ROLL OF HONOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25216, 31 May 1945, Page 6

ROLL OF HONOUR

EXPEDITIONARY FOKCE KILLED AND WOUNDED' (P.A..) WELLINGTON. Wednesday The following New Zealand Expeditionary Force casualty list is anl nounced:— *"•' ' KILLED WHILE PRISORER Brightwell, E. A. —New South Wales.WOUNDED Archibald. J.—Mrs J. K. Archibald, Rotnm. (wife). • orDi Fletcher, A. C.—Chrisichurch. Gunn, J. — Wellington. Smith. B. T.—Timaru. RATES INCREASED ONE TREE HILL BOROUGH APPROVAL OF ESTIMATES An increase of 3}d in the rates in one of its three rating areas and 3d in the other two was authorised at-a' meeting of the One Tree Hill Borough Council last night, when the estimatesfor the year ended"March 31,.1946, were presented by the .Mayor. .Mr I. J. stine. and the town clerk. Mt'A. Leese. The increases include 3d in the consolidated rate, of which 2|d is to provide for a higher hospital levy and jd to meet part of the rise.in wages. The drainage rate has been increased by Jq to meet the new Drainage Board lew but this does not affect the unsewered area nor the new drainage area where there has been a compensating reduction of id in the interest rate for'reticulation.

Total rates in the three rating areas, all based on the annual value, last year's figures being shown in parentheses, will be as lollows: —Unsewtred area, 2s 7d in the pound (2s 4dioriginal drainage area. -'i< OJd (2s 9d)' new drainage area, .'is 4Jd (3s lid). In addition, a sum ot Pis Oil will he levied on each dwelling tor the removal of refuse.

Receipts under all headings for 1943. 4G were estimated to reach £51.094,' compared with an actual revenue of £51,170 last year. Payments were expected to amount to £'50.664, against an expenditure of £52.486 during 1944-45.

"1 personally regret that it has been necessary to levy an increase in rates, as this council had a record of continually reducing them until they had to be stabilised at the outbreak of war," commented Mr Goldstine, in moving the adoption of the report and estimates. He thought it significant that lerie? made by ad hoc authorities showed an increase of £2OOO over last year and represented 36 per cent of the gross municipal rates, compared with 33 per cent in 1941-45.

The financial position of the borough remained very sound and the rate increases were entirely outside the control of the council, concluded Mr Goldstine. They still compared more than favourably with most loeal bodies in New Zealand.

NEW AIR SERVICE LONDON TO SYDNEY NEW ZEALAND INTERESTS (P.A) WELLINGTON, Wednesday When the acting-Prime Minister, Mr Nash, was asked to comment on a recent cabled message from London regarding the London-Sydney air service, he stated that the New Zealand Government was anxious that this service should he operated through to Xesr Zealand. The question of the development and extension of the service was discussed by the Minister of Supply, Mr Sullivan, in London during the Commonwealth air conversations in Dscember last. Mr Nash said he hoped it Votdd be possible to arrange for the operation of this air service to New Zealand. He would make a further statement when the present discussions between the Governments were concluded. The Lancastrian aircraft were a civil modification of the Lancaster bomber. Their carrying capacity was limited and they were not entirely economic in operation. They would, however, provide valuable service until such time as more suitable British types of civil aircraft became available for the operation of fast, long-range services.

AUCKLAND AS AIRPORT "MOST LOGICAL CENTRE'" "Auckland is the most- logical centre in New Zealand for an overseas airport* 1 Wellington can be completely discarded for overseas routes —unless some radical change in aircraft design takes place," said Captain Oscar Garden, chief pilot of Tasman Empire Airways, in a luncheon address to the Auckland Junior Chamber of Commerce yesterday.

It was a misguided plan to use aa airport for combined civil and air force needs, the speaker considered. Commenting on the announcement in Tuesday's Herald that Whenuapai aerodrome was to be made available for over* seas civilian aircraft pending the determination of a site for a commercial airport, he said he supposed one should be glad to get even a reply like that.It looked as though the matter had been shelved.

Distance from an airport to the ad l joining city was of much greater importance on overseas routes than internal services, for several hours of travelling to link with internal services could defeat the advantages of fast air travel. Asked whether tne erection of a harbour bridge at Auckland would be detrimental to the landing of aircraft, Captain Garden replied that he did not think there would be any flying-boats in two years. "Of course, the location of the bridge would affect the question, but I don't think it would make any great difference," he added.

SERVICE TO BOROUGH The presentation of a large overmantel mirror bearing a painting of the hill from which the borough derive} its name was made to Mr C. L. Slyfield, a former deputy-mayor, at, J meeting of the One Tree Hill Borough Council last night in appreciation of the services he had rendered to- the borough. The Mayor. Mr 1. J. Goldstine, said that .Mr Slvfield became a member of the old One' Tree Hill .Road Board in 1911 and had sfrved on that body and on the Borough Council almost continuously until lie retired last year. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday Their Excellencies the Governor-Gen-eral, Sir Cyril Newall, and Lady iNevvall will leave Wellington tomorrow to P?? an official visit to Auckland, They wl return to Wellington on .Tune 8. PERSONAL ITEMS , Mr J. Cummings. Commissioner Police, arrived in Auckland yesterdayHe is at the Station Hotel. Mr A. Bishop was re-elected .chair* man of the Waitemata Electric-Po*® Bonrd at the annual meeting of board yesterday. Mr Harold Clay, until recently mai> ager for the New Zealand Insuran Co., Ltd., at Wellington, has been appointed manager of the Sydney offl • With Mrs Clay, he left for Australia by flying-boat yesterday. The Hon. B. Martin. M.L.C., the retiring member, has been re-elected the Auckland University College • oil hv members of the General A»s6 J in the Auckland Province. e !V!l 0 f inations closed yesterday, onlv t»> Mr Martin was received.