LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19847, 16 January 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gpea.ving ;i( lust night s conlerence nil the subject „r ;;n industrial exhibition .Mr .1. [?. La n reason suit! tlmt New /.enliiud had produced motor-car bodies criinil to anything nnide in other parts "I the. world. and a Christchurch genticnian had informed him that he 7vas prepared to spend many thousands of pounds in turning out a regulation car 'nr the pn r de of New Zealand. X„ country m_ :li o world had such pnssilolities as New Zealand fur the developmetu, of the iron indnstrv.

A nicotine; 0 f representatives of the •. (‘ln ,\ n. Malvern and Tawern Counties, to consider electrical proposals lor t| u i combined district, w ; -s- held .-,1 Darlkdd yesterday. .Mr G. 11. ,),u!d. .Malvern L ,,1in ,!7- V( dcd to the chair. Mr V. Chime, organiser of the Pro.toss League, was m attendance and fnljv explained the electrical situation anil Lie altitude ol the Public Work-. Department in regard to extensions of the system. Strong opinions were exnrossed by various speakers in regard to tiie present attitude of (he Department, and the billowing motion was nnanipassed;- "That ibis meeting of nelegales ironi the combined counties 'll Y,T"‘ •\ !:,h ‘ ( ' l ‘ n ;:m! Tawern and Urn MiirM.l_.-md Sheffield blanches of the rarmei-s ( mon emplmiieallv res-euls lie present attitude of r f l( . . 01 ' s Department in respect to exiensunis ol tin 1 electrical scheme in Canterbury, and stmuglv urges upon (ho Government the neeessity'or elearlv inoicatmg Us lie,hey m regard to exletision work gem-rally in the countrv dis-rn-is, a.ml that a copy of this resolution P-'rwaroed to the Canterbury Progress League.”

(olonel A. R. Young. Director of the eve .-'-ock Dinsion ol the Agricultural Department, has visited the .ivnuhead .-oldiers Settlement this week, and inspected tho progress of work done ihcro by returned soldiers. Yesterday he spoke very hopefully of the prospects, Miymg- that the Department was conducting the scheme, on strictly business lines', and on the supposition that it vas icing worked by men who weie not I ,o '- Ulon R) spend monev except wu.'i great economy. On that‘basis the. picsent buildings were being converted iiu use .is. atiaries, pens, lowlhonses a"d >0 011, instead of new ‘buildings I,cbm elected, and all waste produce would be used, as Jar as possible, „„ the farm. “T *wl fowl feed, ami in : ,nv other way possible. The main idea wa's to use the property for demonstration purposes ju connection 'with mmerat arming, dairying, fruitgrowing, beekeeping lin d poultry-farming. Tf was mtended to have there- a‘ purebred Umitliorn milking herd. jinc[ calll^ troin Government farms would he placed on tno property fur Unit purpose., pi A M. Jamieson (chairman of the Canterbury District-Repatriation Hoard) sated that (here was room for about f ' i' C n T!,' 1 s , o,fll( ' rs oh the property wTt hj hj ° + K ’ ;ir( . l ' Vi,s ™ni"i, mica ling mi hj the authorities in Wellington m older that accoimnodntion mi>du 1,provided lor them. The hnardYill attend to the uaynienf of these men’s "ages Inif they will he under tho discipline of the Agricultural Department s officers on the farm. A? Noon as the accommodation is ready, the nnaul will make inquiries ns fo unfit head. 1 '"* 0 ' Vish to bc W 11 Acw Zealand is more prosperous limn any other country I have seen Raid a Christchurch business mau vmR’ldat, summing up Ids observations ■iGi 1 ,m extensive tour through Britain aid America. “My expenener at Home led me to the conclusion that the jieojde arc still war-wearv. ]) Z men are not. yet displaying the inii',a- ---( , bl;lt must- accompanv a, trim mtp.insmn ol trade, and lor that there arc three nr )„nr reasons. The , porta nt isMmavy taxation on I’lom the first year of the war, where ■ firm made say. .f.MO,()f)O i llsU ,,, ( i 0] the usual or CoOOO. a tax of Sf) „ e r cent has been levied on the extra ITJ’OO And that in addition In ordinary p, T I n.n taxes Ihe result is that, with labour gravely unsettled, no one is trv- ,' n K to beat the AJb'fil) mark. Business is sluggish m causer,lienee. The leadc sol commerce are marking tim<. til Labour settles into a proper groove. . ■l"''' :I T lra «nHil. then .British imln, .ms can be expected m form' ahead, and our commerce will eompe'te morn favourably on iorcim, market' . Rp ;; 11 't' very mncii higher in Anicica than in England, and that is a m? K ir p .n° ih ' : [ ll, n ccI T Sti,tos * I}i,i ' in k' A-(). il all goes well, I expect Britain to open her gates for commerce, and I - country w, (hen ho in a mmd, heller position. She is such a great, producin ' country that all Europe looking " ho ‘' " 00(lp ,' nun the views of difl’o ■ men I met,_ I assume that the vSv ;. ,1 1 10 ’V' n ' :lt i't'Pnivemenfc 1 the niothnils ot English homes though the interference -of the Gnvcrnbungle has been the cause of a hiavv blow to .British commerce. The eminent tied up British shippim,- to a ton, whileJormgn-owtied vessels secured up to .My Ami can imagine the disastrous result, and Imw diffimlt if the rV° 11 - P ,!l ° ,l '°' V; 1 ""loss laLn-*"'. Hundreds of Christchurch citizens havo been cured hy Dr. Fellow’s pJJ Cones when every other known remedy has failed. nco 3s fid box, from chemists or direct. Loasby and chemists (opp. Ballnntync’s). 3 ’ Thoro is one intimate, personal gift that conies with it the real spirit of Uinstmas-your own portrait. Let u iv n ° u h l “ ake it- Betersen’a Buildings, High Street. 'Phone 19S!) X ' Barrnclmmlfs Nervine slops Tootli. aciii!, gs

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