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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18758, 15 July 1935, Page 11

An unusual tender is at present being called in New Zealand. Efforts are being made in New South Wales to make beaches and estuarine waters safe for bathers and to this end a comprehensive scheme for the building of shark-proof meshes has been undertaken. The tender is for the. supply of shark meshing, to he used between Broken Bay and Port Hacking. It must be the first tender of its kind called in the Dominion. Over one million art union tickets are bought every year by people Imping to win prizes in the “largo alluvial gold art unions.” Examination of tho figures furnished in various reports indicate that there are over 170,000 people who regularly buy tickets in the big art, unions, and that probably those who purchase tickets in some, if not all. the art. unions total about- onelift h of the adult population. There is some concern among dealers in the motor trade about restrictions which are imposed upon them by the by the provisions of the Secondhand Dealers Amendment. Act-, which came into force on April 1. In Auckland itlias been suggested that it might, be necessary to secure an amendment of this measure, but in Wellington it is considered that a workable arrangement, as to interpretation will probably be come to with the Government.

Statistics of motor accidents in New Zealand for the 12 months ended on March 31 show that in that period a greater number of accidents occurred and a greater number of persons were killed than in any similar period since 1931. There were 174 fatal accidents and 182 were killed. In tho previous 12 months 125 accidents occurred and 135 were killed. The downward trend since 1931 has suddenly ceased and the figures have jumped back to where they were in 1920. In six years 1050 persons 'have been killed.