Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 91, 21 October 1947, Page 4

Local & General

Decision Reconsidered In response to the Mayor’s request that at least four of the present Councillors should stand again with him Cr C. S. Armstrong who had previously announced his intention not to seek re-election, has decided to again offer his services. New Department The 'most noticeable effect of the new building at the Post Office which was opened on Friday is the easing of congestion in the old building. Some people are still, however, failing to read the signs and are entering the old building with transactions which are now done on the new premises.

New Craft Oraereu

Orders have been placed in Australia by the Tauranga Rowing Club for one eight oar and one four oar craft. The boats which will be constructed of plywood will cost in the vicinity of £2BO and £l6O, plus freight. Sixteen oars at a cost of £6 each are also on order. All will be arriving in the near future.

Rabbit Board Work

In his report to the Pongakawa Rabbit Board the Inspector reported that 10,800 acres had been poisoned and 10,600 acres fumigated. 728 lbs of phosphorised pollard, 921bs of cynogas and 1-| gallons of carbon bi sulphide had been used. Wet weather had interfered with poisoning operations to a certain extent.

New Ration Books There was a rush for new ration books 'on the first issue day at the Whakatane Post Office. The demand then eased considerably but went up again on Friday. Total issues last week were 2700 books, excluding Ohope where an additional assistant has been made available. To cope with the expected last minute rush the Post Office will remain open on Friday night between 7 and 8 p.m.

Post Early Parcels intended for delivery in the United Kingdom for Christmas should be posted as early as possible, but not later than the middle of October. The Chief Post Office is unable to give an exact date as it will vary in different parts of the Dominion. Newspapers and surface letters should be posted not later than the end of October apd Christmas air mail letters up to the middle of December. Meat Production In a Press communique released recently the N.Z. Meat Producers’ Board reports, that for the first time production of meat for export has exceeded 365,000 tons .. (bone-in weight). For the first time also production of quarter beef has exceeded 1,000,000 quarters or 250,000 carcases. Carcase killings of ewes and lambs have only been exceeded on one previous occasion—last season—when drought conditions in the North Island caused a certain amount of capital or capital replacement stock to be slaughtered.

Yugoslav Politics Auckland’s Yugoslav community has been split into factions as a result of members of the Yugoslav Club refusing to share in the activities of a politically-minded Yugoslav Association. Because of a fear that criticism of the Tito regime or its supporters in New Zealand may cause undeserved suffering for relatives in the homeland, only discreet references are made to developments but opponents of the association and its constituent Yugoslav Society (Marshal Tito) claim that it. is a thinly-disguised Communist organisation.

Centres As Memorials Community centres as war memorials were advocated by Mr J. Mathison (Govt., Avon) during the discussion of the Internal Affairs Department’s Estimates in the House of Representatives. Such centres, he said, should serve two purposes. They should be suitable to commemorate the men who had lost their lives in the war, and they should also be centres of cultural and sporting life. The Minister of External Affairs, Mr W. E. Parry, said he could think of no more dignified more useful or more suitable war memorial than a community centre.