NEWS OF THE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27345, 22 March 1950, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Lottery Prizes The results of the latest Tattersall’s consultation show that six of the 10 major prizes came to New Zealand ticketholders. These were the second, third, fourth, seventh, ninth and tenth, representing a total value of £5035. The individual value of the prizes ranged from £2OOO down to £245. Retail Shops Closing The Otago Retailers’ Association has advised that with the exception of a few smaller establishments such as dairies, retail shops in Dunedin will be closed tomorrow for Anniversary Day, and housewives will need to shop accordingly. Cars For Disabled Men The Pensions Committee of the Dunedin RSA reported at the meeting of the executive last night that it had succeeded in its efforts to obtain a car for a returned serviceman who was not eligible under a scheme by winch the Rehabilitation Department maxes grants to men with locomotive disabilities. The committee is to investigate the possibility of havirfg the qualification for such grants relaxed to include some cases m which the servicemen are not eligible unless they suffer from not less than an 85 per cent, locomotive disability.

Olympic Swimming Pool

“We have the support of the City Council in our efforts to obtain an Olympic swimming pool,” said the secretary, Mr J. Wilson, at last night s meeting of the Otago Swimming Centre. Reporting on a meeting he had attended in connection with the future development of the Caledonian Ground, which was outside the centie’s scope, h.e said that both the Mayor, Sir Donald Cameron, and Cr D. C. Jolly had stated that no matter what decision was come to regarding the proposed sports centre on this ground, so far as the City Council was concerned the Olympic pool had to come first. Lakeside Road

A suggestion that the land on either side of the road round Lake Wakatipu between Kingston and Queenstown should be declared a national reserve and planted in trees was made to the Minister of Works, Mr Goosman, by Mr I. V. Wilson, who headed a deputation to the Minister from the Automobile Association, Southland. Mr Wilson said there was a distinct danger of the road slipping in places, and he thought that the only way to prevent this was to have the land on both sides of the road declared a reserye and planted in trees. Mr Goosman said he would have the problem examined. He understood that it might be possible to do something along the lines advocated. Portable Resuscitator

If the Royal Life Saving Society agrees to the terms laid down by the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board a new portable resuscitator should soon be available to the Dunedin public. At the monthly meeting of the board last night it was agreed to house the resuscitator at the brigade’s headquarters and to make it available for either drowning or fire cases on the first turn-out machine at the station. The area covered will include Brighton and Green Island and all the coastal beaches as far as Warrington. The brigade will train personnel m its use and the society will also be expected to have members available who can operate the machine. Should other calls be made on the vehicles, however, the brigade will accept no responsibility in transporting the resuscitator.