LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 19 June 1933, Page 7

LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Relief work for this week was allocated to 171 Hawera registered unemployed—l2 A class men, 111 B and. 48 O class men—compared with 1.67 last week. At the meeting: of the Hawera branch o-f the D-o-uglas Credit Association to he. held to-morrow evening at the Earners’ Meeting Boom, Mr.. B. J. Mason will be the lecturer, i With the new all-metal Moth ’plane ZK—ACZ stationed in Hawera several members' of the Hawera Aero Club are availing themselves of the opportunity of further instruction in aviation from Flying-Officer lan Keith, pilot-instruc-tor to the Western Federated (North Island) Flying Club' Yesterday FlyingD'fficer Keith gave dual instruction to Mrs J. Salter and Mr J. Wren, and Messrs B. Davies, R. Beatson and E. Harvey flew " solo. Passenger flights also were undertaken by Mr A. Stroud. Although ;col-d conditions generally were favourable for the work undertaken by members. ; It is expected that- all t-li-e tables provided at- St. Joseph’s "Hall in Hawera will be fully occupied this- evening, when the winter series of pingpong tournaments in aid of the funds of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will be continued, A and B grade singles will be played in competition for handsome trophies, the first games commencing at 7.15 o’clock. The number of typewriters in use at the Hawera Technical High School for instruction purposes- has been increased from 15 to 35, and one classroom has been set apart for the accommodation of this valuable equipment-. All the commercial classes at the school may now he taken as a complete unit without the undivided attention of the teacher, as was the cas-e previously. A reorganisation of time-table and room allocation has been necessary, with an all-round benefit to the pupils. With the additional machines further scoLie is provided for tli-e extension. of night classes in commercial subjects, and tlie school is in a position to cope with the demands of possible new enrolments.

-Excellent progress has been made with the cutting hack of the. first dangerous bend on the Hawera side of the Tangalioe Hill. The work is . being undertaken as a measure of relief for Hawera unemployed, and visibility on the road already has been considerably improved. ■ In the past visits by prominent citizens of the town and district, and by people in other parts of New Zealand and overseas, have emphasised the need for an assembly hall at the Hawera Technical High School in which talks could be given and in which other features of the school’s activities could be carried on. With the completion of certain alteration work now in progress, however, tie 1 school will have a makeshift assembly 'hall in which it will be possible to 1 accommodate at least 300 pupils for ’any special purpose. The engineering lecture room is being converted into a general purposes lecture room, wren a "stave .and adapters for suitable livhtinv in the case of evening 1 unctions. There are five dramatic <luDs in the school and the construction of a stage will be invaluable when performances are being rehearsed. Three of the reconditioned Main Trunk express type of railway carnage to run on the Taranaki to Wellington service passed throguh Hawera last week for New Plymouth. Three sets of four are required for tins service, and it is expected that the remaining carnages will he completed shortly. The new carriages show very marked improvements over the old. The cars have been repainted throughout, but the greatest improvements lie m the seating accommodation. The new •second-class seats are better than the old first-class ones, while the new firstclass seating is a vast improvement. The seats have been remodelled on more comfortable lines, and with better padding and red leather covering they are an enticement in themselves to travel. Footrests in both classes have been improved.

Tiiose responsible for dealing with the unemployed in Nelson have an effective, way of dealing with any agitators among the men on the various relief works. If a man with such tendencies is noticed lie is transferred to one of the bodies who can employ him. more or less on his own, or 'among men where Ins influence iv ill have "little nr no effect. At a meeting of the Nelson Hospital Board last week a case was quoted where a par r ticularly garrulous agitator was put to work with a man who was deaf, states the “Mail.”