NEWS OF THE DAY

Northern Advocate, 3 September 1947, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

HOARDING BAN Except in unusual circumstances no hoardings should be erected in semirural areas of the borough. This opinion was stated to the Whangarei Borough Council last night by its traffic and transport committee. It was reporting its confirmation of a previous recommendation declining an application for hoardings in Otaika Road. FELLING OF KAURIS? The attention of the Minister in charge of State Forests (Mr Skinner) was called in the House yesterday. by Mr S. W. Smith (O—Hobson) to a report that felling of kauri saplings is taking place in state forests in the North. Mr Smith tabled a question whether it was correct. “Certainly not to my knowledge,” commented Mr Skinner. MAYORAL HONORARIUM. The honorarium of the Mayor of Whangarei was increased from £3OO to £450 by the borough council last night. This action was taken on the recommendation of the legal and finance committee. A fnotion by Cr M. W. Porter that the question should be referred back to the committee for further consideration was defeated. The increased honorarium will be effective from the time of the election of a new Mayor in November. SAILORS ON FARMS Fifty farmers in the Auckland Province will be hosts to ratings from the aircraft-carrier Theseus and the destroyer Cockade next week. Eighty men from the two ships are being given four days’ leave to travel to farms in the Pukekohe, Onewhero, Wellsford, Cambridge and Te Awamutu districts. Many other farm holidays are available in areas extending from Whangarei to New Plymouth if further leave is granted to the ships’ companies. MILK BOTTLE SYSTEM Retention of the present system adopted by the Whangarei Milk Authority for dealing with supplies of extra bottles was approved by the authority last night. Deferred from last meeting was a suggestion that a trial for three months should be given for consumers on delivery rounds not to be required to pay for extra containers but that purchasers from dairy or shop should be required to pay for bottles, refunds to be made on their return. The treasurer (Mr L. O. Hall) reported last night that it seemed the present system should be retained. This was that containers purchased from the council’s milk shop should be charged for and that refunds should be made on return of bottles and marked caps while extra containers supplied to consumers by roundsmen should be purchased by consumers and held by them as extras. WHANGAREI MISSPELT

Sixty-five thousand milk tokens available to the Whangarei Milk Auority last May had been refused because the manufacturing firm had incorrectly spelt the name “Whangarei,” the treasurer (Mr L. O. Hall) informed the authority last night. He was explaining why the authority had not yet sufficient tokens to meet the demand. The manufacturing company had promised him while he had been in Wellington that tokens would be made available within a fortnight but they had not yet been received.

Henry Wilson's showing, in Cretonnes, Tapestries, Curtain Nets, Repps, etc., is arousing considerable attention. The goods are the very latest in design and colouring. 36in. Fancywork Linen in ecru and white has also just opened out.