NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15067, 9 May 1919, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

„% annual meeting of the Permanent Bunding Society of Nelson will be held on Wednesday, the 21st inst.

A. Stagg, John Corder A E. W. Frost, T. W. Anderson' and W. Flower have been elected members of the Suburban North Road Board

■ . The Waimea County Council yesterday held over the Engineer's special report on the Stoke main road, -in Vhich he outlined a tar-sealing scheme.

The Chief Postmaster, Wellington, advises that the steamer Manuka will not sail for Sydnevon Saturday. It is not yet known when the steamer will berth at the wharf.

Messrs E. Buxtori and Co., local agents for the New Zealand Shipping Company have received advice* that the sailing of the Remuera for London has been further postponed till June 4tn

At the clearing sale held by Mr A °?*?r aV* lchmoud yesterday on account of Mrs Mary Hi ggs 108 sheep were offered. .1 hey wore two and four tooth wethers of good quality, ana the fats sold at 24s per head and the forward wethers at 225.

Iho Anchor Company's steamer Waimea performed a successful tow of the sailing ship Trans Ocean.. Wellington anchorage was left' "between 8 and 9 in the morning, and the ship was cast otf at Cape Stephen at 8 o'clock at night She was then under full sail, with a light favourable wind, bound for Melbourne.

A meeting will be held in the Stoke J uone Hall to-night under1 the auspices ot tho Fruitgrowers' Association, at which an address on "Lime and its Uses" will he given by Mr A. McTaggart, Agriculturist, Fields Division, Department, of Agriculture, who is on an official visit to this district. All interested are invited to attend- the meeting, which will take the-place of the regular monthly meeting, of the' association.

i\o conclusion was arrived at by the Waimea-j County. Council yesterday with regard taanJncrease..of its Vote of £7t towards, peace-celebrations. Notice of motion to rescind the previous resolution was given; with a view to devoting £73 bo the country, and £50 to the city celebrations., -1 -' ; • ■•.''• Bishop Sadlier was entertained in the rooms of the Church Misssionary Society1 shortly- after his arrival at Auckland. The secretary of the society, the Rev. 0. J Kimberley, introduced the members o£ the committee and workers to the Rjshop. Canon McFarland welcomed tfie Bishop on behalf, of the clergy, while Mr C. Hudson, Mayor of Mount Eden, spoko on behalf of the laity. There was landed from tie steamer Pateena yesterday morning a purebred Hereford bull calf from the herd of Mr C. A. J. Levett, Ratanui, Feilding, to the order of Mr-Alexander- Drummond. of Jliverina, Tapawera. This bull will later on take its place at the head of Mr Druromond'e herd of Herefords. He is bred on" the most fashionable Hereford lines, and is registered in the New Zealand Hereford Stud Book as Ratanui Don Quixote, his sire being President Wilson, dam Rosamond, by Great Gun (imported). President Wilson was bred by Lord Rhondda, and was sold at Feilding on April 30th by Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd. ,for £he sensational price of 2220 guineas, which is a record price for Australasia. Ratanui Don Quixote is a promising animal, and shows ■balance, weight, and quality,'the three essentialsi Mr Drummond is to be congratulated' on his enterprise. Large display of Cycle Lamps from 4s 6d.—City Cycle Works, Hardy-st.* A Sydney girl recently passed as a French lady, and dupea a number of prominent people. Her frauds led to her return to gaol, from which she had Been released on probation. A ■ strong branch of the Farmers' ■Union has been formed at Oamaru. Mr J. G. Macdonhld, president of the North Otago A. and P. Association (which had called the meeting) presided. Little I time was wasted over preliminaries, and J after several speakers had emphasised j the need, in these troublous times of ! labour unress and taxation, of organisation amongst farmers, a motion that a union, to be called the North Otago Farmers' Union, be formed, was carried Tinanimously. •A contributor to the "Dominion"' in a notice of the sketch exhibition at Wellington says: Miss Nina Jones is to be commended for her simply charming studies of native flowers, "Solanum" and "Coprosma." In each case the j artist has used a plain brown paper. i There is no attempt at any background. The fidelity and grace of the simple rendering of nature makes one wish to see this artist invest future flower studies from her brush with some atmospheric effect.- ;Her present work is mostpromising. . At an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Taranaki Farmers Meat Company the following resolution passed at a meeting held on April 12 was confirmed:—^'That the capital of the-company be increased from £100,----000, divided into 20,000 shares of five pounds, to £150,000, -divided-into 30,000 shares of five pounds cash, such additional shares to rank equally with the original capital of the company and to be issued at such time or times 'and on such terms and conditions as the directors many prescribe." The London correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times" says: "In my last letter I gave particulars showing how the Government made from 3d to 4d net profit on its meat transactions .as between producer and consumer, and I am glad to say that the British Incorporated Society of Meat Importers has at last come forward with a letter in the press reminding the public that in normal times the meat importer, in the ordinary way of competitive trading is content to do business on an l-8d per lb margin. The diiference is indeed startling, and it is evidently ignorance of this fact that prevents our hearing more on this subject from the working classes. For the curious point is that it is the Labour Party which is said to be at the back, of continued control and the Consumers' Council of the Ministry of Food has definitely reported in favour thereof However, the call is so insistent for knocking off the chains that we shall probably see some surprising change in the next month or so.

-In acknowledging receipt of a letter from Mr S. G, Smith, M.P., embodying the opinion of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce on the matter of the suggested appointment-of a commercial Tgent abroad,to ascertain the possibilities of obtaining additional markets for Dominion^primary products, the Hon. W. D. fc>. MaeDonald states that the question will receive attention. Mr Smith also brought under the notice of tha Minister several matters regarding the fostering of,the fruit industry, and in this respect, the Hon Mr. MaeDonald says he is m full sympathy with the fruitgrowers and that the Government is desirous pf assisting them to obtain better marketing conditions for their crop m the Dominion, rand also: to foster and encourage m the opening of new markets abroad The Assistant Director of the Horticulture. Division is at present on + bs way to America, and will investigate, among other matters, the marketing organisations that exist in that fruit trade He will also inquire into the possibilities of placing New Zealand apples and pears on the American market during the^fF season for -fruit in £SoT? try\-^mS to abnormal fe and f?£ s^PP^g space it has not rf^n Ship an* fruit to Ane. ncan ports this season.

Canon Fielden Taylor, at a meeting of St. .Peters-parishioners, at Wellington, m referring to the vicar's duemma in securing a curate in succession to Rev. ■ Mr Kempthovne, suggested that he i should advertise, and steal one from , some otlier diocese. He hoped that durI ing his experience in the Army the vicai I 'had learnt the Army saying, "If,you i ; can't get a thing, just pinch it." | Oases of sleeping sickness, though not . 'in alarming numbers, followed the in- j fiuenza epidemic in the United States. 1 The memorandum on forestry polioy submitted to the conference of Crown Lands Commissioners, at Wellington, was fully discussed and considered by the confeience and by the Minister for Lands (Mr Guthrie). Generally, the policy outlined met with approval, but the point was stressed that the Lands Department would have to be very careful in these times, when there was such a demand for land, about making over to the Forestry Department any lands which might be suitable-for close settlement. The Commissioners considered that it would not be wise to hand over land of this class to a department wiiich would not consider its value from the settlement point of view. ' "We . should all remember .that we have got to train in the future,'' said ColonelC. H. Weston, D.5.0., while proposing the toast of "The Navy and 4rmy," at the Anzac tea in' New Plymouth (states the "Taranaki Herald"). ; Our improvised army had'been a good jarmy, but it 'was not the best army, ■jand there was no doubt that when it was I compared with the conscripted armies of France and Germany, the camparison at times was a little obvious. If we had to 'face wars in the future— and it was a ; little optimistic to say there would never ( be-more wars —vve must be trained up to , the knocker. The speaker said it was 1 ; his firm belief that this country and ail j parts of the British Empire, should nave , conscription, but though he said this, he . did not think we should ever be a militarist nation. "I am sure the only way . to be ready is to have a conscript army x and put boys into camp for twelve or r eighteen months consecutively. This t not only makes soldiers of them, but! . men, and has this advantage, that it provides a boarding school for the poor man s son." Those who could afford to } send their sons to a boarding-scncoi . knew what advantages it gave, and at such a camp the conditions would be! similar. V From a personal standpoint (says a writer in the "British Weekly"), the t most interesting of President Wilson's j engagements was his visit, on the last 4 , Sunday of the year, to the scene of his '; grandfather's ministry in Carlisle. "The * i most, impressive thing (he quotes'the * Carlisle correspondent of the Manchester ■ Guardian" as saying) was the service 3rilV%, President Wilson attended in the nttle Congregational chapel now used by £ the descendants of his grandfather's congregation. It was remarkable not only be- , cause the President. attended it and y spoke," but ] because the Bishop of Car- » lisle, Dr. Diggle, shared fKe pulpit with the pastor." While in Carlisle the 2 President visited Cavendish Place and f l"fP Pcted the pillared house which _ Ihornas Woodrow (his grandfather) built, and in which he lived until his de~ I ■j parture from England. ~ Messrs Thompson brothers, of Kai- " ranga, were out shooting on their proJjperty, when they discovered the body of a man hanging from the limb of a tree on the bank of the Oroua river I The police -were informed, and on searching the body found a soldier's pay-booE j» containing the name, Thomas Parker, * together with a letter to a relative in '. Manaia. The medical papers found on 0 the deceased show that he had served - forever four years, and was discharged on 3rd June. 1917, as "no longer physically fit, on account of wounds receivVm. He -was formerly a cabinetmaker by trade, and was 34 years of age.

An item of £5000 for purchase of three motor lorries and a. tractor was on the preliminary estimates submitted to the Rangitikei County Council., Councillors were unanimous in agreeing to it the chairman remarking that he would like another road roller and crusher purchased.

Ihe Minister in charge of the Police e? as tment (the Hon- T- M. \7iiford) stated that the increase of pay of officers of the Police Force above the rank of sergeant would be fixed this month, and would date from April Ist. The recommendations were in order, but they had not yet been passed by Cabinet

Mr Craigie, M.P. for Timaru, as a member of the Industries Committee has given his impressions of various parts of New Zealand to the "Timaru lost. He concluded his remarks by referring to the fruit growing industry of the Dommion and said that while thfruitgrowers m the Nelsdn province weio wigmg to dispose of their apples at Id per B), he had seen the same Ipples lb arS f + T Sn e in We»"gto» at 8d Pper lb, aud the Government should devise some means of bringing the producer and consumer more closely in contact and as much as possible efiminate tht middleman m this respect, (it should SSif t0^ ottl n that^he one penny per pound referred.to is in the orchard All marketi^

Comment ng on the decline of trout i m South Island rivers owing to the un-i favourable seasons, Dr C. IV! AndersS president of the North Canter&u^ A c l ST^^ '** its meeting, quoted the opinion of Professor Prince SSortS 1? GXP/ rt ' Wh° staled *a€ when mpo l ted trout were first liberated, the; large amount of feed in tlie Dominion to an exceptional size. As, however, the I Spplo me& c size of c tl>out would; first Hhl UnfS xt r^ clH ed the size of **»; fust liberated Dr Anderson expressed occurTeTh * favouraWe **»£: 2^ ,h °. had no doubt that the* crease!" °f lai' ge tfoUt wouW again ; in-j A _ rather acute position has been OS Npwn 7hei frTin^ industrySroug^: out New Zealand owing to an extreme I i vw!r VT!?^° r c.onditi ons covering the whole of the Dominion are very popular in Labour eire es just now. DYing the- ! Past few months various amalgamations! fhf f?(? er? tl°ns have taken vTace, with^ lie obieet of securing uniform condp t one• m all parts of the country. Very shortly the National Council of gj Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and oK S V ll meebr % Wen^gton, with ml .objoc, of formulating a new set of de-! -bio W Vl' rt » h°Pei wffl be acceptable to all branches. The desiro is to nave agreements, uniform .-in every place and it is not thought that any difficulty will be experienced in this connection

• ™ *yerage quantity of niillT supplied in Wellington each day is abouHoOO gallons; that quantity at least passes ■ p h, ro"ff. h- the City Council's Milk Station Jne Uty Council now secures all the registered milk at Te Horo and FeatherEton, and all the milk supplied to' the council's cheese factory at the station is sent to the city. Even then there is no surplus milk. However, the supply while not liberal, is adequate for present needs, and no serious difficulties are anticipated until next month.