LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opunake Times, 14 October 1947, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Penalty on Rates. . -.The Borough Council advertises areminder that a penalty on rates, outstanding after 30th January, 1948, will be imposed, amounting to 10 per cent. Sorcugh Elections. » .Qpiinake citizens 1 -'are reminded' that nominations for Mayor, Borough Councillors' (6) and two members of the Opunake Electric. Power Board close on October 29th. "Food" for Thought. Housewives! let Barraclough's help you to solve your meat problems for, the week, and especially for the week-end, Primest roasts, and tasty small good suggestions will satisfy the family appetite. Eing 15 today.* Public Vasiety Concert. Guests who were fortunate enough to have been present at the last Variety Concert arranged, by thq Opunake H.S.A. will no; doubt.-.keenly look forward to the public Variety Concert to. be held in the Drill Hall, next Monday,. An excellent programme has been arranged, including mini' bers.by the Stratford Hillbillies. Don't miss this occasion. "Food Parcels for Smethwiok.' Don't forget, today is parcelling and despatch day. Send your parcels to the drill hall, Opunakivafter 2 p.m. If you have overlooked the matter ring your grocer and he will make up your 71b. parcel. Remember also that this months parcels will arrive at Smethwick for Christmas, so let it be a record month. Definitely an Offence. ' H It was definitely an offence for motorists to blow car horns after IT p'.m. in towns *or boroughs, said Patrolman N. McAdam. of the Auckland Automobile Association at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Te Aroha. Although few realised this was illegal, motorists sounding horns after that hour were breaking traJfic regulations.

Flying Saucers lead to Divoo-ce. //The only completely authentic report of a flying saucer comes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whexe a Mr. Conrad Dunhan declared under oath that he, had seen flying saucers—and later was granted a divorce on the grounds that Mrs. Dunbar had actually thrown then at him/' (Leonard 1 Miall speaking about the Flying Saucers that are reported to have been seen in America, in the BBC's "Radio News Reel'') Effects of a Five-Day Week. .'■The introduction of the fiveday week in British coal mines has set a number of busy pens to work. A reader of the 'Spectator' .sent this startling observation to the Editor the other /It's a sobering reflection . . . that if the five-day week had been enforced at the time of the Creation, man would not have been created. Would the world then have been a better place ?''"'.. (Lester Powell irutHe .BBC's Overseas Service in the'series"Across theXine.") Future Electricity Supply. Addresses given at the recent Power Boards' and Supply Authorities! Assocation Conference, by the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Works, and Mr. P. T. M. Kissell, General Manager &tate Hydro Electric Department dealt with the problems confronting the Department in connection with the construction of new stations. 'Both emphazised that work on new stations was being pushed ahead with the. utmost vigour and?.that it was hoped to have the •180,000; K.W, Maraetai station finished within three years. Until then jthfe North Island will be allowed''a 5 per cent increase each year. In connection with the recent agitation for the installation pf steam plants fired by oil or coal, it was pointed out that the two principal advantages of steam plants have now!heenlost., viz cheapness of capital cost, and -speed of' delivery and erection. At the present time : the steam plants cost more than; hydro plants of equal size and Belivery "cannt be promised in under four or five years.. As the operating cost of steam plants is many times that of hydro, and the extra cost must eventually be passed on to the consumers, the Department has decided to concentrate; on major hydro-electric Workg; • r '■■'-' - . •