Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 96, 26 August 1942, Page 4

Local and General

Plunket Society Donation The Whakatane County council has donated the sum of £2 2s to the Whakatane. Plunket Society. Citrus Fruit Prices At last executive meeting of the Auckland Farmers' Union a remit was received from the Taneatua Branch asking that, the excessive prices of citrus fruits should be looked into, and a resolution was carried for submission to the Dominion executive "that steps be taken to reduce the margin, between producer and. consumer in the case of lemons particularly and citrus fruits generally."

JTo Deal With Ragwort At the request of the Katikati branch the executive of the Auckland Farmers' Union, is asking the Government to do every tiling possible to obtain supplies of sodium chloride, atlacide or similar chemicals for dealing Avith ragwort. War Damage Risks A remit from the Northern King Country submitted at last executive meeting of the Auckland Farmers' Union urged that a protest should be made to the Government to the effect that, the war risk on houses in. the country where the risk of damage was negligible should not be the same as for houses in the town. The remit was agreed to.

Vegetable Prices The following are the maximum retail prices in the North Island under Price Order No. 100, recently Gazetted: Swedes 2d per lb, turnips 2d per lb, carrots per lb, parsni.ps oUd per lb, pumpkins 4d per lb, kumcras ."ji-Vd per lb. Taneaitua Convenience The move by the Whakatane County Council to erect a public convenience at Tancatua, has been again held up owing to refusal of the Education Board to make the land available for such a purpose, The council is now seeking legal advice on the subject. Girl Breaks Collarbone While participating in a game of basketball last Saturday a, player Noleen Ken3 T on suffered a broken collarhonc. She was attended by a member of the Home Guard Ambulance Unit which was jjarading in the vicinity and later removed to hospital where she was treated. Local Authorities Association Replies in the affirmative from the Opotiki County Council, and the Tauranga Borough Council have been received to the Whakatane County Council's suggestion that a Bay of Plenty Local Bodies Association be formed. Replies have still to come to hand from Te Puke and Opotiki Borough Councils. To date the only replies negativing the proposals came from the Whakatane Borough Council and the Tauranga County Council. . Thoughtless Horsemen Residents complain that certain members of the Heme Guard Mounted troop deliberately ride their horses along ths cultivated sidewalks of' the footpaths, where in many instances there are well-kept stretches of lawn. In at least one instance horses were ridden along these grass strips for hundreds of yards necessitating a let of re-fill-ing and repair work. A word from the commander in this connection might, not go amiss. Fish Manure At last executive meeting of the Auckland Farmers' Union the value of fish offal as a fertiliser came up for discussion upon receipt, of a letter from Mr W. J. Poison, Minister of Primary Production, enquiring as # to its value, and frhe possibility of extending the manufacture of it in Auckland. After several members had spoken favourably of fish manure, some considering it at least equal, if not superior to, blood ancl bone, it was decided to reply to that effect. Fertilisers For Hay Crops At Executive meeting of the Auckland Farmers' Union Mr J. M. Jones (Bay of Islands) brought, up the question of having fertilisers available for haymaking land, and the following resolution was carried as a recommendation to the Dominion Executive-: "That in view of the fact that many farmers' are engaged entirely in grass-land farming, genuine hay-cropping should be covered by an allocation of manure, as well as othsr crops, when the manure position prevents supplies being available for ordinary topdressing."

Animals on Streets

If reports give any indication of the true position, figures •would tend to show that the residents of Wliakatane are more law-abiding than Opotiki residents as far as stock laws are concerned. Compared with the huge total of animals claimed from the inspector and impounded in the last, two or three months in Opotiki, the Whakatane ranger only managed to collect two cows and a yearling hull from the Wliakatane borough, which is about double the area of Opotiki borough. However, following the stiff fines imposed on offenders at the last sitting of the Opotiki Magistrate's Court., there has already been a marked improvement in this town. A day or two following the sitting of the Court, the inspector remarked to a News representative 'that it was a welcome change to go about the borough and find no wandering stock. —Opotiki News.