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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 423, 3 May 1937, Page 4

i PALMERSTON NORTH SCHOOLS. Schools in Palmerston North will I not resume before May 24, according to advice received by Mr M. H. Oram from the secretary of the Wanganui Education Board. OVEN EXPLODES. With a loud report a large oven on dlspUay at the Wellington Coronation (show explod; d on Saturday night and injured the demonstrator, Mr J. H. Brewer, a cook, who was sent to hotl- - with concussion and a scalp wound. The explosion strained the sides and blew |a gaping hole in the top of the oven, which stood higher ’ than a man, and sent roofward a shower of fluffy, white particles of (heat insulation material. The oven jrlso burst optn the door in front, and lit is thought that this struck Mr I Brewer on the head. ITHE PULSE OF POVERTY. ! “It is heartening to hear social welfare leaders speak of the depression ias pasting away, for they feel the pulse of poverty where it is felt most readily,” says “Rota-Maori,” the official organ of the Auckland Rotary Club. "It is good to know how un- | employment is decreasing, how better wages and shorter hours, invalidity p nsions and other measures of social I justice are making lives brighter and 1 happier."