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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 3 September 1929, Page 7

Excluding widows and teachers of Grade 0 schools, there are 117 married women teachers and seven married couples, employed by the Auckland Education Board.

“What is the life of a concrete road? This poser was fired unexpectedly at the engineer of the Mount Roskill (Auckland) Road Board at the 'ast meeting of Roskill West ratepayers when forthcoming loan proposals were under discussion. “The perfect road material has not yet been discovered,’’ replied the engineer. “Concrete is the most permanent method of construction known as yet. but road construction is dependent on so many different factors, including climatic conditions and the class of traffic. I am absolutely on firm ground,, however, when I tell you that the concrete we propose to put down on the Mount Albert and Three Kings roads will outlast the lifetime of the loan, a period of 30 years.”

At a meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board a special committee was set up to await the arrival of a letter from the general manager of railways in reply to the board's request for preferential railing freights as applying to the port of Wanganui and to consider the same prior to deciding whether a deputation should go to Wellington to deal with the matter. Speakers stressed the fact that the granting of a preferential rate would greatly lighten rates in the board’s area, —J.’ress Assn,