LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 4 November 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Big Supplementary Roll vAIready the supplementary roll for the Otaki electorate has 2000 names on it, advised the registrar (Mr. H. J. Henderson) this morning. It is expected that the roll will elose at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, by when the number ' on it will have still further increased. The geneflal roll closed with 12,574 names. To See Watersiders Work Members of the Auslralian Stevedoring Industry Commission, under their chairman, Mr. D. V. Morrison, and accompanied by staiT ofhcials will shortly arrive at Auckland from Sydney to begin a survey of waterfront conditions in the Dominion. The Commission will investigate the workings of its New Zealand equivalent, the Waterfront Industry Commission, during its visit. [ Kermadec Oranges 1 TwelVe riative labourers to tend | recently planted orange plantations I on Raoul or Sunday Island, in the Kermadec group, were brought ; from Niue Island- by the Govern- | ment motor vessel Maui Pomare, j As the island ' is only 600 miles I northeast of New Zealand which : annexed it in 1887, it is hoped it | will provide a v&luable addition to the Dominion's. sources of orange supplies. Came, Saw and Conquered * New Zealand had been literally transformed during the past eleven years, said the Minister of Works, Mr. R. Semple, when speaking at | the opening of the Otaki River ; dragline on Saturday. "I made it i my business to understand the ' the probiems that faced the counitry. I have 'Shanks-ponied' it ail j round the country and seen for 1 myself , with the result that I now i know the causes and the remedies. il would not consider myself fit for. j my job if I didn't," he concluded. Borough Bus Service The problem of transport to town for residents on the outskirts of the borough and adjoining county areas for shopping and entertainment have frequently jraised the question of the possibilj ity of a bus service. Messrs. Watts Motors intend introducing such a service in the immediate future. It Will be confihed initially to TuesI day and Friday afternoons and 1 Friday and Saturday evenings. The questiop of routes is one which the firm is having difflculty in decidipg,. and it will welcome any suggestions in this connectioh. .* :'~y; '