THE END OF AN IMPERFECT DAY.

Otago Witness, Issue 4032, 23 June 1931, Page 15

THE END OF AN IMPERFECT DAY.

The dairy factory season may now be said to be at an end, though the larger concerns are still taking in milk, and the

lorries are picking up cream. Of the cheese which has been shipped Home on consignment, about half has been sold in London and the balance will no doubt be quitted on arrival. The latest reports indicate that the market is steady but on fl,o n 4;i n 1 i eS c u mes even a small rise n the tail end of the consignments would help the pay-out for the season. Until all the cheese is sold it is hard to say just w-n fc i th i e . avera S®. P rlce for the season "JI be, but one thing is certain, and that m n^ a f 14 ?n° nt ! )e ,. enou gh to make ends meet for the suppliers. The Southland delegates who attended the Dairy Association Conference in Dunedin have returned home and given their reports to those concerned. It was the general opinion of the delegates that the conteience in question was easily the most ever .held by the association, and ? ln xf pe^ki , ng indulged in will be of benefit to the industry in general. SOUTHLAND COUNTY RATES REDUCED. Gountv ‘ e r kst ~m t Ft ing of the Southland fhJi- ti Coancll tlle chairman intimated that the rates for the ensuing 12 months would be reduced to the extent of 20 per cent. He also made an appeal to rate* pajers to make every effort to pay up rrears, and in this he was supported by other councillors but whether this appeal will bear much fruit is hard to say as n Ost , ? r ? lcrs 'J ’°i could beg or borrow the cash for rates have paid, and most of the outstanding accounts are simply the result of inability to pay, a most legitimate excuse. The Southland County ' s ,.? ne °i. f Vi'® la f g ® st in tbe Dominion, and although this fact may cause slight indnwneniTC? -% fc V™ 3 ’ U he ’P s to keep down administration expenses. Not loiw ago there was an agitation from the Gore d‘ str ict to divide the county into two, but U p^i ha ®, sett ied tlmt in the meantime Right through New Zealand there are dozens of Lilliputian public bodies employing staffs and overlapping similar bodies, and an enormous amount of money in the aggregate could be saved by amalgamating many of them, ■while quite a few oi them could be wiped out without im* pairing in any way the efficiency of local government. Southland County ratepayers have been fortunate in their choice of members and in the executive officers employed, and the reduction just made will be exceedingly- welcome.