Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 61, 11 December 1946, Page 5

Local & General

November Building Permits Building permits amounting inr / value to £9376 were issued by the Borough C®uncil during the month .• ‘ of November. - /r'. ... - n Hillcrest Auxiliary Reservoir The tender of Mr S. Mahy for the . construction of the auxiliary resfervoir on Hillcrest for the sum of.-. £220 has been approved. ( ; Wrestler’s Visit During Earl McCready’s recent visit with his friend, Mr V. W. Sadd, Head Teacher, Wainui Road School, he was taken by Mrs Polly Manuel - and John Collier Jnr. to visit Wainui Pa. He was very interested and admired the meetinghouse and inspected Te Kooti’s Memorial Stone. Alleviating Dust, Steps will be taken during the . dry summer months to hose and sweep the Strand periodically ih order to overcome to some measure, the dust nuisance which has been causing considerable inconvenience to shopkeepers and businessmen. Petrol Station Hours It h,as been announced by the - \ local Petrol Resellers Association that petrol stations will now be open ©n Friday nights till 5.30 pan., andagain from 6.30 till 8 p.m. Car owners are also informed that on Christmas Eve, all stations will remain open till 11 p.m. . U •• • ' ~ '_•// .‘.: • V' Forget Our Opponents “When an election is over, I think the best thing *we can do is to forget all about those who have fought, agaiqst us, and endeavour to straighten up the affairs of the country.” Mr W. Sullivan at the compli- \ mentary social following the Bar- ;},• ough Council meeting last Monday. Demand For Power ... - “Housing permits have been aver-,, aging between £BOOO and £IO,OOO per month and are likely to continue ‘•' for the next 12 months. From tins will be seen the terrific loading on the present system which will take r place over the next year.” The Bor- • ough Engineer (Mr F. W. Lysaght) at the meeting of the Borough Coun- l cil last Monday evening. . •• ' ‘ ‘ - / / V. "Vv Atmosphere of Christmas >. A Tangible evidence of the approach ", U of the festive season was furnished at the meeting of the Borough Coun-.;: •/ cil last Monday when above the Mayoral chair appeared the smiling features of Santa Claus flanked by the proverbial Christmas tree and a greetings notice framed in a gar-, land of holly. % ' '• V , ' r ■" ' '■ •• •. ' r/: Food For Britain > : ‘ The following represents the respective values of ration coupons presented at the Post Office, Whakatane, for cancellation during the • week ending December 7, 1946: Butter nil; Sugar nil; tea nil; meat £5 4s Bd. Total values received to date: Butter 1931b5; sugar 171bs; tea 11 • lbs; meat £lB3 4s. ’■ Blank Voting Paper A woman elector at Lyttelton on f. polling day found when she retired to a cubicle to mark her voting papers, that the electoral paper was blank on both sides. It was bered and had been sealed and stamped by the deputy returning officer. The voter solved the diffi-' ; culty by writing in the surname of the candidate for wjaom she wished to vote and placing the paper in the r box. She was later assured 'by th.e deputy that the vote was valid. •

Christmas Cheer , Following the conclusion of the usual business transacted at the Borough Council meeting last Monday evening, there was a general ad- rejournment for the .purpose x>f honouring in traditional fashion the’ final meeting of the year. A social hour' was passed in reminiscences and'yarning and the following toast list was honoured: ‘The Loyal Toast* —His Worship the Mayor; ‘The Mayor’—Cr Shapley and Mr B. S. Barry; ‘The Finance Committee’-pCr'H. G. Warren and Cr C. S.“ Armstrong; ‘The Works Committee—Crs R. T. Morpeth and A. J. Canning; ‘The Local M.P.’ —The Mayor and Cr W» Sullivan; ‘The Staff’—Cr Good and Messrs. Lovelock, Lysaght, Henderson, Knights and Sharpe; ‘The Press’—Cr Spring and Mr C. King- • sley-Smith. .