Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 12, 29 September 1944, Page 4

Local and General

Pukaahu Hot Springe Gangs of hooligans have been responsible for the destruction of the ladies' dressing shed at the Pukaahu Hot Springs and the County Council has authorised the re-erection of the structure in stronger material. Power Board Invests £5000 The Bay of Plenty Electric Power Board decided at its last meeting to invest the sum l of £5000 in the Victory Loan. This will be split over the two districts where the Board operates and Whakatane's allocation will be £2500. Health Stamp Sales In order to stimulate the sale of Health Stamps which has been flagging in Whakatane for some the Chamber of Commerce has delegated a committee comprising Messrs C. F. Thomas, R. Morpeth and H. G. Warren to canvass the business firms for the purpose of placing as many as possible and thus helping towards a good cause. £500 to Victory Loan The local branch of the Farm- i ens' Trading Company notifies that headquarters has empower. - ed r it to lodge the sum of £500' with the Whakatane quota of the j Victory Loan. Coming from an agency shop this gesture will . be> warmly appreciated by the local committee. Remarkable Effort The sum of £52 10s 3d was raised at the Red Cross and Patriotic Shop recently on a single day by a group of lady workers from the Whakatane Paper Mills. The ladies who/ worked so untiringly to achieve this resfilt were Mesdames Cockburn Coombes Frastad and Moen s j » all of whom are deserving of the highest praise. No Women Taxi Drivers The application of. T. Edwards of Te Teko for a license to enable his wife to act as taxi driver was declined by the Whakatane County Council at its meeting last Tuesday. The Council reiterated its previous decision to create no precedents with regard to this matter in view of the increasing number of returned men who were possible only suited for that class of work.