NEWS IN TOWN

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13240, 16 January 1941, Page 4

NEWS IN TOWN

Pbhutu Geyser Plays. Visitors to Rotorua yesterday were fortunate to see Pohutu playing at Whakarewarewa. The red flag “Pohutu Playing” was flown over the Government Tourist Office from early afternoon, and was still flying at four. Visitors from Tauranga went out aboiu 5.30, hut the shots were then dying down although still quite spectacular.

The House Painters. The BBC finished a recent broadcast by describing the German atacks on “military objectives” in England whereby the shop of a house painter and decorator was practically demolished. A rare touch of humour was a placard which the owner pasted across the gaping front of the shop, bearing the words “Professional Jealousy.” No Outsiders The contention that the time would come when every person who was hot a member of the Home Guard would feel an outsider, was voiced by Captain J. Mitchell, commander for the Tauranga district, at the Home Guard meeting on Tuesday evening. He hoped there would be no outsiders, but if there were they would simply be trampled on.

His NicheThere is at least one man -who went away from the Home Guard meeting on Tuesday evening fully convinced that there will be a job for him in the movement. He is the Hon. B. C. Robbins, M.L.C. During an appeal to men to join the guard Mr Robbins expressed a desire to help, and added that he hoped the district commander would find a niche for him. Later a questioner asked Mr R. W. Wise, of the district headquarters staff at Rotorua, the duties of the civilian section of the Home Guard. Mr Wise replied that this section would comprise the older men and their job would be to look after the women and children — while the other men were engaged elsewhere. This reply caused much merriment, which was capped when Mr Robbins rose and thanked Mr Wise for finding a niche for‘him. Learn. To Shoot The value of every man learning to handle a rifle was stressed by Mr F. W. Doidge, M.P., at the Home Guard meeting in Tauranga on Tuesday evening. He said that what he would like to see in every town in New Zealand was a number of shooting galleries where men could go whenever they had a few minutes to share to put in some- target practice. By this means a great deal could be achieved in teaching" people to shoot.

Medical Board. Men whose names appeared in the overseas ballot paraded before the Medical Board on" Tuesday. The men called numbered 27, five passing class one, six class two, three class three, and five class four. There w-ere five defaulters, and three of the men who paraded were Maoris, who are exempt. There was another sitting of the Medical Board to-day, ten men from the Te Puke district being called.