Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 23, 12 June 1939, Page 4

Local and General

O STOCK AND CLEARING SALES Farmers and others interested in th- stock and clearing sale advertise, mcnts, will find them detailed on page 8, under the heading '\Forlli. coming Stock and Clearing Sales." BENEFICIARIES SUFFER Because of the restrictions on sending capital out of New Zealand? two English bencficiaries under a New Zealand estate cannot obtain legacies amounting to £1500 apiece. Pre. liminary permits were obtained from the Reserve Bank for the remission of ithe money but were withdrawn before the money could actually be sent "JUST AS DEAD" <'If a man wais killed by a car driven by an intoxicated man, that person would be just as dead, whether the driver was slightly intoxicated or badly under the influence} of liquor," said Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M, when discussing with counsel a chargc of intoxication while in charge of a car in the Hamilton Police Court. He said that one had. to thin it of the possible consequence, which in these cases was always death.

lIAINFAIXU v.: Mr H. Muscutt reports that the rainfall to 9 a.m. on Saturday was r.12 inches. Tfie total 'this taibnth' is 2.39 inches and the total recorded for'tie year is 11.04 inches. POULTRY SHOW OFFICIALS In connection with the Poultry section at the Winter Show the following were the officials: Convenor, Mr R. F. Smith; judge, Mr John Nixon, Auckland; stewards, G. Ansel] G. Booth, W. 1. J. Grose, A. Haultain, W. S. Woods, H. R. Jackson. BRITAIN'S POULTRY TRADE j The value of Great Britain's egg and poultry production in 1938 was £34,628,58 or practically equal to the total value of the grain crop, j £36,273,108 or two and a half times the value of the wheat crop. Imports were 27 t 697,400 great hundreds (120's) of eggs in shell and 944,209 cwt of "liquid" egg?, not in shell. HAPPY AWAKENING Most people have the strongest ob-'j jections to be roused from their bods at midnight by imperative knocks or phone calls. But the aspect assumes a more rosy complexion when thd call is to announce that ' the tired householder has won a Sucking Pig, at the Winter Show. Such was the experience of a 'local businessman last Friday evening. AWARD FOR BISHOPS? Bishops" hours were not governed J bjr any award, and often exceeded 40,; said Bishop speaking on Sat- j urday at St. Bcde's College, Christ, j church, during the celebrations of i St. Bede's Day. "I am afraid 40 hours a- week are not enough for us to do our work in,'* he said. "If Mr Savage heard the hours we sometimes J work lie might start legislating for us,'' he added, a : mid laughter. MURK OVER THE SEA During the wet and unsettled weather conditions ruling last Friday and Saturday, there were many remarks by observers with reference to the heavy fog belt over the sea. At times Whale Island was completely blotted out, while it was only during the bright spells of yesterday that the first glimpses of White Island were seen after a whole week or total disappearance.GOLD DREDGING Gold dredges are operating in New Zealand over a total area of 878! acres. The agricultural value of tips land, according to the Minister of Mines (the Hon P. C. Webb) is £11,000, but its gold content is estimated at £9 433,689. Speaking to electors of Christchurch South, the Minister said these figures were the answer to the critics who declared that I the Government was damaging val.u. able land in its search for gold. In addition to that, the Government would not grant a dredging licence unless it provided for soil to be replaced, or the tailings planted in trees and handed back to the nation as a State forest.