Electors of South Taranaki!

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 3 November 1925, Page 6

Electors of South Taranaki!

The serious effect of the strike in all harbour operations was stressed at the meeting of the Patea Harbour Board yesterday. The chairman said that the exports were 1300 tons less for September than for the same montn Jast year. The authorities had been faced" with the position of having to race some produce away or to send some by rail. The total shipped in September, 1924, amounted to 1382 tons, in comparison with 96 tons in 1925. A decision not to make a grant towards the Taranaki court at the Dunedin Exhibition was made at the monthly meeting of the Taranaki County Council yesterday. It had previously resolved to grant £69, provided other local bodies throughout the district made isome contribution. A number of local bodies had, however, turned down the proposal, said the chairman (Mr. J. S. Oonnett), and he therefore felt the council was not now justified in contributing.—News. “There is no need to enforce legislation to compel people to keep their children at school until the age of 15 in New Zealand,” said the Director of Education (Mr. J. Caughley), when explaining the junior high school system to an audience in Dannevirke. “Education is so much appreciated that the number of children who do not attend school after they are 14 is negligible —only about 2090 to 3000, in fact. Probably most of these are unable to be spared, the circumstances of their parents requiring them to commence earning as quickly as possible. It would be unfair to compel such to attend school and learn a. lot of things that probably they would find of no practical lienefit to them in the lives they have to live.” There is small wonder that the average Australian visiting New Zealand finds the port health regulations restrictive and irksome as no such restrictions are imposed on people arriving in Sydney from New Zealand savs the Dominion). On the evening before the arrival of a Sydney steamer in a New Zealand port each passenger is required to fill in a long form, giving name, age, sex, business, length of stay in New Zealand, nationality, that of iiis or her father and mother; their country and place of birth, etc. Then when the Port Health Officer arrives on board all are required to walk past, him, and at the same time present the form for the edification of police and Customs officials. This relic of war regulations finds no counterpart in the Commonwealth, where passengers may walk ashore, have their luggage marked at once by Customs officials, and get away with little delay to the city. If the Empire is to hang together there should be greater knowledge 'and understanding between the Dominions, a fairer exchange of news, and closer trade relations, stated Mr. C. Crandall, of the British United Press, who was a. passenger by the Aorangi from Sydney to Vancouver. Mr. Crandall, who has his headquarters at Montreal, was one of the Canadian delegates to the British Empire Press Conference. Mr. Crandall said he found complete ignorance of Canada in many parts of Australia and New Zealand, and it was also true that in many parts of Canada little was known of the southern Dominions. There was a lack of solid news. The volume of cable news that came to Australia and New Zealand was not sufficient to cover the important news of the world, let alone news of the British Empire. However, as the outcome of the Press Conference and negotiations afterwards he felt sure that a better exchange of news between the different parts of the British Empire would be facilitated. Speaking as a Canadian, he thought Australia had greater possibilities than any other portion of the British Empire. It also had greater obstacles to overcome. The Australians were a confident, strong and courageous people, but they needed all their courage to overcome the obstacles.

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ing the month. Everything at the station was in good order. DREDGEMASTER’S REPORT. In his report the dredgemaster stated that he had been carrying out repairs ordered by the Government inspector, a list of which has been handed to the secretary. With a few exceptions the repairs were completed. The dredge was taken off on November 3. Two repairs turned up unexpectedly at the overhaul which threw the work back. The wooden foundation under the crane was condemned, in addition to some of the plates in the hopper, which were showing a good deal of corrosion. In order to check this he had found it necessary to thoroughly chip and paint these plates. Dredging is to be resumed on November 9.