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Lansdowne School. A tender has been accepted for the demolition of the old Lansdowne School. It is expected that a start will be made with the work on Monday. National Party Recruits. “There are thousands of working men joining the National Party today,” said the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon A. Hamilton, in an address at Papakura. Mr Hamilton referred to England, where, he said, the vast majority of people were working men and women who had returned a National Government because they realised that such a Government would serve their interests better than Labour.

Horses Enjoy Five-day Week. One of the unexpected results of the introduction of the five-day week by the Auckland City Council is the twoday rest which it gAes every week to the large number of horses used on street cleaning and other tasks. The council still owns 55 horses, of which 27 have been working during the past year, while the remainder have been grazing at the council’s farm at Harkin’s Point. In his annual report to the council, the city engineer, Mr J. Tyler, states that the five-day week has favoured the horses, as the extra rest enables them to stand up better to the work on hard pavements. Bequests to Charity. The will of the late Mr William Francis Healy, who died at Wellington on October 26, 1937, provides for charitable bequests in the form of bank shares to the following institutions, the amount given being the approximate value of each bequest:—To the Roman Catholic Boys’ College, Silverstream, toward educating boys for the priesthood, £466. To the Mother Mary Joseph Aubert Home of Compassion Trustee Board for the Home of Compassion, Island Bay, £254. To the St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Orphanage, Upper Hutt, £169. The Public Trustee was appointed executor and trustee of the estate.

Minister at Taihape. The Minister of Labour, the Hon H. T. Armstrong, received a very enthusiastic reception by a large crowd at the Town Hall on Wednesday night on the occasion of his first visit to Taihape as Minister. Mr Armstrong dealt mainly with the subject of how and where the Government was spending unemployment funds. He quoted figures to combat statements by the Opposition regarding the number of unemployed. Mr Armstrong received a sympathetic hearing, with few interjections, and was loudly applauded throughout. A motion of confidence in the Government was enthusiastically carried by the meeting. Scout Belts Banned.

While agreeing that it was encouraging to find that boy scouts were enthusiastic Rugby players, Mr R. J. G. Collins, at the meeting of the Canterbury Rugby Union’s management committee, said it was necessary to issue a warning against the youngsters carrying part of their equipment on to the playing field. The offending article of equipment, said Mr Collins, was the standard boy scout belt. This had attachments which made it unsuitable as part of the football player's uniform, including meal rings and hooks —“And knives,” interjected a member, and another committeeman added, “And scalps.” Mr Collins said that in one match eight boys were wearing these belts. It was decided to bring the matter tO' the notice of the clubs. Rotary Club Tea.

The latest method of imparting knowledge to school children and others by means of talking pictures was demonstrated by Mr R. B. Tennant, Director of the Fields Division, Department of Agriculture, at a special meeting of the Rotary Club, held last night. There was a large attendance of members and also representatives of educational interests present. The president, Rotarian C. R. Mabson. presided. The pictures were of a wide variety, and were most entertaining. Mr Tennent also briefly outlined the activities of his department and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

References for Mistresses. It has been so difficult to obtain cooks and maids that certain farmers' wives in Canterbury have adopted the practice of obtaining references from girls leaving their employ testifying to their good qualities as employers. They claim that only in this way can they persuade girls that it is reasonably pleasant work for them. The shortage ■of domestic workers has been so acute that great bargaining power in the domestic labour market has swung into the workers' hands. One result is that housewives who are unpleasant to their workers or unfairly exacting in their demands are quickly singled out and avoided. In few homes now does the old very formal relationship between mistress and maid exist. Government of the kitchen is no longer autocratic, rights having been very definitely established for the worker, even in the absence of a domestic workers’ award.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 June 1938, Page 6

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Untitled Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 June 1938, Page 6

Untitled Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 June 1938, Page 6

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