CITY COUNCIL POST

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25029, 20 October 1944, Page 4

CITY COUNCIL POST

ADVERTISEMENT BANNED ACTION IN AUSTRALIA Manpower authorities in Tasmania and Western Australia have refused to permit publication in their States of Auckland City Council advertisements inviting applications for the position of parks superintendent at Auckland. Advice to tins effect has been received by the council through a firm of advertising agents. The firm said it had been advised that the advertisement would be appearing in an Adelaide paper but no acknowledgments had yet been received from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne. Copies of letters from the DirectorGeneral of Manoower in the Department of Labour' and National Service in both Tasmania and Western Australia were forwarded by the agents. These stated that publication of the advertisements could not be approved, but no reasons were given. The advertisements were circulated following a decision of the council last month to seek a successor to the present superintendent of parks, Mr T. S. Aldridge, who will reach the retiring age nest January. It was resolved to offer the position at £BOO a year and to invite applications from New Zealand and Australia and from the armed forces. The applications close on November 21. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKING PURCHASE OF CITY FIRM As part of the Government's plan for the orthopaedic treatment of amputees and the fitting of artificial limbs, the firm of Zenith Artificial Appliances. Ltd., Cook Street, has been purchased by the State. Its proprietor and managing director, Mr A. L. Nugent, has been selected as technical and production supervisor for New Zealand in connection with limb-fitting and manufacture. An orthopaedic and limb-fitting centre already is in operation in Wellington, and a similar organisation will be included in the new vocational training centre to _be built at Horopito Street, Dominion Road. It will be administered by the Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League. The only firm of its type in Auckland, Zenith Artificial Appliances. Ltd., was founded in 1919 by Mr Nugent, who is an amputee from the last war. Mr Nugent had extensive training after the last war in orthopaedic centres in England, after being a member of a class at Roehampton organised by the British Government. He later studied under a Belgian authority at Rouen. NAVAL PROMOTIONS NEW ZEALAND OFFICERS (Special Correspondent) LONDON. Oct. 18 Promotions in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve include the following:— Lieutenant-Commander. —K, L. LeeRichards. E. R. Morse and J. LennoxKing, Auckland. Lieutenant. —P. J. Lawrence, Christchurch; F. G. Barnes, Wellington; L. C. Nisbet, Hamilton. Paymaster Sub-Lientenant.—G. P. Milnes, Auckland; R. C. Stewart, Wanganui; W. D. Rodgers, Christchurch. NEW LEGISLATION FIVE BILLS BEFORE HOUSE (S.Tt.) WELLINGTON, Thursday Five new bills, mainly of limited incidence and scope, were introduced in the House of Representatives today. Three dealing with law reforms and ona for the registration of clerks of works wore referred to select committees for reports. The other measure, the Post and Telegraph Amendment Bill, providing for the establishment of a staff tribunal, was set down for its second reading. The Minister of Finance, Mr f Nash, who was in charge of the House, ' said it was doubtful whether the bill : would be debated before the short ad- . journment next week. Two local bills were debated and put through all : stages. _ t 1 The Milk Bill was discussed in the ] evening and the second reading debate was concluded at 10 p.m. The House ( was in Committee on the Quarries Bill | when it adjourned at 10.30 p.m. until ] tomorrow morning. ( ROTORUA PLANNING \ i GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE 1 (0.C.) ROTORUA, Thursday < The granting of technical assistance ; in the formulation of a town-planning I scheme for Rotorua was approved by "] the Director of the Organisation for National Development in a letter to the j Rotorua Borough Council. C Another communication, from the , town-planning officer, in answer to ques- { tions asked by the council, expressed j the emphatic opinion that the use of portion of the Robertson estate, in j. Whaka Road, as an industrial or com- j mercial area would be a mistake, not- s withstanding that conditions for the v time being made the site unsuitable for + residential purposes. The time would c undoubtedly come, stated the townplanning oiEcer, when the value of the 1 land would justify its being filled to a level which would permit of efficient a drainage. _ " li Mr D. Jervis said it was the present n duty of the council to declare areas n suitable for industrial enterprises. Mr t E. T. Johnson said availability and b freehold tenure were most important t aspects to be considered. Short leases r gave no security to industrial under- t takings. A suggestion that the council f< should acquire land for subsequent leas- b iifg in suitable lots was referred to the b Works Committee for & further, report, si