Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 50, 16 August 1939, Page 4

Local and General

QUEEN CARNIVAL CONCERT Owing to pressure on our space a full and complete report on last Mori Jay's Queen Carnival Concert, which successfully launched the campaign has been held over till Friday's issue. MINOR UNION GAME J. J. Best, J. McNeile, H. Rayment and R. Donovan are the Bay of Plenty men in the North Isla,nd Minor Unions side for the game at Christ church this week, and they left for the South to-day. Best and McNeile wer e the* original selections from the Bay, then, Rayment was added, and Anally Donovan from Te Puke was given the trip to take the place uf Wi Repa, East Coast j who was unable to travel. FIRE AT OHOPE All his clothes and other possessions were lost on Monday by Mr Bailej' - , when fire destroyed his wooden-walled tent. It is understood that at the time Mr Bailey was lighting a stove, and that he poured some kerosene on the wood which was slow to burn. Unfortunately the flames caught the bottle of kerosene. He tried to throw the bottle out of the tent, but the door was. l-shut, and the burning liquid splashed everywhere, so that the tent and : its contents bccam s ablaze in a mo- i ment. ( < "701bs of fat banished in 14 weeks" ( Try Bonkora,. Pleasant, quick, safe. 1 F. G. Mackiow, Chemist # Whakatafle 1

FOOTBALL DANCE A hard clean game, with vigorous forward play and sparkling combined movements is expected Avhen the t footballers roll up to their grand L sports dance in aid of their queen in t the Whakatane Paper Mills hall on l Saturday, August 19. ACCIDENT VICTIM IMPROVES The condition of Thompson Ngapo (34), a Public Works Department , emp]o3 T ee, who was admitted to the Rotorua hospital o n i Thursday suffer ! ing from extensive facial' and chest injuries, is reported to be much impr'oved. Ngapo was working at Rotoiti when the accident occurred early on Thursday morning, and was transferred to the Rotorua Public Hospital. COW "BREAKS DOWN" The tasks which break-down crews of garages are called upon to perform include many others than towing and lifting stranded or wrecked motor cars. The mechanics of a Hastings garage recently were summoned to lift a cow on a farm at Mangateretere, Avhicli was lying on its side and could not raise itself tb its feet. The animal had been lying on, wet ground for some and in that time had developed severe rheumatism, causing its joints to swell, h was hoped that by placing the animal on . its feet and providing suitable supports, it eyentuailly would be able to walk. Lifting the beast proved to be no easy task, and despite carefully-placed ropes th e mechanics could not succeed. A further effort with the aid of the break-<lown hoist was to be made.