TARANAKI NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1940, Page 1

TARANAKI NEWS

Spitfire Fund £2550. Contributions to Taranaki's Spitfire fund have reached £2550. Physical Welfare Officers. Physical welfare officers are to be appointed shortly in Taranaki as part of the Dominion-wide organisation to build a fitter nation. Drinking on Sundays. A complaint that Sunday drinking was going on in Hawera hotels was substantiated by a police visit, it was stated in the court yesterday. School Baths. Considerable activity is being taken throughout Taranaki in the construction of school baths, mostly of a small type, for educational purposes. Medical Deferred Cases. Misconceptions regarding the procedure to be adopted by recruits who have been declared temporarily unfit were cleared up by the officer in charge No. 8 area yesterday. Investigation Made. A party of alpinists yesterday paid a visit to the scene of Sunday's fatality in the Manganui gorge. East Egmont, with a view to testing theories advanced in connection with the happening. Senior Agricultural Instructor. Approval has been given by the Minister of Education to the appointment of a senior agricultural instructor in Taranaki, the Taranaki board agreeing to take charge of the agricultural work in some Auckland district schools. Thrillers and Jazz Music. Unanimous support for the Hawkes Bay Education Board's protest to the Minister in charge of broadcasting regarding some of the "crime thrillers" broadcast was given by the Taranaki Education Board yesterday. Warning to Schools. The fact that it is a breach of the regulations for schools to sell trees without being registered has been brought to the notice of the Taranaki Education Board which is making representations to the Education Department.