LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6244, 19 June 1946, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Large Coal Consumption That the Waikato Hospital consumed 4500 tons of coal a year was a statement made by Mr Macky, chairman of the Waipa County Council, at Monday’s meeting. Waikato Basin

The chairman (Mr Macky) and Cr Onijn were appointed at Monday’s meeting of the Waipa County Council to represent that body at a conference to be held in Hamilton, when a major scheme cf works in connection with the Waikato Basin will be discussed. The chairman said that any member of the Council interested should attend.

Value Of Money “It is being brought forcibly to our notice, as representatives of the ratepaye s, that the value of money is ray’Jly decreasing,” said the chairman, Mr F. M. Waters, at the annual meeting of the Manukau County Council. “Costs and charges are on th increase, and were it not for the fact that the county operates its own plant and quarries, it would be impossible to carry on at the present rate level.” Rations For Britain

Although New Zeaiands’ own butter consumption aggregates about 21,000 tons annually, the Dominion exports 85 to 87 per cent, of the butter and 95 per cent, of the cheese produced here. New Zealand exports of meat, butter and cheese provide the following number of British people with annual rations: Meat, 11,760,885; butter, 23,799,618; cheese, 20,107,911. The approximate population of the British Isles is 48,000,000.

Conference Postponed The Counties Association advised the Waipa County on Monday that it had been found necessary to postpone the proposed conference until after they had succeeded in meeting the Prime Minister in regards the implementation of the Parliamentary committee’s report on local government. The chairman moved that the association be asked to hold the conference as soon as possible. It was stated that the striking of the hospital rate was involved. Concrete Houses The advantages of building in precast concrete blocks were discussed at the monthly meeting of the Wellington Rehabilitation Committee and it was recommended that investigations be made with a view to having built a number of houses of that type. It was stated that a house built of concrete blocks could be erected in considerably less time than one of timber construction, the cost was lower, and the houses were satisfactory and comfortable in every way.

Child Delinquency “If both parents were ranged in the dock With the child and made to share the conviction, in the full sense of the word, it would go a long way towards stamping out most of the trouble,” said the annual report of the retiring president, Mr S. M. Clothier, at the annual meeting of the Canterbury School Committees’ Association. Mr Clothier’s report dealt with child delinquency, which, he said, was still very much in evidence. “In these days of depleted staffs, principals and teachers cannot be held wholly responsible for the discipline of the children,” added Mr Clothier’s report, which was adopted without comment.

Motor Re-licensing Motorists who may find it inconvenient to make the change of number plates at the date when re-licens-ing applies (the morning of Ist July), and who desire to prepare in readiness for the change, can adopt a preparatory measure. The old plates may be removed and the new ones affixed to the plate-holder of the vehicle. From now until the end of this month the old or expiring plates may be affixed in a temporary way with wire or string so as to show over the new plates. Then, on the due date, it will be only the work of a moment to expose the new plates, which will already have been affixed. Strong Dissatisfaction

The Roto-o-Rangi branch of Federated Farmers, in a letter that was before the Waipa County Council at its meeting this week, expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Council’s reply relative to improvements to the .surface of the Cambridge-Roto-o-Ramri main road and requested that the riding member (Cr Garland) and the engineer meet a deputation from the branch at a time and date convenient to the engineer. After the Council’s reply had been read, it was agreed that there was no need for dissatisfaction with it. The chairman, Crs Garland and Hall, and the executive officers of the Council were demited to meet the persons concerned.

Bowling Statistics Some interesting statistics of interest to bowlers is contained in the annual report of the New Zealand Bowling Council. Te Awamutu Club has a membership of 102 as compared with 92 last year. The Ohaupo membership is 23 as against 20 last year, while the Otorohanga Club have 82 members (66 last year). In the North Island there are 11 centres, with 241 clubs, whose total membership is 16,772- Last year the membership was 15,199, an increase of 1575, or 10 per cent. In the South Island there are 11 centres with 185 clubs, (8731 members), as against 8045 last year, or an increase of 686 members equal to 8.5 per cent. The figures for the Dominion are. 22 centres, 426 clubs. 25,503 members, as compared with 23,242 members, an increase of 2261, or 9.7 per cent. 1