Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 16, 13 October 1944, Page 4

Local and General

Interesting Point "According to a rece.nt .judge's decision once a woman becomes a bcncliciary under the Social Secur-i ity scheme she lias no right to claim maintenance,'' said Mr E. L. Wall ton in the Whakatane Court, last Tuesday in dealing with a local case. All such monies due her under tills head should be paid into the Social Security fund.

New Books 1

At the monthly meeting of the 'Public Library Committee the following books were selected: Red Letter Nights Jas Agate; Curtain Rises, Q. Reynolds; Prisoner of the Koiv moran W. A. Jones; Escape from the Balkans M. Padev; The. Dark '' Piper F. Bone; Sladc } W. Deeping; Papua ? Frank Clure; Murder on Trust, Chas. Rushton; The Last Widow Tvvankey R. Ferguson.

Hospital Statistics

The following figures were supplied by Dr. Dawson to yesterday's meeting of the Hospital Board:— In hospital at September 1: 45 males ? 47 females (92); admissions for September: .'39 males 82 females (121); discharges: 43 females 71 males (111); deaths: 4 males, 2 lemales (6);, remaining in hospital at end of month: 49 males 44 females (93); births: 17 males, 13 females (30); operations: Major 7, minor 47; daily average for September:' 96.6.

Judgment for Plaintiff

Judgment was entered in the following debt cases- in* tlie Wliakatane Court last Tuesday: A. M.ller v T. J. Biddle, £12 4s 9d, costs £3 0s (kl; Hamill Bros v Te Whetu Arama £4 17s 6d costs £2 0s 6d.

Judgment summonses: Australian Alliance Assurance Co. v J. A. T. Henry } £41 17s 6d ? in default. 30 days; D .A. Morrison and Co. v Wiki £26 145,, in default 26 days; A.F.C. Gall v D. Wilson, £18 4.s 2d, in default 18 days.

Magistrate's Advice

"I have said it before, and I don't know whether it would do much good to say it said Mr E. L. Walton in the. Whalcatane Court last Tuesday when dealing with a number of W.O.F. cases. "When a person hasn't a W.O.F. or driver's and his only method of obtaining one is by making a special trip by car, he should at least ring up the Inspector and notify him of the position. Prosecutions are not likely to follow if these precautions are taken.

Registered Nuroes Shop

On Fridav October 20 the Whaw >y 9 katane branch of the Registered Nurses Association will hold a special 'Shop Day' in the Red Cross Shop in the Whakatane Hotel Buildings. Always active in the interests of the Association, the branch has. in the past sent away £30 towards the furnishing of three bedrooms which have been set apart by the R.S.A. Club at Crowther House for

the use of members of the Returned Women's Services. The branch seeks the fullest support on 'Shop' day in order to meet future calls of th'is nature., Complimentary Picture Screening By the courtesy of the management of the Regent. Theatre. Guides, Scouts Brownies and Cubs were last 9 Friday the guests of the company, at a free screening showing the celebrated short of. the California Children's Symphony Orchestra. Full advantage was taken of the of-* fer and approximately 200 assembled in the theatre for the half hour's programme of th'is educational film. The manager, Mr R. Chapman, is to be warmly congratulated on his thoughtfulness in making this opportunity available for the children who would otherwise have missed seeing it.

All Over a Drain When the Boroijgh gave formal notice to the Whakatane Haraour Board that it intended to construct and lay a 9 inch stormwater outfall drain through a small section of the Board's property adjoining the Strand, and giving a month for the us<ual objections it" received as formal a consent from the Harbour Board consenting to the drain and imposing terms that any extensions necessitated by works undertaken by the Board shall be. shareu by the two bodies on a 50/50 basis and that maintenance of. drain be at the sole cost of the Borough. The. Borough at its last meeting decided to reply to the effect that having called for objections under the and on the assurance of the they had proceeded with the work. The question of possible extensions therefore, did not apply.