Land for Housing

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20784, 19 April 1939, Page 6

Land for Housing

At a meeting of the Hamilton Domain Board last evening it whs decided to comply with the request of the Ministry of Housing, Wellington, for the handing over of a section of land, comprising 2 roods 20 perches, adjoining Hayes Paddock. University Posts The Chancellor, Mr W. J. Morrell, reported to the Otago University Council yesterday that the New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr W. J. Jordan, had forwarded a list of 10 candidates for the lectureship in bio-chemistry. The High Commissioner also reported that It) applications had been received for tlie Chair of Medicine and nine for the Lady King' ■ Scholarship, and that recommendations regarding tlie applications were still to be forwarded. Highway Speed Limits Support for the scheme to appoint honorary traffic inspectors from the ranks of the public, similar to the s>stcm prevailing in acclimatisation societies was accorded at the annual Waikato sub-provincial conference of the Farmers’ Union yesterday. A remit from Cambridge suggesting the imposition of a speed limit of 4b or 30 miles on the open highways was discussed and referred to the Waikato executive to consider.