Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 64, 14 March 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Air Force Display ■ After its somewhat tricky journey through from Gisborne, the 60ft R.N.Z.A.F. transport, trailer with a flying bomb for cargo will be on display at Pohaturoa Rock, Whakatane, all day tomorrow. Advice received by local A.T.C. headquarters suggests that the display will include other items, but precise details were not available early this morning. Farmers And Tractors “Farmers and their employees who drive tractors on roads are required to have their driving licences cover the class of vehicle set out in class 8 (road machinery),” stated the Provincial Secretary of Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Bay of Plenty Province), Mr E. J. Vesper, recently. Failure to carry a correct licence would prejudice an insurance claim as well as constituting a traffic offence, he added. Dr Petersen’s Film District Young Farmers’ Clubs have managed to book a return showing in this district of Dr Petersen’s film, “No Hand Stripping”, which should be of considerable interest again in view of the distinguished dairy scientists’s recent visit here. It is to be shown at the District High School, Whakatane, on the evening of April 22, and at Thornton that afternoon. An officer of the New Zealand Dairy Board will be present. Puzzling—A Radio Station? Maori speakers, when welcoming Sir Peter Buck in Wellington, mitted ignorance as to the meaning of Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, with which insignia Sir Peter had been invested. “We know it is a high pskeha decoration,” said Tohorua Parata, a leading chief, “but just what does it mean?” “As a matter' of fact,” replied Sir Peter, “this K.C.M.G. business has also had me I puzzled. Somehow, I always con- j fuse it with KGMB, which is a radio ! station in Honolulu.” I

Rules For FishingIn order to refresh the minds of amateur fishermen, the Marine Department has issued an abstract of the regulations controlling the taking of shellfish, the size of catches, and the dimension of nets. The notices explain the laws protecting toheroa beds and the sizes below which seve»al varieties of fish must be returned to the water alive and unharmed. The sizes of mesh in nets that are permitted for use in taking various fish and the manner in which these may be set is also dealt with. It was explained that the regulations were not new and that the notices had been issued to gain the co-operation of amateurs in conserving fish.