GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19834, 25 June 1934, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS

Gate Takings. The gate takings at the TaranakiWellington Rugby match at Hawera on Wednesday amounted to over £4OO.

Yesterday’s Excursions. Traffic on the excursion trains yesterday was light, only 220 passengers arriving at Timaru by the train from Christchurch, while 230 left Timaru for the north.

Cyclist Injured. At about 5.30 on Saturday evening a collision occurred at the intersection of Otipua Road and Woodlands Road, when a cyclist, Walter Rae, aged 17„ collided with a motor car driven by Mr R. Fenwick. The lad suffered injuries to a hip, but was removed to his home nearby.

Tourists’ Choice of Curios. “It is difficult to understand the psychology of tourists who purchase Maori curios,” said Mr H. Hamilton, director of the School of Maori Arts and Crafts at Rotorua, in a lecture in Auckland last week. He said their main consideration was that the articles should be small, so as to fit conveniently into handbags and suitcases. Little attention was paid by tourists to the merit of the mementoes as representing Maori life and customs.

A Maori and His Vision. A visit to a Maori “who had a vision and who has formed a colony of his own,” was reported to the Taranaki Education Board on Wednesday by the attendance office, Mr G. Pascoe. “I have failed to get his children back to school, as our school does not fit in with his belief,” he said. “He has previously appeared before court when he paid up all fines. I am taking out another summons, which is all one can do, hoping that he will get tired of paying.”

Maoris as Dairy Farmers. Nearly 1000 cows are being milked by about 25 Maori farmers on the native settlement lands at Mohaka, near Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, and satisfactory progress is reported. With butter-fat at its present price, it is doubtful whether further cows will be added, and probably other means of using the land not yet taken up by the herds will be found. The dairy carryings, coupled with the amount of phosphate dressing carried out on this country, have had a marked effect already in consolidating and building up the fertility of the light pumice country in this area.

“Not Crying Poor.” The Minister of Employment (Hon. Adam Hamilton), in discussing unemployment matters with members of the North Taranaki Unemployment Committee last week, admitted that the Unemployment Board was not reai’y short of funds. “We are not crying poor,” he said, as the number of registrations was down a little and some men had been re-absorbed into ordinary employment. "At the same time,” he added, “we have got to justify any alteration we make in the allocation for any district.” The boards job was to endeavour to get men back into full-time employment at standard rates of pay.

What Is School Age? “I agree that seven years is plenty of time for a child to commence its schooling,” declared Mr Duncan M’Allum, a past chairman of the Taranaki Education Board, at the jubilee gathering of the board last week. “By the present restriction it is said that the department is saving £1,800,000 annually. Those savings should be used for providing every child with a full ration of raw milk. Every child should be compelled to learn the first three rules of arithmetic, and to read and write,” he said. For those children who then desired to continue there would be provision. “You have draught horses and blood horses,” he said, “and you could do without neither, but you are trying to make all the children blood horses ” Too much money was spent on education in New Zealand, he declared.

Timekeeper Suggested. Comment upon the long-windedness of some of the discussions, the “dryness” of some of the subjects and the “shelving” of many remits owing to their position on the order paper was forthcoming following a discussion on the alterations of rules at the Southland Farmers’ Union meeting on Friday. One member complained that too much time was wasted on some of the morning session discussions and said that oft-times members from outlying districts who had to catch buses and trains had to retire before their remits were brought forward or thoroughly discussed. He suggested that a time-limit of 20 minutes be allowed for each discussion. Another member suggested that a timekeeper be appointed and no more than five minutes be given to each speaker. Members generally were agreed upon the point that too much time was given to matters which “got them nowhere” but it was finally left to the discretion of the chairman to hasten alcng the business as the occasion arose.

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