Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 39, 10 January 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Good Haul of Flounder Fishing on the Whakatane River just opposite the board mills a young fisherman got a good haul of flounder one night last week. Within a comparatively short time he caught 69, all a fairly large size and in remarkably good condition. Bus Goes In Reverse While proceeding up the Hillcrest road to Ohope on Thursday night the Ohope bus ran out of benzine just before it reached the top of the hill. Unable to go forward the driver had to let the bus back down the hill to the town where the passengers transferred to a new bus, after which they continued the journey to Ohope -without further incident. New Gold Strike? Two young deerstalkers claim to have discovered a new gold-bearing reef about 30 miles east of Reef ton, says the Nelson Evening Mail. . It is claimed that a sample taken from a quartz reef, about three.feet wide, produced over soz of gold. An area of 600 acres has been pegged off. No previous discoveries of gold in Ihis area have been reported. Political Alliance Unwanted A move to ally Federated Farmers of New Zealand to a political party, which he thought had become apparent, was strongly condemned by Mr R. W. Dunning, president of the Bay of Plenty Subprovince at a meeting-in Tauranga recently. In the political field, he thought only personal allegiance was called for, and it was not for organisations such as their own to take auch a step. Costly Item On an average, breakages at the New' Plymouth hospital and other institutions controlled by the board cost the Taranaki Hospital) Board between £9OO and £IOOO a year. This was stated by the chairman, Mr P. E. Stainton, at a meeting of the board at New Plymouth, when a board member remarked on the increase in breakages for November (£Bl 19s lid) as compared with the figure for the corresponding month last year (£66 is 9d). ..

Many Go To Ohope Ideal Weather during the weekend attracted hundreds of holidaymakers and picnic parties to Ohope ■Beach. A large number of bathers swam in the surf through most of the ,day and although the Whakatane Surf Club was on patrol their services were not requested. Surf teams practising for the championships at Mt. Maunganui in a fortnight attracted much attention and many people commented on their efficient drill work.

Launch Trips Popular What was the most popular event of the carnival held at Whakatane during the Christmas and New Year? Without argument, it was the launch trips arranged to take parties round Whale and the Rurima Islands. Except for the first day there was always a crowd waiting to go/ although some had to be turned away on one or two occasions. Although it rained New Year’s Eve > the party arranged for the day still insisted upon going. So popular were the trips that the committee is considering engaging two launches for next year’s carnival.