One Shilling Per Minute

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 30 March 1938, Page 6

One Shilling Per Minute

At last evening's meting of the Tahunanui Town Board it was revealed that if the board continued using its horse it would cost an extra £1 a week as wages to the foreman for attending to it over the week-end. One member pointed out that the necessary attention would only take about ten minutes a day, and the man would thus be receiving about a shilling a minute. He wished he could make money as easily as that. It was pointed out that the foreman was willing to do the work without extra pay. but was prevented from doing so by the union. Gardening at 91 For all his 91 years, Councillor A. W. Owlcs, the senior member of the New Brighton Borough Council, can still wield a scythe in workmanlike manner (states "The Press”). In a discussion before the last meeting of the council, Councillor Owles was congratulated by councillors on a job of scything he had done on his own property. Further prcof of his gardening ability was also C( ntained in congratulations Councillor Owles received on his work in dig-gir.g-in and replanting a lawn. Councilor Owles, disclaiming any spe,'r:l moiil in the work, said he did ft himself because he would not be satisfied if anyone else did the job The Honey Yield The yield of honey on the West Coast this season has been well above the average, the district Apiary Instructor (Mr G. F. Page) informed the “Grey Star.” The bloom of rata was not outstanding, but the exceptionally fine weather experienced up to the end of February gave the bees every opportunity to taking advantage of such blooms as there were. If the fine spell had continued throughout this month, the yield of honey would have probably constituted a record, but production almost ceased when the weather broke early this month. The Navy’s Part “I specially want to emphasise that the whole question of naval defence is a matter which the public must look at from an Empire point of view, and not merely from the point of view of each separate Dominion, because the crux of the whole situation in case of war is that if the British Empire retains command of the sea it continues to exist, whereas if it loses that command it ceases to exist,” said Vice-Admiral J. E. T. Harper, C. 8., M.V.0.. R.N. (ret.), in an interview with "The Post ” "To ensure maintaining that essential control at sea, and moreover to assist in preserving the peace of the world, it is absolutely necessary for the Empire to have a strong navy assisted as it must be in these days, by a strong air force. When considering this command at sea it must never be forgotten that efficient naval defence depends on secure bases, such as that of Singapore, the vital importance of which has been fully realised for many years by the public of New Zealand and Australia. The Navy League, which is, of course, a non-party, non-political movement, exists, as most people know, and ought to if they do not, to instil the above principles in the minds of the peoples of the whole of the British Empire, and it is largely due to the unceasing work of the Navy League branches in Great Britain and in the Dominions that the present rearmament scheme has been accepted by the public.”