Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 96, 10 February 1950, Page 4

Local & General

Frontiersmen’s Outing A party of ten Whakatane Frontiersmen leave tomorrow for Rotorua, where they will join up with members from Napier to be the guests of the Rotorua troop for the week-end. Rates Collected About 85 per cent of rabbit rates have been paid, the secretary, Mr A. H. Dukeson, reported to the monthly meeting of the Pcngakawa Rabbit Board. The total rates outstanding at January 24 of this year was £513 4s 8d out of a levy of £3322.

Card Evening Winning a total of ten games Miss N. Rivett won the women’s section of the progressive 500 card evening of the Druids Lodge this week. Seven games gave the men’s section to Mr Derecourt. Booby prizes were won by Mrs Smart and Mr Pedersen.

Shops Close Tuesday Whakatane retailers have agreed to close their businesses on Tuesday afternoon from 2.30 to give members of their an opportunity to see the touring Australian surf team in action at Ghcpe. Retailers decided unanimously to close for 2-h hours after being asked by the secretary of the Whakatane Retailers’ Association, Mr N. Hocken, following representations from the Whakatane Surf Club, who are hosts to the Australians during their visit to the district. Whodunit ?

Who, in his excitement while the fire raged on the cliff face near the Heads on Wednesday night, left ’a pair of pants in the wrong truck? One of the minor mysteries in a few days of exciting action for firemen and members of the Legion of Frontiersmen who have been standing by ready, to help if need be, is the appearance of a strange pair of trousers in a Frontiersman’s truck. Needless to say, they are not a really posh job, and don’t fit the Frontiersman, or he would be keeping his peace, with good pants at something over £3 a pair.