WELLINGTON TOPICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 32, 7 February 1925, Page 14

WELLINGTON TOPICS.

J>A!I;V (OXTKoI. JIUAItI). ■\VKI.LI.\i;n>X. I-Ybniaiv r<. Further informal ion that lias Icekiil out cKiii'iM'niiifr i ho iliFcussion of emit ml li.v I In- Dairy Hoiird lust week ten.i.- to show lllJll uf 1 hi' IWl'ho IMt'tlllilTS of flic hoiiril- nine cli'cti'il l.y tin* t'iieton supplier*, two llppoUlll-il IIV till- tiOWTllllH'lil. and Dili' MOlliinillivl* li\ tin' iiiiT.hauls aii.l shippers- nillv I 111" three ili>li-nntps reeeuth rctnrni-il from s )n-ir ovi-rseas tour. Mcsms. i.'rmintls. Mutiiui iiu>l Tliiu-ki'i- an<i i In. ri'iluiiliiiilil!' Mi. (i ood IVI low. were at all riitlin.-iiist if over the propiiMil that tin- himr<l *li«ul<! t!o to the lorijjih of taking him ii- imn hands (he shipping and !nark<Minj: of all dairy proiluee exporteil from tin- llomiuI ion.'A n-willll ion to I In- elleil that the I lioanl .-huiild e\.ici>e its pouers uf ieontrnt »;is followed hy iim.tli.'r IKiflpoiiinj; tin- iliM-iission uf the ii-xtcnt i-r tin- control till tin' i.i'\t j meet ins nf member.-, and liv a iliird nllirniiiiir ■that as fur as possil.le dairy pruiltiee i-liall In- markoti-d tlirmifili tin , present elmriiii-ls." h is iimlerstooil tluit liming thi' iii-xl few wiu'ks Mr. <; round* and Mr. (i Ifi-llow will '•stump the riiuutry" in I'mmir of I'Mri'im- eoiitml; Inn they iin> iiui liki-ly in iia\i- ilu- lici.l till to iiii'ltischi'-i mill nlrrud\ |not. ■>(.-= illllipimill I'litil' ftyli'.s- tin- agrarian autocracy of tin- Minimcr of Aprii-iilliiri , . Tin- "Post" last crcninj:. witlmui takiiif; siili-s with pilliiT pariv, irl.i.k.-d tliu Miiii.sfpr of Internal AlVairs for i-ncour; nprinj; tin- producors in their lu-lii-f that thi-y could lix tin- |irir» of liiitii-r in I.oiiilnn. and hlumly told tlic prodiii'i'is Ilii-nisi'lvps that tlicir faith 111 coiilrol was illusory. Branch Railway Lines. It is iv the crcilit of (in- MiniMor nf Kuilwa.is that he i- not iilluwinjj (he f.'l-a.-s to prow under his f,vl while the ii'l'ort of the recent Railway ( otiiniission is under eonsiilivation. One mutter that is known In lip i>npij;iiig his persunnl attention just now is itie workins of the hranrh lines, soini- t went \-six or twenty-M'Vi-n of them, up ami down the country, which have Im-i-h a sore liurden U]ion the laxpiiytTH for many yours past. A few examples will friip Voiiip idea of how Itllleli tlies-e luxuries are <-<jstin<; the iiiiintiy. Cotnplfti- olliciul figures are not available, luit from such iliiln as come readily to hand 11 semis that the jiri-ul majority ~ft h>— lines. (ukiiij; intere-t on t heir'ea j.jt a I .-o-t into account, are l.ciii X run at a lienvy lo,s. The KYI trains run on the Witi'tltui-CroH.w.-ll line la.-, year inv.-lvod Iho country in a loss of £.",n .{/ j,,.,- nain; the 320 trains ..n the Hornby-Liu le Iliver line. £1(1 -1/ per train; the -llli trains on tin- Waipnrn-l'iiriiacsiiH line. £.'ll 17' per train; the CJ-I trains on the Tinwnldline. X-l 17/ ~,.,■ train: the «>-* trains on the iMikeuri-liokotarumea line. £lii ."./ per train: 1 he LliiO traiim on the Kdeudale-Clenliani line, ill 11/ ..or train; tin- li2-I trains on the WainrekaNpapani line, £14 per train, and tin- 9SS trains on the Milton-lleaunionl line £13 Hi/ per train. It is sipniticant that nil these heavy loses are in the Smith island. Inn it i s only fair to ri-iueinbpr thnt ill ninny ease's they opened up country wliip'h otherwise" would hnvircmaiued unon-npied for many years. Knjrlish black suede Oxford Inuisheeled shoos going for 12/iJ at I'urrow's siioo 8a1e.—240, Queen .Street. -(Ad..