NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, 25 July 1919, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

j SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION AT I ' PALMERSTON. ] WELLINGTON, this day. I In reference to complaints of overcrowding at Palmerston North schools, the Hon. J. A. Hanan, says only two‘! applications for primary school build- 1 lings at Palmerston are before the de'_lpartment_ The department has not ',objected to recommending grants .for* ' essential class room ‘accommodation; jon the contrary, in one of the cases; lreferred to it actually suggested in-; Icreasing the accommodation, but it ob—jected to unnecessarily expensive ‘feaJtures embodied in their plans. In one ‘ case the plans submitted” embodied provision of a pavilion in the assembly I hall, to cost about ‘£4ooo. The De-—l par-tment’s objection to this feature} I'\Vas submitted" to the Board in Sep-I tember last, but no amended proposals had been yet received. Mr.’ Hanan emphasises that only limitedl funds are available, and there are; “urgent demands from myna districts.‘ E INFLUENZA ow BRITON. I 1 I ‘ '-—-—-- , BVVATERSIDERS PEFUSE TO WORK! I _ HER. | I ____j___ I ! A VVELLINGTON, this day!_ i The watersiders have refused to_ac-‘l xcept an engagement to discharge a llarge quantity of luggage from thel ‘transport Briton, because it is 113-‘ ported there were three cases of influenza aboard,,and the Union is’ bound by the Watersiders’ Federation resolution not to Work a vessel until ‘seven days has elapsed after the last iease of influenza has been removed, [from the ship. The authorities do not’ [consider the cases on the Briton of] lthe malignant epidemic type. It is istated that the watersiders will eon—' isider the position again today. i 3 N 0 WORK BY WATERSIDERS; ' ! WELLINGTON, this day, . ‘ ! As ‘.l. protest against the berthing of} the Briton, which had three mild cases! !of influenza on board, the w-atersidcrs 1' ‘refused to work to-day, and all ship- ’ ping work ‘is at a standstill. ‘ ‘POSTAL PILLAR BOX BLOWN UP. 3 CARTERTON, this day. 1 A postal pillar box at Greytown was : blown up at midnight on Saturday 1 last. It is surmised a plug of dyna- V mite, with a lighted fuse, attached, 5 was dropped in the box, which was 5 shattcredto fragments l __________,_._.... - ( . " I‘ For Bronchial Coughs take I Woods’ Great’ Peppermint Cure. [1