LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXI, Issue 10923, 24 September 1932, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Borough Council has a staff of men engaged on the improvement of Marsh Stret. As soon as this work is completed the men will commence the making of a new road to give access to the abattoir property at Grcerton.

A very enjoyable dance was held in the Parish Hall at Gate Pa on Wednesday evening. There was a very fair attendance and the music was splendid. The floor was in excellent condition and the supper supplied was all that could be desired. The entertainment, which besides giving enjoyment 'to very many people, was for the purpose of raising funds to pay off the indebtedness of the hall, which has only recently been erected. It is the intention of the vestry to hold dances aU intervals.

A resident of Fifth Avenue reports that a number of fencing posts were stolen off his property this week. Not so long ago a quantity of firewood went the same way.

At the last annual Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s Show a class for exhibit by branches of the New Zealand Women’s Institute was provided in the Fancy Work section of the schedule. The class was an outstanding success, and the Association has modified the class for next annual show, and steps have been taken, through the Federation of Institutes, to make it more widely known in order that adequate notice may be given for preparation. At the conference of the Women s Institute, held on Thursday at Whakatane, the Secretary notified that particulars of the class had been circulated amongst branches.

For some time bees have swarmed high up in the louvres of the Anglican Church and presented rather a problem as to how to remove them. Bees, under ordinary circumstances, are very nasty when disturbed but up a thirty-foot ladder the disturber wpuld be in an unenviable predicament. One man did the job and being used to bees effected the ejectment but had to be encased in a net as an extra precaution.

A collision occurred at the intersection of the Bethlehem Eastern Road and the Tauranga-Waihi Main Road yesterday afternoon between a Morris car (driven by Miss G. Corbett) and a cream collecting motor lorry (driven by Mr E. Heke). Fortunately all ’the occupants of the vehicles escaped injiiry, but the cat was damaged. It is stated that both vehicles were travelling steadily at the time and the accident occurred just as the lorry emerged from the Bethlehem Road on to the main highway. The observation for traffic is bad at this intersection and if the corners were cut off or lowered it would be a material benefit to users of the roads.

The Clarke Memorial Shield, which was presented to the Tauranga Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Saturday last, is now on view at Mr E. Munro’s office on the Strand. The Shield is silvermounted on a plaque of oak. An aitistic design of the Mount, brought out in relief in silver, is the top central design. The central figure depicts the heads of the three animals of farm industry—the horse, the cow and the sheep. The Shield is a notable addition to the Association’s trophies and was presented by the family of the late Mr and Mrs H. P. Clarke who for many years were associated with the Show.

A large number of overdue accounts were before the Tauranga ’Hospital Board on Thursday. The fine spirit displayed by a young woman, who earns very small wages, , but sends half of it periodically to the Board in reduction of her account, came in for very favourable comment. She has already paid off nearly one-third of the account. One of the members of the Board said, that the young lady was a trier, and undoubtedly she is. In addition to paying off the Board’s account she is also helping her mother. If every ex-patient tried to meet their obligations in the same manner as the young lady mentioned, the Secretary would not have much anxiety in balancing the budget.

The Borough Council held a special meeting last night, the business ’being dealt with in committee.

An enjoyable evening was spent in the Foresters’ Hall on the 16th inst. when a social and dance was given under the auspices of the officers and members of the Loyal Orange Lodge. Old time dances were enjoyed by all, the music being supplied by Messrs Fojshaw, Bone, Clarkson, Styles, W. Carleton, C. Stuart and Mrs Styles. Other items were rendered by the Native Boys Orchestra. Mr W. Stevens sang two solos. A dainty supper was served by the committee at 10.30 p.m. Dancing continued until midnight, the function closing with the singing of the National Anthem.

Captain Hewett, of Falcon Airways, Ltd., and Mr Frank Stewart, who will be well remembered here as the cinematographer of “My Lady of the Cave,” arrived in Tauranga by ’plane from Auckland late yesterday afternoon. It was Mr Stewart’s intention to photograph some aerial views of Tauranga this morning and then proceed for a similar purpose to Te Puke, returning to Auckland this afternoon. Captain Hewett and Mr Stewart were guests at Hotel Roslyn while in Tauranga.