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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 22 September 1914, Page 8

From London the New Zealand and African (Federal-Shire) Line has learned that the British Government has fixed the freight at which mutton should be carried from the River Plate to the United Kingdom at |d per lb. The ordinary rates current in New Zealand for beef are id per lb, and for mutton 9-16 d per lb, for a voyage of over twice the distance.

The results of the Schools of the Empire Shooting Competition for 1914 show that the Otago Boys' High School occupied the 28th position on a list of 45 schools, with a score of 445 points out of a total of 560. The positions of the other New Zealand schools which competed were as follow : —New Plymouth High School, second; King's College (Auckland), 17th; Auckland Grammar School, 18th; Waitakx Boys' High School, 20th; Wanganui College, 31st; Palmerston North High School, 33rd; Chnstchurch High School, 36th. In the junior competition the Otago Boys' High School was third.

In answer to a recommendation from the conference of the Farmers' Union to the effect that better facilities should be provided for the conveyance of road i&etal for local bodies, the Department has replied as f o.llows;—"Road metal for local bodies is carried lat absolutely unremunerative rates, and the Departn#nt can undertake the conveyance thereof only at times when more remunerative traffic is not offering. The difficulty experienced by local bodies would probably be reduced if they made arrangements for the provision of depots at which the metal could be unloaded during slack seasons and carted therefrom as convenient. Every effort will, however, be made to meet the requiremeiits of the local bodies consistent with the requirements of other classes of traffic.''

"hi the privacy of the family circle we are all apt to be critical and captious, especially in relation to the be-nind-the-times heads of the family" •said Mr W. G. Wiekham, in addressing the New Zealand Club, Wellington, on the subject of British trade. "We are not nearly so ready to notice that a sister is good-looking as we are to admire that smart and up-to-date cousin across the street, or some other fellow's sister. -If you want to know Sheffield's reputation for steel-making, go and ask m America. If you want to know what British manufacturers can do, don't look in the London newspapers, but in the statistics of manufactured goods which England sells at a profit in countries which have the highest protective tariff."

At a recent meeting of the South Canterbury Hospital Board at Timaru, the cases of some men (?) who neglect their wives and families were discussed: in one case it. was reported (says the Herald) that a mother with a lot of little children (whose father. would not provide for them) had, by dint of hard work managed to get. a good meal for the little ones one day when they were out. Unfortunately, the father arrived home and ate ali the food,.so that when the children arrived there was nothing for them. Mr Maslin said, and other members agreed, that there should be legislation by which such men could be kept in the lock-up. "And periodically birched," added the chairman. Dr. Paterson remarked that it would be a very good thing if the Government would establish places on which such men could be kept and made to do work profitable to the State, and to have their wages paid to their wives and families.