Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 80, 9 August 1950, Page 4

Local & General

12,286 Immigrants Under all the Government-spon-sored immigration schemes, 12,286 immigrants have come to New Zealand during the last three years.

Thirty-three Aircraft A total of 33 aircraft is on the active list of the . National Airways Corporation, which the Government has announced will be sold, to private enterprise. The corporation has 13 Douglas D.C.55., 11 Lodestars and six Dominies, as well as three Fox Moths.

Bees’ Vibrations New Zealand scientists intend to investigate the buzzing of bees. The annual report of the Department of Agriculture, in a section dealing with agriculture, says it appears that bees emit supersonic vibrations. Apparatus is being constructed to record these vibrations and to find whether the bees use them as a means of communication.

Change of Spelling A proposal to change the name of Waiotahi to Waiotahe is contained in a recent issue of the Gazette by the New Zealand Geographical Board. Sometime ago it was proposed to change the name of Waioeka to Waioweka but following a protest from the Opotiki County Council the old spelling was allowed to remain. Through Plate Glass Window

A customer in a Hamilton fruit shop received a shock, but no injury, recently when a motor car driven by a woman became out of control and smashed through the plate glass window, spilling the displayed fruit all over the shop. When the car backed out again one of the decorative vases from the shop window was balanced on the front bumper.

Pressmen Are' Kind A tribute 1 to New Zealand pressmen and a criticism of their Australian counterparts, was voiced by the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, during a visit to Linton Camp. “New Zealand pressmen are very kind. Australian pressmen are more difficult though,” commented Sir Bernard, who went on to tell of how on one occasion in Australia, after asking if there were any reporters present, he had made a semi-confidential statement to a company of returned servicemen. This had not been reported in the Australian papers, but had been sent to several English ones. The report did reach the Australian press, however, for he was quoted as having said so and so in an English paper.