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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 34, 3 November 1933, Page 7

Provincial Section

AMATEUR ATHLETICS Mangatainoka Sports Body "A successful year Dominion Special Service. ‘ Paliiatua, November 3. After observing that the past. season had been an unqualified success, the pie sident, Mr. A. Morgan, stated at tne annual meeting, of the Amateur Athletic Society that the pps neots for the new season appeared par Hrly bright. The attendanc present, he said, augured very well for the coming season. . Feeling reference was made to tne death of Sir. Samuel Bolton, who had been patron of the society for A letter of sympathy is to be sent to the relatives of the late Mr. Bolt “■ Although the society dropped about £6 on the year’s working, °it hmshed the year with a credit balance of t-io/4/V, according to the balance~sheßt« Following are the officers elected : Patron. Mr. R. A. Williams; president, Mr. F. E. Ward; vice-presidents, the same as before, with the addition of Messrs. B. Wilson A. Carthew, and N. A. Prussing; secretary, Mr. H. A. Bick (re-elected); handicapper, Mr R. A. Williams; starter, Mr. B. H. gramme committee, Messrs. F. E. War , E. L. Harvey, N Bicknell, R. A. Williams, N. Power, A. Morgan, J. 1. Ross, T Dkysh and A. J. Holtham; general committee, all present with the addition ’of Messrs. B, Harvey, M. Reichenbach, C. Lett, and N. Power; delegates to subcentre, Messrs. A. J. Morgan, E. IL Lett, R. A. Williams, and the secretary, Masterton representative, Mr. M. Keats. ■t. _ - HERD TESTING Wairarapa Cows’ Averages Masterton, November 2. Averages of cows tested by the Wairarapa Herd Testing Association during October are as follow: — Greytown Group.—Cows in group, 1279; monthly group average u9.521b fat; highest herd average* (5b cows), 48.481 b fat; lowest herd average (17 cowa), 28.351 b fat; highest cow, 841 b fat. Gladstone Group.—Cows m group, 1171; monthly group average, 39.061 b fat: highest herd average (28 cowa), 50.321 b fat; lowest herd average (45 cows), 27.751 b fat; highest cow, 831 b fat Featherston Group.—Cows in group, 1507; monthly group average. 38.791 b fat; .highest herd average ,(26 cows), 51.691 b fat; lowest herd average ( —), 30.671 b fat; highest cow, 941 b fat. Martinborough Group.—Cows m group, 894; monthly ’ group average., 36.421 b fat; highest herd average (36 cows), 43.611 b fat; lowest herd average (31 cows)j 25.801 b fat; highest cow, 771 b fat. Association Summary, (figures for October, 1932, in parentheses).—Gows under test, 4851 (4825); monthly group average, 38.611 b fat (35.771 b fat); highest herd average, 26 cows, 51.691 b fat (48 cows, 54.371 b fat) ; lowest herd average, 31 cows, 25.801 b fat (—, 19.751 b fat); highest cow, 941 b fat (881 b fat). WAIRARAPA NOTES Pleasant Musical Evening Masterton, November 2. Some forty members of the vocal group of the Masterton branch of the British Music Society gathered in St? Matthew’s Collegiate School last night, when a Schubert evening was held. During the evening-Mr. Caverhill spoke on the life of Schubert, and Miss Hanham lectured on his music. A programme of the great composer’s music was greatly appreciated. Those who contributed to the programme were Mrs. Corkill, Misses Ingley, H. Sumpter, D. O'Donnell. M. Holmwood and Dyer, Messrs. S. Gilding and W. Candy. Carterton’s Vital Statistics. Following are the vital statistics for Carterton for the month of October: — Births, 7; deaths,’ 2; and marriages, 2. Issue of Drivers’ Licenses. Ten motor, drivers’ licenses were issued by the Pahiatua Borough Council during the month of October. The county council issued thirteen during the same period. Automobile Association Officers. The election of officers at the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Automobile Association, held at Featherston, resulted as follows:“Patron, Mr. W. Howard Booth; president, Mr. W. Benton; vicepresidents, Messrs. H. H. Mawley and R. W. Roydhouse; representative on the Mutual- Insurance Company, Mr. R. W. Roydhouse”: auditor, Mr. O. W. Ritchie; executive committee, Messrs. H. Lawson, C. J. Nix, J. D. Ross. R. F. Watson (Featherston), F. C. Bunny, F. J. Nicholls (Greytow.n), J. Steel, G.'Hughan, T. T. Hughes, H. E. Jackson, D. L. Taverner (Carterton), H. J. Jones, D. B. Carrick, W. H. Jackson (Masterton). Successful Fancy Dress Dance, Young folk in large numbers attended a plain and fancy dress dance held in the Masterton Municipal Hall last night in aid of the local Dental Clinic funds. Organised and controlled by the committee of the Masterton West School, the gathering proved both successful and enjoyable, and resulted in a highly satisfactory sum being realised. Many and varied were the fancy costumes, and the judges, Mesdames M. G. Mackay and_C. A. Burling, were presented with a difficult task. A lengthy list of awards was made. Among those present were Colonel T. W. McDonald and Mr. A. Donald, members of the Wellington Education Board. Colonel McDonald congratulated the West School on its effort, and Mrs. McDonald presented the prizes. Much of the credit for the success of the gathering is due to the secretary of the school committee, Mr. W. V. Madden, who had all detail arrangements well in hand.

DAIRYING INSTRUCTOR South Wairarapa Appointment Carterton, November 2. Through the efforts of the Wairarapa Federated Dairies’ Association, Mr. R. C. Wilson has been appointed farm dairy instructor for the South Wairarapa, and will reside at Greytown. Mr. Wilson, who took up his new duties on.- Wednesday, was previously engaged in the Hawera area as farm instructor under the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture.

NEW USES FOR WOOL Investigations Overseas RESULTS OF RESEARCH What is wool? A complete answer to this question is now provided by the stalt of the Wool Industries Research Association at Leeds. They know precisely what components go to make the fibre, and, knowing that, they know what will happen to it under certain treatment (says the Yorkshire “Observer”). Although this was mentioned as one fact among hundreds of others recently, when representatives of the Press were invited to make their annual tour of the association’s premises at Torridon, it seems to he the pivot on which the whole institution revolves. Under the guidance of Dr. S. G. Barker, the director of research, they had a glimpse of the work which Mr. Martin R. Freney, an Australian scientist, is doing in connection with the’ blowfly problem. This insect does about £4,000,000 worth of damage every year by getting into the wool and irritating the flesh of the sheep. , ... Present activities bf the association which the staff is allowed to describe are incredibly numerous and varied, but there are many more, says Dr. Barker, which cannot be made public, because the foreigner is always on the qui vive for anything new from Torridon. Fancy Wallpaper Surfaces. An interesting development is the use of wool in fancy wallpaper .surfaces. In this—as well as in decorative work on fancy boxes and toys—the wool is made into “dust” before being applied. This work is being carried out in conjunction with a famous firm of wallpaper manufacturers. Examples of how wool is now being used by firms of national repute in electrical insulation are on view. Some of the insulating coverings are all wool, some wool and silk, and others rubber and wool. , , r , The staff has achieved what lias hitherto been regarded as‘-impossible. They have made oil and water mix! They found \that certain treatment of oil, including the discharge of a hightension electric current through it, would render it what is known as water-miscible. This discovery will be of especial value to scourers and combers of wool. , The same staff has also found how to make .wool unshrinkable. .They treat it in the raw state, and claim that the cost is no more than the usual cost for treating fabrics for the same purpose. They have discovered, too, how to treat flannels and other underwear fabrics so that they will not turn yellow in Dr. Barker demonstrated the photoelectric yarn diameter tester. The yarn passes from a bobbin across the photoelectric cell, and the variations of diameter in the thread are recorded graphically. By this/hart a manufacturer can tell whether a given yarn will be suitable for his purpose or not. Fastness of Dyes. Several avenues of research are being explored in connection with the fastness of dyes. By one method it is now possible to tell in an hour what the effect of 20 washings will be on a fabric. To run briefly over some of the other work going on at Torridon, it may* be mentioned that they have a new lamp which produces artificial daylight—useful for matching shades at night. There is also in the course of production a cinema film of the various spinning and twisting processes in the wool industry. Shown in “slow motion” this will help spinners to detect the possible source of faults in their own machinery. Then there'is a new “fugitometer”—an apparatus which reproduces the climate of any country in the world, to see how certain dyed cloths will stand it. One man is achieving some success in making crossbred wools feel like merinos. Another is experimenting with cloths made from Nigerian wools. Several have discovered the cause of mildew on yarn tubes, and found an easy and inexpensive war t° prevent it, and one has brought out a stainless lubricating oil. FIFTH IN THE WORLD ———. N.Z.’s Place as Producer of Wool New Zealand as a wool producer had third place within the Empire and fifth in the world with an output in 1932 of 116,000 tons, although sheep were reared primarily for meat. Like the United Kingdom, she has the best crossbreds in the world obtained by scientific breeding, and they gave excellent wool as well as meat. These facts appear in a report recently issued by the Empire Marketing Board on “Fibres.” The report also reviews the world production and trade in cotton, silk, hemp, jute and flax, of which’ the importance in the native trade may be gauged by their estimated value of £1,195,000,000. New Zealand’s wool production in 1932 was double that of the United Kingdom, which receives 80 per cent, of her exports. France was the next best- customer, taking 6 per cent. Wool exports in themselves made up in value more than a quarter of all New Zealand’s export trade, but had to be added to those of South Africa and Argentine before equalling Australia’s output. Australia had the largest sheep'population in the world, and accounts for nearly one-quarter of the estimated total of the world's supply of wool. H er sheep are mainly of the merino type, and are .increasing in numbers. It is noted in the report that during the slump merino held its price better than the crossbred. , World wool is valued at £270,000,000, and of that the Empire’s share is nearly one-half. The Empire as a whole is an exporter of wool on a very large scale, ‘although the United Kingdom in 1932 absorbed more wool than any other country. She is the best customer not only of New Zealand, but also of South Africa and Argentina, while one-third of Australia’s exports enter her ports. But it must be remembered that Britain carries on an extensive entrepot trade.

N.Z. STOCK EMBARGO ■_ , p ' ■ 4 Criticism in England • ADMISSION WANTED ' . . '' ' ‘ . Q • • Dominion Special Service. : An agricultural correspondent of “The Times” (London) makes reference to New Zealand’s decision regarding the importation of pedigree stock direct from the United Kingdom. Readers are reminded of the attention directed by Lord Bledisloe to the farmers, who are told by, the Governor-General of the handicap which they Buffer. “A small concession,” says the writer, “has now been made by a reduction from six to three months in the period during which stock froin Britain must be kept in Canada, the United States, or Australia before shipment to New Zealand, but the procedure involves great expense mid the position is still far from satisfactory. When Mr. Forbes was - in this country for the World Economic Conference he met representatives of the pedigree stock breeding industry, and it is hoped that the whole question of direct shipment will be reviewed on his return to New Zealand. “The Association of Veterinary Officers of New Zealand recently passed unanimously a resolution advocating the admission of British pedigree stock in view of the efficiency of the London quarantine station and the complete safeguards afforded against the possible introduction of foot-and-mouth.„disease into the Dominion. But the New Zealand Farmers Union have again urged the Government on no account to remove or modify the existing continuous embargo on the direct importation of pedigre.e stock from the United Kingdom. “The dread of foot-and-mouth disease is understandable, but Ihe farmers of New Zealand must not imagine that this country is in the same category as the Continental countries where the disease is almost endemic. lhe United Kingdom is kept free from foot-and-mouth at all costs, and with the additional safeguard offered, by the quarantine station at the London Docks there does not appear to be any good reason why New Zealand, alone among Empire countries, should continue to refuse entry to bur live stock.”

DEMAND INCREASING N.Z. Lamb in Great Britain VALUE OF ADVERTISING Systematic official inquiries into the Bales of New Zealand meat in Britain prove that the demand is steadily improving in spite of the lower purchasing power of the public. The Meat Producers’ Board’s travelling representative recently paid special attention to Scotland and the thickly-populated area of the English Midlands. He found generally that New Zealand meat was gaining ground more particularly wfth the [better class of butcher anti so far as Glasgow is concerned the connection opened up there has been so well maintained that the turnover in the first six months, of this year must, he reports, easily be a record. On the point of competitive Home supplies, it is noted that the competi l tion against New Zealand meat in Scotland is particularly heavy from July till December, owing to the large supplies and low prices of Home-killed mutton and lamb, though experience has shown , that even during these months there is a fair sale of New Zealand meat. In the Lancashire area, a large firm which distributes New Zealand meat almost entirely opened up in Manchester and Liverpool Over a year ago, and has recently taken a stall in the Manchester Meat Market so that the smaller butchers may secure daily supplies of lambs. The result is a wider distribution of New Zealand meat in a very populous manufacture ing area. The popularity of New Zealand lamb in England, due to quality and encouraged by consistent advertising, has provided English traders with an example of the value of advertising. This was expressed at a recent meeting of the National Federation of Meat Retailers by Mr. J. Stephenson, of Hartlepool, who asked the question, “What, can collective advertising do?” and answered it by referring to successful campaigns of that nature. “Take New Zealand lamb,” he said. ‘‘The large quantities sold would not haye been sold had not the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board gone in for a big scheme of advertising. I know that collective advertising has already been before the national federation, and that it may cost a lot of money, but it may be worth it all.”

Flockowners who' risked the wool ‘future last setaon and shipped their wool to England had their confidence rewarded. The Orari Gorge clip averaged 12Jd. per lb., or in the vicinity of £l7/10/- a bale.

NO GREAT PROGRESS Wairarapa Rural Credits REVIEW OF YEAR’S WORK Dominion Special Service. Masterton, November 2. “I rejret to say that we have made very little progress in the past year,” stated the chairman of directors, Mr. Alex Ross, at the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Co-operative Rural Intermediate Credit Association, held in Masterton /yesterday afternoon.’ “This is largely due to the restrictions placed on lending by the Central Board and also to the value of securities having reached a very low level during the year.” After referring briefly to the work carried out by the association during the year, Mr. Ross observed that the Central Board had vested in the association further powers which should make for a smoother and speedier working of its affairs. He considered that after being associated with the movement for five years he could claim to be in a position to make some criticism, which he hoped would be, constructive. . He had always heM the opinion that the percentage of advance on securities should be on a sliding scale. To lend ’7O per cent, on sheep stock securities when at their peak was dangerous business, and would not be as safe as lending 100 per cent, on the same security when prices were at bedrock. A graduation of the percentage advances seemed to him to be sounder and more helpful in every way. Mr.; Ross was disappointed to note the curtailment that had taken place during the last two years in the purposes for which- made. His conception of the Rural Credit Act was that its function was to provide help for the producer when all other financial avenues were closed to him. But he found the same policy being pursued as-by other financial institutions, a policy that , was just a shadow of the one that saw the movement launched, . It was pleasing to note that a reduction’'in interest of onehalf per cent, had been made, but he would have been better pleased had the whole of the- reduction of interest on rural credit bonds been passed on to the borrower. /■

Continuing, Mr. Ross observed that the borrowers were mostly dairymen, and he was not very optimistic about the current season’s prospects. There did, however, appear good grounds for optimism in the return-to better times for the sheepman. * The retiring director, Mr. K. Groves, was reappointed, and Messrs. J. B. Keith and Co. were reappointed auditors.