LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 79, Issue 7137, 25 November 1949, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Money to Pay Income Tax “ You can go to the Reserve Bank and get money for some thing including money to pay your income tax,” said Mr Sim at his Te Awamutu meeting.

Photographic Competition The results to date in the Plunket Society’s Beautiful Children competition are as follows: —Class A: 24, 30, 69; Class B: 23, 69 and 76 (equal), 36; Class C: 65, 58, 71; Class D: 1,7, 3; Class E: Norm, Ella, Keith.

A Political Machine “The Reserve Bank has become more or less a political machine,” said Mr Sim at Te Awamutu on Wednesday night, “and if the Government gets back it will continue to be so,” continued the speaker and an interjector remarked: “ They won’t get back.”

Poultry in Scarce Supply All lines of poultry were in scarce supply at yesterday’s sale conducted by G. D. Shepherd Ltd.; consequently values were very firm, forward 8.0. pullets making to 15s, B.M. hens 6s, 8.0 hens 7s to 7s 6d, small 8.0. cockerels 4s 6d, 8.0. roosters 6s to 7s, W.L. hens 5s 6d to 7s, R.I.R. cockerels 10s 6d.

Practical Appreciation Last week a very enoy able dance sponsored by the local branch of St. John Ambulance was held in the College Hall. The proceeds £l4, have been generously donated by the organisers to the College Swimming Baths Funds as an acknowledgement of the College’s generosity in allowing the old-time dance to be held in the hall.

Mr Fraser’s Silent Partner During the course of Mr G. F. Sim’s address on Wednesday, he referred to Mr Nash’s visit to Russia and the views he expressed on his return and an interector characterised Mr Nash as Mr Fraser’s silent partner, to which Mr Sim replied by saying “He will be more silent after the 30th.

Cricket Tournament At a meeting of the Waikato Cricket Association it was decided that the Waipa sub-association be asked to arrange the annual Country Week tournament to be held on this occasion at Te Awamutu.

Two Elections Residents of Te Awamutu will exercise their franchise in the Parliamentary elections on 30th November. As well they may vote in the Beautiful Children Photographic Competition until that date also and the illegebility of candidates to be before the public in both contests has not been questioned as photographs of Mr Sim M.P. and Mr Burfit appear in class E of the photographic competition.

Worst Road in County “From what I hear this is the most-talked-about bad road in the whole county,” said Cr E. Houchen at the Waipa County Council meeting when referring to Peacock’s Road, Melville. The possibility of effecting improvements, especially to remove the corrugations, was referred to the riding member and engineer for attention. Comment was made that the road was being required to carry a great deal of heavy traffic concerned with milk production and supply.

Highway Sealing Only a little more than half a-mile of the Te Awamutu-Cambridge main highway sealing remains to be done and it is anticipated that with favourable weather the unsealed gap—part of the swamp at the Te Awamutu end—will be closed early next week. This information was given at the Waipa County Council meeting by the engineer, Mr J. N. Anderson.

Houses for Veterinarians From next year the Veterinary Services Council is to subsidise veterinary clubs to the extent of £6OO for each house erected by them. The question of housing, it was stated at the last meeting of the council, had represented a very real problem to the clubs, particularly for the smaller clubs operating in more isolated districts. Members were unanimous in their view that the only w’ay to give stability to the veterinary club movement was to make it possible for the clubs to build houses for then veterinarians.

Inquest Concluded The inquest into the death of a two-days-old child wlfich was born at Whare-no-ho Private Hospital on Sunday 6th of this month, and transferred by its mother, Mrs Maureen Edmonds, to Mrs Rachel Kopa, of Aotearoa Pa, Arohena, the next day, was opened before Mr W. Stewart at Te Awamutu, last Wednesday. After hearing the evidence of Dr Fitchett pathologist of the Waikato Hospital, and Sister Aggett, of Whare-no-ho Private Hospital, Mr Stewart returned a verdict that died as a result of extensive broncho pneumonia. Future of Butter

“It was anyone’s guess how much butter would be sold in the United Kingdom at an unsubsidised price, but he had a fear that butter might become a luxury item, said Mr W. Marshall, chairman of the Dairy Products Marketing Commission, when speaking in Hamilton on Monday. The chairman of Unilever, the greatest of the British jmargai'ine firms, commented Mr Marshall, had said significantly: “The cow is becoming too expensive a machine for the production of edible fats.” Dairy Prduction Up

Butterfat received for manufacture by dairy companies throughout New. Zealand during September totalled 19,153 tons, which was 16.7 per cent, higher than the previous record in September of last year, and 28.7 per cent more than average September receipts over the past five years. Waikato and Bay of Plenty districts showed the highest gain in butterfat supplied, figures rising by 20 per centand 23.2 per cent respectively. Total butterfat receipts for the Dominion during August and September show an even greater expansion, increasing by 18 per cent, over the quantity for the corresponding months of last year, and by 31.3 per cent, over the five-; year average. ",