Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 87, 27 January 1947, Page 5

Local & General

No Publication Wednesday Owing to Wednesday being a Statutory holiday there will be no publication of the BEACON on that date. Advertisers and subscribers are asked to please note.

Echo Sounding Gear / The Nelson Harbour Board has accepted a quotation for £740 for echo sounding gear, to be used formaking measurements of depth in the Harbour and channel. The chairman expressed the hope that the gear would not be long in arriving, as it was badly needed to provide information which visiting British engineers said the board must have.

Days of Te Kooti Recalled Considerable interest was shown in the annual meeting of adherents of the Ringatu Church, held at Whareongaonga, between Young Nick’s Head and Mahia Peninsula, it is the historic site of the landing of Te Kooti and his followers after his escape from the Chatham Islands in the Rifleman in 1868. Representatives of congregations in vari- ( ous parts of the North Island took part in devotions and associated activities. Maoris made a pilgrimage to Whareongaonga on foot from . the nerest point on the Gisborne-Wairoa railway line. The Ringatu Church was founded by Te Kooti, who took up the study of religion during his exile following the Hauhau troubles in Poverty Bay in 1865.

Frosts Cause Havoc

Like potatoes, apples will be luxury in Otago this year and, as with vegetables, stofie fruit will also be scarce. The reason is the late frosts experienced in Central Otago, which caused havoc among the orchardists’ crops. At Roxburgh 1 there are acres of unproductive orchards, not a single fruit being borne, by thousands of apple and apricot trees that suffered frost damage. Certain varieties of plums were;also frosted, and there will only be half the usual crop this year. Yields of both greengages and nectarines will be light. An idea of the cost entailed by growers can be gained from the' expense of operating the ■ firepots which are used to prevent, frost damage in orchards. This precaution’cost some growers £l2O a night. Income Tax Due The Commissioner of Taxes draws the attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in today’s issue that the due date of payment of Income Tax is on Wednesday the 12th day of February, 1947., Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before sth March, 1947. The demands will be posted on or about sth February, 1947. Demands must be presented With all 4 payments, and if a demand has not been received the taxpayer should" notify the Superintendent of the office of the Land and Income Tax Department where tjie taxpayer’s records are filed. If any taxpayer is in doubt as to the location of his records he should communicate with . the Commissioner of Taxes, Wellington.