Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 13, 18 July 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Fightin’ Talk Husband: “If a man steals —no matter what—he will live to regret it.” Wife (sweetly): “You used to steal kisses from me before we were married.” Husband: “Well, you heard what I said.” Meat Price Relaxation Meat prices will not be controlled in September, OctSber and November. Wholesale and retail price orders issued in February stated that they would not apply in thosemonths. Flattering? Thousands of coins are to be withdrawn from circulation in Spain because apprentices in Barcelona workshops have engraved a moustache like that of Stalin on the profile of General Franco on the coins.

New Angle A printing salesman became tired of his job and gave it up to become a policeman. Several months later a former customer asked him how he liked his new job. “Well,” he replied, “the pay is good, the hours ain’t bad, but what I like best is that the customer is always wrong.”

Heavy Frost One of the heaviest frosts of the year was experienced at Whakatane on Friday. Some areas which have not had frost s 6 fas were well covered with a gleaming coat and one resident of the town considered it the heaviest frost Whakatane has had for many 1 years.

Taranaki Goat Farm Intruders in Taranaki’s dairy pastres are a herd of goats' which M* R. M. Mills, of Omata, is developing 1 . He now has a herd of 18 which he -developed from imported goats crossed with wild animals, but he hopes to establish a herd of 50. Goats’ milk is six times easier ,to digest than cows’ milk. Rule of the Road

A change from the right hand rule to the left hand rule was advocated by the Taranaki Automobile Association. Discarding the view that the change would cause confusion, the committee decided to inform the North Island Union that the left hand rule should apply regardless of any intended change of direction. j H.S.A. Dance

Thursday night’s meeting of the Home Servicemen’s Association executive discussed the possibility of conducting a dance with the object of getting members and their friends together socially fairly soon, and it was decided to explore the chances of getting the Legion of Frontiersmen to co-operate in a combined effort. A country venue was suggested.-