BRIEF NOTES

Pensioners' flats built by the Whangarei Borough Council are for all New Zealanders whether Maori or Pakeha. A motion was passed by the Council last July with the purpose of making this quite clear. Although no discrimination had ever been intended, no application had been received from a Maori in sixteen years.

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The number of live births in New Zealand last year was 62,850 of whom 7,145 were Maori. This means a new increase in the Maori birth rate. Maori births are now 11.4% of the New Zealand total which means that of every nine babies born one is a Maori.

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The number of secondary scholarships available to Maori school children has been increased from 80 to 92 per year. As previously, the scholarships will normally be current for four years and of a value of £75 for boys and £70 for girls.

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The Tauranga County Council has found that since a Maori rates clerk (Mr S. Kanepu) was appointed, collection of rates over Maori land increased from 46% to 69%—an extra £5,000.

iti te kopara
ka hinga te
kahikatea

Though the grub is small it fells the mighty Kahikatea.

Our point is simple. Don't underestimate smallness. Take money for instance. Small weekly savings snowball into sizeable amounts quickly. But like the grub they must be persistently regular. Your thrift Club is the sure, regular way to save. Each week a fixed amount is deducted from your pay—saving becomes automatic and painless! Earns you interest too. Join the thrift Club where you work and WATCH YOUR SAVINGS GROW!

P.O.S.B. THRIFT CLUB Issued by the Post Office Savings Bank.