The Bay of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1946 MEMORIALS; A GOVERNMENT LEAD AT LAST

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 44, 1 November 1946, Page 4

The Bay of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1946 MEMORIALS ; A GOVERNMENT LEAD AT LAST

~'GOVERNMENT subsidies will be available for War Memorials of a certain character, states a recent circular to all local bodies throughout the Dominion. This decision which has ■ ;; been impatiently awaited ever since the question began to occupy the minds of public people and community groups has been announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. W. .E; Parry) who spoke in. Whakatane last Wednesday ■ evening. The subsidy will be £1 for £1 and will be made available only for those memorials planned along the lines of Community Centres. It is stated that the nature of any '■''■' local .war';memorial is entirely a matter to be decided by the. community concerned, but the Government felt that the type which would most justifiably be subsidised out of national funds was one that, while erected or established in .reverent memory of'our glorious dead in gratitude for what i] -they did;to'ensure the continuance of a world free from oppression, will be something vitally living, something that from the very nature of its use and enjoyment will ever keep before us and the generations that follow us that freedom of life and personal expression for which our men and women fought and fell. The Government felt that the type --.of-.-memofiaKwhich best embodied this ideal was the community "centre where the people could gather for social, educational, .cultural, and recreational purposes. Denning a community centre the circular goes on to say that in its simplest &m the community centre is embodied in the-vil-lage hall providing facilities for dances, shows and meetings , . of all, types, dramatic presentations and concerts, and indoor Recreation, together with facilities for refreshment, a kitchen, or cafeteria. Associated with such a buildVl irig can be planned facilities for outdoor recreation. Careand planned, even such a modest centre can be a place not merely of exceeding use to the community, , but a thing o% beauty,. The terijri was one which must and .'/would be liberally, interpreted;:'though it would help to ' clarify the position "by stating;jilhat municipal and county id) ;6fncesiwouldinot qualify for subsidy. On the other hand if (o 3 a.building:combined ; such officefe; with other features which cultural or recreational! facilities for the community 'generally, subsidy would in approved cases be paid on moneys raised for the latter. Women ? s Restrooms and Plun- ,,\ k¥t RoomsCWere not of themselves community centres, but :JuU. subs|ance,'of t the ; Governm4ht scheme is set out as un- " 0 !ji ';';;"■;' 1.-Subsidy will be paid on thelbasis pf.£l for £1 on moneys raised by direct contribution j|or.'community centre war memorials approved by the Governments 2. moneys set aside for the J memorial by a local authority out of its general fund or account or-any separate account lawfully available for the purposes Of the War "memorial, but does not include loanmoneys. ■'. •■' w .fiO.

3.. Where an approved war memorial is erected or estab-lished-partly febmvdi&ctcontributions and partly from loanmoneys, subsidy may -be, paid on such portion of the total as-is ■> ■ '' y - ■'■ 4. Before subsidy ; may be claimed, the memorial must be approved, and for that purpose sketch T plaris and such other particulars as will be prescribed at .a later date must be submitted. . , ... '■'■'?',", .".'''. '■..,-■'"'

5. Two or more local authorities may. combine ior the purpose of a community centre war memorial to ; serve the people of the districts of such combining; local authorities.

6. It will be a.condition ; ot the granting of any subsidy that the approved war memorial shall be -vested ifr the local authority .or one of thf combined local authorities^ 1 and that due provision is made to the satisfaction* of she Government, for the maintenance and upkeep of the memorial; and for its functioning 'as a community centre. w . " ; ' : : -' ; - : '' f ' ;? ;; fn V 7. some of the larger'boroughs, it may be thought-desirable to establish two or more centres, the .more?:adequately:to, serve all the, inhabitants, locating the centres according to community of interest in separate areas. In every case the full subsidy will be paid in respect of each s'u'ch centre,' subject; of course,; to the conditions ; hereinbefore prescribed.

8. Moneys provided'for appropriate symbolical features of a centre identifying it and dedicating it as a war memorial, including" rolls of honour, will, of course,.' be eligible for subsidy. ••" :;;'■:■ "-<..

Food For 1 Britain*

Accident With Tree

Following are the coupons collected for the week ending October 26, in' the Food for Britain Famine Emergency Campaign: Butter lib; tea nil lbs; sugar nil lbs; meat £3 12s 2d. Total collections to date.: Butter 1691b5; tea lOlbs; sugar 141bs; meat £l5O 19s lOd. " "„-:; : ''-..::- •• ' ;

A compound fracture was. sustained by Mr L. Ducker, a farmer of Waimana, last week, when a willow tree, which he was felling, came down on his leg. He was admitted to the Whakatane Public Hospital, where his condition today is reported to be satisfactory.