Community Lighting at Kaikohe and Kaitaia

Northland Age, Volume IX, Issue 67, 31 May 1940, Page 1

Community Lighting at Kaikohe and Kaitaia

A letter was received from the Kaikohe Business Men’s Association at the Power Board’s meeting on Friday asking what the position was with regard to community lighting in Kaikohe. Mr. L. Peace also brought up the question of community lighting for Kaitaia as requested by the Kaitaia Business Men’s Association. The Consulting Engineer stated that as far as Kaikohe was concerned the matter rested with the Chamber of Commerce to get signatures. Up to the present all signatures were not in. Supplies of conduit were not available at present for the work. Mr. Ellery: “It boils down to this —they might as well forget all about it until the end of the war.” The secretary stated that rural consumers would be given preference as the Controller of Electricity did not consider community lighting was an essential service. Mr. Ellery: “If they'll 511 come forward we can consider it.” The Board decided that owing to the shortage of materials, community lighting in Kaikohe and Kaitaia cannot be carried out at the present time.

The Corriedale seems to be out of favour in Canterbury. The fashion seems to be for the strong woolled sheep for the plains and the halfbred for the high country. k k k The British Ministry of Agriculture is planning to plough up another million acres of grassland this year. k k k An unmarried Yorkshire farm labourer, described as “a careful sort ! with simple tastes,” died at the age of 83, leaving by will £2253. k k k Australia annually exports to Britain about 97 million pounds of pig meat, including frozen and chilled pork and bacon. k k k Australia’s sheep population is expected to reach 115 million by the end of this year, which will be a record for all time. k k k By a census of cattle in Switzerland last year, it is estimated that there are there 926,000 cows, 131,000 heifers over two years, 224,000 heifers between one and two years and 375,000 younger cattle. k k k “The price arranged for the sale of New Zealand’s export surplus of slipe wool is in excess of the estimate made in the buying schedules to date,” said Mr. T. A. Duncan, chairman of the N.Z. Meat Producers’ Board, in com- j menting on the contract arranged with the Imperial Government on an average basis of over 17d a pound in N.Z. currency. “It is pleasing to note that some farmers have already been promised an additional payment on i stock purchased to date,” he added. | “It might be expected that similar j action would be adopted by other j buyers throughout the Dominion on j stock purchases before the announce- i ment.”