Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 78, 6 August 1948, Page 4

Local & General

June Rehab. Loans Rehabilitation loans to a value of £1,050,019 and numbering 1288 were authorised during June, which made the total loans approved until the end of that month 64,867 worth £52,535,283. Loans have been for the purchase of farms, the purchase and erection of houses, for ■ businesses, furniture, tools of trade, and for other miscellaneous requirements. New Parents’ Association? There is a move afoot to form a Parents’ Asociation at Ohope, with the. object of improving the sports facilities at the school, and helping the committee and the teachers in any constructive way that suggests itself. In view of the fact that Ohope is soon to have its own school and its own committee, it is felt that such an organisation should find ample scope for its endeavours. Caledonian Society’s Ball Though August 18 is a little way off yet, one of the stock greeting’s wherever friends meet has become. the question, “Going- to the Caledonian Ball?” Since someone coined the rhyming reply, “Aren’t we all?”, that, too, has become a standard conversation piece. It seems most people who enjoy a pleasant evening are determined not to miss this one. Last year, the Caledonian Ball was the outstanding event of the social season. This year the organisers are determined to make it even better.—P.B.A. Cook Islands Mission For the purpose of investigating and reporting on the working and economic conditions of the Cook Islands and Nieu, the secretary of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, Mr K. McL. Baxter, and the president of the Otago Trades Council, Mr W. B. Richards, left Wellington or. Monday for Auckland to join the Maui Pomare. The mission, whose departure was postponed because of industrial issues which developed in connection with the Mountpark dispute, will probably be absent about 23 days.