BRIGHT SPOTS IN THE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 278, 19 August 1932, Page 10

BRIGHT SPOTS IN THE NEWS

Extremely buoyant conditions prevailed on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday with advances in the values of many shares.

Good values were made at the annual horse sale at Levin on Wednesday, the top price being £47 for a five-year draught mare.

The view that there was at present more freedom of spending than hitherto, and that there existed to-day a greater measure of confidence than in the past, was expressed yesterday by several Wellington businessmen.

Parents of primary school children will save a total of about £40,000 by the Government’s extension for four years of the contract for the supply of school books, according to the Minister of Education.

Practical expression' to the self-help principle is being given by Seatoun unemployed. With money raised by their voluntary labour they assist the local funds. The work thus performed Includes boot-mending) firewood-cutting, gardening, and other jobs.

Positions for 80 boys have been found in Dunedin offices this week as a result of a campaign by the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, assisted by the Manufacturers’ Association and the Rotary Club. It is expected that a further 25 boys will be offered employment before the end of the week.

“I think things are likely to improve soon,” said Mr. W. 11. P. Barber at the meeting of the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board yesterday, in discussing the employment of young people.