Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 55, 14 June 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Huge Truck Hauler

Whakatane got a fair idea of the magnitude of the new transport waggons that are now being used in New Zealand on Friday when a Dale International tractor hauler arrived in town. This truck was fitted after the ordinary style of the larger trucks in Whakatane only on a much larger scale with three . driving axles and in addition had a steel trailer fitted with four sets of dual wheels in line at the back. Square Eggs American families will shortly be confronted with square eggs at thenbreakfast table. But they need , not blame American hens. A Massachusetts inventor has designed a plastic cube to hold the inside of the egg. Machinery breaks the shell, pours the contents into the cube, and makes it airtight. The- advantages claimed are that the square egg saves packing space, while incidentally it cannot fall off the table or break. .

Wash And Brush Up

From America comes news •of a 300-foot long washing machine that can clean 100 railway engines in a day. The locomotive is shunted into a bristling array of brushes and jets to get its daily wash and brush-up. Eight brushes clean the sides with oxalic acid; then the, engine moves on and jets of steam and water clean the wheels and under part. Finally comes, polishing by eight more brushes on arms—and the locomotive emerges from the giant washer bright and shining.

New Library Books At the monthly meeting ■ of the Whakatane Public Library Commit-, tee the following books were selected: Samuel Pepys, A. Bryant; Adversary in the House, Irving Stone; Murderers Make, ,F. W. Crofts; Nothing so Strange, Jas. Hilton; The Dead Men Grin, B. Fischer; There Was a Time, T. "Caldwell; Croaked the Raven, B. Fischer; Neville Cardus, Neville Cardus; The Sheep and the Chevrolet, Francis Balsan; Meet the Arab, J. Van Ess; The Five Arches, Geo. Blake; The Harp in the South, Ruth Park; High Ho to London, Frank Clune. Clergymen’s Name's '

Jones is the name most frequently found among Anglican clergymen. The latest" issue of “Crockford” (the church’s directory) lists 535 clergymen of this name. Other names occurring frequently in the directory are Davies (392 times),' Williams (331), Smith (279), Evans (256), Thomas (228), Brown and Wilson (each 11&). There is only one “Parson” (thought there are 36~ “Parson” (though there are 36 “Par--14 “Deans,” three “Priests,” three “Deacons,” 14 “Abbotts,” and 11 “Priors.” The secular aristocracy is represented by one “Earl,” three “Barons,” 17 “Lords” arid 35 “Knights.”