NEW ZEALAND FACTS

Cue (NZERS), Issue 11, 15 November 1944, Page 20

NEW ZEALAND FACTS

NZ operates the most powerful radio station in the Southern Hemisphere—2YA, Wellington, 60 kilowatts. Other main f national studios in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin use 10 kilowatts of power. * * ❖ • Thirteen aeradio stations have opened at principal air ports since commercial aviation started in January, 1936. & $ $ Diseases of the digestive system are twice as common as any others in NZ. In a recent year 16,000 men and 13,000 women received hospital treatment for such ailments. - C * £ « ' • .. Some 400 schools representing over 20,000 children, get books from the State School Library Service. S. * $ # Bankrupts come more frequently from commerce and finance sections of the community than from any other. Farmers constructors and transporters follow in that order.

With an average yearly attendance of 25,246 pupils, 304. private schools are established in NZ. Sjt . ' » it .Heart diseases accounted for 4752 deaths in NZ in 1940. Cancer was the second greatest cause of death (1906) apoplexy, next (1338). $ $ $ Industrial accidents are more likely to occur at about 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. than at any other working hour. - » * «C . Each yard of new railway line in NZ weighs 85)6. « « $ Geographically, New Zealand is divided' into 129 counties, while 681 local authorities are actively functioning. ❖ $ $ 125,669,502 passengers were carried on the New Zealand tramway systems during the last recorded year. , ' C . -O: ~ \ P - ' , / ❖ $ & There are more than 3,000 route miles of State railways in New Zealand. ,