SIFTINGS

Northland Age, Volume 4, Issue 5, 2 November 1934, Page 8

SIFTINGS

A special cash bonus of about £65,000 is to be distributed among' the unemployed at Christmas.

Mr. St. Clair Jounneaux, of Kamo, has announced himself as an Independent candidate for the Marsden seat at the next general election.

“There is no present intention to resume railway construction.” - The Minister of Public Works.

The Minister of Agriculture has given permission for the shipment to the United Kingdom of boneless veal (bobby calf meat) killed before July 12 and still held in store.

The Massey College authorities, at the request of certain New Zealand breeders, have decided to test farmers’ flocks for hairiness at a small fee to cover the actual costs.

Charged with the murder of Paui Henare Riwhi, at Waiotemarama,

Hokianga, on September 24, Puhipi Riwhi appeared on remand in the Police Court, Auckland, last Saturday. He was again remanded, with the consent of his counsel, Mr. Turner, to appear at Rawene on November 23.

! The production of butterfat in New ! Zealand for this season up to October 13 was 51,978,625 lb., compared with 54,543,425 lb. for the same period last year, or a fall of 4.7 percent.

To assist Crown tenants during the depression period the Minister of Lands has been empowered from time to time to extend the period during which he may grant the postponement of rents.

In Yugoslavia, according to re-cently-published statistics, 1609 jointstock companies were on the register at the close of 1932, comprised of 632 banks and banking concerns, 27 insurance companies, 691 industrial enterprises, 143 trading companies, and 51 transport concerns.

“We say emphatically that the policy of economic nationalism now being pursued by all nations—including Australia ! —is not. a whimsical attempt to spite other nations. It is a perfectly natural policy arising from the newly-acquired knowledge that countries are finding it physically possible to supply more and more of their own requirements.”— New Era (Sydney).

In recent years there has been a perceptible decline in the consumption of beef in Britain, and a largely increased consumption in mutton and lamb and in pigmeat. “It should be realised that the powers and functions conferred on the Commission of Agriculture are only a beginning. The list of purposes for which regulations may be made shows how complete the control of the dairy industry is likely to be. It should not be forgotten that all primary industry may be brought under authority to the same extent and in the same detail.”—N.Z. Herald.

At a meeting of the Primary Producers’ Union in Sydney recently, Mr. M. P. Dunlop, M.L.C., said : “The position of the great majority of dairy farmers is desperate. Many are in a hopeless position.” It was decided to call attention to the urgent necessity of obtaining new markets for dairy produce, and to recommend that a close inquiry be made into the possibility of developing new markets in China.

“If there must be control of primary industry, simplicity, unity and flexibility should surely be the main features of the machinery for it. Such qualities cannot be conceded to the elaborate structure promised by superimposing a new central authority upon the boards already existing. It is impossible to escape the conclusion that enthusiasm for creating the machinery has diverted attention from the essential output, relief for a sorely-tried industry. That is what emerges from careful analysis of the dairy legislation now before Parliament.”—N.Z. Herald.