Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 48, 24 May 1950, Page 4

Local & General

New Rubbish Dump A new rubbish dump has been established on a council plantation on Grieve’s Road, Onepu. A large pit has been excavated with a bulldozer and the site has been fenced off.

Queen Mary’s Birthday On Friday Queen Mary will celebrate her 23rd birthday aniversary She is the oldest Queen in British history, her great predecesor, Queen Victoria, dying on January 22, 1901 in her 82nd year., Queen Mary still spends an active day. and her interests are as varied as they were 57 years ago, when she became Queen of England.

Tool Allowances Tool allowance to certain tradesmen, apprentices and leading hands in the Public Service are made in a Principal Order No. 15 of the Government Service Tribunal issued this week. 'The order is retrospective to October 1 last except in the case of civil aviation technicians, where it is retrospective to April 1, 1949. '

Seats For Maoris Preferential seating for 500 Maoris is to be provided for the British Isles-New Zealand Maoris match at Athletic Park on August 2. This was decided at a meeting of the management committee of the Wellington Rugby Football Union. The decision was made following an appeal by Mr R. M. Love, secretary of the Maori Advisory Board. The request was for 1,000 seats. R.S.A. Meets The first meeting of the new committee of the Whakatane R.S.A. was held under the chairmanship of Mr T. Macken, the new president. •There was a full muster of committeemen and the president welcomed all new members. He said he hoped they would find the work of the committee interesting and helpful. A full agenda of business was disposed of before “lights out” at 10.30 p.m.

Plucking The Ducks What is the best way to pluck ducks? With, the shooting season here again many people will have wild duck on the menu once more but the preparation of the birds is causing concern. A number of inquiries have been received from a number of anxious people who want to know the “best, quickest, and easiest” method of pluck ducks. We are told that dipping the ducks in scalding water to which a small quantity of washing soda has been added, does make plucking easy. We would be pleased to receive further suggestons.