A DIFFICULT PROBLEM

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 54, 6 March 1945, Page 5

A DIFFICULT PROBLEM

ACCOMMODATION FOR STAFF

COUNTY OFFICER'S APPOINT-

MENT

Mr Engineer's Tauranga County has been appointed to the vacancy on my sftaff. Mr Reid 1 however asks what arrangements the Council is prepared l to make in regard to housing. Until he receives particulars of the CounciF's intentions herein, he is not prepared to relinquish his present appointment. Herein I would like to mention that the only other satisfactory applicant was a single man who on his being offered the ad'Visyd the office that he would not be available for several months." The above extract from the Engineer's report, to the County Council meeting last week caused considerable speculation among members who once again discussed the ques>tion of erecting permanent houses for their officers. "The only way to overcome our problem is to build new houses " • 9 * declared Cr Hunter who went on to say that he was strongly opposed to the buying up of old houses and reconditioning them. He was s-trongly supported by Cr McGougan who at the same time pointed out the ridiculous cost of building new houses. Cr McCready asked where all the money was going to come from. Cr Hunter: If Ave go in for this thing at all we ought to build new houses and 'know what we are getting. I am sure costs will not come down for a long time. Cr McCready: I don't know so much about that. How soon after the last Avar did prices drop. Almost as soon as the men came back and start getting into industry prices can't help but drop-. The council decided to adopt the recommendation of the Works Committee that Cr McCracken and the Engineer be empoAA'ered to purchase or buikl a suitable house for the engineer's clerk.