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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19128, 24 September 1936, Page 6

The first day of the calendar season of spring occurred yesterday, when the sun reached the vernal equinoctial coltirc and passed from the northern to the southern celestial hemisphere. Day and night, reckoned in apparent solar time, was of equal length yesterday, but as clocks are regulated to mean solar time the hours of day and night did not exactly coincide.

The acute * housing snoitage in Waipukurau came under discussion at ;> recent meeting of the Borough Council, as file result of a suggestion by tho Stale Advances Department that the council consider using a sum of money repaid from previous lioivsing loans to build more bouses with, instead, of repaying the 'department. The Mayor suggested that it would be a good idea. bouses being a distinct advantage, t.i a. borough. The town clerk was instructed to ascertain, the terms on which the money could be borrowed'.

Applications on behalf of boys who wish to lie apprenticed to the engineering trade are plentiful in'Oisborno, in the experience of the manager of one. wellknown foundry. There has never been a dearth of apprentices in flic trade, he stated to-day,, and his firm has trained a great number of youths who passed info (be merchant murine service, and qualified for their tickets. Nevertheless, while Ibe factory is how well staffed and can handle the present business, if would not be possible to secure trained tradesmen ;if short notice if a congestion of work occurred. About half the present employees of the firm, if was slated, have been with it .since they started as boys in the trade.