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Southland Times, Issue 19899, 18 June 1926, Page 6

The Government Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) last night issued the following forecast: —Present indications are for variable breezes with southerlies prevailing and fair to cloudy weather generally, but strong westerly winds and showery conditions are likely in the southermost districts. Barometer has little movement. Advice has been received by the secretary of the Murihiku League (Mr A. E. Wixon), from Chief Judge Jones of the Native Land Court that a sitting of the Appellate Court has been fixed to take place in Christchurch on June 29, when a number of appeals by Southland applicants arising out of the Ngaitahu Claim will be heard. A telegram from Hastings states that at a meeting of the Provincial Executive of the Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Union yesterday morning a lengthy discussion took place on noxious weeds, and a motion was carried that the principle of appointing a local advisory Noxious Weed’s Board, to work in conjunction with the department, be adopted. This will be forwarded to the annual conference. Despite the fact that a large number of new residences have been built both in the city and suburbs during the year the shortage of houses in Wanganui is still acute, stated a land agent to a Herald reporter the other day. This was due, he stated, to the influx of new arrivals and the continual growth of the city. A year or so ago there was a tendency on the part of house hunters to want houses of five or six rooms, but on account of the high rents which are being asked there is now a predominant inquiry for four-roomed dwellings. In a large number of cases new houses in course of erection are sold before they are completed. In conclusion, the informant stated that there was still a number of houses offering for sale and a fair number can be leased, but the “to let” sign is conspicuous by its absence.

During the 1926 fruit export season | 455,070 cases of apples and 2924 cases of 1 pears were exported abroad, states a Nelson 1 Press Association message. 1 An Auckland telegrarji states: —Mr W. Goodfellow states that radio broadcasting ■ equipment for Auckland should arrive here 1 about June 24 and equipment for Christ- ' church in that city about two weeks later. The delay in shipment was entirely beyond ( the Broadcasting Company’s control. ' On the recommendation of the health authorities to counteract any danger of a diphtheria outbreak scholars in the infant classes and standards one and two have been debarred from attending a town school in Gisborne for a fortnight, states a Press Association message. The step is taken merely as a precautionary measure. Harry Cahill, familiarly known as “Queensland Harry,” a well known showman, was charged in the Wanganui Court yesterday with illtreating a horse at Dannevirke on February 10, states a Press Association message. It was alleged that during buck-jumping exhibitions defendant did torture a horse. Defendant was fined £5 and costs 12s 6d. During the last few clays the Government hostel at Waitomo; Caves has been closed and some visitors after having an itinerary arranged for them by the Government Tourist Department have been refused accommodation on arrival at / the hostel, states a Press Association message. Great inconvenience has been caused a visiting party from abroad as a result. Some of the timber millers in the Raetihi district are faced with difficulties owing to the importation of foreign timbers. In some instances a large proportion of their cutting has to be stacked in their yards each month. One miller states that he has several thousands of pounds worth that has been thrown off the market by imported timbers and in consequence is suffering financially. That compulsory control of dairy produce will not be instituted was the opinion expressed to a Stratford Post representative by a Wellington business man who is a well-known authority on dairying matters. He said that he had at his disposal a good deal of information which justified his taking that view. Among other things, the Cabinet as constituted at present was, he said, largely opposed to compulsory control. At a meeting of the Southland League held yesterday evening the following local bodies advised having appointed their delegates:—Town Council (Mr J. Miller) ; Gore Borough (Mr J. Brownlie) ; Winton Borough (Mr J. A. Broom) ; Queenstown Borough (Mr S. Ritchie) ; Wyndham Town Board (Messrs G. Hunter and E. J. Traynor). The Town Clerk, Invercargill, also advised that Messrs A. J. Geddes, J. E. Winsloe, H. J. Farrant and E. Sheehan had been re-appointed as the delegates to the quarterly meetings of the league. The poor attendances at the lectures given at the Hamilton Farm School last week were deplored by the president of the Waikato Farmers’ Union, Mr W. Lee Martin, at the executive meeting recently. Mr Martin said the school had not been a success, although very instructive lectures had been given (reports the New Zealand Herald). He thought the fault lay in holding the school during Show week when farmers were otherwise engaged. He thought that in sending forward the itinerary for the next school the union should state to the Agricultural Department that if in future a better time was chosen for holding the school the attendances would be satisfactory. Hansard is often very bulky and not very widely read. For the sake of the political life and well-being of some members of Parliament perhaps it is as well that its circulation does not show any signs of breaking world records. In his “Parliamentary Maxims,” however, Mr R. McCallum, ex-M.P. for Wairau, gives the impression that Hansard is of some use. He says: “Parliament is not a place for advertisement. During the last session of a Parliament, however, it is generally conceded that representatives holding doubtful seats may make a reasonable use of Hansard for the purpose of increasing their popularity.” Habitues of Parliament are under the impression that members know this maxim quite well—except that word “reasonable” is not, perhaps, given its due weight. A visit to the wreck of the steamer Karu, which went ashore in March near North Cape, was made by the crew of the launch Koa, which was driven ashore recently at Twilight Bay. They stated on their arrival in Auckland that all that can now be seen of the Karu is a piece of her hull and the two masts, one of which is loose. The funnel has been swept away, and at low tide the decks are awash. The lower part of the deck is bulging a good deal, evidently through expansion of the timber which formed the major portion of the Karu’s cargo. “The people in the district believe that the decks will burst before long,” said Mr Harrison, the owner of the Koa, “and they think that the remains of the vessel will float out to sea and be come a menace to shipping.” Some of the Karu’s timber was strewn along the beach. A most interesting document has been handed to the Waikato Times by Mr A. Collins, of Frankton. It is a copy of the London Times, issued on May 5 of this year, the second day of the British general I strike. Consisting of but one sheet of foolscap size, priced at 2d, it shows to what i dire straits the great newspapers were re- I duced. In spite of its attenuated size it ’ succeeds admirably in covering the news of the day, including in its items a weather forecast, cricket scores and mail notices. Actual news of the progress of the strike itself is practically absent owing probably to the dislocation of communications which the strike caused. It also announces that on that day would be published the first issue , of the Gazette, which subsequently played ' such a large part in the distribution of news during the turmoil of the strike when the majority of newspapers were forced to cease publication. The secondary industries of the Dominion are making good progress. Their product last year, according to official figures collected by the Government Statistician, amounted to nearly £84,000,000, and they paid in wages £13,500,000. The wages bill was £1,420,000 in excess of that of the previous year, and the average wage paid to male employees went up 6 . per cent, during the period, though the average female wage showed a slight decrease. The productive employees in secondary industries as distinct from those employed on the administrative and the distributive side, number 67,945 ,an increase of 3,815, half of which is due to the 1 inclusion for the first time of traffic employees of electric tramways. The cost of . material operated on in the factories total- ' led over 52 millions, and it is noticeable ’ that mechanical power is coming more into , factory operations in New Zealand. Some of the concrete roads of Auckland 1 are showing signs of wear, and the question ‘ has been raised: How is this to be combat- ! ed? Local engineers, and also those from ! other parts, have been much interested in the city’s scheme of concrete reading, and • this has meant that Auckland roads have , been carefully watched under the test of \ traffic. “The wearing is considerable on i the older roads, and will have to be com- [ bated,” remarked Mr A. J. Patterson, the j Wellington city engineer, who was on a visit i to Auckland last week. He explained that . this was a serious problem, because the . pavements were high in relation to the • tram rails and the kerbs, and any raising ■ of the level of the road by putting a protectj ing carpet on top of the concrete would [ mean that the tram tracks would hav,e to ' be raised to prevent them becoming flooded > during rain. He considered it would be - advisable to make experiments in the very • near future, so that the roads at present r being laid could be efficiently covered in j three or four years’ time, when the wearing beg art to be noticeable.

The Meat Producers’ Board has arranged for a vessel to load meat for Genoa and Havre, beginning this week, state a Wellington Press Association message. At a special meeting of the Winton A. and P. Association yesterday it was resolved to hold the annual re-union and distribution of prizes on July 23. A Christchurch Press Association message states: On Tuesday it was erroneously reported that Herbert Shearman and Isaac Terence Netting, carriers, were convicted and ordered to pay costa for working at their trade-by shifting theatrical scenery on Sunday. This was incorrect. The case against Shearman was withdrawn by permission of the Court, the police having no evidence to offer. The method of apportioning seats in Education Board districts does not meet with the approval of the Wellington Board, which considers it inequitable and unfavourable to the rural areas. A motion to this effect was passed, at a recent meeting of the Wellington Education Board, and the attention of the Government will be called to the subject, urging the necessity for amendment of the law so as to ensure just representation to the country districts. Considerable amusement was created in a local household a few evenings ago (states the Wanganui Chronicle) by the youngest daughter of the family fervently remarking, when she was informed by her mother that it would again be necessary for her this winter (in order to cope in part with the unsolved economic problem of the cost of living) to don garments which her elders had outgrown or discarded, “I don’t think it’s fair. I always have to wear your returned empties.” “Most Government departments can show definite results for the expenditure of money, but such is not the case with the Education Department. The results of that department’s works cannot be measured in terms of pounds, shillings and pence,” said Mr W. W. Bird, senior inspector of schools, at a meeting of the Wellington Education Board, when congratulating the Hon. R. A. Wright on his appointment to the Cabinet. “The true function of education is the perfection of humanity, a never-end-ing task,” continued Mr Bird. “Other departments might cease work without injury to the community, but not so with the Education Department: its work is unceasing.” “It is one of the scandals of our times that children in well-to-do positions, many of them paying considerable income tax, do not care for their aged relatives as they should do,” was what the chairman of the Auckland-Hospital Board, Mr William Wallace, says in regard to the number of cases there were at the beginning of each winter, where sons and daughters wished to get their parents into the old people’s house, now known as the Infirmary. “The Infirmary is first of all for aged poor, who have no home whatever, and they always have first consideration, but it is enough to make a person’s blood boil when people ask to have their relatives admitted and acknowledge that they are able to pay full fees for them,” said Mr Wallace. “They just want to be free of all care concerning those who should really be their first thought. When they are in a position to pay full fees it is clearly their duty to care* for their aged relatives in their own homes, and not to want them put in the Infirmary. There is a lack of reverence for the aged these days which it is sad to see, and if daylight could be let in to let the public' see the kind of applications which come under our notice it would be an eye-opener in the social life of our city.” Every day we make travel arrangements for people out of town. Write or ring the GOVERNMENT TOURIST ESK STREET. ’Phone 49. (Advt.) Nose passages stopped, head heavy with cold? Take “NAZOL.” Penetrating, powerful. Kills germs. Allays inflammation. 60 doses Is 6d.—Advt. For Winter Time—Big shipments of very choice dried Fruits—Dates, Figs, Prunes, RaiUns, Sultanas, Preserved Ginger, Almonds, Walnuts. Small profits, quick returns at BAXTER’S.—(Advt.) Commencing to-day is the Bible Depot’s Lease Expiry Sale, when prior to removal to new premises in Esk street, all books (other than new fiction and reprints), and general stationery will be sold at 10 per cent, discount. Six-shilling fiction will be offered at 4/6, and 2/6 novels at 2/I—five for 10/-. Our present address: Corner of Dee and Esk streets. (Advt,.) WOMEN SMOKERS. The fair sex as well as the menfolk frequently have recourse to Fluenzol as a gargle for Smoker’s Throat. Dispels that dryness and inflammation. —Advt. Our Watches are reliable day after day, and they will not fail you. Expert workmanship produces perfect timekeepers. Give one of our watches a trial and you will find it Right All The Time. For Watches and Clocks of every kind —at every price—Come to T. M. Rankin, Watchmaker, Tay Street. (Advt.) Changeable weather is treacherous. Take “NAZOL” at first sign of a cold. Saves serious illness. Powerful, safe, economical. 60 doses Is 6c^. —Advt. Specify “BIG TREE” MOTOR SPlRlT—greater mileage and freedon from carburettor troubles. — (Advt.) The Albion Salon on the first floor of ! the Albion Buildings, Dee Street, are hold- ; ing their annual stocktaking sale of ladies’ I velour coats, costumes, coat frocks, jersey i suits, raincoats, etc. Pay a visit to the • Salon and participate in the reductions we are making to-day. Nothing but the best class goods stocked and our prices defy competition. Entrance Albion Picture vestibule, Dee Street. W. F. Lewis, manager.— (advt.) Many lines of interest to the careful housewife are finding their way on to the ' bargain tables at Thomson and Beattie’s during their stocktaking. Brown linen towels 5/6 for 3/11 each. Pillow twill 2/3 for 1/9. Floral silks 12/6 to 15/6 to clear at 5/6 per yard. Fifty dozen lovely quality men’s socks 4/6 to 5/6, to go at 2/11 per pair. Double bed blankets good, 27/6 per pair. A visit to Thomson and Beattie’s during stocktaking is always profitable.— (advt.) 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