NEWS ITEMS

Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 49, 17 December 1952, Page 5

NEWS ITEMS

The Lands Department ife pursuing a policy of placing holiday sites on the market. According to its annual report for the year ended March last, 72 sites, all in the South Island, were offeired at auction. The response was- good, , especially for those at Lake Te Anau and Lake Manapouri. A niodel site was made available at Motuopa, on Lake Taupo. The Department has plans for offering more holiday sites during the current year most of them in the North Island. On account of shortage of survey staff, progress has not been as rapid as had been hoped. ★ As the result of the recent heavy rains, and possibly also to an unstable condition of the sub-soil, there was a minor land-slip on the Lake Waterfront Road near Kilford's Store last week. Part of the outfall piping carrying storm water from the highway to the Lake was carried aw)ay, heavy scouring folLowed, leaving what looked like an anriefgiound ccvern Repairs are being effected, but in the meantime people, especially children, are warned to beware of the possibility of a further subsidence, and avoid the spot. ★ In forwarding to the War Memorial Association a cheque for £50 as a donation to the fund, the chairman of the Taupo branch of the Community Arts Service (Mr F. W. Lowery), states that his committee would like it to be known that all moneys accruing from the C.A.S. enteitainments in Taupo were the property of ihe Adult Education Centre, Svmonds Street, Auckland. Mr S. R. Morrison, M.A., had on the application of the committee, approved of the disbursement of the above sum, s a generous gesture which it was de-' | sired should be generally known. * % Mr Mitchell and party from Dannevirke went up Lake for 4 days fishing and caught the limit eaoh day, the heaviest being 7 lbs. The party included Mrs Mitchell and Marjorie, and Messrs Button (Timaru), and Hayhow (Napier). * We regret that in an advertisement in last week's issue Spencer Kilford & Co., Ltd., were said to be offering muscatels at 33/3 per 1b. Readers may consider this to be exorbitant, but we hope that they, and any members of the Price Tribunal who happened to see it will realise that this was a printer's error for which we make due apology. The price should of course have been 3/3 per lb. ★ At a meeting of the Taupo Gir'ls' Marching Association held in Rickits Hall on Wednesday, December 10, oonsideration was given to the draft constitution submitted by the Commerce for approval. This, after, discussion, was formerly adopted. On their recent visit to Te Awamutu the captain of the Taupo Girl Guide s Company (Mrs Peart), and four of the girls— Jill Wood, Keren Reid, Beth Snooks, and Maadi Hough — saw 17 teams in action and enjoyed every moment of the experience. They also attended a dance recital. The visitors learned a good deal from what they &aw, and the experience was voted a most profitable one.