Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 77, 8 September 1947, Page 4

Local & General

Scratch Game When the Paroa juniors failed to turn up to play United on Saturday a scratch game was organised to fill in time. The result—sleeves up beat sleeves down and the score unknown. Peter The Whaler A late entry in this week’s competition has been received. A free picture ticket goes to Janet Anderson, It.P.D. Co., Edgecumbe, for a very good “Car Story.” Both winning entries will be published next Monday. P.T.W. Dance Postponement Owing to the fact that a dance is being held in Whakatane on October 4th the Edgecumbe Labour Party has postponed their dance which was to have been held in the Awakeri Hall on that date until the following Saturday, October U.th. N.Z. “Cockneys”? “Speech in New Zealand is better than in any of the other Dominions, but the chief shortcoming here is the rather lazy manner in which the vowel sounds are made,” said Mr Charles Henderson, F.T V C.L., examiner in speech training for Trinity College, London, in a recent address. “In this country I find a bison is not an animal, but a receptacle in which to wash the hands,” he added with a smile.

Support Of Maoris Appreciation of the goodwill and the spirit of co-operation which lay behind the numerous telegrams he had recently received from many Maori people pledging their support for the Aid to Britain campaign has been expressed by Mr E. T. Tirikatene, member of the Executive Council representing the Native race. It was a matter of great gratification, he said, to see this evidence of the prompt rallying of the Maori people to assist Britain in her hour of need. Clothes Rationing Clothes rationing in Australia was much stricter than in'New Zealand, and for most, articles double the number of coupons was required, said an Invercargill man, who recently fiew to Australia on a business trip. Coupons expired on a certain date, and could not be used after that time, he said. Suits were difficult to obtain, and some people paid up to £29 for a tailored worsted suit, although most clothing was a little 'cheaper than in New Zealand. Value Of Food Parcels Some indication of the value of food parcels to our British kinsfolk may be gauged from the following letter received by the Waverley R.S.A. from an English ex-service-man, who tabulated'the articles received and the points required as follows: One tin jam, .16 points; one tin cheese, loz. per week; one tin tongues, 20 points; 2J pounds soap, six week’s rations; one tin dried milk, eight points. The writer had 32 points to last for one month. A.A. Membership

The membership of the Automobile Association in the North Island has increased from 78,463 last year to 89,262 this year. This is the largest increase in membership over’ a period of years, and also the largest total membership ever recorded. The membership of the associations throughout New Zealand are as follows: Auckland, 44,437; Taranaki, 3677; South Taranaki, 4510; Wanganui, 5503; Manawatu, 4541; Hawke’s Bay, 8878; Wairarapa, 3931; Wellington, 13,785. Shortage Of Soap? Due partly to a dwindling supply of the necessary chemicals and partly because of hoarding by -many people, a shortage of toilet and other soap manufactured in New Zealand is expected. The fact that quite a ndmber of New Zealanders are sending soap overseas is also causing a drain on Dominion supplies. Efforts are being made to obtain chemicals from overseas but owing to the uncertainty of supply it is not possible for local manufacturers to predict the extent of the shortage. Red Cross Gift The New Zealand Red Cross Society remitted £2655 to the headquarters of the Red Cross in Geneva during the year ended March 31, for use where the money was most urgently needed. This amount represented contributions sent in from the 530 branches of the society in New Zealand. The Red Cross headquarters in Geneva notified that the amount had been expended mainly on medical supplies and comforts for institutions at which children were under treatment.