Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 29, 6 December 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Harbour Board Picnic The annual picnic of the Whakatane Harbour Board is to be held 1 on Whale Island on February 1 of ' next year. This was decided at a ! meeting-of the board on Friday. Fire Call On Friday the Whakatane Fire Brigade was called out to a small rubbish fire behind Mr C. R. Whittle’s cycle shop. The call, which came from someone who did nbt say who he was, proved quite unnecessary. Still, all possible care is justi- . fiable at this time of the year. Ring Off, Please ' Ever forget to ring off at the end of a telephone conversation? A lot of people do, and cause a lot of other people a lot of inconvenience. ' So next time you have a lot’ to say, , allot a little time at the end of it !to crank the little handle. It’s so easy to forget—and so helpful to remember! Eve’s Barn Dance Eve’s Barn dance at Thornton on Thursday night was a great success, the novelty of the evening adding materially to the fun. Women ran the whole show, even to having the orchestra in female attire, and took the “Leap Year” line right through. Adam kicks back on December 27 with a beach sports carnival. Thoughtless Vandalism After many months of waiting, a Whakatane businessman was able to get new premises under way the other day, so he announced the fact with a sign that cost him a sizeable amount in loose change. Imagine his chagrin the very next morning when ', he found thoughtless vandals had ripped his brand-new sign into three pieces and strewn them over a vacant section. Such actions can have no sensible reason, and certainly no justification. A Post-Graduate Study The second enrolment of a postgraduate student for agricultural study in New Zealand has been made by the British Ministry • of Agriculture, which has provided a scholarship. The first of these men ,from Britain is now at Massey Agricultural College, and the second will commence there next year. Ha will study for his Master’s degree in agriculture to be followed by two years’ work for his Ph.D. de- * gree. Hard Bed Before the bars closed on,Thursday night one celebrant, having apparently come to the conclusion that he had enough for that day and wanted a nice quiet rest, bedded himself down on the footpath in the Strand, almost opposite one of the convivial institutions he had apparently been patronising, and went to sleep. Shortly after 6 o’clock, he was seen with his head propped on one elbow arguing heatedly with pass-ers-by who wanted' to help him up. Sleep was what he wanted, and he didn’t care where he got it.