Teignmouth Post and Gazette No 4876 Friday 1 August 1975

TEIGNBRIDGE TOO BIG TOO COSTLY

Teignbridge District Council has too many members and should be reduced. Mr. R. A. Evans put a Notice of Motion when he moved that the Council should consider making representations to the Boundary Commission that in the pattern of re-warding for the District there should be significant reductions in the total membership for increased efficiency and overall economies. Mr. Ronald Doel claimed that Teignbridge has too many highly paid staff doing too little work.

ELECTRICITY CHARGES TO RISE AGAIN

The South Western Electricity Board’s deficit for 1974/1975 was £14.47m after interest charges of £9.68m. The report reveals that the rebate on domestic off-peak prices requested by the Government resulted in a loss of revenue to the Board of about £3.5m.

The Government announced that nationalised industries were to be permitted to return to realistic pricing practices. The increase for most off-peak customers was about 35%.

WORST DRESSED IN EUROPE

British men are rapidly becoming the worst dressed in Europe. The Clothing Manufacturers Federation claims that the average man spends 74p a week on suits, slacks, jackets, rainwear and top coats. This compares with an average of £1.17 per week spent by his wife who, in addition, spends 33p a week on her underwear and stockings.

In comparison, the average family spends £3.83 a week on alcohol and smokes, most of it by the husband, “So to suggest that he can only afford a miserly 74p on his outer wear is manifestly absurd.” The British male has lost a great deal of his personal pride.

SHIPPNG

Of the latest arrivals totalling twenty-five, remarkably, ten of these imported grain, the rest were light.

BABY SHOW

There was a record entry of 83 babies, 15 more than last year, for the Baby Show in the Marquee on Carnival Wednesday afternoon. The show was organised by the Evening Townswomen’s Guild. The judges were Mrs.. A. Brummitt, Mrs. M. Whitford, Mrs. M. Warren, Mrs. V. Latter, Mrs. Q. Russell and Mrs. O. Symonds.

WAITERS AND WAITRESSES RACE

The ever-popular Waiters’ and Waitresses’ races were supported by a good crowd on the Den Green.

Both had to run up the course holding a tray with a bottle of stout and a glass on it, pour the stout into a glass on a table at the end of the course and run back, spilling as little as possible, the result being decided as much on spillage as on being first over the line.

The winning waitress was Gwen Stanley of the Courtney Hotel, and the winning waiter was Julian Umney of the Portland Hotel.

SWIMMING GALA

Hazeldown won the Junior Schools swimming gala on Thursday afternoon, gaining 24 points, 4 more than the runners-up, Bishopsteignton. Prizes of gift tokens, given by the Carnival Committee, were presented by Chief Inspector Rollings.