Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 48, 7 October 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Marching Championships

The Bay of Plenty Centre marclying championships will be held at Tauranga on February 18 next.

Second Rugby Test Film A film of the second Rugby test between New Zealand and the Springboks played at Johannesburg is now screening at Whakatane from today until Monday. At 12.30 p.m. today a special workers’ session is being held in addition to the screenings at all other sessions.

Rugby Union Conference A conference of New Zealand and Australian Rugby Union representatives is being held in Sydney this week. One of the questions to be discussed is whether the British touring team next season should play first in New Zealand or Australia. It is understood that each country would like the team first, Murupara Mails

The Rotorua Post Office advises that the rural delivery serving the Mudupara-Galatea area has been extended and the frequency increased to five times a week as from the beginning of this week. An additional mail, is also being despatched from Rotorua to Murupara at 3 p.m. on Mondays only. A Angling Season

The angling season in both the Rotorua and Taupo acclimatisation districts is to be the same this year as last year, from November 1. to May 14 next year. There has been a certain amount of confusion concerning the opening date, because there was a suggestion earlier that it might have been postponed until later in November.

Private Forestry

Although many landholders expressed interest in the planting of waste areas, there were comparatively few instances of action, says the report of the State Forest Service. Progress appeared to be hindered by shortage of labour for planting, fear of fire destruction, anticipation of onerous taxation on products, and difficulty in securing trees for planting.

Success of Opera ' Before a large crowd at Taneatua on Tuesday night the Whakatane District High School’s version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, “Pirates of Penzance” was played to the first of its country audiences. The presentation was an outstanding success and because of requests from people living in the Edgecumbe and Otakiri districts the opera is to be presented at Edgeeumbe on Tuesday.

Eastern Maori Electoral Roil The Maori roll for the Eastern Maori Electorate was ■ completed just recently. It contains 11,506 names, alongside of which are the addresses of electors and the names of the tribes to which they belong. Supplementary rolls have been opened and enrolments are being dealt with in the same way as those for the main rolls. It is expected that these will close a few weeks before the elections.

Concrete State Houses

Several State houses of entirely concrete construction should be completed at Shirley by the end of j, the month. The houses, built by a ' contractor who had developed suitable boxing, had come through all tests with flying colours, and with their long life, low maintenance ; costs and earthquake resisting qualities, they appeared to have great possibilities, but the' pity of it was that the shortage of cement limited the extent of their construction.

Whakatane Civil Claims

In the Whakatane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiffs by default in the following civil claims: Farmers Trading Co. Ltd. v G. J. Purvis £2B 2s 5d (costs £1 11s 6d), in default 28 days goal; John Waiter Semmens and Barry McGougan v Koro Rangihika £44 6s 8d (£1 11s 6d) in default 30 days gaol; James W. Goodhew Ltd. v Ted Tahi £ls 17s 7d (fil ls) in default, 15 days gaol; James Learmouth v Dick Rangihika £l7 6s 8d (£1 Is) in default 17 days gaol; James. W. Goodhew Ltd. v Morris Karora £ll Is 5d (15s 6d) in default 11 days gaol.