NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 146, 22 June 1934, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Coronation Day. [ , * A RoyaU^alute of 21 guns was fired fiom Point Jcrmnghoin at. n,oon today in lecognation of the fact that June 22, 1911 ; «i\as the Coronation''Day of King George V. Tomonow, Juiic 23, is the biithday of the Prmcc of. Males, who was bom in 1894. , Power Board's Scheme. Commenting on the Hutfc Valley Llec tuc Powci Boaid's scheme in conncer tion -with range 3, the cngincoi and gcneial manager (Mr. E. 'P. 'Hollands) stilted nt "yestoi day's meeting of the board that under the,, scheme twelve ranges had been installed to date/ ana in a' few 'days the number ' would bo increased to twenty.1- 1> Many apphen tions had been rceeivo'd for ranges, and a jiewfshipment was bging awaited. Eastbourne (Traffic. • ' Details of traffic to < Eastbourne dining May were given ,to tho meeting of tho Eastbourne Borough Council last evening by the Town. Clerk and Gen eial Manager (Mr. G. j}.. Bishop). In the fciry dopaitment, the tiaffie revenue was £30 lower than for the corresponding month last year, and the total for the two months of'this-finan-cial' year was' £200'; lower than fPr 'the corresponding period of last year. ' In the bus department: the' traffic rovienue was approximately. the same as for the corresponding month last year, and the total for tho two months was £60 lower. Trading expenditure in both departments was normal. ■"'."' " Tribute to Brava Little GHrl. • ■The framed inscription which has been presented by the primary school children of "Wellington to the Kakariki School in Wanganui. to commemorate the unselfish bravery of Frances Mason, is to bo unveiled at the Kakariki School' on Sunday by tho Hon: J. G. Gobbe. Last Boxing Day Prances Mason, aged 10, and her cousin, Molly Camplin, aged 3, were killed by a train on the Kakariki railway bridge, and evidence was given by the enginedriver at the inquest -which' followed that the elder girl'had tried to protect her cousin with hcr'r'ow'ri body. Tho frame .around the inscription'was made by pupils of the, Wellington. Technical College and a message,to accompany it is signed- by a. ten-year-old girl from; ojiclr of 'the local schools. ,■ Canned'Wliitobait.-''y . . :J-> •:■?/?■'■•.■'-■, ■ After a:lapsc;; of eighteen. ydn.rs'j Mr. <t. A. Wood^Opawa, is. to reopen 'the: whitebait:ea.niiing;" tra^p on- : the./ West Coast,"with the: intention of exporting to;. Australia, (says .'.a, correspondent of' ;a:Chrißt'c;hurcH. paper)-. For• this purpose -hfci; is) recpmniis'sionirig the small steamer' Orewaj which has beeii! tied up kt Lyttelton for: the pastvtjivo years, arid; with her as jiis fishing base, will establish. 'liis' factory at Paringa, about' ninety milqs south'; of Hokitikiu ' Mr! Wood considers that there is a. good opening for-tlie sale of New Zealand canned whitebait iii Australia. ;At pre; sent'the marked there. is*being supplied by a 'Japariese; firm,v arid ,'it -has been a falling trade, for: "some!' years. ■ He considers that -his., method. df\ canning and; preparing the, .fish,' is '■■ considerably better than '.that, of the ' Asiatic firm, and that consequently he should be able to overcome the prejudice that at present exists against canned-whitebait. Sheep Tlocks Increasing. . The sheep flocks of- the. Dominion are on,,the increase once again after ;a' "decline Spread: over. tlie. .last' four ,;years. v "iSheep in-thov Dominipn - in 1930\ numbered , 30,841,287j; Vbut^ this number nad by last year declined to 27)755,966. .An interim return compUed'by''the;Department;of Agriculture iiidipates that the 1934 figures1 will be larger .than .last year 'Siy the.., present estimato.'being 28,550,77.0. 'The Can-terbury-Kaikoura. district'of:the1 South Island. is; -thp::ono; to show.'the- largest increase^ c "All areas \6f sbo^jiv Islands show \an'. increase ■ with the sexception' of. ;:Marlbpr'ough-^'.slson-Westlahd.- Dutt ing tlw /depression Jthere-was a.hoavy slaugh{;e"ring ;of flocks,, ;;,b'ut,.v this has now to a""certain extent^'Vpen1 arrested.: In 1933\thO;ii'umb.cr-of'jtdmp.'an'ol. mutton caTcasses' exported. tptalle^i'ii^iO.elS', biiii-this 'year's figures 'h'aro declined to .10,825,393. . The "decrease in the export figures .accounts to a certain extent for tho increase in the numbers of live sheep. ,-'■' •. ' .-....■ Fifth- Postponement.; ■ ' ■".- .'-;.... ,':-, There .was'i/fi'-flfthC: posfponomont: on Wednesday: of,:tlu?- year's annualsmeet-' ing of the Auelila.nd Transpovt''"■Bpardi; states the./'.'New";Zealand, 4 Horald." When the .meeting was first postponed tho precise .'figures of power costs were not available, and subsequent postponements have.been due to the fact that the accounts, which were-, announced four weeks ago, have riot been returned from audit.. "We are'in the position of having to ■ comply wjth anunforturiato fprniality//' said '. the .chairman (Mr. -J. A y G. Allum) on Wednesday; "We can only^postpone our annual meeting for a week' at a time. The position is that wo'have entered into a contract with regard to bus services and our powers in this regard are being formally queried. The officials in Wellington have a considerable pressure of wofk, but they Tealise now ■ that we have to adjourn from week to wee>. Wo should be Able to reach- finality at a meeting nest Tuesday."'

Truby King Extension Work. In the course of his address at the annual meeting of the Plunket Society yesterday, Mr. Walter Nash, M.P., after emphasising the, wonderful achievements of the society for the mother and the child, asked why should the work stop at the weaning of the child—why not extend the work by carrying on the system right up to the .school years? ■ Unless this was ultimately, undertaken said Mr. Nash, the splendid Work which had already been done might be rendered useless and ineffective. , (v ' •'.-.■... An Appalling Anomaly.^:' " ."What do. we call an. improvement in business methods?: It is something that instead of doing the '• work of 100 men does it of 500 men. ■■Jill these so-called advances wo are making arc in the direction of reducing labour, and throwing men out of work," said Dr. F. W.. Norwood, of the. City London/in the course of his address in Napier, reports an exchange. ■'■ '.Tor a long time the slack,wa3 taken up by men going .out of one trade into others,"he went on. ' "Now all the avenues have been, taken up. We are making men unemployed and' call-' ing it progress. Are • machines bad things? No! Have-we saturated all our markets? -No! '.It is .just-that'the people cannot buy our manufactures. Can we justify the .appalling 'anomaly of "precious-if oods being thrown into the sea: when thousands, are starving? Sonic New Zealand "farmers have put large quantities, of their, milk, down the drains., The consumption, .of milk in New Zealand, is exceptionallyV: low.' Whafc's the matter? Don't/you like milk? Ido not know why/ you are not selling milk in the streets of your town. In Sydney milk bars-are exceedingly common, and the people are beginning to fiiid that they like milk very much indeed." •■:■'». ,< . Testimony to New Zealand Bulger. J-Priiso for-New Zealand butter is contained-in a letter/from-thevch/ef.'of the-Cafe Anglais at the -'Hotel Metropole, Brighton, a well-known English hotel. The letter was handed to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce recently, and in the opinion of the president (Mr. A. G. Lunn) it reveals the necessity for improved marketing and advertising methods for New Zealand dairy produce, .in England (states, an -Auckland' telegram).;'A -New Zealand ilad^v.iii 'England sent \to..the ..chef samples v of- New Zealand and jJDanish butter which sh'o purchased in Isdndoii. ; TKe chef's reply reads as follows:;"We 'have 'received the samples, for which .we -thank you very much. After hav•ipg.'tested and sampled the- two. kinds wo' decided, they were both excellent, mjpro especially the'-iSfew. Zealands'butter, /which was exeeptioiia'lly ,£obd." Mr. Lunn claims , that this :>opmion should be reassuring to many New Zealandors who. have been unable to see •why .Danish butter. shbalcL command a' higher, price than: :Dbmihion produce. He adds that invoices from "London stores were-sent with both • samples, fshow/irig that the New: Zealand-butter sold-for lOd a pound,' and the Danish for Is a pound. In another 'case the respective prices- were lid ahd r ls 2d. Expert opinion did: iiot /seem to bear •out the disparity in price. : - ' - penalties Considered Too light.; ■ / ■, The: Automobile Association' (Auckland) has again! ,taken/up ithe question ■of;,-endeavouring /to. have th'&/:law amended • to"; provide; for .a"heavier penalty for ' those convicted of converting vehicles to their own use— "borrowing" cars. The association has circularised other associations, and in tho course of ita argument'for more severe penalties mentions that the legal attitude .that' a man who takes a motorcar does not intend to steal it, but is only converting it temporarily to. his own use, does not apply in the case- of a found "borrowing" from his Jiii'm's finances. The opinion, is expressed that as long as motor thefts are regarded as misdemeanours rather than crimes, and punished accordingly, offenders will bo emboldened to continue. "If the Government will not act this session," tho circular concludes, "then the automobile associations must rely on some member of the House courageous enough to ally himself with a cause aimed to protect the sanctity of life as well as the rights of property- to introduce a private Bill; with a view to bringing about an amendment to the law." Eeferring to the Auckland letter, Mr. E. A. Batt, chairman of the Automobile Association. (Wellington), said that the North Island1 Motor Union had not relaxed its efforts to. secure a heavier penalty, nor did it intend" to do so until some redress was obtained in regard to the penalties. •':-:-■."'. i/- .. ■ s