WOMEN'S DIVISION OF FARMERS' UNION.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20788, 23 February 1933, Page 5

WOMEN'S DIVISION OF FARMERS' UNION.

* : The provincial executive pf tho Women's Division of tho New Zealand Farmers' Union held its meeting' in tho Young Men's Christian Association lounge yesterday, Mrs Colin Mcintosh presiding ove? & l&rgo attendance of members. , . Mrs Mcintosh drew the attention, of members to matters of interest arising from the meeting of the Dominion executive at Timaru. She roferred to the proposod journal, which iB to bo the official organ of the women's division. The proposed visit of the Dominion president in May was also discussed.

Hospitals and pUces of business and amusement in England are equipping themselves with automatic emergency lighting systems in order to avoid the c jiaos and confusion caused by a .lightiuji stoppage. A largo London afop haa l>oen Uuowa to loss far mors m thefts during a 10 minutes stoppage t'.an the total cost of aa automatic emergency lighting installation, and it i* calculated that an hour's stoppage might involve a loss of £SOO. Soon it hin bo impossibly f° r the large buildings in any town to bo plunged mtq> darkness, whatever happens fit tho supply stations, says it wriwr m the ".Scotsman " Robot switches will click over, bringing battery supplies into operation, and no on© will know that anything mwsl has happened.