CARING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20731, 16 December 1932, Page 18

CARING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.

EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 1:; common with other towns Rangiora plays its part in assisting the needy within its borders. The County Council has used unemployed to carry out extensive drainage works, and a certain amount of tree-planting has been done by them. The unemployed in the borough have been engaged chiefly on roading and reserve work. Last Christmas community singing realised £SO, and the amount was spent in providing Christmas dinners for 100 families. /,? wi «r e , fche illness of the Mayor & u '£'£s"**) the D eputy-Mayor (Mr R.R. Gillanders) is attending to the official duties.

consumers number 550. The gas supply has cost in capital expenditure the sum of filfiOOO and the net loans outstanding at'present are £7400. Although at first the gas department showed a loss a small profit has been made during the succeeding years. Residential and Shopping Area. It is peculiar that Rangiora has no factories or industries to "give the backing that is usually needed for a town of any size. With the exception of a firm which manufactures electric pumps there are no concerns engaged in export industries. There are no freezing works or mills in the town, which is a purely residential and shopping area. The shops are its mainstay and they arc greatly assisted by the fact that the Rangiora Saleyards Company conducts weekly sales in the centre of the town. Tuesday is market day. farmers from miles round accompanied by their wives and families, attend, and there are hundreds of cars parked in the town.

stitution as the Borough Council, the County Council has some excellent roading schemes in hand. Tree-plant-ing and drainage works are also in its list of activities. The Ashley River Trust has charge of the Ashley watershed and river protection works. The contributing bodies are the Rangiora Borouga Council, Eangiora Countv- Council, Ashley Couuty Council, and the Kowai County Council. The Trust's incomo is £9OO per annum, and it has endowments bringing rent amounting to £3OO a year. At present the Trust is contemplating extensive works on the river. The Waikuku Beach Association and the AVaikuku Domain Board contro) the beach and domain. The Association holds a gala each Boxing Day, and it has an income of £4OO, which is spent in beach improvements. The children's playground, protection works, tree-planting," and the picnic grounds absorb most of the money. k