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Shannon News, 21 April 1922, Page 3

The Hon. J. G. Coates told a depu- '• tation at Wanganui on Tuesday evening that it was an extraordinary thing that a third of the unemployed in New Zealand came from the Wanganui and Taranaki districts.

Discussing the floor space children in schools at the quarterly meeting of the Auckland branch cl the New Zealand Educational Institute, Mr R. Harrison said that in New Zealand 12 square, feet was thought to be ample, because it was greater than that allowed in Australia. He

had inquired from the Department of.

Agriculture how much floor space had ‘to be allowed in a fowl yard and found it was four squ’are yards for each bird. “I deduce from that,” he added, “that we will have to have a new table in our schools —three chickens equal one child.” (Laughter.)

“Does this infer that I am on the scrap heap ” asked Mr T. Moss at rn Eketahuna Farmers’ Union meeting, when a resolution was put through Constituting him a'life member of ‘he Union. Mr Moss intimated that he did not intend to take advantage of his honorary status, and would still continue to pay his subscriptions..

“I think I shall try and get a remit framed to stop any delegate at the Provincial Conference speaking on more than 15 per cent of the remits,” said the chairman at the.Eketahuna Farmers’ Union,meeting. ‘A lot of the delegates seem to imagine that all the others attend for is to hear them talk—they talk on everything.” This was finally embodied in a remit.

An epidemic of typhoid fever, which the health officer says is quite serious, has occurred in the Mount Albert district at Auckland. Twenty-nine cases have been reported. Indications point to the. local water supply as being the cause. The authorities are taking stringent measures to cope with the trouble.