Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 35, 12 July 1939, Page 4

Local and General

FIRST OFFENDER A first olfencler for drunkenness appeared ; in. the Whakatane Court before Mr G. A. Brabant, J.P., and Was convicted and fined 10s _ and costs and ordered to pay, taxi hire, BOROUGH BALANCES Figures were tabled at Monday night's meeting Vf the Whakatane Borough Council showihg a credit of £1202 19s 6d in the general account and a debit' of £158>S 10s Id in the electricity department's account. PAEROA-POKENO RAILWAY v Last week's: Gazette contained a proclamation defining the middleline of a further port,'on ,of ; the ,Paeroa.Pokcno railway, from five miles eleven chains from Tauran.ga, to eleven miles twenty-nine chains. STATE HIGHWAY, MILEAGE "There arc about 4000 miles of state highways in the Dominion and 8000 miles other than main high! ways '' said Mr Wi Morrison, at a meeting of the No. 8 Highways Coun cil in Wanganui j About 8000 men on an average were employed on these highways, and in the winter months the total wa,s higher, he said. TAXI CABS Opposition was expressed by the Whakatane Borough Council to the proposal that taxi cabs in the borough and county should be brought under the provisions of , the Transport Licensing Act, when it was pointed out that the council had now taken the necessary steps to control the licensing of taxis., WATER SUPPLY Mr R. Worley, engineer to the Hamilton Borough Council, was pre. sent at Monday night's meeting of the Whakatane Borough Council and was welcomed by the Mayor and coun cillors. Mr Worley arrived in Whakatane on Monday for the purpose of inspecting the borough water supnlv jim 1 -, submitting a and plans for future development. WIDENING CORNER ; Advice to the effect that no objoe. | tion would be raised by the Whaka- ! tane Domain Board to the council shifting the trees and fence back in the Domain at the corner of Commerce Street and Goulstone Road was received by the Whakatane Bov_ ough Council at its meeting on Mon_ day night. The letter added that it would be necessary to get the consent of the Crown and the A. and P. Association to whom that portion was leased.

SANITARY INSPECTOR ' Inspector. Wall work, of the Health Department, met the Whakatane Borough Council at Monday night's meeting and was formally appointed, borough sanitary inspector. WAIOEKA ROAD WORK . , A start is being made with thc : construction of a number of culverts | and small bridges on the State highway through the Waioeka Gorge to replace watercourses which are liable at times to hold up traffic. Two deviat'ons of a minor nature also are to be made. FRIDAY'S AUCTION SALE Messrs A. J. Canning and Co wish to draw attention to the auction, sale of Mr Fogarty's furniture etc. etc. bn ,Friday next the 14th Inst at 2 p.m. "the sale is to be held at tho auctioneers mart and all to be sold without reserve. This is a good op. portunity to buy first class furniture at your own price. Particulars in our advertising column. BIG COURT The monthly sitting of the Whakatane Magistrate's Court to be held before Mr E. L. Walton, S.M.~ on Wednesday will probably be one of the largest locally for several years. Liquor and Maoris account for most of the 18 prosecutions, by the police, the traffic inspector will have 23 cases and there will be 96 civil cases, including eight judgment summons and one application for the rehearing of a judgment summons. TRANSPORT OF PLAYERS Some Rugby Unions throughout New rZjealand have for some time met' with difficulties in regard to the l transport of players by private cars. Enlightenment on, the question was I received by the management commit, tee of the Wellington Rugby Union by a letter from the New Zealand Rugbjr Union. The letter read: "We have taken this matter up with the Commissioner of Transport, and we find that players may be taken to their games in private cars provided those cars do not ply for hire, and also provided no charge Is made.'' i STOCK IN BOROUGH The Borough inspector, Mr M. Penny, reported to Monday night's meeting of the Whakatane Borough Council that during the month three horses and one pig were impounded. He would endeavour to frighten goats back by the use of blank cartridges. Tlr's matter followed complaints from residents of Waircre Street concerning the nuisance created by the goats and a decision of the works committee that the inspector be instructed <( to take the ncce.ssary mea". j to change the habitation of the i offending goats.'* I

PLENTY OF HAY In spite of the dry spell during the summer more hay than in previous years was saved by the Ruatoki Native Mr J. Memtt, estimating the increase at over 400 tons. Fie ss'd that this was extraord'nary considering'the difficult season. Ruatoki is looking.very well at present, and feed came away well in the autumn and early winter, though the reecnt frosts will check it. LOW-FLYING PLANES Union Airways pianos on the Gis. homc.Auckland run recently have been passing over Whakatane at a vei'y low altitude, and though a plane's height is deceptive, a liberal guess would be that they have riot been much more than 500 feet up. From mvmorv the writer believes that the regulations governing flying provide that planes should have a height of several thousand feet when flying over towns and cities. HONEYMOON EXPRESS? -~1 , The work of a joker provided amusement for many bystanders when the south-bound express drew into Hastings recently.- On the side of a carriage were chalked the words: "Just married, Seats 22.23,'* and an arrt>w indicated a window of a car. t'iagc. Here sat a man and a woman ! '•vho. until they were appraised of! their ''advertisement," appeared to be somewhat surprised at the amused glances of the onlookers. TAXI-STAND REFUSED An application, for a taxi-stand outside his billiard rooms was received from Mr V. H. Hicks at Monday night's meeting of the Whakatane Borough and it was decided to decline the request. Mr Hicks said j that he wished to run a taxi service, but that a stand outside his rooms j would be necessary, said the Mayor, Mr B. S. Barry. Since the council had already fixed t\yo taxi stands, he thought that they could not take m* any more parking spacc on the Strand j ROCKS FALL ON CAR - A per lous experience fell to the lot of a party of motorists while travelling between Gisborne and Opo. tiki. The car became stuck in a slip near Oponae and while efforts were being made to remove it further debris fell on the vehicle. One huge rock penetrated the steel. roof just behind the driver's; seat, , narrowly missing the occupant of the back seat, and another rock fell through the s'de window and struck the drivMr J. Bradley, on the arm. Although, badly damaged the , car was able to proceed to Opotiki under its own power.