OF NEW ZEALAND INTEREST.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21196, 29 November 1930, Page 19

OF NEW ZEALAND INTEREST.

MADE IN GERMANY. HOURS OF HOTEL CLOSING. (Fbom Oub Own Cobrespondent.) LONDON, September 5. The Rev, Dr James T. Pinfold was the guest of the Newcastle Rotariana at their luncheon last week, and gave an interesting talk on New Zealand; affairs. He covered a wide field of subjects. Speaking of the liquor trade, he said there was one law which England, perhaps, would be better for adopting. All public houses, hotels, and places where alcoholic liquors were sold had to -follow the same course as other businesses and close between the hours_ of 6 in the evening and 8 the next morning. He did not mean to say that all the people in New Zealand were saints. They had no poor houses, as in England, but they had hospitals and gaols, and he had had some experiences of ministering in, the latter institutions. The prisoners were allowed to choose their own hymns, and some of the selections were. interesting. One of them was “ I Have Reached the Land of Cora and Wine, while another was tr Free from the Law, O Happy Conditions.” A prisoner sang a solo, “Where la My Wandering Boy To-night? ” Two other examples were Yield Not to Temptation for Yielding is Sin,” and 1 , “ Lord be with us on our homeward way, With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day.” A VOICE FROM NEW ZEALAND. The Cornish-Devon Post publishes a letter from Mr Jack Boney, of Hawke’s Bay. The letter is written to his brother at Tremorle, Boscastle, and contains the following passage:— “ When writing or visiting the editor of the Cornish and Devon Post, you could flay that the slogan ‘Buy British Goods’ is a good one, and the cousins out here do it as far as ; practicable, but they, like myself, would like to have an explanation as to why gloves with the name on them should also have ‘ Made in Germany ’ on them; yet they are imported to New Zealand from England as British goods. Who is responsible for this? ” < The editor of the Cornish-Devon Post adds the following footnote:—" The name of the glove manufacturers mentioned by Mr Boney is a well-known name. Some one may be able to answer Mr Boney’s question.” . FOOTBALL AT NIGHT. , The Manchester Guardian, in a leading 2 r n lc * e ’ re f er ? to the refusal of the FootAssociation to consider the suggestion that football matches might be plaved Partly at night by artificial light. Certainly the police would- regard it as a troublesome innovation,” says the Guardian. “ But arguments which are enough to kill a proposal put forward from commercial motives do not bear on the suggestion that we might with advantage use artificial light to make ama•Lr exercise and recreation more possible on winter evenings. “New fields in or near the great urban areas where _ they _ are most wanted are often prohibitive ■ in cost, and we should double the accommodation at a stroke if w ?xt pr 2 vl^ ed ,. t J le existing playing fields With flood lights. Winter football by artificial light is already a regular thing in New Zealand, which has a climate much like our own. Why should we not 111 ij ß eoUQtr y, too, adopt a scheme which •would enable young men and wonien who nave to spend their day sitting at desks or tending machinery to get exercise or tun when they had finished their work? It may not be a good thing to encourage people to watch professional football at night, but there is everything to be said for giving them a better chance to play the game themselves.” . NEW MOTOR MODELS. "Once again,” says Motor Trader, “an overseas correspondent asks us to impress manufacturers who are seeking to extend their activities in the export field with the importance of despatching only the very latest models to their agents and representatives. Too often there has been a suspicion that the cars shipped are taken from factory stock prior to or just after the ■ introduction of a newer type- The result is that the agents ate, trymg to sell what are virtually superseded models, which are as difficult to move at list price as they, would be in the home market. ' " The news of the appearance of a new model, whether it be in the United States, England, or France, is immediately flashed to the uttermost ends of the > earth. Buyers in New Zealand, in Australia, in south Africa, and in South America learn almost as soon as buyers at home of the changes and innovations that have .Introduced, and it is only natural that they should be unwilling to accept anything but the latest type. The writer goes on to say ihat the, earlier announcements of new models—some of them in July and August—should make this a much more simple task than it used to, be when October or November was the month for their making their debut. , ■ that time they should be in full production, ■ and, with the home market demand curtailed owing to the approach of the. winter season, it should not be impossible to cater for the needs of the export market. WELLINGTON FLOATING DOCK. ■ci I .P Bra ß ra Ph appears in a number of English newspapers affirming that already the insurance of the great floating dock for Wellington Harbour,, to be constructed by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, of Wallsend-on-Tyne, is engaging the attention of the underwriters. The long journey from the north-east coast of England to New Zealand involves many risks (the paragraph continues). As a rule care is taken to arrange that tne big tows are carried out in the summer months, but in the case of the towage of a floating dock from this country to New Zealand the effects of different seasons will need to be considered. Une of the most important and successful enterprises of tlie kind in recent years was the towage in 1928 of the great float1Df j TTT* i built by Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson) for Singapore, which was undertaken by a convoy of Dutch tugs. No doubt the question of British tugs will again be raised in the case of the New Zealand dock. In the best circumstances the work of delivering the dock m New Zealand will be formidable, and underwriters may be expected to consider carefully the arrangements proposed for the delivery of the structure.