Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 66, 21 November 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Applieant Fails - v Of the four applicants tested for traffic licences during the past month, one failed to pass, the traffic inspector, Mr M. C. Bridge, M ported to the Whakatane Bticou' Council on Monday night. .'- \ N-^7^ Good Fishing x - Fishing in. the Tarawera River a few days ago, Messrs P. Reichardt and N. A. S. Jones, Matata,-caught , L 9 good-sized trout, and a number of ; smaller ones they threw back \ into the water. Largest fish in. the catch weighed 61bs. ' ' • White Blackbird \ | ;; Just before one reaches, < the Dairy Factory from'Wha- \'j ' katane, 'beyond Lhe Ruatoki bridge, ' one might see an almost white black- -■- bird pottering about near the road-. -A way. , Its colouring is : unusual v. enough. But its habits seem to. fee more so. Frequent users of the road, 'are satisfied it'is the same bird tliey saw at the same 'place >about the same time last year. Just where it has been all winter nobody knows. Pepper And Potatoes Short

Pepper and new potatoes, which have been in short' supply for the last few, weeks, are still scarce at Whakatane and from inquiries about the town show no sign of any immediate increase, ty'ery. little potato, digging is reported to be going on now and that is one reason why the shortage caused through 7 this season's bad crop has not been .overtaken. One retailer said yesterday that he could give no indication when the position was likely to improve for either potatoes or pepper.