ELDERLY MAN’S SECTION
WAIMANA COMMUNITY CENTRE PUBLIC WORKS ACT INVOKED Waiting on the County Council yesterday, Mr Alex Campbell, an elderly resident of Waimana, voiced his objection to the proposal to secure his section at Waimana, under the Public Works Act, for the purpose of erecting thereon a Community Centre, to serve as a district War Memorial.
A letter from the Waimana Patriotic Committee urged that the section involved (No. 28) was not utilised for any purpose and that 'j Mr Campbell owned likewise section No. 27, upon which he lived. It was the only remaining section available in the main Waimana block.
In his representations Mr Campbell said he purchased the section 35 years ago for £45. He could have sold it many times but preferred to keep it for his old age."' 1 He con-, sidered it further uneconomic to erect two halls in a place like Waimaan. He had in mind the erection of a home for aged people on .the site.
The chairman explained that it was not the intention of the committee to erect a hall. It would be a social building for all purposes. The deputant said that if he parted with the section concerned he would have to leave Waimana, as he had no wish to live alongside a public hall. He wanted quiet and privacy. If the section were taken he would get rid of his home as well. (He then retired). Cr Cawte said that without knowing the circumstances he thought it seemed rather hard to take the section away from such an elderly person. He did not think it quite commensurate with the ideal of sacrifice, which was associated with war memorials generally. The chairman said he could assure the council there would be no hardship involved with regard to the objector. It was not intended to do anything other than to take and use the section with which he had done nothing over the years.
The council decided that the objections were all of . a type which could be met by compensation under the Public Works Act and therefore the matter would be proceeded with.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 84, 24 September 1947, Page 5
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356ELDERLY MAN’S SECTION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 84, 24 September 1947, Page 5
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