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Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 273, 20 November 1919, Page 4

The, Wellington milk supply has been the subject,'of a good deal of agitation. A freezing plant has now been* established at the Council's vfactory at OtaJri, on . tho JVlanawatu line, and all milk is chilled befor" being forwarded to Wellington. This adds to the keeping qualities of the milk, and will be of considerable advantage in the hot summer* weather 0 The quality of the milk is excellent. The salaries of all members of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand have recently been reviewed by the directors-(says the Dominion), with She result that the war bonus has been made a permanent addition to salaries,, and other increases have bf-en made. Each officer of the. bank was considered separately, and Jjti iixing- the amount attention was given to length of service,»position, and responsibility. Circulars notifying officers of the new scale are now being^distributed.

-. Aii e\«ctric heating plant of great power is being used in the Welingtton streets for welding tramrails to•gether at the ends, on a line that is now being iai& along Lambton Quay. This welding not only fills the usual between the ends of the rails, and leads to smoother running, but it also gives a complete medium for the. return circuit, thus doing away with tfob expense of the copper. band usually laid for this purpose. The glare from the arc welder is so-in-tense that it is dangerous to the eyesight, and tho operator has to wear strongly tinted) glasses. Passers-by ■arpi warned by a notice on the little <;abinet surrounding tine operations no'toi gaze- on the light.

Now South Wales's wheat acreage Inns this year dwiii died to 2,996,0tX> acres, .as compared with the maximum of 5,122;O0O acres four years ago. These figures (says tho Sydney 3>aily Telegraph), make a staggering contrast,: arid one that no producing •countlry 'can look upon' with eqy.aninuty. A worse feature is that there is no compensating increase of production in any other ' direction. An even more disconcerting comparison is the decrease in the number of wheat, growers. In 1915 there were 22j453; this year there are 16,277. The question is: Why have over 6000 oi -oiur farmers gone out of wheatjsroyving1 /in the past four years? The obvious answer is because they could not afford to go on producing at a loss. Adverse seasons and inadequate prices have driven them off the lamd or into other lines of production. The present disastrous .season is going to make it .impossible for many others, who have this, year ploughed &o;vn in vain, to go further, even though the Government has crane; forward with the helping hand md more liberal advances. It is fairly safe to assume, however, that, with a favorable planting season next year, ihe slump in acreage will bo arrestjed. The market outlook offers inducements to that end. Nevertheless, tha replacement- of those 6,000 lost wheatgrowers must, in any case, bo a matter of yeaas, iand it occupies a foremost place in the problems of increasing production that has to be faced by the country and the Government.

XT pro WARD AND Co., LTD .ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS SHAREBROKERS, HIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. . AGENCIES : Few Zealand Insurance Company, Limited. Oi pan Accident at d Gu&rantee Corpora tion, Limited. / nstralian Mutual Provident Society. Attbert Anderson and Co., London. Liberal advances made on WOOL AND FROZEN MEAT at lowest charges. Importers of pure, hieh-ptovn CEYLON TEAS ' XTI OTEPHENSON INCENSED SURVEYOR AND ROAD ENGINEER. (55 PERCY STREET. T«le£iiio»B Nd.223.