LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6241, 12 June 1946, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Held Over

Owing to extreme pressure on space it has been found necessary to hold over a number of local reports until Friday.

First Applicant An application from a returned soldier for one of the proposed transit houses was before the local Borough Council on Monday evening, and was filed for reference.

Attendance at Ball

While no official figures were available this morning as to the number of people present at last night’s Catholic Ball, it is estimated that there were 650 present. Five sittings at supper were necessary to cater for patrons.

Touring Pianist A letter from Miss Tessa Bimie, a touring pianist, seeking information as to musical societies, clubs with musical circles, and schools likely to offer scope for engagement, was before the Borough Council on Monday evening. The letter was referred to the borough foreman.

Crippled Children Appeal The Crippled Children Society were granted the 15th August as a street appeal day. The society applied to the Council on Monday night for a day in July, but the Mayor pointed out, that the Council had laid it down that only one appeal a month was alj pwable and there was one appeal set down for July.

Dead Sheep in Stream Cr Parsons reported to Monday evening’s meeting of the Borough Council that three dead sheep were lying in the Mangapiko stream, and he considered something should be done in the matter. He recognised the difficulties in the way of taking action, but it was a pretty rotten state of affairs to be allowed to exist. The Council took no action.

Borough’s Weekly Bill Wages, salaries, and interest on loans to the amount of over £3OO weekly .are paid by Te Awa/mutu Borough Council. That information was given on Monday night by the town clerk, who asked for an early meeting of the Council to consider the question of striking the rates. It was decided to hold a special meeting next Monday evening.

No Objection Seen “ I see no objection to it so long as it conforms to the by-laws,” said the Mayor when an application from a resident in Leith Street for permission to erect an army hut on his property came before the Borough Council on Monday night. The applicant stated that he wanted the hut as a shed for storing tools,Wood, etc. The matter was referred to the foreman for attention. Tributes to Debutantes High tributes to the deportment, grace and modesty of the debutantes at last night’s ball were paid by Monsignor Cahill, V.G., in the course of a chat with a Courier representative. The visiting prelate was also most favourably impressed with the way in which the “debs” did the Minuet. The latter also greatly charmed the onlookers who accorded the graceful dancers a hearty round of applause. Visitors Praise Decorations

Several visitors, some from as far afield as Auckland, who happened to be in Te Awamutu yesterday, visited the Town Hall to see the decorations arranged for the Catholic Ball held last night. They were most enthusiastic in their praise and said that nothing finer was seen in any other town. One visitor was so intrigued that he paid a second visit to gaze on the beautiful scene. Crippled Children Society

The report of Waikato Sub-Centre of Auckland branch of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society to be presented to the annual meeting to be held on Friday in Auckland states that the total number of cases on its register at 31st March of this year was 263. An analysis of the figures shows that there were 23 Te Awamutu cases and 14 from Raglan and Kawhia. An appeal for funds resulted in £1550 being collected.

Request Refused At a previous meeting of the local Borough Council the Salvation Army applied for permission to erect an army hut on its property in Bank Street for use as a temporary hall. At Monday’s meeting of the Council the request was further considered, and it was decided to refuse permission as it would mean the placing of a •wooden building in a brick area. Councillors who spoke were sympathetic, but felt that they could not agree to the request. Decorated Council Chambers The Borough Council Chambers on Monday night presented a somewhat gay appearance entirely unusual so far as the meeting place of the City Fathers is concerned. Suspended above the somewhat drab council table was a cylinder of pink and cream flowers relieved with asparagus fern and bows of pink ribbons. The decoration did not portend an auspicious event in connection with the Council or individual councillors, but was part of the decorative scheme for the Catholic ball held last night.

Unstamped Letters “ People in towns do not get away with that sort of thing, and people in the country should not expect to get away with it, either,’’ said a speaker at a meeting of farmers at Takaka, when it was mentioned that “ lots of people were in the habit of putting letters in their mail boxes without stamps, leaving a shilling with them, and expecting the mailman to leave the change and put stamps on the envelopes when he reached the post office.” The mailman reached home after his mail delivery late enough as it was, but what time would he get back, one farmer asked, if all box-holders did not stanjp their letters ? It was stated that in Takaka district a little, time ago that the mailman found no fewer than 36 letters in a box and not one of them was stamped.