Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 46, 27 June 1947, Page 4

Local & General

Long Council Meeting The June meeting of the Whakatane County Council commenced at 11 a.m. and continued until 4.45 p.m., with an interval for lunch. Many items on the order paper resulted in long discussions before finality was reached. Matter For Individuals Considering that it was a matter for individuals rather than for local bodies the Whakatane County Council decided merely to “receive” a letter from the United Nations Association, Auckland branch, asking for a full subscription, including all literature, of £1 Is. “ilot-Water-Tight” Lease “A rat would not get out of that!” declared Cr H. C. McCready when Whakatane County Councillors were making good-humoured comments abou| the long list of 13 clauses in a lease for the Pukaahu Hot Springs Domain which had been drawn up by the council’s works committee. “I think you should rename it ‘The Octopus. Clamp’.” Cr J. L. Burnett added: “Yet we were told a few minutes ago that councillors were not businessmen!”

Rotarian’s Gathering At the Whakatane Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon on Wednesday Sergeant-at-arms L. H. Brown, reported on his visit to the Wellington Rotary Club last week. The speaker for the day was Canon Frazer, who gave a much appreciated commentary on changes that he had witnessed during his youth spent in Ireland and his many years as a clergyman in the slums of Liverpool. Canon Frazer stressed the fact that there is at all times a struggle going on for religious, economic and political liberty.