Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 12 March 1948, Page 3

Local & General

EerSoiia.1 ■ s ■. •» imt. V. V. Picard left yesterday niorning fpr Auckland, wherej he ' hks obtained a( position. ; • h ;Miss F.. Burke has joined the niirsing sfaff of the Silverstream Hospital,.^ 'Wellington:/ / j. Mr. and Mrs.: C. M; Crbnquestj' of Stout Stfeet, liave returned home after spending a holiday at Picton. Miss G.'Chester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Chester, Stout Street, has joined the nursing stafi' of a Palmerston North private hospital. Borough Revaluation -Repiying to the Shannon Borough : CQuncil's letter for a revaluation pf • the borough, the Valuer-Qeneral said that his department :had listed Shannon Borough for re-valua'tion this coming year; and it was hoped to compiete the wprk in sufficient time for the revised figures to be made available for the 1949-50 rating year. Itinerary Of Royal Visitors "Referring to the .announcement of the propose'd visit to New Zea,land next year by Their Majes.ties the King and Queen,. .and Prihcess Margaret, Gr. B. Clayton suggested to the Shannon Borough Gouneil on Tuesday evening that the council should communicate with the Internal Affairs Department, asking that arrangements be made in the itinerary for a visit to Shannon, if only for a few minutes, This matter was agreed to by the coiincil.

Prlze For Tidy Propcrty It was reported to the Shannon Borough Council at its meeting on Tuesday evening that Mrs. I. F. Leng-Ward, on behalf of a local business firm, has olfered a prize of £2 2s as a means of helping the council to improve the appearance of the- borough. The prize would be for the most improved hmise or section frontage. It was resolved by the council that the Mayor, Mr. D, A. Fitzgerald, ' and: Cr. L. G. Sayeb discuss the proposal • .v/ith the • donor and repart back to the council. ; • • . , . . . . No State' HousC f01* B'oetor ' ' - : I The aSting Minister for :!Statb A'dvances'i replying to a letter' from* the Shanrion ' Borough Council relative tP the alloCation: of a -State hotise: to a 'resident doctor in Shanh non, said- that the-' position- ' waS that all 1 State hoiises, on being vacated; " reVerted to the general bb6rr*and:'were Te-Iet 't'o"the ap^lfcant who had the most urg'birt claims based ori his living 'conditions, tbgethef • with the len'gth of time his application h'ad been lodged. So long as the prespnt acute housing position con'tinued, it'was unlikely that a 'doctoi' Wouid be able to compete. with tliose applicants who had a pressihg lieed, and whose income did' not make it possible-for them to provide housing other than by means of securmg a State rentai house.