Local And General

Te Puke Times, 27 June 1933, Page 2

Local And General

A batch of summonses, numbering about a dozen, have been issued against various local residents and the cases will be heard at the local Court on Tuesday next.

Word was received in Te Puke on Saturday night that Mr Jack Bennett, who had been missing since the previous Tuesday night, had been located in Auckland, and that he was suffering from loss of memory.

At a meeting of the committee of the Whakatane Ward of the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club last Thursday, the action of the local delegates in guaranteeing £SO from the ward towards the cost of the race meeting to be held at Rotorua in July, was endorsed. The N. Z. Loan and Mercantile Co. will hold its usual stock sale in the Te Puke yards on Tuesday next, when they will offer, in addition to 120 head of cattle, store and weaner pigs and fat ewes and also a whole herd of 35 cows and one Ruakura bred pedigree bull. An Essex motor car belonging to Mr Norman Korr, of Whakatane, who has been spending a few days in Te Puke, was removed from the front of the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Co’s prem ises on Saturday night between 7.30 and 10 30. The car is a two door five-seater sedan, painted dark blue. The registered number is 6942, engine number 453482 and number of chasis 395,478.

The Whakatane County Council at its last meeting, decided to instruct the Engineer to carry out experimental pumicing over a stretch of suitable highway; stretching from the crossing near the Awakeri pumice pit, for a distance of twenty chains towards the Rangitaiki factory.—Councillors generally spoke in favour of a trial being made with pumice as being cheaper and more effective than metal.

Tenders are, we understand, to be called shortly for the erection of 20 additional cottages at the Pongakawa tobacco plantation. This is in pursuance of the decision of the authorities to extend planting operations. Kilns for drying the leaf are also to be erected. The past season's crop, we are informed, was of excellent quality, and gave every satisfac tion to manufacturers, who are confident it will produce a firstclass article.

Sunday last was a very busy day at Matata. A new Maori meeting house was opened and the occasion was marked by the usual festivities, which were attended by a big concourse of native visitors. The Roman Catholic Church, which has recently been renovated was also re-open-ed, whilst a third ceremony was in oonneotion with the removal of the old memorial gates from the lagoon front and their re-erec-tion near the Matata School,

A very pleasant evening was spent at the residence of Mrs B. Lowe last eveuing, when her daughter, Miss Gwen Dyer, cele brated her 21st birthday. About twenty young people were present and the time passed rapidly with dancing, community singing and competitions. The music was provided by Mrs Lowe, Miss Place and Miss Jessie Palmer, the latter also contributing a 3ong. Miss Dyer was the recipient of numerous presents, and during the evening Mr Boyte on behalf of those present congratulated her on attaining her majority and wished her every happiness in her future life.

A little son of Mr and Mrs Dudley Vercoe, aged H years, met with a nasty accident when returning from school on Friday last. He was riding in the main street near Mr Granger's Gar age when his horse fell and the boy oame off, one toot however being caught in tho stirrup, and he was dragged a short distance. Fortunately his boot was pulled off and this released him. When picked up he was unconscious and was at onCe taken to Dr Randell who found he was suffering from concussion and ordered him to be tafcen to the hospital. He Was allowed to return homo yesterday, but has to be kept in bed in a darkened room for some time.

At the last meeting of the Taurrnga Power Board Mr Gane referred to the closing down of the B wireless station at Auckland and moved. —That the Board communicate with the Postmas-ter-General, viewing with alarm the recent closing down of the wireless Btation IZR for minor breaches of the radio regulations; as a proportion of our revenue is derived directly and indirectly from radio users, we would suggest that everything possible should bo done to popularise tho B stations by relaxing rather than tightening up the radio regulations { if disciplinary measures are necessary they should be arranged so as not to interfere with tho rightß of listeners {that j h, copy of the resolution be sent; to the Hon. (X E. Macmillan. The motion was seconded by Mr' Menda and carried unanimously.