PETONE COURT

Evening Post, Issue 48, 26 February 1936, Page 13

PETONE COURT

Cases in the Petone Court today were dealt with by Mr. H. P. Lawry, S.M.

Thomas Charles Brian Cooper was fined 10s for riding a bicycle on the railway footbridge between Gear Island and Moera.

Fines of £2 each were imposed on John Leonard Barnard, George Murray Blair, Cyril George E. Platt, John Roberts, and P. Shannon for exceeding 25 m.p.h. between the Grand National Hotel and Wakefield Street.

organisations operating on a non-profit-earning basis. A subsidy of not exceeding 10 per cent, of the capital cost was thus made available for such buildings in approved cases. "Up to February 1, 1936, 9005 applications were received under this scheme, and of this number 8366 were approved. The expenditure thus involved amounted to approximately £7,000,000, and has also created employment for approximately 38,000 men. There also remained 190 further applications to be considered. "The Bl scheme which was introduced on April 1, 1935, covering alterations and additions to, and the painting of, houses, flats, and other buildings, also gave a stimulus to the building and allied trades during the winter months. Of a total of 4633 applications, 4084 have been approved, and the expenditure therefrom will amount to £402,000, and the employment of 10^000 men for varying periods. "The total amount of the works approved under both schemes is estimated by the Unemployment Board at £7,350,500, and the greater part of this will be spent directly and indirectly in the payment of wages. "It is interesting to note that out of the applications approved, 8269 were for new dwellings, in connection with which 8045 baths, 1976 electric ranges, and 2100 gas stoves, all of New Zealand manufacture, will be used."