TABLE TALK
Mutton Bird Season The mutton bird season at Whale Island will start on November 22. Golf Closing The Te Teko Golf Club will close its season on Sunday. Whakatane’s closing is scheduled for the following Saturday. Poor Patronage Clean up day in Whakatane on Tuesday was poorly patronised. Too few residents took advantage of the extarordinary rubbish collection. Limit Bags Limit bags of trout were secured by three Whakatane parties at Lake Rotoehu on Wednesday. Fish are reported to be exceutionally plentiful this season. Members’ Children Only That the Whakatane and District Caledonian Society should conduct national dancing for members’ children only was a recommendation made to the executive at the annual meeting on Tuesday night.
Druids 500
The Whakatane Druids Lodge flag 500 card evening held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evening was won by Mesdames F. Wedderell, Bridger, Smart and Mr Derecourt. The booby prizes went to Mesdames C. Loane. F. Worrall, R. Brown and F. Hansen,
October Rainfall Rainfall in Whakatane last month was 5.66 inches, compared with an average, over 10 years, .of 4.98 inches for October. There were 16 rain days last month, the wettest being October 17 with 1.38 inches. For 10 months of the year the fall has been 48.04 inches, compared with an average of 50.92. Cricket Team The P. and T. cricket team to play the High School at the school on Saturday is: J. B. Rivett, R. Cleland, A. Martin, W. McCready, A. Munro, R. Goile, R. Povery, J. Ranapia, T. Dockray, R. Jones, B. Whiteside, W. R. Whiteside (12th man). All players are asked to meet. at the pavilion at .9 a.m. sharp. Back Areas Served Information given by the Agricultural Department on land use showed the area to be served by a port at Tauranga as 6260 square miles, and that from Whakatane, as 2030 square miles. Of the 2680 square miles in the area served by Tauranga was farmable, compared \ with 1210 square miles in the Whakatane area, stated the report presented by the Commissioner of Works to the Port Inquiry Committee.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 15, 3 November 1950, Page 4
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