IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 413, 21 April 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

STATION 2YB. ; The North Taranaki Radio Society j has accepted an offer from Hon. F. I Jones. Acting-Minister of Broadcast- I ing. to purchase Station 2YB, New 1 Plymouth. SKELETON FOUND. The skeleton of a man w.ss found . ’n rhe scrub conn ry at Crownthorpe yesterday and it is b lieved to be hat of William Fergusson Wisshard, aged 55, who disappeared in 1934. lays a Press Association message from listings. The diedvery was made in Hie course of routine farm wo k. WORLD TOUR BY AIR. A world tour by air is planned by I Mr H. J. Butcher, a member of the | ■ounc-I of the Auckland Airomobile tss ociation. Mr Bu’cber will begin I his trip, which will be >a leisurely one j tor pleasure extending over six | months, next month, and he hopes to I i-e urn to Auckland from San Fran- j isco by Pan-American Clipper ship HOUSING SHORTAGE. A tele is told by the unusual sign, "Not to Let,” in the window of a house being demolished in Welling’on, states an exchange. While the I building has b on awaking the housebreakers it has been empty and the | owners appear to have tired of ens- ; wetting inquiries from the many in i te rch of hous s in Welling on now. 1 SOCIAL SCIENCE BUREAU. The inaugural meeting of the Social I science Bureau, recently instituted I oy the Government , took place at | •rVijll pg- on yesterd- y. Hon. D G. i Sullivi n, Minist ,r in charge of the 1 Department, olj Scientific and Industrial Research, under which the bureau will function, addressed the meeting, which then proceeded to discuss the basis of its. operations. The success of the school savings bank at the Stratford primary school is instanced by a graph displayed at the school. Since November 17 there has been a steady rise, and to date nearly £7O in deposits has been received.