IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 453, 22 June 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

PLUNKET SOCIETY. A donation of £5 was made to the Stratford branch of the, Plunket Society by the Stratford Borough Council last night. MUNICIPAL BATHS TENDER”, The S'ratford Borough Council decided 1 st night to extent the time of closing of tender}- for construction of the municipal h.tlis for one month. MONEY FOR PICTURES. ‘ I don’t see that it is the particular job of the school to act as agent nd boost any p c ure,” stated Cr. A H T’ottcr at the Borough Council meeting Fst nSghit. He j?uid it wrs very awkward for some parents when their children came home and asked for money, and on his motion it was decided to draw the atten ion of the Prim ry School Committee to ’he ma*ter. SHORTAGE OF DOMESTICS. As the result of the attractive wages and conditions offered by hotels since the framing of the new hotel workers’ award, experienced domestic servants are almost unprocurable att Timaru. One employment agency has half a dozen positions to fill but not one suitable girl to offer. Tu addition, the agency has 12 other situations on its books.

(WINTER SHOW BUILDING. i “Personally 1 think that the Winer Show people are just humbugging, as they haven’t got i he money to 'do anything,’ remarked "the Mayor, Mr J. W. McMillan, .at last n ght’s meeting of th, S ratford Borough Council, in the course of discussion regarding property owned by the borough and I present under Base. | PRIVATE TREE PLANTING. : The Stratford Domain Board de- ' tided at las/, night’s meeting to in- ‘ truct the borough foreman to ar- : • nge for the r.moval of trees plantj cl by indlvidu, Is on streets in | streets in front of their residences. ! The Mayor, Mr J. W. McMillan, said | he had no.ic d an instance of people planting without any permission havng be:n gy.en. He considered that ; pl- nting w s not effective unless -the : whole street was. done. WORK FOR RAT-CATCHER. ; Among the unusual occupations i ealt wT.h by the Auckl nd place- | ner; service is that of rat catcher. Ain 1 unemployed man, with some experii ence in the killing of rats, but who for some time had been a salesman. , registered with the service as a rat- ! -a.’.eher, and B ]i-r, f ] y several Tn-. ; ? business -firms have utilised his serj '”ccs sucees< F ully. In on? case he acj counted for 19 rats in an evening. Hb i uses several methods, including variI ous types, of poison.