Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 239, 18 November 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Building Permits

Building permits issued last month totalled nine. One was for a new residence, five for additions to residences, two for the erection of work shops and one for a shed building. The total value was £1247 10s.

Farming to a Programme,

"Farming at the college is done to a programme, and if von don't farm to a programme you ought to," said Professor E. R. Hudson, director of

| Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, to a gathering of farmers at the college. "We draw up a programme every year and, having drawn it up, we never stick to it." he said amid laughter. "The point is that we draw up a programme of what we will do if conditions are favourable. It often lias to be modified and therein lies much of the; charm and interest of farming and much of its uncertainty, too."

Flag- at Half-mast.

' Respect for the memofy of the late Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Lord President of the Council, was shown by the flyiing at half-mast of the flag on the Post Oil'ice on Friday, when the funeral took place, A Correction. In Friday's issue drawing the attention of the dancing public to the presentation this week of the last of Whakatane's popular series of monthly dances it was stated that this would be held on Tuesday night. This was in error,, Wednesday night being the date scheduled.

Small, Smaller, Smallest

"The Nurses' Home is too small now," said the Medical Superintendent at Thursday's meeting of the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board. "There are quite a lot of things too small,' 1 added a member and another member, voicing the superlative, contributed; "Everything is too small.,"

Rural Housing. At a special meeting the Opotiki County Council decided to make application, to the State Advances Corporation for a Rural Housing Loan of £10,000. Four; councillors voted against the resolution. During the ordinary monthly meeting which followed Cr Maxwell gave notice to move the rescission of the resolution at the December meeting. He Claimed a Record. Appearing berore a justice of the peace in the Opotiki Police Court, Thomas Francis Donovan,, a native oi' Ireland, aged 53, Avas charged with drunkenness. Sergeant J. Isbister informed the Bench that accused claimed that he had been in CA-ery gaol in Australia, and Ncav Zealand, Donovan Avas lined 10s and ordered to leave the town. Price Order Gazetted. A price order issued by the Price Tribunal, and -gazetted on Friday, fixes prices for the November-De-cember cycle in respect of the products manufactured by Whakatane Paper Mills, Ltd. It is stated that the neAv list of prices is based on neAV costs of production, and that Avhere increases are made,, these are due solely to the higher cost of imported raAV materials, mainly pulp, More About Mulberries. Visiting the BEACON Office on Friday,,, Mr F. J. Burt, of Matata, said that a mulberry tree 9' round the trunk, 35' high and 'with a 33' spread, is growing on his property. Formerly, said Mr Burt, he had an avenue of tAventy of these trees but the majority had to be removed Avhen his house Avas built. Mr Burt added that he had been eating mulberry pie for the last 54 years.

Road Improvements. Road improvements in the borough include the metalling of liaig and Russell Streets preparatory to the application of the tar primer coat; metalling and rolling in Ramson's block; improvements! to the storm-water drain near the Union Bank: the kerbing and channelling of a portion of Clifton Road; grading and . the chipping and clearing of footpaths. Hydatid Pills. There is no compulsion on owners of dogs to administer hydatid pills, according to an interpretation of the Act by Mr C. R. Orr Walker, S.jVJ[.,, in the Magistrate's Court, Auckland. "Local bodies are bound to supply the medicine, and owners must buy it, but thereafter it is merely assumed I hat tliey will give it to their dogs," he said.. "A clause is needed to make the duty compulsory." Apparently Unconfined. ""The- undesirable practice often adopted by; members of the Bor- j ough Council in asking the Press not to take any notice of certain remarks made by them, was the sub ject of comment by Cr D. Matheson at a meeting of the Council lust week. He stated that this had happened on two occasions during the meeting, and he did not think it was right: It was, lie said, very unfair on the reporter. Gr Matheson also criticised another practice sometimes adopted by the council of discussing a question and then deciding that it should have been taken in committee, after which-the representative of the Press was asked to "scrap" his notes. He hoped this practice would not be continued and that the council would decide beforehand whether it should go I into committee or not. There was one instance of this at the meeting during a passage at arms: over the stock route problem between the Mayor, Mr L. R. Wilkinson,, ami Cr C. S. Moffatt,. the reason for the Mayor's request tliat the discussion should be treated as shaving been taken in committee being that an official outside the council's employ ■ had been mentioned."—Ray of Plenty Times; Tauranga.