TE AROHA NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20820, 2 June 1939, Page 11

TE AROHA NEWS

THAMES VALLEY DRAINAGE BOARD (Special to Times.) TE AROHA, Thursday Mr F. E. Hughes presided at to-day’s meeting of the Thames Valley Drainage Board. In reply to the board’s letter regarding the clearing of blackberries in connection with which Government Inspectors had served notices on several owners, and the suggestion that the board's foreman be appointed inspector of noxious weed®, the .Minister of Agriculture advised that the po.wer to appoint inspectors applied principally to counties. The Maiainata and Hauraki Pains county councils already had inspectors appointed, and ir the Drainage Board could make satisfactory arrangements with these counties he would be prepared to consider the appointment or an inspector for the Piako County. It was decided to act on the Minister’s suggestion, as the growth of blackberry interfered materially with tbe clearing of the drains under the hoard’s jurisdiction. Cost of Fire Brigade The estimated cost of the Te Aroha Fire Brigade to the Fire Board for 193w-iu is estimated at £lB9 18s. The borough council’s contribution will be the same as last year, while the sum of £4O will he received from the Government. Vital Statistics A decided drop in the number or deaths in the Te Aroha district for the first live months of this year is shown by the returns of vital statistics rurnished by the registrar of births, deaths and marriages, only Tour being registered this year, against 20 in the same term last year. Comparative figures, with those for 1938 In parentheses, are: Births 72 (68); deaths. 4 (20); marriages, 30 (34). Scouts Jamboree About 20 Te Aroha Scout® will attend the Intermediate Scout Jamboree in Wellington. The task of providing the Te Aroha troop with tents, cooking equipment and tools Tails on the local -committee, and in tills connection a picture benefit was recently held to obtain the necessary funds. Arrangements are now being made to hold a dance to augment the finances. Rainfall for May The Te Aroha rainfall for May totalled 2.06in. Fine weather was experienced during the Vvhole of the month, light showers falling during four nights, while only a few point® were registered during me day at the Tourist Domain.