General News

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27410, 24 July 1954, Page 6

General News

T.A.B. A«aney In Fendalton Sought

An application for permission to erect a Totalisator Agency Board agency in the Fendalton shopping area at the corner of Clyde and Burnside roads was considered by the Waimairi County Council at its meeting on Thursday evening. One of the Fendalton riding members, Cr A. R. Blank, said it was amazing that the applicant should want to open an office in Fendalton. The other member for the riding, Cr. A. L. Haslam, said that the council must be as judicial and fair as possible, and must not rush the matter. He would like to know what the ratepayers thought. The application was referred to the council’s townplanning and reserves committee. Plastic Bottles To eliminate the danger from broken bottles on roads and beaches, Mr I. V Wilson suggested at a meeting of the executive committee of the South Island Motor Union last evening that the union try to persuade bottle manufacturers to make their wares out of plastics. “I believe that plastic bottles would not break and I don’t think they would cost as much as glass bottles,” he said. The president, Mr P. W. Breen, said that they might first see whether plastic bottles were available and inquire whether brewers and bottlers were interested. Inquiries will be made. Took Leave of Law When Senior-Detective J. J. Murray arrived with an accused person at the Magistrate’s Court, Lower Hutt shortly after midday on Thursday he took the opportunity of meeting the new Magistrate for the Hutt Valley circuit, Mr J. Drummond, S.M. Whne Senior-Detective Murray was with the Magistrate, the accused, who had been left in the Courtroom, disappeared. He was rearrested in Wellington about four hours later, and appeared in Cour 1 yesterday. Theft from Gnlf Pavilion The pavilion of the Hagley Golf Club was broken into on Thursday night. Cupboards were forced open, and table cloths and tea towels, valued about £l5, were stolen.

Brick Shaped Beer Bottles ‘‘Beer bottles should be shaped like bricks and the ‘empties’ used for building houses,” said Mr T. A. Gerrard, at a meeting of the Northland College board of governors in Whangarei. "The bottles carry too low a refund price, and should bring at least 2d each. People will not bother to retrieve them at Id or less,” he said. The board was considering a proposal by the Kaitaia and District Society to petition Parliament about the “grave danger” of bottles on roads. It decided only to receive the society’s letter. Thermal Hot Water System Complete thermal reticulation of the borough of Rotorua will be undertaken once the council’s major road sealing programme is settled, according to 8 recent statement by the Mayor (Mr A. M. Linton). Mr F. E. Studt. geophysicist in charge at Rotorua, who visited Iceland last year to investigate the thermal hot water and space - ing system in Reykjavik, the rynia'. has now reported on its feasibility in Rotorua. Mr Studt estimates that tne bulk of the town could be serviced for £lOO.OOO over a five-year nerioa The consumer would save 60 per cen’on present annual costs and tne borough council would gain consiaW' ably. Roads Board Allocations Moneys that local bodies have been allocated by the National Roads Board will not be deducted from their allocations for the next year if they are not spent at the end of a yearly P© 1 ™ 1 . “That is one of the finest things that has been done,’’ said Mr I. V. when the executive com Tri tree of the South Island Motor was this information last evening by tne private motorists’ representative on tne hew National Roads Board, Mr P. J* Breen, who is also president of tne union.

17-Storey Building for Auckland The Auckland Citv Council’s Hstorey administrative block, for which sketch plans are now being drawnwin be th r - city’s ♦allest building. 11 will be 224 feet hi th—B6 feet more than the 11-storey r ” qV^’n j ment building to erec-ed behind Ihp Civic Theatre. PJanr»''d to to 1 Velverton on the °’‘2, oS ', n side of Grey’s to the HpII. the building whl have ao° u 100.000 square feet of floor space.