LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32417, 12 April 1944, Page 5

LOCAL & GENERAL

Farewell at Hikutaia A farewell evening to Mr and M-. G. Flavell and family will be held m the Hikutaia Hall on Monday, pri 17 Music will be supplied by Herb. Walker and his full orchestra while euchre will be provided for nondancers. Admission will be men 3., ladies 2s 6d.

“With The Boys Overseas” Speaking in the session “With The Boys Overseas," Pilot-Officer E. C. Durman sent greetings to his parents Mr and’ Mrs L. iDurman, of Netherton. Sgt. Hicks also spoke in the same broadcast to his parents, Mr and Mrs H. H. Hicks, of Turua.

Paeroa Rugby Union ’ The annual meeting of the Paeioa Rugby Football Union willbe held in the Patriotic Club (formerly All Seivices Club) on Monday, April 17, at S n.m. All interested are urged to attend so that plans for the season can be made.

Dog Adopts Battery In Tunis A district soldier at present on furlough from the Middle East tells of the pet adopted by the battery to which he is attached. The animal of doubtful origin found its way into their ranks in Tunis, and has gone with them to Italy. When the guns went off he contracted shell shock and would find shelter in any corner. Later the troops were billeted in a stone house and found a barrel of wine in the cellar. The small dog soon cultivated a taste for this and it is quite a usual sight to see him stag-o-er about in a perfectly happy state of mind with his legs hardly able to keep him going, but the gunfire does not worry him.