OUT AND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 14431, 1 August 1947, Page 2

OUT AND ABOUT

County Building Permits A total, of 20 building permits was issued by the Tauranga County Council for the monthly period ended July 25, 1947. The value of the permits totalled £16,650. Infectious Diseases Two cases of infectious disease, one of diphtheria and one of scarlet fever, were notified during the monthly period ended July 25, 1947, reported the County Inspector (Mr C. S. O'Neill) to the monthly meeting of the Tauranga County Council yesterday. Both cases were Europeans from the Katikati district. __

Rationing Not Noticed Food rationing in England was so far unnoticeable, said Scout N. Haversham, a member of the Hutt Valley contingent of Boy Scouts attending the forthcoming . jamboree in Paris, in a letter to his relatives in Lower Hutt. The scout says that extra rations are issued to every five persons under canvas. "Porridge is not rationed, and certainly tinned fish isn't," he says. Another scout from the Hutt Valley says that they are rationed to lib of sweets a month. He said the Scouts were getting plenty of food, and it was not so bad at that.

Paddocks As Airfields

If farmer-members of the New Plymouth Aerc Club are unable to travel frequently enough to the aerodrome to make use of the club's training facilities, the club will consider taking the facilities to the farmers:". The views of the Air Department are to be sought on a suggestion made by the deputy club Mr M. King, that inquiries be made from farming communities between Opunake and Uruti to find whether paddocks can be made available for landing grounds to enable the club to offer training facilities.

Social Security Sickness Benefits The farmer was equally entitled with others to social security sickness benefits but he must proveactual loss, according to information received at the monthly meeting of the Tauranga branch of Federated Farmers (Auckland Province). The comment was made that a farmer would be compelled to employ a man at £6 a week to do his work and would receive benefit at the rate of £2. It was stated that in the case of the employment of a wife or any close relative the benefit was not payable.

Wrapping Of Bread Reporting to the monthly meeting of the Tauranga County Council yesterday, the County Inspector (Mr C. S. O'Neill) stated that new regulations had been gazetted which required that all bread should be wrapped before it was removed from the bakehouse. This did not apply where bread was conveyed direct from the bakehouse to the dwelling of the consumer. The inspector explained that these regulations came into force on January 1, 1948, or sooner if any local authority so desired. Railway Rolling Stock

Early relief in connection with the rolling stock position on the railways would be soon forthcoming, according to information received at the monthly meeting of the Tauranga branch of Federated Farmers (Auckland Province). A consignment of 3000 general purpose trucks was due to arrive shortly which were'intended mainly to relieve the position in the North Island- The president (Mr H. O. Lloyd) intimated that the first trucks would be delivered on August 11.