OUT AND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14710, 30 June 1948, Page 2

OUT AND ABOUT

Shalfoon Shield Rugby Advice has been received by the management committee of the Tauranga Rugby Sub-Union that the Tauranga junior representatives will play Rangataiki at Matata on August 7. The winners of that match will play Te Puke for the Shalfoon Shield. Eat Menace According to the foreman (Mr C. M. F. Hayman) in his report to the monthly meeting of the Tauranga Harbour Board the rat menace in the wharf shed has necessitated a vigorous attempt to overcome them. He was laying poison baits and would continue to do so until they had been cleared.

Wanganella Progress The floating dock at Wellington has been booked for the Wanganella until the end of August, although good progress has been maintained with the repair work, it was reported to the meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board. The ship has now occupied the dock for 147 days.

Dog Registration “The fact that unregistered dogs arc to be destroyed is now widely known and owners arc co-operating willingly,” reported the Noxious Weeds Inspector (Mr S. J. McKenzie) at the monthly meeting of the Tauranga County Council. So far, he added, he had had very little difficulty in registering Maori dogs.

Sodium Chlorate Supplies A large supply of tins had mme to hand and some had been filled with sodium chlorate readv Hr sale, reported the Noxious Weeds Inspector (Mr S. .1. McKenzie) at the monthly meeting of the Tauranga County Council. The council fixed the price for the sale of sodium in 151 b tins at 12/- a tin.

Horses On Wharepai Ground A decision to withdraw a letter sent recently to the Tauranga Borough Council complaining of horses on the Wharepai Ground was reached at this week’s meeting of the management committee of the Tauranga Rugby Sub-Union. It was pointed out that the position had since been clarified.

Sprig Inspection Proposed

A decision to ask the Tauranga Rugby Referees’ Association to inspect players’ sprigs before matches on the next two Saturdays was reached at the weekly meeting of the management committee of the Tauranga Rugby Sub-Union on Monday evening. Some concern was expressed that players had received minor injuries apparently caused by sprigs.

Shortage of Cereals The view that the main reason f<pr the acute shortage of cereals in Tauranga was the lack of shipping space between the North and South Islands, has been expressed by a representative of a Tauranga wholesale firm. He said that this space was so short that it was being allocated to South Island firms, and the only time good supplies of cereals were received was when a ship carried the produce directly from Christchux’ch or Dunedin to Auckland.

Access Road To Maori Scheme Advice that funds were available to bring the access road to the Waewaetutuki Scheme, Maketu, up to county standard on three-quarter chain width, if the council would accept responsibility for future maintenance, was received from the Department of Maori Affairs, at the monthly meeting of the Tauranga County Council. The council decided to accpt the offer under protest as it did not believe in the principle three-quarter chain width roads. The engineer was instructed to supply an estimate of the cost of the work. N.Z. Food Production “The most important problem in the world today is -that of food,” said the president of the Royal Agricultural Sreie + y of New Zealand (Mr B. E. Keiller), speaking at the society’s conference. “New Zealand is a food - producing country, and it is up to us to produce to the maximum.” There were many difficulties to be overcome, he said, and one was the question of land tenure. The Government’s ideas as to what quantity of land was required for a rehabilitated exserviceman did not always coincide with the opinions of farmers, and that .had had a detrimental effect on production.