Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 60, 4 March 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Local Cow’s Success At the Te Puke A. and P. Show last week, Boon and Berg’s Glen Dwyr Noble Kathleen from the Cloverfields Stud was adjudged the Champion dairy cow.

Rangitaiki Rainfall The heaviest fall of rain on the Rangitaiki Plains measured during February was 2.93 inches on the sixteenth. Rain fell on 11 days in the month. The average rainfall for February over the last 10 years is 2.86 inches.

Happy Birthday Mrs Harry Fisher had a birthday on February 19, and what do you thing she got for a birthday present? Her son was born that day at the Whakatane district hospital’s maternity Annexe. Happy birthday, Mrs Fisher! Or should one say “Many happy returns?”

Correction A correction to the report of the proceedings against Joseph Plamus j of using his premises in the Strand, Whakatane, as a common gaming [ house, which appeared in Wednes- | day’s Beacon should be noted. He has’ no telephone connected to his premises and could not, therefore, have been taking bets over the phone. Y.F.C. Ball

~ j Arrangements are well in hand j for the Eastern Bay of Plenty Dis- " j trict Committee of Young Farmers’ 3 | Club’s first annual ball, which is to 1 j be held at Taneatua on the evening . j of May 5. Lavish plans have been 51 laid to make this a memorable oc- . j casion, and if all one hears is to be i; believed the supper alone will make entertainment history so far as this district is concerned. [ “Doodlebug’s” Visit , Whakatane residents will have the ' i chance, on Monday, March 14, of ' j seeing a “doodlebug” (VI flying ' j bomb), which will be displayed at the Rock during a halt on its journey from Gisborne to Auckland. An Air Force transport with a 60ft trailer has the job of carting the unwieldy monster. Their trip ; through the Waioeka promises to be a bit of a picnic. 1 Essay Competition : An essay competition on the sub- j ject of the “Implementation of Hu- ] man Rights,” open to all persons j I under 35 years is to be conducted J ] |by the United Nations Association j ( j of NeW Zealand. This was decided j t •at the annual conference of that j £ I body. The winner will be given a six months’ visit to Lake Success, r headquarters of the United Nations, in company with the winners of similar competitions in 14 other | countries. Fire Department, Please! ( A Rotorua resident wanted to

burn off a bit of long grass. But before starting she rang the Fire Bri- j gade to find out if a permit was required. They said to ring the Forest Service. • Forest Service didn’t know, said to call their fire officer. The fire officer said it wasn’t his concern; ring the County Council. The County Council wasn’t interested either and said ring the Borough Council. When the Borough council said it wasn’t its affair and suggested ringing the Fire Brigade, she gave it up and burnt the grass anyway!