Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 52, 2 June 1950, Page 4

Local & General

Kaingaroa Withdraw " Because of the difficulty of getting sufficient players Kaingaroa has withdrawn from the Galatea Rugby Union’s competitions. This now leaves five teams in the competition.

Card Evening Mrs J. Shapley and Mr A. Cruse were the winners at the weekly card evening of the Whakatane Dmid’s Lodge. A fair . attendance saw Mrs Rutherford and Mr Derecourt walk off with the booby prizes. No Beacon Monday

The Bay of Plenty Beacon will not be published on Monday, June 5, King’s Birthday. All advertising and news copy for Wednesday’s issue should be sent in early or may be put through the letter slot in the factory door.

Representative Games The first representative Rugby games for the Galatea teams this season will be A and B. matches against Rangitaiki at Te Teko on June 24. Galatea will play theirfirst game in the Hurinui Apanui Shield game series against Rotorua at Rotorua on July 3. Eastern Bay Third

Only four points behind the leader the Eastern Bay of Plenty Young Farmers’ Clubs gained third place in the young farmers’ court competition of the Waikato Winter Show. This is the Eastern Bay’s first attempt in the show. The winning court gained 207 points, the second 206 and the third 203.

Good Scoring The fine score of 514 “knocked” by W. Campbell at the weekly club shoot of the Otakiri Archery Club last week-end was praised by the president of the Whakatane Club, Mr R. Hunter, yesterday. For a member to get that scoi’e in a new club was an outstanding effort he said, and boded well for the future.

Y.F.C. Rugby Rugby matches have been commenced among district young farmers’ clubs again and- will get under way properly with a tournament to be held on the Taneatua Domain on Monday. Probably the first game of the season was the match between Waimana and Opotiki, which was won by Waimana 8-6.

April Weather There was more rain than usual at Whakatane during April whe r *( 0.40 inches fell in 14 days. The heaviest fall was on April 14 when the district was thoroughly drenched with 3.55 inches. Temperatures were low and ranged over about 37 degrees. The warmest period was 75.3 degrees farenheit on April 1 and the coolest at the end of the month 38 degrees. Table Tennis Finalists Owing to the 10.30 power cut the finals of the mixed knockout competition, played on Wednesday by the Whakatane Table Tennis Club had to be postponed until the club night next week. The finalists, Misses M. Wilson and G. Hamill, are well matched and a close game is expected. With open challenges still available a number of positions were changed on both men’s and women’s ladders. Banded Ducks Two banded ducks, which were shot in the district by Mr J. D. Rivett, Whakatane, were released at Ohinewai, near Auckland, in March of this year according to information received by Mr Rivett from the Department of Internal Affairs. Both birds were females and released on Lake Waikare. The shooting season, which ends this week-end, has been a good one but the weather has favoured ducks, sportsmen report. Fruit Trees Flowering

Two fruit trees have been noticed in flower at Whakatane in the last few weeks. Both are peach trees and the warm humid < weather of the last few days appears to have fooled them in to thinking spring is back again. Mild conditions have been noted in other parts of New Zealand too. From New Plymouth comes a report that people are still sea bathing and liking it. The temperature has been measured at 64 degrees farenheit, unusually warm for this time of the year. * New Species of Duck “It seems that a new species of duck is being evolved in New Zealand,” said Sir Philip MansonBahr, the distinguished British physician, in an interview. Sir Philip, who is a keen ornithologist, pre- *

dieted that the grey duck would become a rare bird and its place would be taken by a hybrid species evolved from the mallard and the Australian grey duck. He considered that the black game cock from Europe, should be introduced into New Zealand, where it would thrive in the extensive pine plantations.