DOMINION NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10169, 26 July 1924, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS

SCHOOL BUILDING. DAY LABOUR OR CONTRACT ? (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 25. The attention of the Minister of Education was called by Mr Sullivan to-day to the decision of the Canterbury Education Board to secure private tenders for the construction of the new school at Richmond. He stated that the board formerly had this class of work done by day labour, and he hoped the Minister would give instructions that this system, which had been successful in the past, would be continued. The Hon. C. J. Parr replied that when the grant was made a fortnight ago it was understood that the work would be done by day labour. Speaking generally, his experience was that more economical and satisfactory results were secured in this way than by contract. He would telegraph to the Canterbury Education Board asking them if they intended to follow their usual course.

WORKERS' HOMES

THE AUCKLAND SCHEME

AUCKLAND, July 25. Applications for the remaining 22 houses of the 50 workers' dwellings that are being erected at Grey Lynn by the City Council closed on Thursday. Applications received were considerably in excess of the number of houses to be allotted. The selection of suitable tenants has been placed in the hands of the town clerk, who has made it a rule not to allow any home to other than married couples with young families, as it is felt that such have the greatest difficulty in securing suitable accommodation. Some weeks ago th? City Council held a ballot for the first 28' of the Grey Lynn houses, for which there were 144 applicants. Twenty-eight names Avere drawn, with an additional 12 as emergencies. This proved to be a wise precaution, as a number of the successful applicants either withdrew or were found to be unsuitable, some oven being found to be single men. It was in making the necessary adjustments that the council decided to place the decision in the bands of the town clerk, and he was able personally to satisfy himself that these admirable little houses were being occupied by those for whom the scheme was originally framed.

P. AND T. OFFICERS.

THE NEW SCHEDULE

MEN DISSATISFIED

WELLINGTON, July 25. Mr H. E. Combs, secretary of the Post and Telegraph Officers' Association, commented to-day on the new schedule published in last night's* Gazette. He said that there was no doubt the rank and file of the Association will be disappointed. The disappointment was justified, especially in view of the representations that had been made by the Association. The Post-master-General had been asked to establish a public inquiry, but this was refused. The only conclusion was that the case made out by the Association was so strong that the Department did not consider it convenient to allow the Association to present its case in public. The schedule and the re-grading had given substantial increases to higher graded officers.

A PATENTS CASE.

FIRST OF ITS KIND

WELLINGTON, July 25. The first application of its kind in New Zealand for an extension of the terms of letters patent under the special provisions of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1921-1922, relating to inventions the development of which had l>een retarded by the war, came before the Chief Justice. The application was made by Louis Lurnire, of Lyons, France, and the Gramophone Company, Ltd., of Hayes. Middlesex, England (proprietors of "His Master's Voice" gramophone) to whom the patent had been assigned by Louis Lumire for an extension of the term of the patent for an improved diaphragm for gramophones. The application was based on loss of opportunity of developing the patent occasioned by the war. Five years' extension was granted.

WELLINGTON SHOP ENTERED.

WELLINGTON, July 25. Another daring burglary was perpetrated in the city on Wednesday night, on this occasion the premises of Hood Bros., drapers, Lambton Quay, being entered. Silk frocks to the value of £2O constituted the haul. When Mr Joseph, the manager, paired the shop at 9 p.m. on Wednesday. all was in order, but between that hour and early next morning the intruder made his presence felt. In the large side windows facing the alleyway to St. Andrew's Steps, examination showedthat with the aid of a. diamond he had cut an entrance hole in one of the windows and proceeded along the space where articles of clothing are displayed until he reached the front window. Goods were strewn in every direction, and imprints of soft rubber shoes still remain in some of the windows. He was unable to gain access to the shop and it is likely that he either lost his head or was disurbed when he had gathered up a few frocks, with which he decamped.