Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 3, 26 April 1939, Page 4

Local and General

o • ! ACCOUNTS Accounts amounting to £9410 14s 6d were passed for payment at the meeting of the Wliakatane County Council finance committee. COUNCIL PICNIC The Whakatane County Council decided at its meeting on Monday to hold a picnic for the whole staff when, a suitable opportunity pre. sented itself next summer. The coun cil will subsidise the cost to the amount thought appropriate. It was stated that it would be an excellent opportunity for councillors to meet the staff. DANGER TO CHILDREN jjhe danger . to school -children through the rough state of the roads ronseouent on the main highways! programme was stressed at Monday's —opting of the Wlmkatane County j Council by Cr L. W. Luxton. I caid that children r ! d ; ng to school were in some dan<*°r,'Thp roads were ineonvemont for stock droving. T t was some portions M'r>rr» in had condition at present, 'v ,+ thn connr*' l hop»d that an iniorovement would be made very soon. WATWANA TAR SEALING A. d«r»i<sion to tar seal the road thrnntfli Waimana township was tak. -»n t,r tT|f» monthlv meeting of the Whakitane Countv Council on Mon- - A nort'on of the Topn moneys ••lis ;'' soirif vearo. I*o fr- the eon of .^oad II 1 mo >jp'V icct >(i aPO p ovol '»it fl,o T f>;ir«.7vjr*oofyl The to bo m-ul" vavaUablo will be £500. ft wns also *<vl —T'lnn PnridfcV'c Pood; *li" ro«st of £250 to be a eh »«•*«» against the rid ' loi™ .

NEW WHAKATANE BRIDGE The Whakatane Connty Council decided at its meeting on Monday that it should ask the Main Highways Board for the opportunity* to make representations as to the site of the new bridge before this was definitely fixed. Cr J. L. Burnytt said that as they represented the people of the district they would like an opportunity of stating the district's case. There were two sites in view. He reassured Cr F. Burt who asked whether the council would Have to pay anything. It was a highway job he said, and the board had hlways co-operated well with local bodies. OVERSEAS MAIL NOTICE For the undermentioned places the mails for Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe (except Italy *nd Balkan States) via Australia. Singapore, England Air Mail div! London 13th May per Wangane'lf>' closes on Thursday, April 27 at 12.1" n.ni. same via San Pedro, Europs Metters only) per Monterey closes Saturday, April 30 at 12.15 p.mCanada, U.S.A., Mexico and West Tndies, except Jaimicn, via San Pedro per Monterey closes Saturday 29 \nril at 12.15 .p.m. Australia, ln_ dia. Ceylon, Ea.vot, East and South Africa, Italy, Balkan States, Malaya Hongkong, China and Japan per Wanganella closes Thursday 27 at 12.15 p.m. Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, Jaapn per Monterey closes Saturdav April' 29 at 12.15 p.m. Samoa, Niue Island per Maui Pomare closes Mondav May 15 at 12.15 p.m. The next inward mail from Great Britain and Ireland via Empire air mails Is due >+ nfTi'vi nn Anrtl.24. The nes* inward mail from 'U.S.A. and Car 1 ''1? VnnM"«r^ r is due at. th's o* no Tl'' l air 'or Givs' 'V virj the An«trilia>-Singap'»rp tSnrdnnd fir mail se'*vip« r rom this ofTio 1 op April 2 arrived n J r Cn Apri' 17 .

ROADS CAM E THROUGH WELL There were almost no slips on to the main roads in spite of the fact that the week-end rain followed a long period of dry weather. A fewminor falls oeeurred on the newly' Avidcn.cc! portion of the Hillcrest road aboAe Whakatane, but they did not block the roads and traffic got through quite easily. INSPECTOR'S RESIGNATION The resignation of Mr H.J. Marks, Whakatane County Council inspec. tor, was Avith regret and accepted at the last meeting of the council finance committee. Conditions of appointment for the position Avere draAA'n up by the chairman and count3 r clerk and the position is to be ach-ertised, the salary to be £312 12s per annum. ANCIENT MAORI FORTS •In an editorial plea for th e preservation of Maori pas, the Christ, church Press remarks: "Throughout New Zealand there are many examples of the most loerfectly cor., structed forts from natural mater, ials that can be found anyAvhere in the Avorld. At present, coavs and sheep are being grazed OA'er them, and Avith the ravages of time and Aveather these pas are losing their sa.lient characteristics. No more fitting tribute could be paid to the original inhabitants of NeAV Zealand and no more courteous gesture extended to the present members of a race, which after one hundred years had not entirely abandoned it s culture and is n,ow groAving in numbers, than an effort to preserA'e these iustorica.lly important remains.'*