board Election

Monday next has been appointed by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, as the date of the election by the Fire Insurance Companies of their representative on the Opotiki, Whakatane, '.and Tauranga Fire Boards to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr R. A. Wilson. ■ Meat Price Doubled At yesterday’s meeting the Hospital Board accepted the tender of C. A. Timbs and Co. to supply both beef and mutton to the hospital for 12 months as from February next at lOd a pound, provided the meat is first grade. For approximately, eight years the Board’s meat has been costing sd, but the tender accepted yesterday was the lowest received.

Largest Diamond Does the - King of "England own the largest diamond in the world? That question floored all the contestants in the Monte Carlo quiz at the Captain’s Cabin Ohope last Saturday night. They all said no. As a matter of fact, he does. It is the Cullinan diamond, found in the Premier mine, and presented to the then Monarch in 1907 to celebratethe granting of self-Government to the Transvaal. Defective Brakes Jacob Tarau, who ,was caught by the Transport Department’s traffic inspector, Mr K. R. McD. Sharpe, driving a light trade motor with the hand brake disconnected, pleaded guilty on Tuesday before Messrs C. S. Armstrong and I. B. Hubbard J’s P. to charges of driving a vehicle with defective brakes and without a warrant of fitness. He was fined £2, costs 23/-, on the first charge and 10/-, costs 15/- on the second. “Silent Zone” Suggested Following complaints from the hospital that noisy motor horns disturb patients’ rest, the Hospital Board’s house committee has recommended that the Board should approach the Borough Council to have Stewart Street and its environs declared a “silent zone.” . It was pointed out that such a zone existed near the Auckland hospital. The Board decided yesterday to seek help from the traffic inspector before acting on the committee’s suggestion. A Commendable Effort The Waikato centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society has advised Mrs J. Winstone that it has shipped 63 cases of malted milk to the Ministry. of Food, London, by the s.s. “Hartlepool” on behalf of the Whakatane centre. Each case contains 48 ilb tins. The amount sent by the Eastern Bay of Plenty centre of the Red Cross Society is £l6l 18s 6d and includes donations from the Rotary Club, £l6® 2s private donations £3 3s, and the Chamber of Commerce £l3 as well as donations from sub-centres.

Lost: One Appetite Possibly the utter futility of trying to demolish a pickled onion between bare gums never occurs to the average citizen. It wouldn’t have hit Mr John’Lincoln of Awakeri either, if there hadn’t been pickled onions for supper the night he lost his false teeth. While swimming at the Thornton Beach on Sunday a particularly heavy wave broke on him and he swallowed approximately half of it, according to himself and while coughing it out also coughed out his false teeth and has yet to recover them.

Complete New Chum Old anglers could scarcely believe their eyes when on a recent fine morning a newcomer to Taupo calmly strolled down to the foreshore, produced a schnapper-Jine complete with sinker, hooks and bait, and threw this contraption into the lake. It was the stranger’s turn to be surprised when, as soon as he could, speak, the nearest resident told him that he was breaking the law in several places. It was some time before the visitor, who said that he had recently arrived from Britain, could be convinced that Taupo was a fresh-water lake, and that it was impossible to catch cod from the pier, and illegal to try.