NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3551, 13 August 1920, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

XVAIRAU HOSPITAL BUR-NED.

BLENHEIM, Au gust 12.

At an early "hour «his nrorning an alarzn oflfiro was given by the watchman. at Wairau Hospital, he having discovered an 0-u»t.bre:lk in the roof of the laundry and engine-room. The hospital was a large up-to-date new building, but no fire fighting apparatus. was available. The stuff saved what was mov-able, and the building was completely gutted. The machinery included an elecfr,ic plant which was badly dam» aged. The. cause of the fire is a. mysfory.‘ The illsul=ances are £4500 in -the Royal Exchange on the ‘buildings and pl-um} valued Ext £9OOO.

SCHOOL BUILDING GRANTS.

VVELLING-TON, August 12.

The Minister of Education informed :1 ulcpiitatiom. which asked for The rebuilding of an old school that the I\'lillister of Finance has intimated he does not -think it possible to raise all the money requiredwor school buildings. ‘-"l‘his,” sairl Mr. I’2lrr, “is ihe positiongwe find ourselves in. There are so many claims on us. I can un.ders—t.und Mr. Massey "s difl’icult.y,4lmlr I hope it may not be found necessary ‘(To cut down -ihe annual appl'opria.tion of tlll'ee—qlml'.tiei:s of :2 million. for scliool buildings, though. owing to the muino-us cost of buildings the iefl*'ecf.iV.e value 0 fhis sum is only £400,000.

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\’NL'LLING'I.‘OI\‘~', Augllst 12.

Tho Reparoa, Estate trmlbl"(% is dying }::u'd'. in the House,¢but. ‘rho Milli.~'tm' of Lands is evidently detol'lnin.ed ‘to bring [the blna3il'(>l' to fina]i’r_v. Replying +0 :1 QlleSHon wifllmlt notice from Mr. W. I*}. T’:n'ry. he stztted that ho \\'n.~< sick of this 1111\\‘nrra11t('<1 cl'itir_-ism. Whivh was absolutely wi'h’rout foundation and ills4tl'llcted Mr. Pnny ’r0p1:1c(—? Hloqner_v on the Ol'd.er Papzrr, whom it would be ‘ cmnprohensively dealt with.‘

Mr. Pmwy 'harl referred to Mr. E. V:lilo’s letter, which pl':'lo,fic:lll_v :xnmull‘l’e('l f 0 ("hul‘gF‘.< against. the T.:.md Department :Id:nlinisfl'a"rion, and in View of this he asked -the Minister to ,t_:l':mt 3. publifi inquiry into HlO Dopln'f--Inen’r.’s nl'ti’rudc in aonnr-cfion with this estate.

Hl('¥H (‘DST OF T.T.VING

W'ELLINGTOI\* Allgp St 12‘

The Exnployees’ Union I'.eso»lved that a. conference-. of h’:id‘(?»S unions, labour and kindred 01‘<,>;a11isutio'ns be en-llod at an oa.l‘ly date for The ‘purpose of instifutixyg :1, system of boycvo~‘rt on rec-I'-tain commodities with :1 View of effecting a 1-oduafion in the cost of living.