ODDMENTS OF NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2462, 2 October 1914, Page 1

ODDMENTS OF NEWS.

In view of the early openi«e of ,th» ( Panama Canal and the great outlet . open to New Zealand for. Ihe «gx>rt ! of ite primary products to the. West Coasts, of North and South America, ' the council of the Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce iias askfed th« ', Prime Minister to send a Commissioner to &nith America. The Oh&m- I bei- suggested that Mr E. Clifton, who has been appointed Conimiesioner for . the Panama Exposition arid Trade Representative for the Dominion onith*West Coast of Canada, may s>e afforded an opportunity to'Tifidt; the . South American West Coast ports for. the purpose of opening up trade relations and gathering commercial ijßJformation. The Prime Minister hw. pro- , mised hie careful consideration ef tne suggestion. I .betters received in Wellington from Samoa this week bore stamps., J are sure to become exceedingly.valu- ■ aible in the eyes of pnilatenate.. They, j are the German &am'oan stamps orer- ( . printed in plain black lettei's. • 1 G:R.1." and tne denomination "Id" j or "Jd," as the case rttijr be. New' - that the island is a British.: posSee- . sion it must, of course,' Have; stamps, and iwhat more appropriate: series could be found for one of w&z . newest portions of the Empire' "th«i: j ; the old lUerman stamps cancey.edi aerit were, with the proclamation': "Gttorgius, Rex et Imperatorl" In one of. tne letters received yesterday were; three of the old ten-pfehni^- 'etampe l transformed by. the printing presft • into the one-penny "These stamps," said the writeV'of ; the letter, "cannot now be ■■ love or money." •.■*■" ~. '

The Auckland City Council is still | able to keep its staff of nearly 600 men working full time; The. Mayor; (Mr Parr), speaking to I said that nis > councili"notwithstand-v mg the impossibility of obtaining . money in London, has been, able;'iio; j finance drainage. operations, co ac to , keep up the full staff,on the drainage;' works. It can see about three months in regard to 3reiiiiig«:i work, and then we hope,the money* | market will have improved. I'hav*j been able," ha continued,'"to iecar*, £I0,0^K)/-at'4''p.cf.'cien^,'~for,one ;^»r? i| antj this loan will enablel uf* fe) go' rignt ahead with 'the "city- eteibjes, rorj j the erection of which tbjadersf be invited 'at "the neijfc meeting ' :ot. j the City"Oouiidil, •Eall'ajeo. in a tpTproceed-at \ the work oF/extendin'gV.tEef Eublio? J Library, ojE, tHiHfishi market, and 1 witU. the;-wobd-Blobltiiig!! of Elliott street. ".'; ", -. - ;,,«i ]

In the September issue pf the Journal of the Department of the ediotr places'first an "'article "on; Root Trials at Ruakura, by 'Primro6« McConnell. MrMcGonnell gives ticulars of yields of m*n|/ gels (71 tons to the acre) ! '»nd other: varieties of mangels, : giving; defoilfiT of fertilisers applied, and says that a 50-ton crop may be'grown a* 2e: pfcif aero. Mr T. W. Lonsdale shows tbafe in the potato tests at 'Moumahaki,V Gamekeeper and Maori Chief gave the, best results. Mr W. M._ Singleton; writing on semi-official testing,, that Mr C. G. C. Dermer ! e: Jereeji: cow. Young Sybil, now leads 'the; clas?' of young Jerseys, and hae the highest Jersey record to date, she having ;prqduced 565.421b butter-fat in/365 4tiye? Mr W. E. Gwillim explains how the fat content of cream may be gtfugedi Articles on the work for th* r comitie j month on the farm, orchard,:poultrytj yard, apiary, garden, etc., ere: addedV'j The Journal retains its ueefulnese/ and we sincerely congratulate Editor Cuming on its excellence.. .6' Great things are expected' of tie; fishing industry by the Hon. F. M;■ 8.1, Fisher, Minister of Marine. In; open--ing the aquarkun at Wellington Zoo, the Minister stated" that the-Go~" vernment had recently brought out! Professor Prince, the Canadiai , Commissioner of Fisheries, vrHo' : waf'the; foremost expert in the world," kixd '~'f e[ the result of his visit it wag hoped ;t<x see a great national iadtstry", whidHj in the past had been neglectei under divided control, "built up 'under ; united control, co that the peopki should get the benefit of which Providence, intended they? should enjoy. The fishing; industry: was unlike the wool, butter,' and,;. other industries, as the "whole of "the--preparanions were made by. Prori-. dence, and if a. great war arose, and,] New Zealand should by any mean*; be cut off, there.would be at herdbore' a supply of foodstuffs which it would be impossible to interfere witli. i vShortly he hoped to be a/ble to present to Parliament Professor PrincVr report, anS as tEe result of that report he hoped to see established a FisheTie* Department which would control the fis'liin-' industry throughout New Zealand. ;

Paji-ticulars of the adventuree of soinp of tho Gorman oruieeni in > the Pacific -were brouftlit to Sjaney *aeb week hy pasaengera on the Sonoma, from San Francisco. The AntoMean steamer arrived at- Honolulu a/Xfrw days after the Nurnberg had left tta port, and the town was full of the cruiser's doings.. Mr W. R. Morrie, secretary of the New Zealand Poet and Telegraph Service,, "who returned by the steame,r, supplied & few , 'details. "We were told," he said, "that the oruiser left Honolulu in a hurry, but that before she had done so «he had taken up 36 naval reserviate #ho were on the German merchantmen. Setoe and Pomern interned their*, ano that she had alsoi had made -a tremendous iron hook ■■ to take: up the cable at Farming-Island. She. ! miaswJ collaring one coal-laden, boat -by-a day, ibut we were told. iihat:sh*lia*l got another later." Mr Morris added that they iiad had further news" 0* the Niimberg, and also of theScharahorst, on September 11, near Apis. The vessels had been eeen near th*re> and the Sonoma picked up their wireless messaiges. Froni-oibeer-vations which Mr Morriß made during his travels across America; he' iajf there i≤ no doubt whatever cept in isolated caJsesj, the Aiaericßii nation is distinctly anti-Germipiy wiul this even amopgst German* 1 veLvso:selvcs who have ibecome ; natural»ed Americanfl. j| " ■ ;i " :: *'' : ' r.