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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 76, 18 October 1939, Page 4

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- <*> ' , -:Ot£. Private H. J. Collins, of the. anical Transport Unity spent his r week-end leave in Whakatane. Mr Hamilton Morgan of Auckland is a visitor to Whakatane, the guest of his parents Mr and Mrs> T. Morgan Clifton Road. Mrs N. Clark, of Nukuhou North, has returned to her liomie after a , seven months' holiday spent in the British Isles and Europe. Mr W. Wright, late of Whakatane and now of Auckland, was a visitor £ here over the weeK-end. J Mrs Clark, an Institute member, took the W.I. trip and stated how interesting it all was, and Mrs Clark also attended the conference of the A.C.W.W. which was held in London During the trip back to New Zealand war was declared when the steamer was in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and from there on boat drill was held every day and black outs at night. Mrs Clark stated they were very safely back in New, ZeaianfjM Mr S, S. Shapley, deputy-mayor of Whakatane, has returned home after an extensive tour or the British. Isles. He travelled to England and returned in company with Mr J. Henry, Victoria Avenue. The decla- - ration of >var came when their ship, the Oronsay, had passed Gibraltar and was in the Mediterranean, and a description of the precautions against attack, shows how eventful the voyage home was. This will be published in a later issue.