ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 15, 11 February 1942, Page 5

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Local Building Only three building permits *vere issued by the Borough Council last month and the total sum involved was £2GO. Water Supply The Borough electrical engineer, Mr F. W. Lysaght, is to prepare plans and specifications regarding pumphouse alterations and the Council has decided to call tenders for the work. More Important Things "I think it is a very wise move,. 5 * stated the Mayor when at Monday's meeting of the Whakatane Borougli Council notice was received, that the Municipal Association had decided to cancel its 1942 conference. Hillcrest Steps A letter from the Chamber of Commerce received at Monday's Borough Council meeting expressed concern regarding falling rubble on the Hillcrest steps it being stated that this made the footway, dangerous. It was stated that the matter was already under the' notice of the council's staff and improvements would be effected.

Spread of Disease Grass moved from lawns and de-* posited into a heap at the back of a garden, also decaying fruit and vegetable matter, encouraged the breeding of flies' in backyards, commented the city engineer, Mr L. F. Row, when a special meeting of the Wanganui City Council was held t9 consider suburban garbage collections. Mr Row added that if household refuse were properly buried there was no danger of flies and rats becoming a pest. For the past ten years the council had been burying rubbish on, the side of St. John's Hill, and in that period no trouble had been experienced. Kitchen Gardens At a time when vegetables are"scarce and dear, interest attaches to the kitchen garden plots which * people living in Wellington houses without ground for gardens about them cultivate on public land. Allotments of this type are established; off Owen Street and off Russell Terrace, Newtown, and in Morton Street, Berhampore. The plots are not large, about 40 feet by 18 feet, hxit none of the ground is wasted. The Morton Street plots number 120, all worked by people from the neighbourhood who live in flats, rooms, ' or houses with yards too small t» cultivate. Many of the gardeners are retired men and some of, the plots are conducted by young women who tend them in the evenings after work. The' land is provided free by the Wellington City Council. Protecting Young Men from Girls "It was recently" stated by a very learned Judge— lam not quite certain which one—that there are times when*young men have to be protected from girls," said counsel in the Supreme Court Auckland. "Excuse me," interposed Mr Jus--tice Callan genially, "but if you do "* not remember the name of the Judge, how are you sure that it was a very learned Judge?" Counsel replied that he was almost certain it was the Chief Justice who made the - remark. Another solicitor wished to attribute the saying to Mr Justice Ostler, which drew the comment from the first that "'they are ' both very learned." His Honour closcd the interlude by saying. "It is a very sensible statement, and could have been, made even by an* unlearned Judge."