NEWS OF THE DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 84, 25 June 1930, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Opposition. The Mayor by no means bad it all his own way at the opening of the Plunket rooms yesterday afternoon. The opposition were there in full force and expressed their views in no uncertain voice. About forty per cent, of those 'present were babies, and they were apparently all budding Mayors and Mayoresses, for they "addressed the meeting" the whole of the time the Mayor was doing so. However, the Mayor's lung.

power was superior to the aggregate lung-power Of the opposition and he succeeded in making himself heard.

Land (Settlement. "Wo have to bring all the resources of this. Dominion to bear upon increasing the products from the soil, to build up a solid farming community, so that oilier industries may expand and take up the slack of unemployment", said Mr. R. Glover Clark, at a meeting in Auckland of the Land Settlement and Development League. "This can bo done if our politicians cease lamenting the past and abusing the present, and direct their energies toward settling the land, instead of formulating proposals to dope the unemployed with a dole for idleness".

New Flying Boat Residents along both shores of the Waitepiata were surprised recently by the appearance of the latest in sea-going aircraft, the new Cutty Sark flying-boat, recently added to the machines at the Hobsonville base. The performance of the fly-ing-boat was satisfactory, and it has been put into regular service. "It is a monoplane, with an all-metal hull, and has seating in the cabin for three persons, in addition to the. pilot. Traffic Problems. i The impression that both Vancouver and -Seattle were beset with the same municipal problems that faced New Zealand cities, more especially the problem of transport and traffic was formed by Mr. G. A, Troup, Mayor of Wellington, who arived at Auckland on the Aorangi last week. Traffic congestion in Seattle was 10 times worse than in any New Zealand city, and it wag almost impossible to find parking space. Systems of automatic street signalling were in use in both Vancouver and Seattle, and were certainly of some assistance.

Effect of Acid Witnesses were being called in the Arbitration Court at Chnstchurch recently to show the destructive effect of acid on clothes. One witness exhibited a shirt, comparatively new, be said, and it was riddled with holes. "This sort of thing is not conducive to harmony at home, I can assure you", he added surveying the garment.

Prompt Return A visitor recently to a well-known tea-rooms accidentally dropped a! £3 note when leaving. The note was picked up by a hoy and handed over to tho management. A short time later the customer, who happened to ho a Welshman, returned and was handed tho note, the receipt oi : which he acknowledged gratefully by the gift of £l.

Close Stocking. It is tho aim of many Hawke's Bay dairy farmers to build up their land until it h rich enough to carry a cow to tho acre. A Napier resident says he heard the other 'day of a dairy farmer near Tokomaru, Maua. watu, who has gone even better. He has a farm of 6H acres, and i,s carrying 7(1 cows and 20 sheep with the assistance of 10 acres of root crop. This past season his. butterfat returns total 17,5001 b, or 2841 b por acre.. Furthermore, .£2OO was taken for calves, pigs, etc. During tho Ifyst few years that owner has wintered 60 cows on tho. property without any outside grazing. The farm is subdivided into eight-acre paddocks, and the cows are changed every second day front pad/dock to paddock.

North Island Ignorance. If Invereargill displays a tendency to develop an inflated sense of its own importance, says the "Southland Tiiiics", the occasional cold douches administered by the North Island may be regarded as excellent curative efforts. There is no better corrective for conceit than the discovery that important people are ignorant of one's existence. Perhaps this is tlio explanation of the Do. million's announcement that Palmerston North's recent elevation makes it the seventh city in New Zealand. I'o convince its readers that it is making no mistake, the Dominion gives the names of the- cities outside of tlio four largest and does net mention Invercargill. This is a i.'olile, though unwelcome, reminder that so far as the Dominion is con. corned events south of Dunodin are not, important enough to attract its attention.

Motor Re-Licensing. For the period May 20th to Juno 4tli, 923 cars and 141 cycles were licensed at the Stratford Post Office, compared with 911 curs and 136 cycles for the sumo period in 1929. Artificial Silk. The world production of Rayon, or artificial silk, was estimated by the "Silk Journal and Rayon Weekly" to be 412,00Q,0001bs in 1929, as against 34.5,000,000ibH in 1928, amounting to very nearly twice the. weight of the Dominion's annual wool clip. Almost the whole output of Rayon has been used for the purposes for which wool, cotton and pure silk were lire, v ion sly used.

Heavy Fails of Snow Heavy falls of snow have been experienced during the past few days in the high country, particularly in tli northern districts of Southland. An Invercargill resident who motored through the district around Athol, .said that tho weather- there was extremely cold and most of the. hills were well covered with snow. From Invercargill it would seem that the Taki.tumu Mountains were snow. covered almost to the base. Overlooked. The Wellington Education Board has just discovered, very late in the day, that Masterton is entitled to elect two members of the hoard, in addition to the two hitherto elected in Wairarapa as a) whole. Masterton derives its right from having a population of over 8000, but it has had a population above that figure for over 7 years. Why the authorities in charge of tho board election did nit act earlier in giving Masterton the representation to which it is entitled is not disclosed. Mountain Game. An extract from a letter .suggests that the Government are apparently apprehensive regarding the possibility of tthe( Irecently liberated trnr and chamois at Mount Cook becoming a, pest.. The letter remarks: "The writer was at the Hermitage during the last week-end. There v-as great excitement there over the hunting. This is the first open season for thar and chamois, and several animals with good skins were brought down over the week.end. A gr<-at deal of attention is being paid to the skating up there, and the rink is in great form".