TOTAL OF £26,103

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 56, Issue 32912, 22 September 1947, Page 5

TOTAL OF £26,103

PAEROA STATION REVENUE PAST FINANCIAL YEAR 27,002 PASSENGER JOURNEYS There were 27,002 outward passenger journeys made from the Paeroa railway station during the year ended March 31, 1947. They were made up of 494 first class journeys and 26,508 second ! class journeys. There were 113 season tickets issued during the same period. The total revenue derived from the passengers from •the station (ordinary and season tickets) was £4154. The total number of passenger journeys from Te Aroha was 9124, and from Thames 7292. The revenue from the Te Aroha and Thames stations for ordinary passengers was £2480 and £2981 respectively. From season tickets the revenue was £73 and £lB4 respectively. Cattle and calves forwarded from Paeroa totalled 47,301; and 1 the number of sheep and pigs carried was 27,757- There were 626 superficial feet of timber carried, and other goods totalled 20,341. From parcels, luggage and mails carried from Paeroa the total revenue was £762, and from goods £21,101, miscellaneous £B6. The total value, of the revenue from the Paeroa station was £26,103. The revenue from the totals of Te Aroha and Thames were £11,112 and £11,368 respectively.

There were 3761 cattle and calves brought into the Paeroa station during the year, and the number of sheep and pigs l was 7329. During the year there were 2665 superficial feet of timber brought into the Paeroa station. Other inward goods handled amounted to 25,994 tons. .

kato Hospital Board would strongly oppose any suggestion that the Piako County be taken from them, as a lot of their expenditure was based oh revenue received from that area. , Outlook Criticised Cr. D. G. McMillan said that in his opinion, with the boundaries of the hospital board district as they were today, the hospital was in the right place although the actual site was not the best. He thought that the outlook from the Thames hills would be more beneficial to sick people. He criticised the present isolation ward which he termed had a most “depressing outlook.” Cr. Neate said that the isolation block at present was merely a temporary structure and would be eliminated in the rebuilding plan, ■ Cr. Sutton said that the hospital board had been guided by experience in making its decision. Most of the members of the board had been in favour of changing the site, but the expense of doing so had' been too high. In his opinion it would be some time before the new building was started due to the present shortage of materials and labour. Money Guiding Factor Cr. T. O’Carroll said that he was disappointed that the hospital was to remain on the same site, and that money had been the deciding factor in fixing the site. He thought that the welfare of the sick people should have been the first consideration. Cr. Ceale thanked councillors for expressing their views and said tnat he would convey same to the Paeroa Chamber of Commerce.