OUT AND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14639, 7 April 1948, Page 2

OUT AND ABOUT

Rich Milk After pouring milk from the bottle on a recent morning a Hawera householder was astonished to -find in the bottom a £1 note folded over a 10s note. The claimant was a man who stated that he placed £1 10s in a bottle, remembered it later and hastened to the milk depot, but could not find it there. Three Large Kumaras In an endeavour to uphold Tauranga’s honour in the kumara field, an Otumoetai resident has produced three large kumaras, weighing 41b, 31b, and 2£lb, respectively. These should provide an effective response to a North Auckland grower’s appeal for a Bay of Plenty vegetable to compare in size with one grown in the north. Juvenile Delinquency “I believe that in England we are getting an increase in juvenile delinquency, and I think that is because young people believe that they can commit crimes with impunity,” said Mr Basil Herricums in a lecture in the Central Public Library Hall at Wellington. Mr Henriques, an authority on youth work, is visiting New Zealand under the auspices of the British Council. Mount Dramatic Society

The members of the Mount Maunganui Dramatic Society have resunier activities f>fter being m recess over the holiday months. At the present time they are preparin'* three one-act plays to be produced early in May. The monthly social evenings will be resumed this month and will continue throughout the year.

Mount Maunganui R.S.A. The Mount Maunganui branch of the Returned Services Association recently forwarded a cheque of approximately £lB to the Western Bay of Plenty branch, towards the forwarding of food narcos +o returned men in Great Britain. A receipt for this amount with a letter of thanks has been received.by the secretary. The Postman’s Whistle

Every day Wellington postmen use up 34.000 cubic feet of air just blowing their whistles. This fact emerged from inquiries resulting from requests that postmen whistle every time they pop something into a letter box. Postmen have instructions to do so. As about twothirds of the 51,120 houses in the city and suburban area receive mail each day ' more than 34,000 whistle blasts are blown.

Communist Threat “If Communism came to the fore I think we should find some unexpected people at the head,” said Mr C. M. Bowden, M.P., speaking at the annual meeting of the Northland branch of the 'National Party. He said he was informed that there was a “secret list” of members of the Communist Party in New Zealand, members whose names were unknown to the public. The growth of Communism was the greatest scourge facing the world today.

Despatch Of Produce In presenting his report to the annual meeting of the Whakatane branch of the Labour Party, the president (Mr R. Riddell), made reference to the world-wide industrial unrest and deplored the continual interruption in the despatch overseas of New Zealand’s primary produce. Judging from reports, he said, the matters in dispute were not infrequently of very great moment and the resultant negotiations were not conducted in a spirit of tolerance by either party.

Student Accomodation Accomodation and board for between _2O and 30 country students attending Victoria University College have been arranged in the last few weeks by the chaplain to the Student Christian Movement in Wellington, the Rev. Martin Sullivan. Because of the difficulty students from the country have in finding board in the city, Mr Sullivan this year decided to begin a scheme in which he acted as liason officer between the students and the public to help lessen a problem which has been continuing for many years.