NEWS IN TOWN

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13227, 18 August 1943, Page 2

NEWS IN TOWN

St. John Ambulance A fresh series of lectures on home nursing will commence at the Ambulance Hall on Tuesday, August 24, at 7.30 p.m. Patriotic Shop The Patriotic Shop on Friday will he in charge of members of the Tauranga branch of the Red Cross Society. Public Telephone Wanted. The need for a public telephone in the vicinity of the hospital was mentioned at the monthly meeting of the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce on Monday evenirig. It was decided to approach the Postmaster for the purpose of ascertaining if a telephone could be provided. Soldiers’ Travel Service. A meeting was held in the Fighting Forces t Club Rooms yesterday, when representatives of local .women’s services attended to discuss the necessary steps to be taken to organise the Soldiers’ Travel Service. A larger meeting will be held later. There are still more hostesses required and those -willing to help are asked to leave all particulars at the Bay of Plenty Times Office. Community Lights. The Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, at its monthly meeting on Monday evening, decided to write to the Borough Council, commending it for re-establishing the community lighting in the town, and pointingout that its action had assisted materially in overcoming the nuisance shopkeepers have been experiencing. War On Rats. On the suggestion of the president (Mr L. E. Woods) the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce decided, at its monthly meeting, to approach the Borough Council with a request that it should endeavour to obtain rat baits for distribution in the borough. It was pointed out by the president that the rats here were nothing like the menace they have been in Auckland, but nevertheless there were a good many about. Value of Hedgehogs. A decision to approach the Internal Affairs Department with a request that hedgehogs should be struck off the list of vermin for which royalties are paid, was made by the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting on Monday evening. . Mention was made of the value of hedgehogs in ridding gardens of snails and similar pests.