Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 63, 16 December 1946, Page 5

Local & General

Bay of Plenty Result 4 k Final figures in the Bay of Plenty*. : ; electorate give Mr W. Sullivan (National) a majority of 1641 compared, with 1798 on election night. Service votes received later gave Mr 'Sulli- k van 50 and Mr R. Boord (Labour) 66. . , ; Plumbing Registration Examination , ' Messrs. Colin Sharman and Ver- k non Percy of Whakatane, were sue- ■ ces§ful in passing the theoretical plumbing examination at Hamilton V f, last week. The. examination was the. first of its kind under the new, registration legislation’-and both can- >, \ didates are to be congratulated: > . .. ■ rt -. • T3s > Rabbits in City A family of rabbits which for years has lived under the Hamilton ;• municipal baths, has recently '"in- '\- creased in numbers. On recent mornings, four young rabbits have been V seen grazing furtively on the lawns near the bandstand, always within reach of the shelter of the baths building.

Bay of Plenty Grasslands' A visitor from Hamilton who arrived recently remarked on the 'forward appearance of paddocks re- , cently shut up for hay propping in the near future. “In spite of the general shortage of manures, Bay of Plenty land must be in great heart. The hay crops I have seen are apparently as good as anything there is in the Waikato,” he said.

Rationing of Tea

The rationing controller stated re- . cently that .owing to the decline of overseas production of tea, and domestic consumption of tea in Ceylon and India having increased by about 50 per cent., there is no immediate prospect of the. tea ration in New ' Zealand being increased. The quantity of tea allocated to New Zealand is determined by the Minister of. . Food in London, and present sup- ' plies are only sufficient to meet the coupon demand. i " ’ *' ■\ W ■ : Kelburn Tram Service Sold Consent to the sale of the KelburnKarori Tramway Co. Ltd. to the • Wellington City Council for £45,000, ‘ has u . been given by the Wellington' Urban;Land Sales Court. The price v consists of £40,000 for freehold and 'A leasehold land, buildings and plant,N-U and £SOOO for parts, stores, tools of trade and extras coming under the, classification of chattels. The price arrived at for The purchase of the four Karori-Kelburn buses, as a separate transaction is £4835, mak- I > ing a total £49,835 for the acquisition of all assets. .