NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 282, 23 August 1940, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

Aiding' Crippled Children •■l think die preventive work of thesociety is extremely valuaible,” said Jbady Galway, .patroness of Hie New Zealand Crippled Children Society, in opening the. annual conference of the .society in Wellington yesterday. ‘‘The society is doing groat work in preventing potential cripples from becoming definite cripples and the vocational training given is splendid. Otten, cripples when trained, will surpass the able-bodied. This is, 1 think, a very comforting thought.” Air Navigation.

Additional safely requirements in the case of regular commercial air lines are provided for by amended air navigation regulations issued with last night’s Gazette. The regulations bring the powers of the Minister in charge of aviation into line with those of corresponding authorities overseas.

Woollen Mills Dispute. The Dominion woollen mills employees’ industrial dispute, following consideration before a Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. M. J- Reardon, in Wellington, will be referred to the Court of Arbitration, no agreement having been come to on wages, hours and a number of other clauses.

Joey the Seal. On the recommendation of the executive, the Wellington Education Board this week approved of the purchase of a sufficient number of copies of the booklet entitled “Joey, the Seal of St. Clair,” by Miss J. Morrell, to enable one copy to be distributed to each school under its jurisdiction.

Increased Wages—Exemption Claims.

It is expected that the first of the applications for exemption from the general order increasing wage rates by 5 per cent, will come before the Court of Arbitration early next week. The hearing of the applications will probably occupy the Court for at least the rest of the week.

Prices For Lemons. The Marketing Department has fixed the following prices for lemons for delivery during the period, August 16 to September 30, these being based on an average basic price of 6/3 for sufficient fruit which when cured would pack a bushel case: Loose-packed fresh lemons, fancy grade, 4/6; loose-packed fresh lemons, commercial grade, 3/19.

Teachers’ Refresher Courses. Provision has been made iu the estimates for the current financial year for the expenditure of an amount not exceeding £35 for teachers’ refresher courses in the ■Wellington district, according to advice from the Education Department received at this week’s meeting of the Wellington Education Board.

Cost of Western Access. The figure mentioned recently as the cost, of the western access road, £41,000, was not Hie cost of the entire job. That amount represented the £24,000 expended by the city engineer’s department, and the tramway department’s constructional work amounting to £17,000. In addition to these amounts, however, there was £19,548 involved in the widening and lowering of the Gienbervie cutting, work done in collaboration with tlie Government, so that the total cost of the work was more than £60,000.

Broadcasting House Site. Now that the Government has decided not to proceed with the. erection of Broadcasting House till after the war, the site is being tidied up. In place of the makeshift fence, a proper board fence of creosoted rimu, sft. Gin. in 'height, has been erected all round the block. Tills was considered necessary to tidy up the locality for an indefinite, term and also to keep people from straying on to the site and falling into the water which accumulates in the basement spaces after heavy rain. The new fence also gives a certain amount of shelter to the new western access. Bootmaliiug for Cripples.

A remit urging that steps be taken to provide opportunities for crippled youths to learn the bootmaking trade in order that the art of hand-making of boots, specially the surgical type, might not be lost, was passed at the annual conference of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society which opened in Wellington yesterday. The remit was sponsored by the Wanganui branch. Dr. G. Adams, the mover, said that the makers of surgical boots in Wanganui were not young men and when they retired, there might be difficulty in obtaining supplies. Other delegates said that the same difficulty had arisen in their districts.