DAY BY DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14592, 16 February 1921, Page 4

DAY BY DAY

The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, \vc arc pleaded to The Closing notice, has decided to of make representations The mails, to the Postal Department to have the last mails closed locally at a later hour than | at present (8 pan.) It was pointed j out at the meeting that at Te AwumulLi it is possible to post a letter an hour later than in Hamilton, and have it delivered in Auckland the next morning, and this, despite the fact that the Main Trunk express passes through Te Awumulu nearly an hour earlier than it does Plankton. This may seem a small thing to many, but to the business man it is'a matter of considerable moment, and I here should he no difliculty in granting to the Hamilton public an advantage which is already enjoyed' by the smaller town. If it can be conferred in no oilier way we would suggest that the “late fee” be abolished for letters posted in,the special box | provided in the lobby, and which is cleared under contract with an outside firm, tiic letters being conveyed to Frankton, and there made up. This would meet tiic ease, and not entail any additional labour on the local staffs, and the hour to the public would he greatly appreciated. We certainly hope that the Chamber's representations on the mailer will he successful. ) A correspondent in our yesterday’s | issue made some coni- j Live Stock incuts concerning the and relative price of Meat Prices, beasts and the local butellers’ charges for meat, and to-day we publish an explanation -concerning tlie “why” and I the “wherefore" supplied by represen. (alive men in the trade. The explana- I lion is couched in moderate language, but it is certainly not very convincing, ! for it does not show any reason why • if the bulrhering business paid at the present price of meat when cattle, sheep and pigs were at their zenith there should not he relatively higher | profits now that fat slock have appro- i ciably fallen in value. It does not even suggest that (here are more carcases condemned amongst The low-priced stock than in flic more expensive j beasts, whilst the veriest tyro knows j that when a butcher purchases a beast I the price the pell is likely to fetch is j taken into consideration by him when deciding the price he will pay. It is, | therefore, the producer who loses by I Hic fall in hides, and the butcher can j And no Justification for asking the | public to recoup him for an outlay he does not incur. Our correspondent suggests fhat Hie matter should be I referred lo the Hoard of Trade, and j that shakes us as being an equitable i course, for if as Dm interviewed butcher j infers, the local fleshers can justify the present charges for meat in relation to | the ruling rates for live stock (hey will j have nothing lo fear from the invest!- | gallon, and there can he no question that, the consumers would he more i satisfied were an inquiry held, for rightly or wrongly they are at present i convinced that they are paying more S Ilian they should, and some of those | who are most insislenl op Hie point i claim In know a few tilings about Hie matter.