Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 10, 11 July 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Annual Porker Meeting Representatives from all over the Bay of Plenty attended the annual meeting of the Bay of Plenty Young Farmers’ C.lub Porker Competition Committee at Whakatane on Thursday. The years activities were reviewed by the chairman, Mr F. E. J. Broadmore, and were found to be particularly successful. Record Number of Bowlers With a credit of £235 and a profit of £ls being received from the Francis Cup competitions the finances of the Bay of Plenty Bowling Centre are now in a very sound position, it was revealed at the annual meeting of the centre held at Te Puke recently. Bowling now appeared to- be increasing in strength in the province as the membership of affiliated clubs is now over 900—a record, the president, Mr J. W. Wilson, Whakatane, stated. Scout Presentation After four years continuous service as president and secretary of the Whakatane Scout Committee Mr and Mrs C. Zinsli were presented last Wednesday evening with a china decanter set by Commissioner Kingsley-Smith. The Commissioner said that the gift represented the warm appreciation of the local Scout group for the unremitting service which both Mr and Mrs Zinsli had given during their term of office. Mr Zinsli suitably return-, ed thanks. Pilgrimage To Rome Information regarding the New Zealand section of the Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome indicates that the pilgrims will be leaving this country on March 21 of next year by the new liner Rangitoto, in which 120 berths have been reserved. After visiting England the party is expected to arrive in Rome on May 7 and spend three days there. They will then spend 16 days on the Continent, visiting various shrines before returning to England for the homeward voyage. Edgecumbe Bridge Cr R. C. Leslie called in on Friday. He said some of the ratepayers in his area had the impression that, at last Tuesday’s meeting of the County Council he had advocated the rebuilding of the old Rangitaiki River Bridge at Edgecumbe in spite of the fact that the Main Highways, Board is building a new bridge. What he had intended to convey, he said, was that, if it were to be expected to carry unrestricted traffic the bridge would need to be rebuilt, but he favoured the restriction of traffic until the new bridge is completed.