Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 18, 31 May 1939, Page 4

Local and General

LOAD OF FISH Wright's trawler the Outlaw made its first trip since the gale yesterday and brought back a fairly good eaten of schnappcr. PRESENT FOR CRAYFISH A very dead hoi'se tore over the waters of the Whakatane river yesterday afternoon —on a rope behind the harbour board launch. Possibly a victim of the fresh in the river, it had been bobbing about the harbour until the harbourmaster towed it out to the open sea and cast it loose. CLOUDS OVER WHITE ISLAND Dark clouds veiled White Island for the better part of yesterday, making it impossible to discern whether the island volcano was showing ! its usual activity or whether the heavy pall was the outcome of dull weather conditions. RECENT ACCIDENT REPORT In our report of the recent accident at Te Teko, in which one of the vehicles involved burst into flames following the collision it was stated that one of the drivers was Mr Moses Tom a. This was incorrect. The driver of the truck was Mr C. Mayer Jn. a and the car driver was Mr Abraham .Moses. Mr M. Toma was a passenger. GEYSER ACTIVITY Pohutu geyser was playing again tt W h a k a re \ v a re w a on Sunday after, noon after a rest of two or three j months says the Rotorua Morning Post. The blowhole spouted live times between noon and six o'cloe« it a height of up to 80 feet. The dis- , play was an excellent one but appar_ .?ntly the geyser has gone into retirement again as there were no , iigns of activity yesterday. In addition to displays by Pohutu, the : Prince of Wales Feathers, Waikite, 1 and Waikorohihi geysers, were playing , on Sunday. , BEAUTY AT THE HEADS j The white horses that' reareel them. 1 •elves on the Whakatane bar and 1 ilong the cliffs a few days ago were 1 '>ack in their stables and only the ; barest pulse of sea broke on the i >eaeh and the reefs at the entrance 1 yesterday afternoon. A grey-green i ea stretched away as smooth as < Vuekland harbour to a horizon bard, i •d in the north-west by a vivid J itreak of golden light, against which < "he Rurima Islands stood up like 1 loor handles. Whale Island glowed f jurple and black and Whi ! te Island £ uid its plume shone french-grey be. I •leath the dense mass of feathery •douds which lined the sky. Inland stretched the sullen hills with Wha- - katane's roofs huddling beneath the green cliffs. ( -

EARTHQUAKES Several earth tremors were felt in Whakatane yesterday, the strongest being at about 6.30 a.m. Another good shake came at 0.15 a.m. and there were others at intervals. The 9.15 a.m. one coincided exactly with blasting operations at the new Centennial Park at The Heads ? and it surpriseel residents there for a moment. CROCKERY CURRENCY Natives in the remote parts of New Guinea use sea shells as a medium of exchange but in one locality broken crockery was eagerly sought for a. time. Mr E. Charter, of Guinea Airways, who is at present in Christchurch, said that it was discovered accidentally that the natives likeel pieces of broken crockery. Accoreling. ly cheap lines were bought, smashed up, anel used in trading. However the natives, who bored holes in the pieces and made necklaces of them, soon lost interest in the new "coinage." Missionaries and explorers all ?arry sacks of shells with them to barter for the edible roots on which they live while on trek. ONE O.T? THE OLD SCHOOL Heavily tatoocd lips fadeel panama, and battered olel shawl, she sat on a convenient doorstep watching the busy crowd of shoppers in the Strand From the blackened stem of an a<ncient briar she drew pungent clouds of strong smelling tobacco a,nel whiffed them contentedly away. She was a wahine of the olel school—a representative of a picturesque type fast dying out. What a wealth of knowledge in changing local conditions must be hers. What must have been her thoughts as she watched the Wha katanc of to.day, and compareel it with the earlier days, when she knew it as a young and vigorous woman. HOCKEY IN ROTORUA For the first time for many years 't is hoped that a Rotorua women's team, and possibly a mens team also will be engaged this year in the annua] country week tournament at Auckland next month says the Rotorua Morning Post. Arrangements to make the trip possible are now being cairieel and it is expected that Rotor'ua will be representee! by a fairly strong siele. As a preliminary it is hoped that the team will have a try-out on June 5 (King's Birthday) ? against Whakatane, for the Kusabs' Cup. The Kusabs' Cup i s at present in the possession of Opotiki, but, as hockey is not now being played at Opotiki, efforts aire being maele to have the Bay of Plenty competition for the trophy revived, and the first game played between Whakatane and Rotorua. Lose fat quickly with Bonkora. Safe, quick reducing treatment* Try bonkora to.day. F. G. Macklow. Whakatane.