Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 14, 24 March 1950, Page 4

Local & General

Card Evening There was a good crowd to the progressive 500 card evening of the Whakatane Druids Lodge, the women’s prize being won by Mrs V. Pearson. Mr G. Lovell was successful in the men’s section. The booby prizes went to Mrs A. Worrall and Mr R. Schou.

Waimana Gorge Sealing With the exception oi the hill at the top of the gorge the whole of the State Highway from Taneatua through the Waimana Gorge has been sealed. Motorists state that a splendid job has been done and the gorge road now gives a splendid running surface.

More Wasps Reports of further wasps being caught at Awakeri have been received from Mr F. S. Jones who told the Beacon yesterday that he found and destroyed four wasps nests this week. Three were in a two acre paddock and the fourth he found, in his vegetable garden. Awakeri appears to be one of the districts that has had a particular attraction for the insects. * Road Expenditure Approval has ben given by the Main Highways Board for an expenditure of £30,000 on the Tau-ranga-Katikati section of the WaihiTauranga main highway. This portion of the highway has deteriorated in the last few months and various interests in the nearby districts have been agitating for an improvement. The work will entail some reconstruction and sealing.

Pipe Band Parade Whakatane will be considerably livened tonight when the Whakatane St. Andreev’s Pipe, Band will make its first appearance ill the town by a street march through the Si r and at about 7.30 p.m. The band will enter the town from the southern end tof the Strand and march to the monument where it will present a few items* Then it will march along the lower Strand to the Bank of New Zealand before returning to the monument to conclude with further selections.

Attractive Lay Out The attractively laid out sports ground on the Whakatane Domain drew much favourable comment from those people who attended the annual sports of the Whakatane High School last week. All distances were correctly marked out and the sports were able to be run off easily and without any hitch. Much of this could be attributed to the Work done before hand by senior pupils of the school and the borough. engineer, Mr C. D. Molesworth, in preparing the ground.