TABLE TALK

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 3, 2 October 1950, Page 4

TABLE TALK

Auction of Sections / Sections in Stewart Street, offered for sale by auction on Saturday morning, realised up to £260 each. Health Stamps On Sale Health stamps are on sale at the Whakatane Post Office from today. The town’s quota to be sold is £3lO worth. Bog Poisoning Dog poisoning has not yet come to an end in Whakatane. A further case was reported to the Beacon on Saturday. > Friendly Golf Twelve players from Te Teko and eight from Waimana visited the Whakatane Ladies’ Golf Club on Thursday. Friendly games were played.

Table: Tennis Champs At a meeting of the Whakatane Table Tennis Club on Wednesday, members decided to hold the Club Championships and handicap contests- at 7.30 next Wednesday and the Reason’s closing evening the following week. “Work-a-Week” Whakatane district girl guides will hold their “work-a-week” in the week before Christmas and not earlier as is proposed elsewhere. The organisation will be similar to that for the boy scouts’ “bob-a-job” week. Trophies Donated Trophies donated to the Whakatane Cricket Association for the coming season are: Mr N. E. Rigden, a bat for the most improved cricketer. Mr K. ■ Tunnicliffe, trophy for best bowling average. Mr .W. H. Whiteside for best batting average. Poorly-Kept? •The allegedly poorly-kept state of reserves in Whakatane was criticised at a meeting of the executive of the Whakatane Chamber of Commerce. It was stated that the efforts of the Beautifying Society were being nullified.