Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 17, 17 October 1944, Page 4

Local and General

Noxious Weeds The. Borough Inspector has been instructed to serve notice on the Whakatanc Development Company requiring thai the gorse be cleared l'rom the company's lands within the Borough. Post Office Holiday The Post Office will be closcd in all branches on Labour Day, Octobei 2'.i. Mails usually despatched during the day will close at 7 a.m. The Telephone Exchange will observe continuous' attendance tliroughoui Ihe holiday. Curb on Speakers "Tonight the speeches are going to be strictly limited to five min utcs. I've never heard a speech thai was too short, but I have heart 1 ' many that were far too long."— Wisdom from the Mayor, at last Saturday evening's 'smoko.' Chocolate for Prisoners of War The Joint Council of Red Cross and St. John has forwarded' io Whakatane a case of chocolate f whicJ- may be bought by next-of-kin of prisoners of war > for inclusion in their Welcome Home parcels to> await the arivall of prisoners in England'. The chocolate may be obtained' from the Mr® Winstone, at her private address } 5 Victoria Avenue, by next-of-kin only ? who should bring with therii the application form sent them by the Joint Council.

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Borough Water Supply

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The report of the -Borough Fore man-Engineer respecting the * Bor ough water scheme and suggestion. 1 for the use of the Maraetotara Streairas an auxiliary supply, was receiv ed and. considered at the last meet, ing of the Borough Council wher it was; resolved that the report be further discussed at.the next meeting of the Works Committee and that in the meantime the Health Department be requested to reporl on the purity of the supply and t.c express its opinion respecting the catchment area necesary to be re

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Irresponsibles

An example of. the. irresponsibility of some persons was demonstrated at Edgecumbe on Saturday evening when or more probably severa people, set themselves out to system atically take the valves out of ear* and cycles outside the, hall. As i some 20 bikes and a number of vehicles were tamperec with. A further instance of petty thieving occurred in Whakatane. on Saturday evening. when the light? from two bicycles left outside, the theatre -in the stand disappeared. Acts of this type are not only mean and petty but are also inconveniencing and a direct reflection on the community in which they occur.

Question in House

The supply of house fittings was raised by Mr W. Sullivan (National Bay of Plenty) in notice, of a ques tion in the House of Representatives . He asked the Minister of Works' if it was correct that instructions had been issued for the manufacture and supply of certain types of door locks and fittings re; quired for Government houses, suet items to be provided by tender by local manufacturers. Mr Sullivan said British manufacturers . todaywere seeking such orders. Informa tion revealed that articles of this nature could be imported for less than half the cost, of the locally manufactured article, and that being so, was it not preferable to import such lines and assist* in keeping building costs down?

Patriotic Parcels

A rather interesting lesson in tie duct-ion was contained in an airgraph from Lieut. B. I. which was received by the secretary of the Whakatane Patriotic Committee. Lieut. Fulton stated that when a distribution of parcel; was made recently he received a verj acceptable one labelled Bay of Plenty which however, contained no mention of the packers name 01 the town from which it had come. The only clue to its point of origin was a newspaper which wasi used a; packing, namely ? a copy of the BEACON. Accordingly, thanks were returned to Whakatane. The, writer went on to say that the periodical distribution of parcels is eagerly anticipated by the boys overseas and that the gifts serve as a strong link with home.