DOMINION NEWS Police Force Boys' Club Movement

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 September 1947, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS Police Force Boys' Club Movement

The Prime Minister (Mr P. Fraser) said yesterday that he was going m discuss the question of having police bovs’ clubs all over the countiy, paiin the cities. He had heart of the good job done with the club at Westport and also the success of similar clubs in Wales. In some country dish ict, where there was no real cenUal rallying point lor boys, a lecieation club might be a godsend it the local police officer was a good athlete, gymnast, wrestler, or boxer, m otherwise equipped to instructin spare-time recreational activities. (P.A.)

Help for Auckland Power Board Assistance in defraying lhe costs incurred by the Auckland Elect), c Power Board in lengthy litigation alter a fire in the Auckland premises of John Burns and Co., Ltd, in 1941, was agreed upon by the nineteenth conference of the Electric Power Boards’ and Suppy Association. The case, which was nnally taken io the Privy Council, determined the degree 01. responsibility of New Zealand Power Boards lor damage done by fire caused by faulty installations on consumers premises. An executive member, Mr IVI. B. Lyons (Christchurch) said the Auckland board- was suffering anet loss of £3BOO. He proposed that the authorities named by the executive should raise £1250 of that amount.

Soap-box Derbies , . . While the proposed soapoox derijies in the various centres of New Zealand would probably be adequately controlled, there would be unaoubteo repercussions from the contests which were most undesirable, said Mi I . Hackett, acting for the Minister_ o Transport, in a statement last night explaining the department’s view on the proposal. Fatalities had occurred through boys riding in trolleys, and the contests; in spite of the safety rules for their conduct, would cause a revival of trolley riding in the streets only too often with seiious consequences to life and limb, Mi Hackett said. Whether held on public roads or on private property, the contests would encourage hazardous and often disastrous trolley riding practices, which otherwise were steadily disappearing.—(P.A.)

State House Allocated. : Applications for State houses at the end of August totalled 53,987, of which 14,976 were from former servicemen in a preferential category, and 39,011 were from, civilians, said the Minister in charge of State Housing (Mr F. Hackett) yesterday. He added that from the inception of the housing scheme 23,664 new tenancies had been available to civilian and former servicemen applicants. In August, the total number of houses let or re-let throughout New Zealand was 172, the districts affected being Auckland and North Auckland 39, Waikato and Bay of Plenty 20, Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay four, Taranaki eight, Wellington, Manawatu and Wairarapa 54, Nelson, Marlborough and the West Coast nine, Canterbury 12, Otago 14, and Southland 12. Of those .tenancies, 91 were granted to preferential former servicemen’s classes. During the month 116 applications for State tenancies were lodged, comprising 495 I applications by eligible .former servicemen'and 621 by civilians,—(P.A.)