PATRIOTIC FUNDS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1943, Page 3

PATRIOTIC FUNDS

P.A. . AUCKLAND, This Day. A proposal submitted by the Ohinemuri Patriotic Zone Committee that in future all money needed for patriotic work be raised by direct taxation received little support at" a meeting of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic

Council tonight.

, Mr. W. M. Wallnutt,. of Waihi, said there was, a unanimous opinion in his area that" taxation was the only equitable way for the collection of such funds. •■■■•■ . ■■:■■■.■'•■

A number of speakers opposed the proposal. It was stated that if the State collected the money it would claim the right to disburse it, and it might be found at a later stage, when rehabilitation grants were made, that any assistance given from the Patriotic Fund would be taken into account The point was also made that many people who now contributed to patriotic funds did not pay income tax and would be debarred from subscribing.

The proposal was defeated by a large majority. '

LOWER HUTT CITY COUNCIL

The Lower Hutt City Council, at its meeting last, night,.decided that oneway traffic should be allowed in the carriage ways in Andrews Avenue, and that cars should enter only by the southern half and emerge via the northern half. The council also prohibited turning at the junction of Andrews Avenue and High Street and prohibited the parking of vehicles opposite the Post Office posting boxes for more than five minutes.

The council adopted the recommendation of the joint committee of the Petone Borough and Lower Hutt City Councils declining the offer of the Transport Department to take over the control of traffic in the district. It also approved the appointment of a third inspector, arid agreed that at least one inspector should be stationed in Petone.

The value of the buildings for which permits were issued last month was stated to be £63,980, as^against £1137 in the same month lj^fc year. The chief item was a foundry building valued at £50,000. Other items were four wooden dwellings, £7095, and a drying kiln, £5600. Government buildings are not included. It was reported that, a resident in Glen Iris Avenue had cut down two pohutukawa trees, approximately ten years old and some twelve, feet high, which the council had planted in the street. The resident had been asked for an explanation, but no reply had been received. The recommendation of the reserves committee that the resident be prosecuted was confirmed.