LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 22 April 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Intensive Buildirig Work The intensive building activity which has beeh undertaken dr is ) cpntemplated in the bproTigh is i jhown in the fact that 120 build1 ng permits df a total value of ; £120,074 were issued by the Levin Borough Council during the year : ended March 311 last. Thdy were made up as folloyvs: New . pfivate dwelli'ngs 67 permits- (vai-ued at £109,310); alterations and addiions to dwelli'ngs 45 (£6741) ; i other fi£W buildMgs (£$€&&>'•; and : alterations and additions to buildings other' than dwellings 3 (£388) . ; Abattoif Fees 1 The fees at the- Levin Abattoir for the p'ast month. were £1144 3S 9d as against £908 ! l9s 7d in March, 1946. The abattoif man- ; ager, Mf. F. E; Lar'sen, gave this information to ■ the ihonthly riieeting of the ' Levin Bofdugh Cduncil last night, and advised that the killings 1 fo'f MarCh Were as follows, the figur6's in pai'fentheses being those- for the cdrres7 ponding iiionth of 1946: Cattle 62'9 (593), ' sheep ahd larribs 42i6 (3583) , pigs 704 (576) and c'alves 175 (94). House to Reiit? With the resignatio'n df the .lOrough eilgineer, the guestion of vnat Was to be ddne with the house it was at pf e'sent having oiiilt was discussed by the Leyiri BofOugh Counc'il last night. The house will be c'ompieted shdftly. It was decided that the policy be to let it for 12 ftibnthS and apply to the Stabi'lisatidn Committee ror the' fixing of a faif rdnt, ihe matter to theh be fef6ffed back to ,he council. With the' pfesent actite hOusihg shortage tliere ?hould be no deafth df applicaons for the tehancy when they are called fo'r. Library Issiies Rise The number of books issued from the Levin Public Library iuring the month of March showed an increase of 400 over the cor:esponding period of last year.The acting-librarian, Mrs. M.Merritt, reported to last night's meeting of the Levin Borough Council that the issues totalled 3476, made up of 558 from the National- Library • Service, 554d from the library's own stock and 372 junior books. Twenty-severi new members had been enrolled 1 and 60 new books added. Two magazines had been unlawfully taken f-rom the reading rdoni tables. Fiiil llospital A high daily averagd df beds occtipied at maternity , horiieS ander the contfol df th6 Palmerston North Hospitai Board WaS reported ' by the ftiedical. superinfcendent, Mr. J. H. Ndrth, at the meeting df tfie board yestefday. The statistics fdr-'- t'he board's institiitidns fdf March were aS follow: — Admitted 393, dischafg?d 369, died 19, reihaihing ehd of March 294, daily "average of occusied beds 304.48. rnfedtious diseases: Searlet fever admitted dtifing March 2, diptheria 1, hydatid l,v menihgitis (prietTttidcoce'al) 1, me'ningitis (tubefculdSouS) ^ 1. Maternity homes: Admitted Palmerston North ^ 51, , Foxton 10, Otaki 17, Feilding 9. ildiiy .average number df gc'eupied beds, Falme'rston' North 10.9, Foxton, 3.93, Otaki 7.35, Feilding 5.48. The daily average dfcctLgi'ed, bdd figtifC fdr the Hidin hdspital WSs. over 80O, this being tile 'highest fig'tife ' reached for some tiine.