Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 24, 14 June 1939, Page 4

Local and General

,VINTER SHOW AWARD Mr E. W, Matthews" special prize >f a Fanmers Encyclopaedia valued at .2 2s for most points in the carrot ;eetions 13,17 at the show was won s y Messrs Cannel] Bros and not i>v dr W. J. On- as previously publish. :d in, this paper'. NSPEGTOR"S REPORT Sixteen head of stock were im_ lounded in the Whakatane pound ast month, said the borough inspee. or, Mr.! M. Penny, in his report to he Whakatane Boorugh Council on londay night. To date 131 dogs had seen registered and four destroyed. >LD BOYS FOOTBALL CLUB Members of the Old Boys Club ?«re o meet at The Rock on Wednesday, unc 14 at 7.15 p.m. It i.s essential hat all members of the Old Boys earn, Old Boy Reserves and Old Boys hirds should meet punctually on his occasion. IRANT TO BAND The grant of £20 provided on t'le stimates was made to the Wha Inline Citizens' Band by the borough ouncil at its meeting on Monday ight. Cr W. Sullivan moved that la amount should be paid and Cr C, !. Caisley seconded the motion. Cr . Pridea,ux remarked- that the band ad been a great asset on Anzae Dav. r A. J. Canning said he hoped next ear to get the full grant for the :ind from the. council.

BASK KTIiALL MEETING A special meeting of the Whakatane Basketball Association will lie held in the Borough Council Chambers at 7.30 p.m. on Friday night, June K). All interested are invite-n to attend. U.S.A. MEMBERSHIP The official financial membership returns for the Dominion have been made available by the New Zealand . Returned Soldiers' Association and these reveal that the total of 31,54'.> *s a record for the association, being 11281 more than last year. NO'S, 1 AND 2 CAR PLATES The New Zealand motor car regis, trillion white No. 1 for 1939-10 has been allotted to the owner of a pri-vate-hire motor car -at Wvnilhsm. The No. 2 olate is still in the motor vehicle re.liccnsing office in the lnvercr.rgill Post Office. The registrat:on number,s begin in the Invercar. gill postal district this year. PEDIvSTHIAN CROSSING The pedestrian crossing on the junction of Domain Road pnd Com. merce Street was discussed by the borough council ,at it.s meeting on Monday night. It was stated that it was difficult to see people on the crossMig, and suggestions were made) fov the installation of a light and the provision of reflectors to mark out the crossing. The matter was event u., ally referred to the Works Committee. CEMETERY UPKEEP The disgraceful .state of the cemetery was referred to by Cr F. PrL deaux at Monday's borough council meeting. The grass was knee.deep on some plots and he thought a few Mounds should be spent. Cr W. Sullivan said there was some money in the cemetery account which they hail decided to use. He agreed that th.j cemetery needed attention, but thought that they should be careful now thrv interfered with some graves?. The inspector, Mr M. Penny, when -•sited for h's opinion, said that he could only attend to the upkeep of graves if relatives paid in advance. He had been, asked to do the work on past but in some cases had never got paid. The council agreed that he should see lie was paid beforehand.