Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 87, 18 January 1950, Page 4

Local & General

Earthquakes Again A sharp earthquake was felt at Whakatane at about 11,30 p.m. on Monday. Consisting of about seven or eight shakes from north to south, some of which were rather violent, the quake caused no damage but it wasJfelt by many people.

Development of Cow Four hundred years ago the domestic cow of England was little bigger than the Newfoundland dog. The \present-day cow is an abnormally developed animal, lactating artifically, and thus needing special care'from the nutritional angle.

Hoarse Sense

The Quiz session at the Pony Club Gymkhana on Saturday gave the crowd some laughs.' Prize howler was perpetrated by the youngster who thought the horse’s “frog” might be in its throat! Another knew the answer, but didn’t say quite what he meant when he described a “risen clench” as “a nail in the boot that goes through the hoof.”

New Rowing Skiffs Advice has been received by the Whakatane Rowing Club that two new fours, which were ordered some time ago in Australia, are now being built and should be delivered in the very near future,. In addition new sets of oars are also on the way. This new equipment will mean a big drain on club finances and arrangements are being made to raise extra funds, commencing with a dance on Saturday night. Young Cup Winner

Latest addition to an impressive array of horse sports trophies at the home of Mr and Mrs L. Davis, White Pine Bush, is one won by their daughter Ida at the Pony Club Gymkhana on Saturday. She collected the cup presented by Miss Pauline McKay for the youngest rider in the grand parade. Ida, just two years old, went round the ring arguing fiercely with her mother, who had refused to let the pony off its lead.