TOMAHAWK ROAD BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19202, 19 June 1924, Page 11

TOMAHAWK ROAD BOARD.

The ordinary meeting of the Tomahawk Road lioartl was lipid on Monday arid was a I landed 1? y Messrs Mathieson (chairman), Henderson,' Fallnwlield, Pryde, Robertson, and Srnaill. Mr Smaill gave notion to move at next meeting that Iho hoard levy rains amounting to Igd for (ho current year. Mr •Bniuton's lender lo supply metal was accepted. It was <lecided tii instruct the surfaceman to dean out water tables and out bank the lupins without delay. The clerk was instructed lo write lo several settlers drawing their attention to the state of the gorso hedges overhanging the road. Accounts amounting to £l2 Is 7d were passed for payment. - ‘■PRIME CANTERBURY.” TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — In tills morning’s paper I notice that at a meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce a letter was read from Mr .James Begg complaining of the hundreds of thousands of iambs that ate lailed annually from Otago to Uaji ter bury freezing works, being killed and shipped Home as" ‘‘Canterbury quality.” It does not to bo known (bat at Smithiicid market in London the primest mutton and lamb are known lo the trade as "Prime Canterbury.” and were so designated long before any frozen mutton was sent from Now Zealand. Scon after the frozen industry started, 1 was annoyed to find that sheep and lambs killed and frozen in Canterbury sold in London at slightly better prices than produce shipped from Oamarn, although two-thirds of all the sheep and lambs killed at Totara and frozen on board (he different sailing vessels were from the Levels, Parecrn, and fiakataramea estates in Canterbury. I then ascertained that the province of Canterbury was fortunate in having that name, as'it implied a. very great deal so far ns the meal trade in Loudon was concerned, and it seems that the Canterbury freezing works are benefiting to this day by (be use of tfi.it name. Now, in my opinion, the different: freezing works in Otago and Southland, ami. in’fact, in any part of Now Zealand, have a perfect right: to use the brand "Prime Canterbury” on I heir best-quality lamb or mutton, and no person could find fault with thorn for doing so. They would only be usiim a mark dial is known m Sm’it.bfield a s best quality, and the nrovince of Canterbury lias no right to a monopoly of it. This “would wive the Qtngo farmers a mint of money annually in railage, and the lambs could he frozen or shipped from the loeal ports. No doubt what helped the nrovineo of Canterbury to establish a good name for its mutton in (ho early days_of freezing was (he preponderance of Englrh Leicester crossbred sheep there was in the province at that time. The English Leicester ram produced a short, dumpy, round-barrelled carcase of beautiful pink-nml-white fiesb. which was very Inking to (he eye in comparison with the long slabs of tallowy carcases produced by Lincoln and Border Leicester rains.' I am. etc.. Joitx M AcritEP.sox, Dunedin, June 17. PRIMARY SCHOOL RUGBY FOOTBALL. TO THE EDITOR. Sin,—l notice that, the Otago Rugby Union has decided to have no primary school competition this year. Is this because the union ha- not enough entries from school teams or because it means to cut. out. ail boys except State school scholars from playing their game, it looks to me as if (he State Schools’ Association will very soon control all Rugby football in Dunedin. The Rugby Union now' invites tile primary school scholars from the Christian Brothers and other schools to compete, in secondary schools’ competitions. That- is a. nice state of affairs. What chance has a primary boy ••o t with a, secondary schools boy. Two years ago the N.Z.R.U passed a resolution that Rugby Unions must leave their competitions for primary schools open or they would not receive the yearly grant to help to carry on school competitions. f*ost year the O.R.F. U. decided, to its credit, that the primary school competition he left open lo all schools. What happened'.' The Stale Primary .Schools' Association would not enter teams because they might have to meet something belter from other schools. Consequently, the O.R.F.U. ran a small competition amongst, the school teams that entered under its jurisdiction—two or throe teams from tlio Cliri'iian Brothers' School and M'Olaslian 'College —while the association with Ib© lapse " name ran a competition on their own. The State Primary Schools’ Association, however, sent an account in to the O.R.F.U. for expenses incurred _iy running it s competition, and bad the iiitpertinence to ask the union to pay it. The O.R.F.U. Committee held the_ account over for a wed; or so to ascertain if all was correct, and finally paid it. the amount of it being about £lB 10s. Now, why should the O.R.F.U. use public money to pay for expenses not incurred under its jurisdiction nr even use anv of the NZ.R.U. grant to help football that is not managed by the. controlling body._ If the Stare Primary Schools’ Association means to boycott the Otago Union in il- primary school competition. let it I'a v its own expenses. Otherwise 'd i* inter the school teams under the iuri.-illcl ion of the O.R.F.U. so I list all school laws may meet, in our good old game of Rugby.— I am, etc., F.v-Ptatk School Boy. Dunedin, June 17.