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Tauranga Supported
The decision that Tauranga was the only Bay of Plenty harbour suitable to the Rotorua district was reached by the monthly meeting of the Rotorua-Ngongotaha branch of Federated Farmers . The meeting also decided to try to arrange for the Bay of Plenty port inquiry committee to hold a sitting at Rotorua.
Re-Division of County The re-devision of Whakatane County into 10 ridings will take effect from October 1, according to a notice in the New Zealand Gazette. The boundaries of the ridings (Galatea, Matata, Omataroa, Ohope, Taneatua, Waimana, Nukuhou, Urewera, Tarawera and Rangitaiki are gazetted. Reading on Increase
Between 1938 and 1949 the number of readers registered with New Zealand public libraries increased by nearly 270 per cent from 93,863 to 250,152, according to the July issue of the Abstract of Statistics. During the same period the number of books in circulation increased, from 4,763,079 to 7,887,080, while expenditnre rose from £87,110 to £222,391. ,
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 89, 30 August 1950, Page 4
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