GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 January 1939, Page 4

GENERAL ITEMS

One Delivery of Letters As to-morrow will be observed as I the Provincial Anniversary Day. no delivery of letters will be made by postmen in ihe afternoon. The usual morn- { ing delivery will be carried out. c 1 War Unlikely , The view that war was unlikely, be- 1 cause there was so much talk of v/ar, i was expressed in an interview by Mr ( Charles Hugo, principal of a London ] publishing firm. Mr Hugo, who is in I Christchurch during a world tour, said 1 that for about two years there had \ been crisis after crisis, but the last i war had begun with only a week’s i | notice for mobilisation. “It is not the : i dog that growls that makes trouble, jhe said “It is the dog that doesn’t < j growl.” Riding Accounts Abolished The Murchison County Council at its , last meeting passed a motion which will have the effect of abolishing riding accounts. The resolution will be confirmed at the next meeting in February. More People Needed New Zealand’s need for a much larger population, especially for developing secondary industries, was argued by an English tourist, Dr. D. C. Hare, London, in reviewing to a Christchurch “Press” reporter some of her impressions of the Dominion. ' You need much more population in New Zealand.” Dr. Hare said. ‘You will want it for the development of secondary industries, for instance. Without more population you cannot set up factories and expect them to run on an economic basis and make yourselves self-con-tained.”

Commercial Travellers and Import Restriction That some commercial travellers are likely to be affected detrimentally as the result of the operation of the import and exchange control regulations, was asserted by Mr G. H. Christie at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Commercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen’s Association. The operation of the regulations, he said, might affect some of their members very seriously. He knew quite a number who did not know how to carry on. It might mean many of their members getting out of work, or having to close down, or seeking other avenues for their activities. One friend of his who lost everything in the slump had managed to eke out an existence by importing new lines. Unfortunately. under the new state of things, he had no importations for the first six months of last year and found himself out of business and looking for a position.

Refrigerator and Stove for Dog Kennels The sumptuous appointments of the kennels of Mr Harold Castle, a wealthy Hawaiian landowner whose hobby is breeding Great Danes and German shepherd dogs were described by Mr T. A. Gresson, who has returned from a visit to Hawaii, and who was interviewed by ‘The Press.” For about 20 great Danes and 20 German shepherds there was a special kitchen with stove, refrigerator, and sink, and a dispensary. The kennels were electrically lit. Mr Castle was indignant when told by Mr Gresson of the trouble in New Zealand with Alsatians. For 24 years he had been breeding large dogs for sale in the United States and on the Islands, and had never had trouble. It would be caused only by improper feeding and lack of exercise, he said. “A Monstrous Idea” The establishment of State lotteries in New Zealand has been discussed at intervals during the last six months by various local bodies, and opinions generally have been divided. At a meeting of local bodies at Auckland last July a resolution was moved and seconded that the matter of organising a State lottery, to finance at least the hospitals of the Dominion, be placed before the Government. It was eventually decided, however, to defer taking this step. In the meantime, the

subject has been largely reviewed by the churches, which generally do not favour the establishment of a State lottery. “A monstrous idea” is the text of the caption of an editorial on national lotteries in the current issue of the “Methodist Times,” in which the hope is expressed “that the Government will not coquet with this reprehensible idea, but will turn a deaf ear to any offers, however financially alluring, to permit the establishment of a national lottery in this land of ours.” Gambling, it is said, is quite sufficiently rampant as it is, and it needs no State commendation.

Tribute Ic Mill Workers “Allow me to say a few words of praise to Mr D. Horrell, manager of H. Baigent and Sons’ Waiwhero mill, and his staff of willing workers, on the way in which they ‘moved off the mark’ in response to a call to a fire at the property >f Mr F. Clarke, of Lower Moutere. last Tuesday afternoon.” writes a correspondent. “The fire signal—four blasts of the whistle—was given to call the men up from out of the bush, as well as to the mill men ready, and within a matter of two minutes, all hands, from ou c h and all were on their way to the scene of the fire Was that not a quick move? At getting off the mark’ they equal any fire brigade. On Thursday morning the signal was given again, as a call to the same place The four blasts had hardly gone out before bushmen were ready to get away. And, as will be agreed by all, Mr Horrell and his staff are to be praised for the way m which they did their part to save a home and a plantation.”