COUNTY JOTTINGS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 44, 28 September 1949, Page 5

COUNTY JOTTINGS

Dogs Registered A total of 350 dogs were registered in the county last month, making a total of 2,628 so far this year. The fees amount to £743 Bs. Awakeri Highway

Holes in the sealed surface of the Awakeri-Te Teko highway have been patched. Wet weather prevented completion of this work.

Waimana Bowling Greens If possible, land at Waimana owned by the County Council, is to be made available for development as a bowling and croquet green.

Rubbish Dumps Rubbish dumps have been inspected and instructions have been given to have the rubbish pushed into holes and buried. Traffic Licences Forty-eight traffic licences were issued in the Whakatane County during the past month. Four heavy traffic licences valued at £27 4s were also issued.

Noxious Weeds

Three gangs are now working dusting and spraying ragwort in the Poroporo, Waimana and Te Teko districts of the county.

Road Sealing The contractor who carried out the sealing of the Railway Road West Road through Edgecumbe has been requested to repair pot holes, which have developed in the surface.

Animals Impounded Twenty-five horses and two pigs were impounded from the Opouriao, Ruatoki, Paroa, Eastern Boundary Road and Te Teko districts last month. Driving, pound and sale fees collected totalled £3O 16s 6d.

Licence Tests

Tests were conducted and extension made to traffic licences for 25 car and light trade motor vehioles, 10 heavy trade motors, six road machines, five motor cycles, two passenger service vehicles and two taxi cabs. Te Teko-Galatea Road A truck and gang have been engaged upon repairing the numerous small washouts and subsidences which occurred on this road during the last flood. Stone protection work has been carried out where necessary at the base of the fillings. > Waimana Parking Signs

Parking signs have been painted in Waimana and provision has been made for a bus stop near the hall and a no parking area immediately in front of the hall. Cars may now park at an angle on the northern side of the town from the hall to the post office. Parallel parking for trucks and cars has been provided on the southern side of the street.