SLUR ON MATATA
"ONLY A DUMP!'' Cr F. J. Burt looked hurt and the council laughed when Cr J. L. Burnett, chairman, "shot a swift one" over at Tuesday's meeting of the Whakatane County Council. The council had come to a recommendation of the finance committee that a dump notice be erected at Edgecumbe, and that in future people dumping rubbish at unauthorised places be prosecuted. A notice should also be placed at the Taneatua riverbed. Cr Burt, ever th e champion of Matata ? mentioned the case of Matata. People dumped things there. "Matata's only a dump at any rate," said Cr Burnett determined t to have his little joke. Brokenly. Cr Burt sat down.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 67, 27 September 1939, Page 5
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115SLUR ON MATATA Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 67, 27 September 1939, Page 5
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