NOTES BY THE WAY

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 3239, 6 December 1930, Page 5

NOTES BY THE WAY

(By Rambler)

It was a Scot who wanted freemasons to build his tomb.

Light literature: Power Board's reports.

News item says that a certain sugar refining company's profits amounted to over £600,000. Sugar breeds sugar.

I understand a liberal education is unpopular in. Scotland.

At this week's sitting of the local Magistrate's Court, there was a big drop in litigation—another result of the fall in wool prices.

"Don't be despondent, butter is moving," remarked Mr. G. F. Nelson at yesterday's meeting of the Wairere Power Board when a member was prophesying a lean time for the farmers.

The New South Wales Government proposes to run a State lottery to help the Unemployment fund. Well, the people took a big chance when they returned Mr. Lang and his party, but nobody has had a win yet.

A message from London last week stated that Maharajah Rana of Bahadur has ordered £IO,OOO worth of motor cars for her own use. Evidently the slump in butter and wool is not affecting India.

We have a Tammadge Street, a Troopers' Road, a Boddie's Road, etc., but, judging by the activities of the member for the district in regard to roading matters, we should have a "Broadfoot's" Road. I wouldn't, of course, suggest that-the name of the main street (up to the present time at any rate) should be changed to "Mayor's" Street.

The unemployment problem in New South Wales must be much more serious than we realise in this country. Mr. Lang has 1063 applications for appointments to the Legislative Council. As Mr. Lang proposes to appoint only forty to the Upper House it will be the opinion of his colleagues that he is not dealing with the country's great problems in a proper way.

Dean Inge is very pessimistic on many things of to-day, as compared with the Victorian era. He says that the girls of to-day are not so pretty or as modest as they were half a century back. No doubt the versatile Dean took more interest in the girls of the 70's than he does to-day, and can scarcely be a competent judge of these matters. Personally I think that the girls of the 30's will compare more than favourably with those of the 80's both in regard to looks and morals. They have also more initiative and "go," are not afraid of work, and are better sports in every way. I have only read of the girls of 50 years ago, but have a personal knowledge of the modern girl, but prefer those of our own days.

Considerable feeling was displayed by the party of American tourists on the Malolo owing to the stringency of the Customs and health regulations in Australia and New Zealand. They were kept waiting 2% hours before they were allowed to land in Wellington. I have heard stories of how immigrants are treated at Ellis Island, but in the minds of these American visitors there is a big difference between "immigrants" and "tourists."

The National Socialistic Party in Denmark consider that "wemen are useless in politics; they are not good at the 'rough' stuff and lack the brutality to do anything effective." I don't agree with this theory. In Russia the women have shown themselves to be the equal of men in dealing out "rough stuff," and in the French Revolution all members of the gentler sex did not show those angelic qualities which are usually ascribed to them.. When women can achieve records in long distance flying, can snatch coveted prizes in rifle shooting competitions, and perform many other feats which legislators of any country would not attempt, it can be said that they have taken a place in world affairs which cannot be ignored by the sterner sex.