NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Good Fishing in North Wairarapa. The freeaom of the rivers of ih< northern Wairarapa from serious Hoods during the past season has resulted in their being particularly we!] .'locked with trout, and the fishing in this part of the district is stated by authorities to be the best for many seasons. Altogether 1.500.000 fry have been distributed in the Wellington district, and about 70,000 have been allocated to the Wairarapa. The greater part of these have been placed n the yearling ponds, from which 60,rnX) yearlings have been distributed to the district rivers this season. The Standard of Living. Never had there been a Government that had lived so much within its income as had the present Government, said the Minister of Labour. Mr. Webb, in an address to trade unionists in Palmerston North. It was true, he said, that the Government was using the taxing machine, but why shouldn’t it? It was not the tax that mattered so much but what was felt after it was paid, and he claimed that the Labour Government had provided a new and higher standard of living for al!. If anyone said the country was povertystricken. a!! ho would say was to go to the Manawatu races on Da\. "Tell That to Dad.*’ T am one of those who believe that the golden age is in front of us, not behind,” declared Professor W. IL Gould when addressing the boys of Rongotai College. Wellington. “ “We are always being told that the boys of to-day are inferior to those of the past but I believe that th boys of the present day are better than their fathers were. And you can take that home and tell it to dad!” The enthusiastic applause and laughter which greeted this sally indicated that dad would certainly be told if h n was not present to hear. Sub-letting for Prolit. It has been decided by Mr. Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court m a tenancy appeal referred to him that the “user” of the house for the purpose of sub-letting rooms for profit was a “user” of it by the tenant for business purposes. The appellant had never occupied any part of the house, hut had sub-let each of its eight rooms to a separate tenant at a profit. A magistrate held that the -premises were used by the tenant exclusively for business purposes within the meaning of the Fair Rents Act, 1936.” and were not therefore within the nrofection of the Act. He gave judgment for possession against the tenant, but not against the .sub-tenants, and his Honour agreed with this decision.

i N<» Straw Hats. ! What next will those import re I strictions be doing! The latest i.s tha J the boys of Christ’s College. Christ I church, may be deprived of strav ’ hats and cotton ties. Reference to th ( effect of the Government's policy \va. I made at the prize-giving by the head I master (Mr. R. .1. Richards), who sai( ' there was likely to be a shortage o | straw hats. This could be overcorm I by wearing caps, and if cotton ties rar l out of supply the school would have -to adopt a silk tie. Cotton ties were jls and silk ties 2s fid. “I am sorry,' ; said the headmaster, resignedly, "bu: I have been to all the big shops anc :we have done our best.' 1 “Hooey ’ Merchant*. I ”There are a 10l of ’hooey' mer- | chants in this country people whe i believe in preposterous tnings," said the Solicitor-General (Mr. IL H Cornish i addressing pupils oi the 1 Napier Boys’ High School at the • prize-giving ceremony. -They art (confident, but wrong.” Mr. Cornish I impressed on his listeners lhat they i must have knowledge and confidence Ito combat these "hooey" merchants. > "for if they got into power, they I would quickly turn the country upside ■ down," he said. The Pig Recognised. Pig interests expressed disappointj meat when a Centennial certificate, to Ibe presented with show awards for j livestock, was recently made available ■ ana did not include in a design • ■ ' ’ dustry. The Wellington Pig Council j was one of the bodies to protest against the omission and at a meeting 'of the council notification was rei ceived that the possibility of including a pig in the design was appreciated and provision had been made accordingly in certificates prepared for the Royal Show at Invercargill. A Den of Rats. A sharp surprise was in store for a Hastings butcher when he went to secure some tools from the box under the seat of his delivery van, states the Taranaki Herald. Although the van had been in constant use tor a Jong period, and had in fact been used extensively the same day, the butcher, to his astonishment, found snuggled beneath the seat a mother rat with a family of eight little rats scarcely more than a day old. The nest had been made from the stuffing of the upholstered seat, and a very comfortable nest it was—until the butcher found it. The mother rat succeeded in escaping, leaving her eight babies to the tender mercy of the outraged van owner