TABLE TALK

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 1, 27 September 1950, Page 5

TABLE TALK

Chocolates, Too Chocolate prices took a slight rise in Whakatane on Monday.

Street Appeal The sum of £l2O was collected for the New Zealand Crippled Children’s Society in a street appeal in Whakatane on Friday.

Pony Club Meeting The annual meeting of the Whakatane Pony Club will be held in the Winter Show Building at 11 o’clock on Friday morning. Schools Closed Primary schools at Whakatane were closed on Friday for the beginning of the Matatua celebrations. Prices Rise Retread tyres on sale in Whakatane have.risen 10 per cent in price as the result of the higher cost of rubber. They Come And They Go “Governments come and Governments go—thank heaven one’s just gone!” Mr W. Sullivan last Sat-

urday’s Maori ceremonial. Good Linoleum The linoleum in the Whakatane County Clerk’s office has been there since 1914. The County Council made arrangements for its renewal yesterday. Attendance of 2,000 By no means the 4,000 Maoris expected for the Matatua celebrations attended. It is now estimated that the attendance of visitors was not more than 2,000. Collected £3,000 Collections from all sources for the Matatua Sexcentennial celebrations totalled nearly £3,000. This was more than enough to cover the expenses incurred.

Old-Timers v An old-timers’ badminton team will play Whakatane for the Rivett Cup tomorrow night. The old men’s team has already played with success at Awakeri, Thornton, Otakiri and Taneatua. Whakatane Placed In a reliability trial held by the Opotiki Motor Cycle Club on Sunday, consisting of observed sections and mud hazards, McGlashen and Woods, of Whakatane, were placed second and third respectively. Edgecumbe Scout Parade The Edgecumbe troop held their annual church parade on Sunday, September 17 at the Presbyterian Church, where the service was conducted by Rev. J. H. Starnes. The boys turned out very smartly under Scoutmaster M. Lawes. Danger ? Bulls would one day be driven shop Windows in Edgecumbe, declared Cr W. Hunter at a meeting of the Whakatane County Council yesterday. He stressed the need for a stock route in the township. Whakatane Maori Rates In paying a tribute to the Maori ratepayers in the Whakatane County the County Chairman, Mr J. L. Burnett, at last Saturday’s gathering said he was proud to say that the County had the hiighest percentage of collected rates in New Zealand.

At The Meeting Present at the Whakatane County Council meeting yesterday were the chairman, Mr J. L. Burnett, and Messrs K. L. Caverhill, R. F. Wardlaw, R. C. Leslie, Wilson, W. Hunter, L. W. Luxton, W. M. Clark, D. T. Allan, A. F. McGougan and D. C. Butler.

Indoor Bowls Champion A. J. Atkinson defeated S. Jones 3/1 to win the Whakatane M.U.1.0.0.F. Indoor Bowling championship held last week. This win makes Mr Atkinson the Whakatane M.U.1.0.0.F. representative to play in the Bay of Plenty Indoor Bowling Centre, Sub- Association Whakatane, championships to be held in November. /

Two-edged Sword—Maori Version Mr Te Karehana, who spoke for the western section of the Matatua Maoris last Saturday made no bones about asking the Government (through Mr Corbett) to. remove “stratas of clouds from the sun.” He referred feelingly to Maori rates which, he said, were a two-edged sword and suggested respectfully that the should be borne by the Pakehas. He referred also to the early confiscation of Maori lands by the Pakeha Government as a punitive measure and claimed that just compensation should be made. The ex-Prime Minister (Hon P. Fraser! had done his best, but - what was the present Government going to do? '