Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 191, 10 December 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Building! ilm Whakatane Permits for additions to residences only were issued by the Borough Co-uncil last month three" houses being involved and the sum expended being £1130. Erring Traffic In view of the fact that motor traffic is inclined to cut the curve .it the' Rock the Borough Council intends to mark the road with a centre, white line. Use of Meeting Room At Monday night's meeting of the 80-rough Council the Chamber of Commerce was granted the free use of the Council Chambers for its meetings. Communications With Japan The Post Office advises that tel'egrame may no longer be accepted for Japan and Manchuria, and that all postal communication for Japan and Japanese occupied territories have been suspended. Rubbish Receptacles Realising the need for more rubrish receptacles in the Strand and also the dilapidated state of the only two existing the Borough Council is obtaining prices for a further five wire baskets. Borough Finance Accounts totalling £3725 8s were passed for payment at Monday's meeting of the Borough Council. The General Account showed a debit of £16 7s <Sd and the Electricity Department was in credit to the extent of £597 lis 2d. Bobby Calf Season Weekly collections of bebby calves on the Rangitaiki Plains from farmers: gates concluded for the 1911 season on Monday, after operating since the end of June. Farmers have already received an advance payment for June, July and August calves, and are now awaiting the distribution of substantial sum for September and later calves, also an anticipaed bonus for early calves. Work Not Wanted "There seems to be something wrong there," commented Mr T. R. Lees, a member of the No. 3 Armed Forccs Appeal Board, in New Plymouth recently when the manager of a dairy factory informed the board that he was employing five single men in cheese making. Tlit witness informed him, however, that although two married men's cottages were vacant and available, it was impossible to get married men to work in the factory. Added Parking" Area. At Monday's meeting of the Borough Council it was decided that application, as usual, be made to the Whakatane Harbour Board in respect to the use of the reclamation area for Christmas and New Year car parking, and that the foreman-engi-neer be instructed to prepare " the area and the electrical engineer to provide additional lighting. The traffic inspector is to be instructed to be on duty on Christmas and New. Year's Eves.

What ! No Electricity ? So good is the electric power service provided by the Bay of Plenty Power Board that no doubt many farmers wondered what had happened when they found the electric light was "off" between 3.30 a.m. and 4.30 a.m. on Friday. Some early risers had already made their before-milking cups of tea, while those not as early found it necessary to light candles and go without tea. However, all's well that ends well, and so farmers were able to start milking at 4.30 a.m. when the power went on again. Sheep on the Roads Two thousand shorn wethers that had been on the road for three weeks since leaving Poverty Bay passed through the Whakatane County last week en route to Te Puke. Two drovers with 14 dogs attended these sheep. This is one of the advance guards of the huge army of sheep that advances every summer from the East Coast high country runs towards the more-closely settled grazing lands of the Waikato. Mobs of ewes will be on the road during the next few months, and the various accommodation paddocks in Whakatane County will be well patronised .