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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18513, 25 March 1922, Page 10

For the number of persona .employed in the industry, probably the largest and meet complicated statement of the nature of a dispute before the Arbitration Court was that of the Wellington Stage Employees’ dispute, heard by Mr Justice Stringer and the assessors on Wednesday. The schedule of claims covered more than two pages of small print and included 10 separate parts and 97 clauses. For the union, Mr A. W. Croskory described the award as most difficult to handle, os there were so many different grades of workers, interlocking* in their business, travelling men, touri.ig men, day workers, men who were paid as casual workers during the day time, and came on at night at performance rates, lapsing again to casual workers next day. There was a tremendous difficulty in ascertaining what was what. The union had asked him to take up their case, as they were not familiar with industrial matteie at all. The value of Rugby, the progress of the game and the present day quality were briefly dealt with by Colonel G. F. C. Campbell during his remarks at the fortyfourth annual meerting of (he Athletic Football Club, Wellington. “We bad a visit last year from the South Africans.” he said. “The more we hear of these international visits of amateur Rugby teams the less we hear of the League game. They are doing a vast amouqt of good to sport in the dominion, apart entirely from Rugby. Tfc behoves each of us to do all we can to improve the standard of the game and raise it to 'he level it was on before the war. All the Rugby clubs in New Zealand trill be striving in that direction this year. This large attendance is a good ‘kick-off* on our part. The quality of Rngby play is as sound now as in the days before the war took toll of our ranks. During the years 1914-18 sport could not be maintained and were readily conceded the altered state of affairs. The old standards had perforce to suffer. Yon are all now faced with the task; of maintaining the pitch to which our national sport has been brought since the wa-, and. wherever practicable, to improve it further ” —lf you don’t like the colours that nature gave your flowers it is quite easy to change them (writes S. L. Bastin n Everyday Science). Gas fumes have a curious effect on roses and sweet peas. Select flowers which are naturally of rather a light shade. Light a gas burner, and then, after an interval, hold the flower just where it will get the fumes without being scorched. Almost at once the petals most in contact with the fumes start to change colour, and by turning the bloom about the whole flower is soon altered But you can never tell quite what will happen. A bright pint sweet pea may go mauve, or even blue, while a yellow rose is quite likely to turn orange. Another way of altering the colours of flowers is to submit them to the fumes of ammonia. On to a dish pour some water into which a few drops of strong ammonia have been placed. Put the blossoms to be treated into a little vase, and stand this on the dish, covered by a bell glass or a jar. At the end of ten minutes it wiU be found that they have undergone start liner colour changes. Whito flowers gn a bright yellow, red petals turn green, and blues and violets change into a reddish shade. Common violet asters can be nainted with a very weak solution' of nitric acid and water. Wave the flower about in the air for a few_ minutes and gradually the rays turn a brilliant scarlet. If they' do not change thoroughly at the first time of painting repeat the application. The laws of Moms as regards food har* saves improved wen.