IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 410, 17 April 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

o | AUCKLAND EXCURSION. From Stratford, 58 people travelled 'o Auckland last night by <he special excursion train, which was run in connec .ion with the visit of the Royal Australian Naval Squadron. i HOUSING SCHEME. In purs.ua.nce of <he extension of 5 ..he Government housing scheme to j Lias ings, two blocks of land, one in Willow Park Road and the other in Ak na Sire t, have been purchased. The purchase prices of the areas selected have not yet been divulged. STILL HEAVY BOOKINGS. Al hough it is too late for anyon I to travel from New Zealand by sea J to England and be in time for the | Corona ion, there are still heavy ! book ngs being made for steamers ! leaving tl.*s and next month —book- ■ ings which ; < ally establish a record j or he season. GRAMMAR BOYS’ HOBBIES. Se pnd-sry schools are changing I with th? iimtes, and breaking with the ! narrower academic .radilion. Provis- • .on in the regular school curriculum 1 s no ,v made for boys at the Auckland Grammar School to choose a hooby 1 or interest from a wide and attractive list, and t-o follow up-hc-irchoice under expert guidance. One period ( 1 w ek is given to ihese cultural in- j erests. 1 HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING. The opinion that, in spite of the recent trend toward apartment houses he single family dwelling .vas ,s ill by far the most popular type of resid- J ential building was expressed last even j uing officer to tho \ Auckland ’ ity { Council, in address-'ng inenib <*s o.‘‘ [ he Nev,' Zealand branch of the Royal ; Sanitary Ins Hute. MINISTER IMPRISONED IN LIFT. I An unfortunate although amusing j accident befell the 1 eral, Hon. F. Jones, when he vJas pro j seeding to the Post and Telegraph I officers’ ball in the new post office ' in Dunedin. When Mr. Jones and Iris pa.’/ were -.ravelling in the lift up o the third floor, when the func ion •>vi s being held, the mechanism of the 'ift d veloped a fault and the Milliner fp'-nt 20 minu es between the ground floor and the first floor. He 1 made light of his experience, how- 1 ■ver, v’hen he eventually arrived at the hall