NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 31, 7 February 1929, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

NOTES FROM ALL PARTS.

THE DOMINION DAY BY DAY.

HERB. THERE, AND EVERYWHERE

CHEAP SERVICE.

Telephones are more numerous in New Zealand on a population basis than they are in other countries of the world, with two exceptions • they are also cheaper than m Great Britain. An instance of this was given recently (says the “Poverty Bay Herald”) by an overseas visitor to Gisborne, who stated that the - installation of a telephone in London cost £8 a year, and for this the isubscriber was entitled to only 365 calls during the year, or an average of one call per day, all calls above this number, jlmhig charged for at the rate of a penny a call of three minutes in the London exchange district, extra, of course, being charged for calls extending outside that area. „■ ■ SHOALS OF APPLICANTS. The shoal of applications for two pisitions, messenger at the Central Library and attendant at the Art Gallery, indicated to the Library Cbm mi tee of the Auckland City Council on Friday the prevalence of unemployment In Auckland, states the “New Zealand Herald.” The remuneration attaching to each'"'post is £195 a year, rising to £215. There were 63 applicants for the position of messenger, and 88 for the position of attendant. Two junior assistants were appointed to tho Cenral Library from 37 applicants. ROTORUA. “Rotorua is going to he a fifth wheel of the tourist coach, declared Sir Joseph Ward to a : correspondent who reminded him of recent; criticisms froin overseas visitors regarding the shabby condition, particularly of some of the bath buildings. “Some life is gging to be put into Rotorua,”' added the Prime Minister who suggested that in a week or so after Cabinet had considered the which was too valuable an asset to policy it would be lound that Rotorua would not he overlooked. He was proposing to call tenders for entirely new hath houses at Rotorua which was to valuable as asset to he neglected. There were other, equally impTrtanfc centres which ho as Tourist Minister was interested in, and the plans under consideration dealt with other places as well, as Rotorua. ,

(SEARCH FOR A QUEEN!. One of the most interesting features of the National Beekeepers’ field day aftj Paeratat on Saturday was a search for a queen bee. A lady apiarist calmly took a hive to pieces, and, after much delving amid angry hces, produced the “lady” from the middle of the bee gathering. The queen was quite peaceful, and sat on the lady’s hand while a. photograph was taken. A large number of visitors watched the experiment, one, a pressman, having much trouble with a bee which displayed a partiality for the tip of his left ear. “A queen is always in the hive,” explained the lady deinonstjratior, “but she can’t always be found when wanted.” EELS FQR GERMANY. Just over, a thousand eels were shown to a reporter at Invercargill a few days ago by Mr. W, Broad, a fish dealer, who had caught them in the IWaikiwi Stjream, pear West Plains. Mr. Broad explained that the fish bad been driven for about 250 yards by men in the water, and had .been forced into a large specially constructed eel pot. The labour involved talcing such large numbers had been enormous, and for every one caught two more escaped. The fish were of all sizes, but were mainly small, and the average weight being about 21b, and the average length 2ft. Mr Broad intends sending the eels frozen, to Germany just as they are. He stated; that d ! d not know 1 ' what was done with whom on arrival, hut last yean he had sent a consignment carefully butted and beheaded, and on that occasion had been told that the fish would be preferred merely frozen as they came out of the water, N.Z. BUTTER. “I have had 42 years’ experience of dairy farming in North Auckland. (For eight years I was a director ot the Maungatapere Dairy Factory, says a writer in the ‘Auckland Sup.* “Part of that time I was a chairman And X believe Sir Thomas Clement is right in describing our grading as “old-ta*inned „f touch with the recrements the consumer al Home.” * 8 t ° ,tho shortage of second grade butter this season, yon must retnemccr that last season a lot ot butter grade,. ..finest” -in New Zealand was held in London by the « Boasdj long that it had to be »«**“?* 5, second grade. Perhaps the Leedoners acquired a taste ton '. • • like Oliver Twist, are asking lot more IVo may expect an improvement in our butter from now onwards because so many farmers are milking by