OUT AND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 13739, 24 April 1945, Page 2

OUT AND ABOUT

Balance Sheet Adopted “Most balance sliee'ts are made to conceal rather than to show,” declared Mr W. Tuck at a meeting of the Tauranga Power Board, when he seconded the motion that the balance sheet as tabled, be adopted. The motion was carried. Prisoners Safe Two more Tauranga soldiers, who have been prisoners of war are now safe in the United Kingdom. ' They are Donald Mitchell, a son of Mrs E. : Mitchell, of Turret Road, who was taken prisoner in the battle of Crete four years _ ago, while Mr R. R. O’Hara has received advice that his son, who was a prisoner of war in Germany,.is now safe in England. Net Covered “It amounts.to this: we can cover any of our own property out of our insurance fund, but we are not covered as to earthquake and war damage under the act,” declared the secretary of the Tauranga Power Board (Mr J. R. Chambers) at a meeting of the Board yesterday, when an opinion from the solicitor to the Electric Power Board’s Association on the question of earthquake and war damage was read to members. A Step Further “We hope we are one step further. We have placed our case before another Minister,” stated Mr S. C. Baron, chairman of the Tauranga Power Board, when discussing the board’s report to the Parliamentary Committee which sat in Rotorua, recently. Mr J. B. McKinney thought the chairman had shown a thorough knowledge of his. subject, when challenged by the committee." The chairman was referring to the board’s dispute with the Public Works Department.

Congratulations Extended

Congratulations to the first Mayor and Borough Council of Mount Maunganui were extended by the Tauranga Harbour Board at a meeting yesterday. The chairman (Mr N. A. Blomquist,) who introduced the subject, moved a motion to this effect and this was seconded by Mr R. Wilson and carried unanimously. Another speaker, Mr C. C. McNaughton, also spoke in a similar vein offering goodwill to the council. The chairman, in the-course of his remarks, said that any question brought before the boara by the council would receive a sympathetic hearing. ' N

Anzac Day

The Returned Services’ Association invites the public of Tauranga to, accompany the parade on Anzac Day. to-morrow.; Lieutenant-Colonel J. K. Berngard,' M.C., will be Officer Commanding the parade afld the battalions taking part will comprise personnel of the navy, army, air force, mercantile marine, borne servicemen, the Tauranga Highland Pipe Band, and the Legion of Frontiersmen. There will be. too, the High School Cadets, the Air Training Corps, the Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts. Leading the parade will be the Tauranga Municipal Band and the South African War Veterans. The salute will be taken by Colonel T. L. Frazerhurst, V.D., and the Mayor (Mr L. R. Wilkinson). The usual ceremony is to take place at the memorial gates. The Anzac Day address will be given by the Rev. B. R. Erierley. The parade will leave St. Amies Corner, Cameron Road, at 1.30 p.m. and the service at the Domain will

be at 2 p.m

Winter Ferry Service The winter timetable for Faulkner Bros.’ Mount Maunganui-Tau-ranga ferry service was before a meeting of the Tauranga Harbour Board yesterday and was approved. The timetable, which comes into force on May G, provides for several amended times. Reading Sub-Division A comprehensive legal document on reading sub-divisions prepared by the Thuranga County Council’s legal adviser was tabled for discussion at a meeting of the council on .Friday. After much comment -a special committee was asked to table a further report at the next meeting. Fertiliser Orders At a meeting of the Tauranga County Council on Friday, the chairman (Mr J.' T. Reid) asked the County Clerk '(Mr H. Lewis) to get in touch with other counties in regard 'to the ordering of fertiliser, ask them how much they could get, when they got it, and from what firms. Power Board Staff Complimented When the Tauranga Power Board’s balance sheet was presented to members at a meeting of the board, yesterday members commented on the work the staff had accomplished in this respect. Apart from the ordinary balance sheet, attached were coloured graphs depicting more fully in picture the various sections of the' balance sheet itself. A minute went on the books that the staff be complimenton the fine work it had completed. Hospital Taxation Arising out of a remit forwarded by the Tauranga County Council, to the Counties’ Association meetingheld in Wellington recently) in connection with the excessive increase in the hospital levy, the Awatere, Lake County Councils ranged themselves alongside Tauranga. On the motion of Mr J. L. Burnett, seconded by Mr W. A. Norman, the following motion was carried at the association meeting: “That these three counties be advised that the case for hospital taxation was ably presented to the Parliamentary Committee of the Association ,and that the evidence was in accord with the findings of the last conference.” Fortunate New Zealand “The conditions under which your people farm are far advanced and the amenities available in your rural areas bespeak a thoughtful and understanding approach that has, I effect on your national economy,” should say, had a very , beneficial said Sir Datar Singh, F.R.S., Kt., of • the Indian Trade Delegation, in an interview on the eve of his departure from New Zealand. “The dairy lands I have seen have made me envious -when I compare them with my own province of Punjab. The sleek, -well-cared for herds have been good to look upon. The fertilisation of your pastures, your rotational grazing, your -well planned cycles of production have all impressed me. You may not like the " rains,” Sir Datar added with a sihile, “but I assure you that I think you are very fortunate in the God-sent rains, which must he a continuous blessing to your farmers. When 1 think of the tremendous irregation schemes w r e have to carry out in the Punjab alone, I think —how fortunate is New Zealand. In India we have over 60,000,000 acres under irregation and we envisage a very great development and a very substantial improvement in our production as the result of a 15-year development plan framed for post-war struction.”

Shipping from Auckland Cargo of 106 tons was brought to Tauranga at the week-end by the Northern Steamship Co. Ltd.’s vessel, Kapiti, this being discharged yesterday. The vessel left at 3 p.m. yesterday with 12 tons of cargo. Communication Restored Telegraph communication is now restored with Crete. Messages must be in English, French or any of the nine public codes authorised for use in overseas telegrams. Deferred and letter telegrams and prepared reply telegrams cannot be forwarded to Rumania at present. Major Jobs in Ridings It was pointed' out at a meeting of the Taurnaga County Council on Friday, that before the- estimates could be prepared, any major job in any one riding would have to be submitted by the representative for that riding. The .engineer (Mr T. Moorhouse) said major jobs included metalling and cornering. Not Prisoners' Camps Many next-of-kin have feared that reports on concentration camps in Germany refer to prisoner of war camps in which New Zealanders may he located, states the Prisoners of War Inquiry Office. The office points out that concentration camps are entirely different from prisoner of war camps and that reports on concentration camps should not he associated with camps where New Zealanders are located, states a, Press association message from Wellington. 1

New Zealand Products

Clothes pegs, toys, plasticine, crockery and kid gloves, are some of the articles that an Australian firm wishes to import from New Zealand. It has sent a trade inquiry to the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce asking about the prospects of obtaining these articles.' Another trade inquiry received by the Chamber of Commerce comes from Vancouver, British, Columbia, where a former flight-lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force wishes to establish a connection with anyone in the import and export business in New Zealand.

“Shangri-La”

“A while ago when I had a day off I was taken by a pilot friend on a routine flight he makes daily over the interior of New Guinea.” writes an American Medical Corps officer to an Auckland friend. ‘‘He flew me over the place that the pilots call ‘Shangri-La,’ which is very close to the real thing. It is a deep valley surrounded by high mountains, far into the interior of the island, and there is no obvious entrance. In it lives a fine race of people, who are said to be taller and larger than the usual New Guinea native living along the coast and on the lakes around here. They have fine farms and well laid out homes, gardens and plantations, and their pattern of living appears from the air to be more agrarian and more advanced than the others we

have seen. They are said to be cut off from the rest of the world, and though the local natives know they exist they are unable to tell us any details about them. I suppose they will remain cut off until someone descends to visit, them from a helicopter, as there are no landing fields or lakes down there large enough to land a plane.”