Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 248, 11 December 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Rate Penalty. Borough ratepayers are reminded that to-day concludes the period of grace allowed for the payment of their contributions to the municipal exchequer. Rates unpaid after to-day Avill be increased by the addition of the penalty.

Result of Sleuthing. Intrigued by the unknown fate of that half of the Whakatane West railway station removed some 'time ago, and to which reference was made by Mr Sullivan at the last meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the 'BEACON,' in best Sherlock Holmes style, traced its whereabouts. It might interest Whaltatanians to know that the building is now standing in state at Taihape, about 350 miles away as the railway flies. Assisting the Carnival. "We should do what we can tol help the committee, which is trying to liven-up the town," said His Worship the Mayor at the monthly meeting of the Borough Council, when a request for assistance was received from the Carnival Committee set up by the Chamber of Commerce. Cr Sullivan moved that the Borough Inspector be instructed to give every assistance and that permission for the erection of staging and the provision"of floodlighting facilities be granted. This was carried. '

TO THORNTON RESIDENTS.

All Thornton residents ai'c advised that enrolments for the Home Guard and Emergency Precautions Scheme will Joe received at .the meeting in the Thornton Hall to-morrow night, commencing at 8 p.m. Arrangements have been made for the attesting of those enrolled and Thornton, that day, is expected to do its duty.

Representative on Domain Board 1 *

Following receipt of a letter dealing with the formation of the Ohope Domain Board the Borough Council, at Monday night's meeting, appointed His Worship the Mayor as ; the borough's representative on the Board. In moving the nomination, Cr Sullivan said that the development of the beach was a matter for the whole district. Reservists in Gaol. Reservists drawn in ballots for overseas service who detained in His Majesty's prisons, will riot be able to avoid military service if they are medically fit. Under the National Service Emergency Regulations, if a man who has been drawn in a ballot is undergoing a term of imprisonment the area officer is required to send particulars to Army Headquarters, but will take no further action until information is received as to the date of the man's release from prison. The area officer will, thereupon, take the necessary action to have the reservist medically examined, and, if classed as fit, dispatched to camp

Magisterial Advice. "There is no sense in trying to fight it —every time you get in.-ar-rears they will prosecute you, and there is no sense in that,"' said Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., to a defendant in a maintenance disobedience case in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Short Meetings the Order. Brevity in final meetings of the year seems to be the order. The Borough Council had no difficulty in disposing of the agenda in just one hour on Monday evening and, although perhaps it cannot be. sty led a 'meeting,' the sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday was one of the shortest of the year. • Medical Examination. Although it has been stated that the medical examination of those men called up in the recent ballot for overseas service would not be commenced until the new yeJar, Whakatane, once more leading the way, .will see the examination completed on Saturday afternoon. As about fifty per cent of the men drawn had been examined previously, the parade on Saturday will number approximately 45 men. Ohope Again. "We have at our backdoor one of the finest beaches in the Southern Hemisphere," said Cr Canning at the meeting of the Borough Council on Monday evening. Regarding the Domain Board, Cr Canning said that its financial prospects puzzled him and he thought that finance, . to some extent, should be provided by the County* Council, which derived income from rates collected at Ohope. Appreciation. Mrs Caverhill, president of the Matata Branch of the Women's Institute, has received Christmas and New Year greetings from the "'Offi* cers, n.c.o.'s and men of the Well-ington-West Coast Company, 19th Battalion, N.Z.E.F., in the Middle East. The greetings convey the Company's appreciation for gift parcels despatched by the Institute . members. .Major R. K. Gordon re-< plied on behalf of the men.