IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 451, 7 June 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

WOMEN’S MEETING. At to-morrows’ public meeting of ’ women in the Stratford Town Hall, • whon addresses . will be given by Dr. ; Doris C. Gordon and the Minister of Health, Hon. P. Fraser, the chair will j be taken by Mrs Helen Wilson, 0.8. E.. DcminioiY President of the Women’s ■ Division of the Farmers’ Union. A ll , wcmen are invited BADMINTON TEAM. The following players have been : selected to represent the Stratford ; Eadminton Club in the first match of I the season to be played against the ' New Plymouth Y.M.C.A. club at Strat- ; ford on Tuesday night:—Misses E. , WTmshdfc’st, C. Whittlestone, J. Me- | Ra?, Mrs W. Mackay; Messrs N. En- ■ nis, AV. Mackay, W. Farquarhson, and ' C. France. i KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR. Mr George Debenham, a motor driver , employed by Mr D. J. Malone, was j knocked down .by a motor-car driven • by Mr C. R. Death, Bird Road, in | Broadway, Stratford, at 8 p.m. on ; Saturday. Misty rain was falling and ! visibility was poor. Mr Debenham suffered slight injuries to his ribs, but he was able to return home after receiving attention from Dr. D. Steven. PAYMENT FOR HOLIDAYS. It is the intention of the New Zea- j land Employers’ Federation to under- i take the defence of any employers ■ who are prosecuted as a result of the judgment of Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., in the holiday bonus case at Wellington recently in which the magistrate ruled that clothing trade employees who had been paid their wages in full for a working week were entitled to payment for a prescribed holiday under the Factories Act on which ordinarily they would not have worked.