LOCAL AND GENERAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 4641, 18 May 1938, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Several recommendations made to to the Waitomo Power Board by its engineer, Mr. N. A. Davidson,. were adopted by the Board on Monday. These recommendations included a hire scheme for ranges, the endeavour

to secure a universal community lighting system in the shopping areas of Te Kuiti and Otorohanga; improvement of the street lighting systems in conjunction with the local authorities_concerned; the provision of up-to-date electrical appliances in schools to make people electrically-minded; and the setting aside of an annual sum out of profits for load development purposes.

"I am more than gratified with the financial results for the past year and it is satisfactory to know that the Government has been able to give effect to its policy and at the same time produce a surplus in the national accounts for the second complete year in succession," said the Hon. W. Nash, dealing with the public accounts in his speech at Lower Hutt on Monday. There was a surplus of £BIO,OOO and the Government had placed a further £854,000 to reserves. Every penny of outside floating debt that was due had been repaid.

"A war combination against a single State is a crime. But defence against a probable aggressor is the highest moral duty." This comment, directed principally against Germany, was made by Mr. Winston Churchill when addressing the League of Nations' Union at Manchester. He advocated that Britain and France should approach the smaller Powers to form an anti-aggression bloc.

When proposing Mr. J. N. Boddie as chairman of the Waitomo Power Board on Monday, Mr. E. T. Gorton referred to the fact that Mr. Boddie had been a member of the Board since its inception. In returning thanks for his election, Mr. Boddie said that, besides having been a member of the Board during the whole period of its existence, he and Mr. Lee had been on the Committee that Worked for the formation of the Board. The Board had passed through many difficulties, but under the chairmanship of Mr. Lee it had pulled through and was now in a very good position.