Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 10, 12 May 1939, Page 4

Local and General

TRIMMING TREES iiurough workmen are busy cutting the plane trees back in Louvain and other streets at present. THROWN FROM CAR A young woman received compound fractures of the leg when she was thrown'out of a car through the ch> >r flying open, as the vehicle swung round a corner. Also thrown out wr.s a young man who escaped with a sprained ankle. The accident occurred after a dance at King Street in the early hours of Sunday morning. THE POLICE Constable F. Fuller, Whakatane. is at present on annual leave. !Te is spending this in Auckland, At the court on Wednesday th 3 familiar figure of Constable T. JCumuiings was missing from the prosecutoi's table. Constable Cummings is suiFering from influenza, and has been oil duty for several days. Constable O. Rice was down from Taneatua for the day and shared prosecuting duties with Constable 11. Hetlley.

LAND COURT Routine Native Land Court business is being transacted at the p-e----sent sitting at Whakatane. It began yesterday and concludes to.day when Judge Harvey and his associate Mr Roach go on to Opociki. NEW PAPER MILLS BUILDING • Excellent progress is being made with the large building adjoining the main manufacturing plant at (he Paper Mills. Carpenters are now engaged ill'laying the rafters and the framework is practically now complete. DANCE AT KING STREET Residents of the Empire boardinghouse and their friends gathered in the King Street Hall on Wednesday night for a pleasant evening's dancing. The function was in honour ot" Mr Stewart and Mr Hugh J oil? and it proved most enjoyable. THIRD GRADE The Whakatane Rugby Sub-Union decided to make the insurance fee for 'third grade players Is a head. ]t was also decided -that no affiliation, fee should be charged and that the competition should start on Saturday week. Whakatane will meet Taneatua at Taneatua and Old Boys wiil have the bye. GOATS ON STREET '"Somebody ought to ring up Mr Penny" was the suggestion of a passer-by when he saw a couple of goats placidly grazing on the bunks of the Wairere Stream near the Bank of New Zealand. The pressman almost did ring Mr Penny as the thought of watching the borough inspector adding a spot of gentle exercise in the form of wild goat herding to his present multifarious duties was a tempting one. The goats, or the original pair, were brought from Whale Island as kids and released when they grew 'too big to be satisfactory pets. They are getting tamer all the time but it comes as a bit of a shock to see them having the hillside and browsing through, the 'town.

CUCKSEY CUP M r H. E. Cucksey has received — tile handsome new cup which he is presenting for a third grade compcti — tion. The cup is not over large ant 1 is gracefully proportioned. It is ;i _ nice piece oi the silversmith's art. CHILDREN'S COURT A juvenile who appeared in the Children's Coui't before Mr E. L. Walton S.M. charged with the theft 0 ot two radio condensers, valued «t j- Us, the property of Albert Edward Ray Jones of Taneatun, was placed under the supervision of the Child e Welfare Oliieer for 12 months. *' NUMBERING PLAYERS 3 The suggestion of Mr J. White 1 (Whakatane) that all players should , T be numbered was agreed to by the Whakatane Rugby Sub-Union executive when it met at Taneatua on fc Tuesday, night. It was resolved that f delegates should get their club teams numbered for Saturday. ) FAMILY AFFAIR j In the Rugby match between Mat. ata and Edgecumbe Saturday the Matata team was made up of the ;' three Howell brothers, three two Lees, two Peranaras and two RendalLs. V. Moore, R. Thompson and Watson completed the 15. When > W. Peranara went off injured A. t R. Thompson's brother, took his place, so th e tally of A'l brothers was still kept up. DUST IN THE WIND Travellers who complained of the choking dust clouds on the roads leading >to Whakatane state that yesterday, the strong westerly wind did them the favour of blowing the dust away as soon as it was disturbed. The new development is preferable to the blinding clouds which greeted motorists earlier in <the week, and as one farmer declared makes "dura good fertiliser when it's washed in" PRAISE FOR WAIMANA Said a recent visitor to Waimana: "The view as I crossed the hills into the valley, was one of the most beau tiful I have ever seen. The sudden transformation of the ruggedness of the bush hill-country, to the green, ness of the fertile productive Waimana flat impressed me deeply s and I have no hesitation in saying that the contrast makes one of the pleas, antest scenes in New Zealand. r, THE TERRITORIALS The strength of the territorial unit in Whakatane is now 53 of all ranks, and a steady approach is being made to the hoped for establishment of l'J.5 The great need in Whakatane is for a drill hall those connected with the movement say, and they add that Opotiki ironically enough has a drill hall and no while Whaka. tane has soldiers and no drill hall. The men are showing considerable keenness in their training and the new recruits are coining along well. At present the Mounted Rilles are in camp. SKATING IN THE STREET The antics of two small boys on skates in the main street last Wednesday caused something of a liver, sion to pedestrians. However their escapades gave rise to considerable consternation when one of them in trying to cross tthe street fell down in the d'rect line of an oncoming motor car. An accident was avoided by a. few feet, but tlmse who witnessed the incident wondered if the parents responsible would have allowed their boys on the stredt again had they seen it too. BIRDS-EYE VIEW They were standing at the j'lnotion, where Commerce Street joins ithe Strand. "I wish I could see Whakatane in a comprehensive manner , ' said he, straining his 'eyes in the direction of the Rock. "What I want to know is just how for this town extends and where it begins. I want to get a birds.eye view of ithe place." His companion jerked his head towjards the two diminutive figures working on the cliff face and loosening the boulders. "If you want a birds.eye view" he said "ask \ln;>e two birds up there want they think oi it.''