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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 January 1939, Page 4

The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’= issue that the due date of payment of income-tax is on Wednesday, the Bth day of February. 1939. Additional tax will accrue if the tax it, not paid on or before Ist March. 1939. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about Ist February, 1939. Demands must be presented with all payments. and if a demand has not been received the Commissioner should be communicated with. Another tribute to the virtues of the weed! Mr Robert Lynd, a well-known English .journalist, recently wrote: "It seems to me that pipes, cigarettes and cigars produce in life something of the effect that full stops, colons, semi-colons and comas produce in prose. They break things up. and so relieve the monotony for the weaker brethren.” But the beneficial effects produced by tobacco are not confined to the "weaker brethren ” "The magic herb” appeals to all. gentle and simple, brain-workers and manual toilers, the cultured and the uncultured It helps immeasurably not only to dispel the "monotony of life.” but to cheer and comfort the despondent, the afflicted and the lonely The one thing needful is to see that it is pure, and perhaps the purest tobacco procurable anywhere is the New Zealand. It's toasted, and therefore harmless. And how good it is! —the sweetest, most fragrant, soothing and delightful! There are five brands, and thev are equally popular: Navy Cut No. 3. Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, Cavendish, and Cut Plug No. 10.*

Rats and Geometric Progression When the Hawera Borough Council decided at a recent meeting to purchase I a quantity of rat poison for free distri- ; bution to the public a councillor objected on the grounds that even if 200 rats escaped with their lives, by a system of "geometric progression” they would in the course of six months produce another half a million of their kind. Tn answer to this statement the Mayor, Mr J. E. Campbell, pointed out that if only 100 rats were destroyed then following out the earlier theory and by a similar system of "geometric progression” the potential rat population of the town must be similarly reduced by half a million. Steady Saving How many boys can save £750 in : 10 years? The answer Is obviously not many. The Government Youth Centre in Christchurch, however, can (the "Star-Sun” says) offer boys 16 years of age such a prospect. A graph has been prepared and displayed in , the centre’s office revealing how such a saving is practicable in the farming industry to-day. The table Is based on the award wages announced by the Government in September last. Under this award a boy receives £1 a week and lodgings during his first year on a dairy farm. Of this amount the centre has allocated 7s for pleasure. 7s to be banked for clothing, and 6s for the building up of a nest egg. At the age of 21 the wage rate has increased by yearly rises to £2 12e 6d. from which 14s is still set aside for pleasure and clothing account, leaving £1 18s 6d for savings, which* by this time have grown to just on f 250. At the same rate of saving during the next five years the total amounts to £750 England in the Crisis “For 48 hours there was real alarm and the churches were full; everybody knew that he was looking into the abyss. Then came relief and great thanksgiving Now. with dug-outs on every green and gas-masks in every house, they are unconcerned again.” said the Rev. Canon S Parr, Christchurch, when discussing the crisis in England on his return from abroad. He said the English were "as English as ever": not till a day or two before the crisis could they be induced to take the gas-mask business seriously: and then they used them as sink strainers.” Friendliness In South Island The view that the people in the South Island were more friendly than those In the North Island was expressed this week by a Scottish visitor to Christchurch, Miss A. P. Gibson. She said she had no complaint about the friendliness of the North Island people, but there was a warmer feeling among the South Islanders. Agriculture in England "Farming is generally exercised over agriculture, a great deal of land is each year going out of cultivation, and the pastoral lands are inadequately farmed,” was a comment made on agriculture in England by the Rev. Canon S. Parr, principal of College House, on his return to Christchurch from a trip Rbroad. "The fact is that competition is so keen, and farm labour is so difficult that fanning is in decay. Yet milk, which has no competition from overseas. is very dear. One suspects that the methods of farming need modernising. or that milk combines are responsible for the high price.” He saH j that the Government was trying to enj courage Tanning in England, but the j farmer did not seem to be making much headway, and much of the land was going out of cultivation. "England is pushing ahead her social legislation,” he added, "but with the enormous amount expended on armaments the difficulties of foreign policy and defence are rather dwarfing Internal matters”

Educational Method* in Victoria The view that a board educational system such as exists in New Zealand allows of more intimate relationships between teacher, child and parent and provides a more democratic means of control than a centralised administration was expressed by Mr R. A. Watson, formerly headmaster of the Portland School, who returned to New Zealand by the Niagara, after studying Victorian educational methods during a year in that State under the exchange of teachers scheme. The New Zealand system, he said, allowed greater freedom for both child and teacher. Nevertheless, there were many fine aspects of Victorian methods which would be of benefit in New Zealand. There was a very large staff of swimming and drill instructors who visited schools regularly and were responsible for the physical development of the children. He greatly admired the Reliefs Committee Association. an organisation which existed throughout the State to give assistance to poorer pupils. Country schools supplied goods to the town schools, which in turn sent requirements not obtainable in the country to those districts. Schools in wealthier localities looked after the needs of children attending specific schools in poor areas. Great stress was placed on the mathematical side of education in Victoria and le-:s on arts and literature than in the Dominion. Mr Watson, who gave mary lectures on educational and general Dominion topics, said great interest had been shown in New Zealand methods Much admiration had been expressed for the New Zealand system of projec t work.

Employment Scarce in Britain The High Commissioner* for New Zealand, Mr W. J. Jordan, is conutftntly being approached by New Zealanders in London who are seeking employment. He expresses surprise at the large number of both men and women who come to Britain hoping to find work. Mr Jordan wishes it to be known in New Zealand that as there are many thousands of men and women unemployed in all parts of Britain it is difficult for any to obtain employment wuo are not particularly skilled in sum*? occupation. Young men and women who have particular skill and qualifications and who cotne to Britain to further their knowledge of a trade or profession appear to have less difficulty In obtaining temporary appointments, but even in such cases it is advisable to make inquiries before leaving New Zealand "London is a hard place" said Mr Jordan. Activities connected with the sale of New Zealand produce are limited There are seldom vacancies occurring, and it is inadvisable for any New Zealanders to come b/v hoping that they will find employment in the sales divisions or in the New Zealand Government services :n London.

Penguins Under a House Individual penguins not infrequently come ashore on the New Zealand coast, but it is rare to find them breeding in settled neighbourhoods. A family at Thorne’s Bay. Takapuna. was recently troubled by noises under the house at night and attributed them to rats. One evening, however, the occupier. Mrs E. M. Bosworth. was surprised to see a penguin disappearing under the building with a fish in its beak. Further investigation showed that a pair of birds had nested beneath th<* floor of a back bedroom and were 'earing a small brood. The penguin* belonged to a small species which is sometimes found on West Coast beaches, but is rare on the East Coast. It is believed that the birds come northward from the sub-Antarctic islands to seek a warmer climate as the breeding season approaches, or else are carried away from their usual habitat by ocean currents.