LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6139, 21 September 1945, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Patriotic Shop On a recent Thursday, the ladies of of the Te Awamutu Golf Club had charge of the Patriotic Shop. There was an excellent response and the sum of £44 13s 6d was taken. Park Road

A meeting of ratepayers in Park Road was held last night, when Mr Arthur Bygrave presided. After discussion the chairman and Mr T. Neylon were appointed a deputation to wait on the Borough Council on Monday to place before that body the urgent need for attention being giver. Park Road. Local Poultry Prices

At their poultry sale yesterday a good entry was offered by Messrs G. D. Shepherd and Company, and prices realised were as follow: 8.0. roosters and cockerels 6s to 9s 8.0. hens 6s 6d to Bs, W.L. hens 3s 3s to 4s, B.L. hens 3s 6d, bantams Is, ducks and drakes 3s 6d, turkey hens 14s.

Sale Of Business The Hamilton Land Sales Committee sitting in Te Awamutu yesterday, gave consent to the sale of the business of W. G. Bedford, timber merchant and joinery works (Mr S. S. Preston) to J. Blair. The chairman of the committee, Mr S. Lewis, said approval so far as the land was concerned was granted at the price asked for, £l4OO. After hearing evidence as to values of plant, equipment, etc., approval at the price asked for was also granted.

Proving Goodwill During yesterday’s sitting of the Hamilton Land Sales Committee in Te Awamutu, the chairman, Mr S. Lewis, said there was a definite way of proving goodwill and that was by getting an accountant to give evidence, showing the net average profit over a period of three years. The chairman went on to point out that if goodwill was allowed to be sold and purchased it would make for a higher value of land by such higher goodwill than was justified.

Tobacco Coupons In order to save returned servicemen a trip to the army canteen in Hamilton sometimes fruitless for the purpose of using tobacco coupons, an arrangement has been made with the R.S.A.. whereby the men may send their order to the canteen in Auckland either themselves or through the R.S.A. Particulars of prices and the procedure may be obtained from. Mr W. J. Tucker. Current coupons only can be handled. The arrangement has been made at the instance of. the Army Office in Hamilton, and should be very welcome. “The cost of a trip to Hamilton,” said Mr Malone, who asked the Courier to give publicity to the arrangement, “robs the men of the benefit of the prices charged for the tobacco.”

Not a Popular Suburb That 37 per cent of the sections in Frankton were vacant was revealed by the superintending enginee, Mr J. R. Baird, at a recent meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council. His report showed that sections occupied in Frankton totalled 1187, and 700 were vacant. The sections had wrongly been considered unsuitable for housing purposes. Many of them were provided with water, gas, and electricity services, and could be used almost at once as sites for houses. Dearth of Factories That there was a dearth of factories and buildings suitable for factory (purposes was a statement made at the sitting of the Land Sales Committee in Te Awamutu yesterday.

Electrical Inspectors The South Auckland Electrical Inspectors’ Association was doing very good service in keeping track of wiremen who were endeavouring to do work contrary to the regulations, said the borough electrical engineer, Mr I. Webster, at last meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council. It also gave a combined opinion on disputes or amendments to the regulations and uniformity of interpretations of the regulations to electrical contractors. Mr Webster suggested that facilities be given the borough electrical inspectors to attend the Association’s meetings when possible. The meetings were held at intervals of two months. The Council adopted the electrical engineer’s recommendation.