NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1931, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

MADRID'S TRAFFIC. d he control of traffic is sai f to reach its nearest to perfection in Madrid, of all places in the world. TJii s claim is due fo a syste.pi .instituted by Primo do Rivera, who sent policemen to Paris 1 to be 'trained;' and th en discard’d’ the Fr n.-h system, or rather supplemented it by installing electric signals. Next In; turned his attention to tli e drilling of drivers and pedestrians. At intervals ’ all pedestrians ant warned off the roads by the signals, and then nr> limit is placed °n the speed of motor traffic. If a m'otorist speeds when the signal is against him he simoly forfeits his car for six months. There is no alternative. And 'f he should he involved in an accident, ho must appear in Court + " undergo examination in person. There are 35,000 motor vehicles, including 3,000 taxis, in Madrid,

HOUSE MASTERS. r ‘Hou S e master”' take s on a new meaning in these days in Germany, because the Berlin Hausfrauen Vermin, <hv. .Association .of House;wives,. has instituted an eighteen months course in the, theory .and practice of housekeeping, and is,prepared to confer the degree of Master on any candidate wh.o, having completed the course of study, is able to, qualify at the final examinations, 'file course includes cooking in all its grades, washing and laundering (plain and fancy), sewing, house management, bookkeeping, estimating and costing, culture, and even pedagogics. The amazing fact is that anyone should he able to qualify for a Master’s degree in all these subjects after'only eighteen months of study. Young men are urged to seek wives among the successful pupils ol the, Hausfrau School, hut a cynic suggests that if they do so there will be a speedy increase in the Berlin divorce rate.