Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 63, 14 November 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Typists’ Exam The public' service typists’ exam was held at Whakatane on Saturday and a number of local candidates. sat the test. The main sections consisted of speed typing and shorthand. • Thornton gardening Circle Mrs W. Arbuckle presided over the monthly meeting of the Thornton. Gardening Circle held in the home of Mrs T. Mexted. Competition results: Best flowers, Mrs W. Law; 1, Mrs Arbuckle 2; best vegetable, Mrs Arbuckle 1, Mrs Mexted 2; best rose, Mrs Arbuckle 1, Mrs M. Tooke 2. . v . Useful Spoil Much useful spoil has been obtained by the Whakatane Borough Council to fill in reclaimed land behind the council chambers in Commerce Street. A large area has been brought up to road level, flattened out and has considerably improvedW* the space. Most of it has come from p.. excavation work just across the' road where a building site has been enlarged by digging in to the cliff. Wot, No Trout ? Four large wetas were found in > «• the backyard of a Whakatane home by its owner recently. All were bigger than those usually found and some difficulty was found in kiling them. Hot water soon disposed of them and as they were being buried one bystander was heard to remark that it was a pity there was not a good trout stream handy.

Bottles, Bottles Over 28 dozen bottles were taken away after a recent private club dinner at Whakatane. Bottles with gaily coloured labels denoting, nearly every kind of drink available today graced the collection., There were even some soft drink bottles. The Whakatane Rowing Club benefited considerably by taking them to swell there annual collection, which is to be held early next month. ; < Swimmers About Again Some of the more hardy persona who frequent Ohope Beach have been seen in the water lately. Yesterday and on Saturday quite a number were in swimming and surfing and reported that the water was “very good.” One or two, whd have been in for the past couple of months consider that the water has “definitely warmed up now” and is as good as it was anytime last summer. THE TIDES High water at Whakatane Heads; a.m. p.m. Nov 14 12.42 1.06 Nov 15 1.37 2.01