LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6138, 19 September 1945, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Many Applications One hundred '-and seventy-three applications were received for a house which was advertised to let in Hamilton last week. The house which occupied an elevated position contained three bedrooms. There was also a garage on the property.

Royal Words of Wisdom The Duke of Gloucester, speaking at a luncheon tendered in his honour at Sydney by the Royal Empire Society, said: “In our purpose we must be broad-minded and progressive. There must be no more talk about not being able to afford this and that. Money must be the servant, not the master. The riches of the world, all primary products and labour.” The extract is from the Sydney Bulletin.

“Many Foolish Things” That the Te Awamutu Borough Council in 1926 had paid £4OO for a quarter-acre of land for use as a sandpit, was a statement made by Mr S. S. Preston when appearing for a landowner who was objecting to a piece of his land being taken by the Waipa County Council for a similar purpose. The statement caused Gr Hall to remark “the Borough Council did many foolish things.” Bank Of New Zealand

Receipt of a well compiled booklet “The Government and the Bank of New Zealand” is acknowledged. It contains a statement by Mr A. T. Donnelly, chairman of directors, and contains a number of prominent people associated with banking. It has a local interest in that there is a photograph of Mr H. R 4 H. Chalmers, general manager of the Bank, who started his banking career in Te Awamutu in 1899. Interest Free Money.

The Matamata County Council has decided to endeavour to arrange a debate at Putaruru at an early date on the Bretton Woods proposals, or the issue of interest-free money. While members apparently found no difficulty in securing speakers on the side of currency reform, the chairman’s appeal to members to suggest a speaker who could uphold the present system met with no response, although one member facetiously suggested that the council should ask Mr E. Lefeaux to debate the subject with Mr F. M. B. Fisher, with whom the council had been in touch.

Rich Farming Area Waikato often has been acclaimed the world’s richest dairy farm, and it would seem that the richest section was that area from Motumaoho to Waitoa on the Taneatua line, to Tokoroa in the south. Figures from the combined Morrinsville, Matamata and Putaruru districts show that total payments to suppliers of butterfat alone last season reached the phenomenal figure of £3,250,000. Ten years ago the payout for the area was less than £2,000,000. With pig rearing, sheep farming, cattle grazing, pedigree stock rearing and timber milling added, the territory is claimed to be easily the greatest producing portion of New Zealand.