The Waikato Independent. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1939. TOWN AND COUNTRY

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3598, 26 August 1939, Page 4

The Waikato Independent. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1939. TOWN AND COUNTRY

Miniature Cows'hed. —Complete in every detail except for the miniature plant which has yet to be installed, a model cowshed for display in the Taranaki section of the Centennial court has been constructed by pupils of the Stratford Technical High School in the school workshops.

Towards a Health Nation.—To build a healthy nation, it was necessary to start at the base, said Mr L. J. Furrie, president of the Taranaki Primary Schools' Rugby Union when he urged that the Minister for Internal Affairs, through the Physical Recreation Committee, should assist Rugby in primary schools.

Offer for Colt.— After the New Zealand-bred three-year-old (Manurere had scored an impressive win in his first start at Ascot, Melbourne last week, his owner, Mr I. Tyer, refused an offer of 2500 guineas for him. Manurere is by the Cambridge sire Foxbridge from Green Linnet, and is trained by J. Fryer, who raced his dam with success in. New Zealand.

Motor Horns at Night.—A suggested prohibition, of the use of motor horns during certain hours at night is to be put before the Road Safety Council for comment, according to advice received by the South Island Motor Union from the Commissioner of Transport, Mr Laurenson, who said that last year action was taken to revoke all local by-laws which made the uses of horns compulsory.

Infant Visitors to Exhibition.—A special nursery for infants is provided in the Red Cross creche at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition. Playrooms for children, crawling and toddling, are included in the building, and cribs are available for sleeping. There is a kitchen containing a stove, a steriliser, and a refrigerator to give the expert nurses in charge every facility for preparing meals for the young visitors.

Warning to Motorists.—The danger of throwing lighted material from motor-cars is stressed in the annual report of the New Zealand Forestry League. The report says that the council of the league made representations to the Minister for Transport, urging that the Motor Vehicles Act be amended so as to make it an offence to throw out of a vehicle any lighted cigarette or cigar or any lighted material, and that it be made compulsory to provide receptacles for lighted material in every licensed motor vehicle.