LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32305, 27 August 1943, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Must Appear Before Board “This Board does not sit because of nothing’ better to do, and- if an appellant will not put in an appearance to submit evidence the Board has no alternative but to dismiss the appeal on the grounds of lack of prosecution,” stated Mr E. Edwards, chairman of the Armed Forces Appeal Board at a recent sitting. The fact that appellant had supplied the facts of the case to his counsel was not sufficient, it was necessary to have evidence given on oath, it was stated. Because the reservist was not yet 21 years of age, appellant was given the chance to- appear before the board at Paeroa the following day. Road Boundary Fence Permission was given by the Ohinemuri County Council recently to Mr A. C. Taylor, Old Tauranga road, Waihi Plains, to extend the road boundary fence on .his property on Pukewera road to within 23 feet of the bank., provided he puts back another fence which the engineer stated had' s been erected without permission, and which interfered with the engineer’s work on the roads. The engineer was instructed to confer with the applicant about the matter. Purging the Register ‘

It was resolved at the annual meeting of shareholders of the.Te ArohaThames Valley Co-operative Dairy ’Company, Limited, that a total of about 600 shares held, by people who were not suppliers of the company should be bought out. On the 600 shares a total of barely £6 had been paid up and nothing had been heard of some of the holders for years. If. these shares were surrendered they would be reallocated as necessary. The motion was carried.

Kopuarahi Stopbank Messrs Beus Bros, waited upon the August meeting of the Hauraki United Drainage Board regarding the taking of spoil for the Kopuarahi stopbank, and objected to such spoil being taken from the inside of the stopbank. After discussion, it was decided to pay Messrs Beus Bros, for the work they had done on the drain and not to proceed with the proposed agreement regarding work on the stopbank..