Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 95, 3 August 1945, Page 4

Local and General

Unjust Hospital Taxation

The Whakatane County . Council decided at its last meeting to support the Mount Roskill Road Board in again stressing to the Government the dissatisfaction and resentment accumulating throughout the Dominion by reason of the unjust impost loaded on property values by way of hospital taxation. Otakiri Dance Wc draw your attention to the vise-versa dance at Otak'iri, as adr vcrt.is.sd in this issue. This is going to lie real Jun for you know "Boys will be—girls and vise-versa. In fact everything goes with a swing when this Patriotic Comm'ittec is on the job. Be sure to make a note of the date and be there to help this; worthwhile effort. Warrants of Fitness Motor car owners are reminded by the Transport Department that the term of warrants of iitness are extended to. 12 months only if a vehicle is licensed as a private car. This now applies irrespective of the mileage travelled. For the business car which carries the license label "BC" and normally travels, a greater mileage than the privates car which is used only for domestic or pleasui e purposes, the warrant of fitness must be renewed within six months. Improvements to Gorge Road Maintaining that it was not desirable. for all funerals to be directed through the main street of the town in order to reach the new Hillcrest cemetery, the Whakatane County Council decided at its meeting last Tuesday to represent to the BoroughCouncil the urgent necessity of putting the' Wainui Te Whara road in order. It was pointed out that in its present state the gorge road could not be safely used by long corteges of cars and the Borougli was urged to expedite the matter.

Opotiki's Rugby Record Speaking of Opotiki's performance in the Shield games to date the 'News' says: "The holders have now amassed the imposing total of 67 points as against only six points scored by Tauranga and Whakatane f Rangitaiki failing to score at all. The six points came from two penalty goals. Opotiki's 67 points resulted almost wholly from very few points being scored from penalties or conversions. Opotiki on Saturday crossed - Whakatane's line seven times, only two tries being converted. Goal kicking general ly x has been poor in all the Shield matches to date and had Whaka/-< tane had a reliable kicker they should have had at least 12 points." Tfciiiperance Society The main item of interest at the July meeting of the Bay of Plenty S.D.A. Temperance Society was the reading from a book by six medical authorities of a chapter on "Unnatural Stimulants " by Dr. D. A. R. Aufranc M.R.C.S L.R.C.P, L.D.S. » i ♦ He shows how necessary natural stimulation is for good health; he also, shows the clear distinction between natural stimulants and those which are unnatural or artificial "because not only are they not required by the body, but they are extremely harmful to it." A number of unnatural stimulants are in common use today 3 the most prominent being alcohol. He. says: "Alcohol is a most deadly poison. It destroys all forms of protoplasm or living matter. As all the cells of the body. } including the heart and brain, cont£»h pro-toplas-m, it does not require much knowledge to see how deadly and far-reaching must be the action of alcohol as it passes along in the circulation from one organ to another. To take it in any j form is a sure means of shortening one's days and is only one of the many ways of committing suicide, and escaping detection, except by the medical attendant. In the light of modern research it has even ceased to be of value as a drug." The doctor's closing words are: "Perfect health—which means a sound } .-evenly balanced mind in a healthy body — S is about the greatest gift we can possess in thisi world ) but we shall not keep this treasure for long if we cling to the use of unnatural stimulants in any form." — Advt.