NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1923, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

"I! in America Dial V-v. Z.-a-hilidei . enjoy a very good reioii ai ion over t .ore." remarked Dr. F. I. Render. of Woliingl ii. on lii lel ii’ii from the i Olid Si . I"-. "'t ta A HI" l ira, 1 ii.U's elieigl, enthusiasm, and alert Hess and a- the New Zealander u-u.dly visits the Slates ii.ii a definite object in vice. In* [liaise llie A iiioricai, iiiiim nsely. 1 !ou:.d that Hex pel tin 01-elves to no end of lr. tilde to aesi-t the visitor. I 1 open tidy had to eerie 1 the idea that Xe Zealand is part ol Australia. It. is high Lime ue did something by advertisement, to eradi"ate that belief, u liicli is fairly eommoii in the minds of the middle-: la-s Americans. IVr-nn-ally 1 'iii all I could to con! radiei (lie nica." Ri.det'etiee lo Hie standing ol the Domini, u i:i the l.andon financial miiikit win node reiently to mem hers of the I\ 1 teltoii lia H on' lie ird by Al r J. MarGiblani. manager ol the Bank of Now Zealand, lie quoted all install*.* of e public I dy v.diieli " in lo London for a le.'ii ami had it 1 ver-sulisei i'.ed u.Hiin a geek. Air Al act; i 1 11.011 Hien told an amusing story of the :i}>!'!i.-:i-tiou made lor a loan by the Thames Valley EK'-tri" Bov,i v Board. A inttiilor ol old I. dies iii Loudon thought that Hie Beau! va- an liliglisli organisi'lioii and Mere *.l the opinion that I* ■ .-*.! ! h- ..oly eetiioiie ou their part . ~1 ~■! 1., 1 la- .11 'lulls ■ i I hep, u ere a l l'y <le appointed '• l" 0 they learned that they "ere shut out. A diseils'ion took [lace I etween two gent'enieii ill Wellington as to how main ol the p pillation ol Neu Zealand •..[■: e i j ru in li:' Dominion, and one of tliein V'Oit: 11*. d tile gne-s that at least half *1 them were hum outsi'.le tlie jl minion. A. referent e to the census let unis s 'tiled t lie finest ion, and both were Sill pi'i-od at I lie figures, which revealed that at the last census, in April. IP3I. Hie native born population iiuiil-l:.*r.-d !.",u;.?83. or 7 1 or <enl.. and “loieign born" 313.(Un or 3->.<>-> |er

"Yes. 1 know. .Mediaideal things to sime hows are like silk stockings to a girl they musi have them." remarked Air J. \Y. Boynton. S.M.. in the Auckland Juvenile Cmiri v.lien a well-dre>-:ed little buy was charged with the theft , : f .1 wireless outfit. He was the -on of respect able people, and had been well I -ought up. so it was stated. Tile sight of the mechanical contrivance ill an enclosure m the next-door hack garden had. however, been too much for him. Despite hi- good h ime influence:', i ovefousnoss claimed him as a. victim mill he yielded lo the temptation to steal the whole outfit. After an admonition the hoy was ili-ehargcd, restitution of damage clone Being rrdore'.t.

Rp'.nkin. l at the deputation which wailed on tie- Aiiui-U'i for Internal Affairs at AVeliington recently, urging H'e preservation of native birds, Sir Thomas Alt’.-keiizie said that the Acclimatisation Societies were ontnely ll !( . wrong people to have; anything to do with the protection of native birds. The v were interested 111 introducing

game and in shoot i-ts and getting ices. Ho Pa l mi faith in them whatever, and hoped that the function of protectin''* native birds would be taken away I'lvm them. If a trust wort by inspector were -out round he could bring ample evidence to rebut' statements made in favour e.f an open season. The -Minister ssiid that he had questioned the

.'•( jotios a> to tlmir being more interested in imported than in native game, and the president of the Otago Society said tliat it was a very mistaken idea. Hi-; society was more interesting in the protection of native birds than in any other thing.

Speaking in Dunedin. Air Cyril Ba-

in. general secretary of the .Migration Department at the National Conned of Young Men’s ( Kristian Associations, I,',mlon. emphasised that in order to

s'.-i-t in the building tip of a strong New Zealand in the future his mission aimed at the '-election of emigrants of t lie riant ivpe. Ii did not pay England, lie said, to send out undesirables. He referred to the present system of individual nomination as I eing weak, and placed before hi? hearers the outline of what he considered a more effective basis which had been evolved. If the present nomination svstem were broadened to embrace collective Indies such as churches, ledges, rotary clubs, etc., then, Mr Bavin urged, the chances of failure as regards the class of emigrant sent out would he greatly minimised. It could bo arranged that these collective bodies work in unison with similar bodies in the Homeland to the benefit of all concerned, especially to the dominion as a whole.