Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 93, 12 February 1947, Page 5

Local & General

Red Cross Competition No. 56, D. M. Kane, winner Red' Cross competition, navy handbag.

Dogs in Swimming Pool The Borough Council decided last Monday to request the Health Officer to advise it as to what powers it could exercise in order to exclude dogs from the Children's Swimming Pool at the Heads.

Income Tax Payable The Commissioner of Taxes draws the attention of [taxpayers - other than companies of the Hamilton Tax District to the notification appearing in today's issue altering the due date for payment of income tax.

Land Sales Court

Owing to the fact that no accommodation was available in Tauranga, the Land Sales Court has been sitting in Whakatane dealing with cases from all parts of the Bay of Plenty. Cases for hearing from the Whakatane district will come up today.

Building Permits According, to the Electrical. Engineer's report to the Borough Council last Monday evening, building '" permits issued over the past two months were as follows: New residences 6, additions 5* baches 2, addition to factory 1, sheds 1. The total value of these was £11,313. :

Famine Emergency Campaign In the Food for Britain campaign the value of coupons for rationed commodities handed in for cancellation at the Post Office, Whakatane, from 3rd to Bth February, 1947, was - as under: Sugar nil; tea nil; butter nil; meat £1- 10s 2d; fats nil. Total . to-date now is: Sugar 171bs; tea 12 lbs; butter 2081bs; meat £206 12s" Id. Householders Gardens "We are very fortunate in some of our householders," said Cr Shapley at last Monday's meeting of the - Borough Council, refering to some of the attractive gardens to be : seen in the Borough. He mentioned in" particular the householders in State ' houses many of whom he'said kept gardens which were a genuine credit to them.

Tauranga—Dunedin An indication of the lack of knowledge of New Zealand generally by people in America was given in a letter received by the Tauranga Harbour Board from a firm in the United States. The communication was addressed "The Tauranga Harbour Board, Dunedin," but when it reached its proper address the name Tauranga had been substituted for Dunedin.

Electricity For Winter Show In order to facilitate the forthcoming Winter Show, which will be the first to be held in the town for some years, the Borough Council has agreed to write the Electricity Controller seeking a special allocation to augment the town supply during that week. "You're a bit optimistic, aren't you," was His Worship's dry rejoinder when the above course was decided on last Monday evening. . -' ■ '.

Too Many Garages :>- "I don't' know what we are going to do with all the garages which are being built," said Mr W. Sullivan, M.P., in the course of a discussion at the Borough Council meeting last Monday. He went on to say that these were being built all over the country, and particularly in. com-/ munities of dense populations. The only way they could hope to staff them, he observed was -to- o,ut-bid their next door neighbours for mechanics. •*'.'- • - : . N -'■

Paper Mills Picnic x In a recent issue of- the BEACON mention was made of the running : ., of the Whakatane Paper Mills picnic .-> at Ohope Beach, and the fact that -'■ the event marked the annual picnic- . of the Union. This was incorrect, as> is pointed out. by the secretary •: 'of the Paper Mills Social and Sports \ Club, Mr Campbell, who_ states that the outing was arranged and. run*' entirely by his organisation and had * s nothing whatever to do with the Union. The club incidentally is com- . posed of members from all sections of the Mills staff. ■ : * ■ I