Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 27, 19 August 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Wool For Europe Over £lO was collected by a bring and buy stall at a- recent afternoon meeting of the Rangitaiki Presbyterian Women’s Fellowship held ai the home of Mrs J. A. Armstrong, Otakiri. The committee now has £35 towards the cost of a bale of wool which is to be sent to the national council of churches in Western

Maoris In Action A film of the Maori All Blacks in action against Auckland is being screened at Whakatane • this week-end. Playing their final game together ; the Maoris are shown in the close game with Auckland just after they returned from their. Australian tour. The Bay of Plenty representatives, L. Raureti, Matata, and M. Delamere, Opotiki, figure well in this match.

Teams Gathering Members of the Bay of Plenty senior rugby team to play Australia*

at Whakatane tomorrow are to gather at Whakatane today and. will probably have a run together later oh this afternoon. The junior. Bay >of Plenty team and the Poverty Bay junior team will also gather in the town today. These two teams are to play- as a curtain raiser to the main game. All three teams are staying at the Whakatane Hotel. (

Two Sets Of Twin Calves ' Two of the first, three cpws te> calve on the farm of Mr A. !Etobb, Thornton, this year calved twins. All calves were born, normal and in a healthy condition and are now growing extremely well. • The first cow had two heifer calves and the third cow had one heifer and one bull calf. Mr Robb has only been farming. at Thornton for about seevn years but this is the first time that he has had any experience with twin calves. AH Blacks At Whakatane Arrangements have been made by the picture theatre authorities* at Whakatane to show films of the All Blacks in South Africa playing against Natal, Western Province and the first test to at Whakatane from September 16. All three films will be shown together and will last for about 30 minutes. From early reports it is believed tha-t the films are of the same standard of the recent one screened showing the All Blacks playing their first game agairist Western Province Universities.