OUT AND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14713, 3 July 1948, Page 2

OUT AND ABOUT

£50,000 Housing Loan The Wellington City Council has applied for a further loan of £50,000 to provide 30 housing units in groups of from two to six dwelling;; in different parts of the city.

Plantation at Whakamarama A well-known farmer on the Whakamarama Road is at present engaged in planting his hillsides with pinus insignus. Within a few days he hopes to have a total of ten thousand trees in the ground.

Active Pupils Twenty-four substantial parcels were sent in June to the 24 London children who have been "adopted" by the pupils of Ronsotai College, Wellington. The staff and boys raised £43 13s 4d for the United Nations Children's Appeal, and 700 articles of clothing were collected for the International Red Cross. A large parcel of school materials was also packed for dispatch to Rewi Alley's school in North China.

Revolutionary Ideas "The university colleges are the breeding-ground for ideas that are so revolutionary that they can affect the business man's leisure and pocket," stated Mr K. Roundhill, travelling representative of the Inter-Varsity Fellowship in New Zealand, when describing the work of the fellowship and similar university organisations in a luncheon address to the Wellington Christian Business Men's Club.

Co-operation Most Important "The most important part of the league's activities may be summed up in one word —co-operation," said Colonel J. Murphy, a Christchurch delegate, at the' annual meeting of the Dominion council of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establish-ment League. "At the present time there is a definite weakness in the organisation of this league. If the work of the organisation is to be improved, teamwork must be promoted," he added. Rotorua Thermal Area "There is nothing in the minds of the geologists which should occasion public alarm, either in regard to life or property in the Rotorua area or to the Waikato hydroelectric stations," said the director of the Geological Survey (Mr Ongley) in an interview. Recent abbreviated statements appearing in the Press in reference to the discussions at the geological conference held at Rotorua might possibly have created some feeling of apprehension in the public mind, he added.

Health Camp Benefits Proceeds of the festival conducted by the Wellington Schools Musical Festival Society towards the end of last year, amounting to £7O, were presented to Mr J. I. Goldsmith, chairman of the Wellington management committee of the King George V Memorial Health Camp at Otaki, at a recent meeting of the Headmasters' Association, Mr Goldsmith was accompanied by Mr John. Murphy, secretary-manager of the camp. About 600 primary schoolchildren, representing many Wellington schools, took part in the festival, which is now held annually.

Ample Reward "The fact that these men now feel they have a mission in life is an ample x'eturh for any money expended," said the Prime Minister (Mr Fraser), when officially opening the annual conference of the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establish-ment League's Dominion Council in Wellington. Mr Fraser was referring to the men trained in the league's training centres. "A sum of £189,000 had been spent on the training of disabled men," said the Prime Minister. "Whether it is loans or grants this money has been a very succcessful investment, regardless of trading accounts."