Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 84, 18 August 1950, Page 4

Local & General

Taneatua Teacher The appointment of Mr J. Grant as head teacher at Taneatua has been approved by the Auckland Education Board.

Flags Flown in Whakatane The birth of a daughter to Princess Elizabeth caused flags to be flown from public buildings in 7/hakatane on Wednesday.

Druids Lodge Cards Winners at the Whakatane Druids Lodge card evening on Tuesday were Mrs Roulston (women) and Mr J. Rutherford (men). Mrs O. Bridger and Mr E. Williams won the booby prizes and competitions were won by Mrs Rouston and Mr M. Leader.

Edgecumbe Cards The fortnightly 500 evening was held in the Edgecumbe schocd on Tuesday. Winners were: Women, Mrs Andrews; men, Mr E. Lane. This concluded the second series, aggregate prizes were given as follows: Mrs Andrews (women) and Mr A. Marx (men). Scouts’ and Guides’ Evening Whakatane boy scouts and girl guides held a social evening on Wednesday. Scouts were under the command of Commissioner C. Kingsley-Smith and guides under Captain M. Righton. There were games, competitions, items and supper. 4

A Day’s Pay If every worker in New Zealand gave one day’s pay to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund the total amount for that one day would be about £864,682. This is estimated from statistics given in the half-yearly review of employment released recently. The average daily wage of the Dominion’s labour force of £735,000 is about £1 3s 6d.

Prospects For Timber The near future would see a large increase in the voluihe of timber available for export from New Zealand, as although Australia alone had been supplied during the past year, there were inquiries from many other parts of the world including South Africa, where a trial shipment was sent, said the president of the Dominion Sawmillers’ Federation, Mr L. E. H. Baigent.

Final Refuge “The cairn of stones placed over the tent containing the bodies of Scott, Bowers and Wilson will be under show by now,” said Sir Raymond Priestley, Vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, in an address on his experiences with Scott’s expedition. He added that the ice on which the cairn was placed was slowly moving into the Ross Sea. It would take about 600 years for the bodies to reach their last resting place in the sea. They would then be 200 feet down under the surface of the ice.

Heating at Hospital As the steam heating system at the Whakatane Public Hospital is barely coping with the demands made on it, the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board has decided to apply for departmental approval of the installation of an oil fuel system at the domestic quarters. Should this approval not be given, it is proposed that a steam .pipe be taken to the maternity annexe, with a branch to the domestic quarters. The works committee intends to discuss the feasibility qf converting the steam system to oil fuel consumption.