Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 133, 25 July 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Damage to Footpaths. At this week's meeting of thu County Council Cr H. G. McC'ready complained at the* action of Ihc Main Highways Board in allowing spoil etc. to be left on roadsides. At Taneatua where widening wasi in progress the workmen had piled rftfuse on to the sidewalks creating large mounds. It was decided that the county engineer interview the main highways engineer on the ject.

Edgecumbe Water Supply. Further investigations were made into the possibilities of water strp% ply improvements at Edgecumbo yesterday. Flax Fire. A. large area of ilax and other growth caught fire at Awakeri on Wednesday and during the afternoon a huge quantity of smoke could be seen rising from that district, caus* ing considerable curiosity in.Whakatane*. In the evening the glare of the fire was vtry evident, and must hove been visible for many miles.

Car Without Lights. Inspector J. Delves proceeded against Frederick J. Beattie at Opoliki on a charge of driving a car in the hours of darkness without the proper 'lighting. A, fine of £1 and 12s costs was imposed and defendant was placed under the supervision of the welfare officer until the fine was paid. State Hous's Allocation. The State Housing Department yesterday allocated three units cently completed on Lovelock street, one being a double unit and anothe* :i single unit. Although the housing utuation has become somewhat eauior in Whakatane, and the Stat* found at least one applicant no longer in .need, of the home alloeat-i ed to him, there' are many keen seekers of State homes, inc'.udina newcomers' to the district, newly married couples, couples who* intend to marry, while of course there arc the usual number of those residents who wish to improve on the houses they now occupy.