LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 68, Issue 5942, 12 May 1944, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No Civic Pride That it was very evident that there was no civic pride in Te Awamutu was the pronouncement of a prominent visitor to Te Awamutu yesterday when conversing with a Courier representative. ;■ The Greater Factor | That the shortage of manure was a i greater factor in the farming difficul- ; ties to-day than was the shortage i of labour, was the opinion of a wit- ! ness during the hearing of a case beI fore the Land Sales Committee in Te Awamutu yesterday. Land Sales Committee Messrs N. A. Ching (chairman), H. ’ 0. Mellsop, J. J. Shallue, and J- B. ! Rowe (Crown representative), of the Land Sales Committee, who held a sitting in Te Awamutu Courthouse on Wednesday and Thursday, are to-day engaged on an inspection of properties in Te Awamutu district. Life of a House ♦ The length of life for a house was a question raised during the sitting of the Land Sales Committee in Te l Awamutu yesterday. One witness I contended that it was 40 to 45 years, j The house under discussion had been i erected 30 years ago, having been ' added to on occasions. The chairman ! of the Committee, Mr N. A. Ching, ! said a house was judged like a chain, i by its weakest link. Public Library 1 The librarian’s report presented at ' the monthly meeting of Te Awamutu I Public Library Committee shows that ’ 10 new borrowers had joined during ; the month, bringing the total number ! to 1020—813 in the borough and 207 ' in the country. Non-fiction books 1 to the number of 862 and 2058 fiction i books, a total of 2920 volumes, had ' been issued, and 30 requests had been i dealt with. Patriotic Card Afternoon The following were present at the i fortnightly Patriotic card afternoon ; on Wednesday: Mesdames Armstrong, i Montefiore, Roberts, Tucker, Tolich, ! Grant, Creswell, Mensforth, J. Ryan, ! Scurrah, Hopping, McKerrow, Elliott, • Thompson, Boryer, Martin (Christchurch), Unwin, Brown, Jourdain, I Rainey, O’Brien, Armstrong, NeauI man and Miss Montefiore. The 500 i was won by Mrs Ryan and the bridge iby Mrs Armstrong. A competition ■ was won by Mrs McKerrow. ■ Red Cross Depot The Wharepuhunga sub-branch of ’ the Red Cross had control of the depot j in Alexandra Street last week, when | the good sum of £37 5s was realised. , Results of competitions were: Gro- ' ceries, Mr W. Baird; dinner, Mrs ‘ Christian; cake, Mrs Angus; turkey, ‘ Mrs Alex Reid; sugar, Mrs Richmond. Acknowledgment of gifts and services from the following were omitted in the previous report: Mesdames McLeay, Hockey, and Alex Reid and Miss Betty Pratt. Factories in Te Awamutu

During the meeting of Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday evening Mr E. C. Hutson referred to the reported number of factories being established in Wanganui, and he wondered if such could not be followed here. There were in Te Awamutu a number of large buildings that were empty and suitable for factory purposes. Another member raised the question of housing, which it was agreed entered largely into any such expansion as was suggested. “It all goes back to the housing scheme,” said the chairman (Mr H. C. Date) in closing the brief discussion.