Candidates get chance to learn
Council and community board nominations have opened for the 2016 local body elections.
This year, councils are required to provide concise information to make it easier for anyone interested in taking on an elected local body seat to understand where their region is at. South Taranaki District Council deputy electoral officer Jan Johnston said they would also be hosting a candidate information meeting on Saturday, July 23 at 9am.
‘‘That’s a chance for people to come along and hear about what’s involved in being an elected member in Taranaki,’’ she said.
Taranaki District Health Board, Taranaki Regional
Council and South Taranaki District Council representatives will all be answering questions. ‘‘It’ll cover our pre-election report, what the council spend their money on, what council are involved in, anything about the council in a general overview,’’ she said.
Nominations opened on Friday, July 15 and close at noon on Friday, August 12.
‘‘Sometimes people don’t understand and they come along and there’s a huge amount of responsibility. There’s a time commitment even at a community board level there’s a lot of reading and things like that so it’s about getting a better understanding about what you are standing for.’’
She said it was also important for potential elected representatives to understand what they could and could not change. ‘‘It’s guided by legislation and all those sorts of things.’’
South Taranaki Council chambers and LibraryPlus centres hold nomination forms. EUROPE AT WAR: World War I
Mr J Johnstone of Vogel Street, Hawera received word that his son Private A E Johnstone had been killed in France. Private Johnstone was for some time employed as a tailor for H Rodger, Tailor, Hawera. Among those reported on the causality list as missing believed to be dead were J W Leslie (Kapuni) and Lieutenant J Henry (Matapu). Private J L Hogg of Hawera was also listed as killed in action. Private R E Goodwin was on the list of wounded. The following men have been called up to go to camp: A D Neilson
(Alton), M J O’Neil (Manutahi), T McMillan (Hurleyville), E F Nichel (Hurleyville), T Harvie (Manutahi) and W R Armstrong (Alton).
A dance and send-off for Privates S Tarrant, N Ogle and H James was organised by the settlers of the Ararata district.
At the movies: Opera House With the Dardanelles Expedition: heroes of Gallipoli. The only moving pictures taken with the Anzacs at Gallipoli. These pictures show the historical campaign in all its various phases. Birth: O’BRIEN to Rifleman and Mrs J E O’Brien a son.
A man was fined for clipping horses on a Sunday within view of the public. The defendant who said he was clipping on an average of 12 horses a week, was told by the Magistrate that he must find some means of doing the work where the public could not see it going on.
Two Kaponga brothers, Brian and Lyall Rowe, are making a name for themselves in the hockey circles. Brian will represent Taranaki against Horowhenua and Lyall made the colts team. Younger brother Melvin, who was a hockey player, changed to rugby and is a trialist in the Taranaki schoolboys team.
Hawera’s new Borough Chambers building will be built on the vacant site alongside the RSA Hall.
Hawera hairdressers Marie Cook and Dalewyn Wells were successful in the Taranaki hairdressing competitions.
Rugby: The All Blacks beat the touring Lions 20-3 in the first test at Carisbrook, Dunedin, before a crowd of 45,000.
Wedding Bells: Beryl Rider
(Kaponga) married Peter Bellve (Kaponga); Helen Mary Willis (Eltham) married Thomas Barry Perrett (Eltham).
Gale force winds lashed the coastal area between Rahotu and Opunake leaving in its wake fallen trees, broken windows, broken telephone and power lines, bent TV aerial and several buildings blown over.
At the movies: The Regent The Sound of Music.
Births: MANSVELT to Ruth and Hank a daughter; SOWERBY to Raewyn and Ton a son; EDGECOMBE to Lyn and Cliff a son; KELLY to Meg and Eric a daughter.
Top detective, champion boxer, marathon runner and all-round sportsman John Hughes returned home to Hawera. Detective
Inspector Hughes of the Auckland CIB, the man responsible for the investigations into the disappearance of the two Swedes Heidi Paakonen and Urban Hoglin in the Coromandel in 1989, was back in Hawera to attend the funeral of his friend and mentor Jack Miller.
Two Hawera women cyclists completed in the two-day racing carnival at Morrinsville. Lisa Avery won the 50km women’s race and her club mate Sandra Ingram followed her home in second place. Birth: ANDERSON, Tony, Jacquie and Renee welcomed Cameron into their family.
Rugby: Eltham handed out a warning to the other rugby championship contenders when it hammered Inglewood 33-13 at Taumata Park, Eltham.