NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 101, 26 October 1934, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Building Scheme.

About 2000 applications have been received by the 'Unemployment Board for subsidies under its building scheme, and of these 1507 have been approved, involving a total expenditure of £1,029,000. Placing these statistics before the llouso of Keprcsentativcs this morning the Acting Minister of .Employment (the lion. J. A. Young) said that the work which had resulted had absorbed CSGI workers. Applications at preent under consideration numbered 131. New Health Stamps. This year's health stamps are now on sale at all post offices, and it will generally be admitted that they are an improvement on previous issues of a similar nature. The design, which is the work of Mr. J. Berry, shows a crusader on a horse. The stamps were printed in London and arc of tho usual red colour. The new issuo of pictorial stamps is not likely to be ready for another two or three months, and probably they will not be on s;ile until February. Bursaries Awarded. On tho recommendation of tho Professorial Board, tho Victoria University College Council decided last evening to make two awards of tho Lady Stout Bursary, tho recipients being Mary Hursthouso and Margaret A. Harding. No award was mado last year owing to thcro being no suitable candidate, but Professor Gould stated that this year the board considered that two awards should be made, as botli the students recommended wore eminently suitable. Belief Allocations. Tho announcement that 120 centres would bo on a bettor allocation basis this summer as compared with last was made by th« Acting Minister of Employment (the- Hon. J, A. Young) in the House of Representativesl this morning. Tho Minister said that tho board was doing everything it could to improve tho conditions of relief workers, and was carrying out intensive investigation, particularly in tho country districts. It was hopod -to eliminate the stand-down week in tho country districts by giving the men a littlo more earning power. Naming a New Street. It is proposed by tho City Council to form a new street off the east sido of Fitzherberfc Terrace. Tho street, which will go through several vacant sections of Wellington Hospital Board property, will be 30ft wido and about 80yds in length. The council has written to tho Wellington Hospital Board inviting that body to submit suggestions for tho naming of tho new thoroughfare. At a meeting of tho board last night Mr. C. A. L. Treadwell said that as two streets in that locality had been named after distinguished pioneer public men, ITitzherbort and Feathcrston, he thought that it wonld be appropriate to name the now street Fox Street, after Sir William Fox, another prominent pioneer public man. After a brief discussion Mr. Treadwoll's suggestion was adopted, and it was agreed that the board write to the council recommending that the name of tho new street be Fox- Street. Teachar'B Escape. Awakoncd by tho noise of frightened cattle early on Wednesday morning, Mr. W. Oglivio, head teacher of the Waitakaruru School, near Pokeno, found tho old shanty in which ho was living in flames, states the "Auckland Btar." Ho had just time enougli to waka a hasty escape, saving nothing but a suit of clothes. Tho building, which was of wood, was very old, and had been formerly a mining office. Mr. Oglivio attributes tho .fire to a defective iron chimnoy. Ho had been sitting over a lire on Tuesday evening till about 10 p.m., when he went to bed, leaving tho remains of tho fire; At about miduight ho was awakened by tho noiso of cattle scratching at the walls of the building and running about. By this time tho other room was in flames, and Mr. Oglivio escaped in his night clothes, grabbing a suit as he rail out. In less than five minutes tho entire building was a raging furnace. "But for the noise of those cows," remarked Mr. Oglivio yesterday, "I should not be her© now." Mi. Oglivio lost everything, including important records and books. Auckland Children's Gathering. Preliminary arrangements for the ■children's parade which is to be held at the Auckland Domain on the morning of Thursday, December 27, on tho occasion of .tho visit of the Duko of Gloucester, were made at' a meeting on Wednesday when the Mayor of Auckland, Mr. G? W. Hutchison, mot repre- . sentatives of tho Legion of Frontiersmen and othor organisations which are to assist with the function, states tho "New Zealand Herald." Mr. Hutchison said that offers of assistance had been received from many quarters, and, although tho school holidays would then have commenced it was anticipated that thcro would bo an attendance of fully 5000 children. Tho parado would be controlled by fifty members of tho Legion of Frontiersmen, who would have 300 assistants. A saluting base would bo set up, and when tho Duke of Gloucester arrived on the ground ho would be given a Royal Salute and the Union Jack at tho saluting baso would bo broken. It was agreed that tho ground should be so arranged that the children would bo grouped on three sides of a square, and that no child under seven years of ago should bo permitted to take parf;. It was anticipated that children under that ago who desired to witness tho display would bo outsido tho area reserved for tho children taking part, and would be under tho control of parents or guardians. Banners would be- erected to indicate the positions to bo taken up by children from the various districts participating1. Each child, in Ihe parado would be provided with a Union Jack on a small, standard. It was also agreed to TDstriet the parade to children of tin; district from Helpnsville to Mererr.