IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 403, 9 April 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

FEWER PRISONERS. ‘‘We are very gratified to find that our pri ion population is lower to day than it has been tor many years, and the same applies to our Borstal instr, tu.ions,’ said the Conti oiler of Pri nons. Mi. B. D. Dallt.rd, at the annual meeting ‘if the women's branch of the Ne>. ' Zealand Borstal Association, in Wellington, la v nightBRILGE AT HAMILTON. The Waikato County Council has received advice that the da e tor the officii.l op niiig of the neJ concrete bridga over the Waikato River at Hamilton North has been tentatively fixed tor April 2G. The Minis' r of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, will perform the ceremony. TAUPO ROAD. Eight miles of the main highways be-wi en Taupo and Wairakei is be ng reformed' and widened to do awa with difficult grades and sharp be.ids including the dangerous curve above the lluka Falls. At thi spoint a de viatic n is being constructed 20ft above he old ro_d, which, it is suggested, may still be use l as a parking area for motorists -who wish to view the river scenery. SIR JAMES PARR’S WARNING. in an in.erview before he sailed for Jingland, Sir J .mes Parr, former High 'Commissioner, stated: “I repeat the warning I gave when I re iui-n--ed from England recently. The jest-informed opinion in Britan gives two years or thereabou s as the length of this heavy spending in Bri tain. 1 think this boom on which we to-day fatten will largely peer out in under three years at. most. W.hu' will happen to No 1 Zealand then'' Should we not Ije pu ting by reserves mow against poor times? Should we not specially develop our great re sources?” AUCKLAND DOMAIN STATUE. Two petitions signet by a total of 1182 persons,, and letters were received by the Auckland City Council last night, objectirg io features of the bronze, statue at the Park Road entrance to the Domtin. The larger petition seated that It was considered 'jy the s-gnaiorms tha the nudity of the statue wis offensive. The council received the communication without discussion.

SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. | Th©' council of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association de ; aided at Christchurch last evening to hold the 1938 national senior championships a: Nei-vJ Plymouth on January 5, G and 8. BAND RECITAL. Band music has a fascination for inos't people, so that the announce * merit of the recital by the Wanganui i Garrison Band at the Town Hall on Sunday ’evening will be really welcome. A varied programme is timed o commence at 8,15 and only a small charge will b© male to cover . expanses. At the contest at Wai ara o n orrow, the Garrison Band, which has been acknowedged as the equal of the famous Cairns’ Band, will fe.a uru. a special quickstep. FAR SEALING ROADS. Expenditure of £2O, 100 on the Hawke’s Bay County Council’s pro gramme of tar-sealing roads, which was postponed last year on ac I mt of Tie heavy los-s of repairing srbrm i damage, is now to be proceeded with I immediately This'amour, t will come 1 out of revenue for fire year ending I March 31, If 38. HOUSING COMPANY. j A company with Tie object of building dwellings co-ipe’atively under the State housing scheme is being formed by members the Welington Cart enters’ Union. The plan is that tradesmen in the building industry should enter fc r the erection of Government houses wit’i the ultimate object of giving the Govern- | ment the jobs at cost price. Any I profits inad'e on the first few contracts ' vvould be returned to the men, le&s I management costs. The company w.ll have a nominal capital of £3OOO. AWARD TC ARCHITECT. The 1936 r/old medal of the New Zealand Institute of ‘V’ch’tects has been awarded to Mr. F’.eune.'h Aimer. Jf Auckland, for his. design for an ipartnient building, ‘‘lkirino Gardens,” at IVount Eden. The award is made annually in England by a jury appointed by the Rc yal Institute □f British J.rchi ects. “Marino Gardens is a two-storeyed block of 18 ftats. The jury was unanimous in placing it first of the entries submitted.