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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 19, 24 October 1944, Page 3

Should l Be Retained The. opinion that the riding system of representation on county councils and that the constituent district system for power and hospital boards be. retained was* expressed at the conference of representatives of county councils last week, a motion to this cfTcct being carried. Hedges of Waratah It is an unusual tiling in New Zealand to walk through lanes of waratah trees but at a property in Papa'kura these trees have grown into hbdges of fiery blooms. This hardy Australian llower is becoming more popular in Auckland, and in this garden there are. five differ,ent shades from deep pearly pink to dark crimson as well as trees in 'J all stages of growth from seedlings. State Houses Too Small The, Government houses built for Maori fanners were too small, said j\lr T. Fletcher, senior inspector of Native schools, in an address to the Wellington School committees and Educational Association. A lot of the. work of the schools in trying to help the Maoris would be seriously handicapped until the housing problem was overcome. Maori families were usually large, and if the houses were, too small it meant people of different sexes had to share the same bedroom. Some of the living conditions, were pitiful; very often families lived in one-roomed shacks* with mud lloors.