GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16858, 11 June 1920, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

The arrivals in New Zealand during May exceeded tho departures by 353. The arrivals included 97 Chinese, and the departures 53 Chinese. A meeting of the executive committee in connexion with the war memorial is to be held at 4 p.m. to-day in the City Council Chambers. At a conference* of Peninsula local bodies held at DuvaucheLe, it was agreed to grant a bonus of 12* per cent, on the wages of employees for tho 12 months commencing May Ist, 1920. We are informed that tho committee which has undertaken the work ot' raising funds for tho erection of a Bridge of Remombrance as a war memorial, has collected £2317 13s to date. The hon. treasurer of the fund is Mr A. C. Heed, 1<52 Manchester street. At 8.20 last evening the Fire Brigado turned out to a four-roomed cottage 23 Peacock street, owned by Mr S. G. Unwin. The houso and contents were considerably damaged by fire. The occupants were out -at tho time of the outbreak, and no insurances were available last night. "It may be that we are becoming-too dependent on Government control —if a cold east wind blows we are apt to telegraph tho Prime Minister for shelter," remarked Mr 4>. Jones, M.P., in the course of his presidential address, to the North Canterbury Farmers' Union Provincial Conference yesterday. "You have a great country in New Zealand," remarked General Bramwell Booth in the course of ail interview yesterday. "But why don't you let us send yob some peoplp from Europe? You want to double your population. You have a magnificent country. You call it Gad's own country, and I think God's country must be something like it." "I am graceful to New Zealand," said General Booth to a "Press'' representative yesterday, "for its monetary "help. During the war you .helped me, in comparison with your numbers, out of proportion to any other part of the world. I have used your fine example to stir up tho slow-going people of other countries, vet, mixed with my gratitude is tho feeling that the end of your help is not yet." Mr D. Bates, in speaking to tjie president's address at the Farmers' Union provincial conference yesterday, appreciated the address for tho _ wide extent of ground covered, but said he would like to see some reference to repatriation. To his mind the question of repatriation was getting on to dangerous ground, and he questioned if the Government was doing the best in the interests of returned soldiers to put inexperienced men on high-priced land. "We cannot express ourselves too emphatically in appreciation of what Mr 3lasscy has done* for the primary producers," said Mr D. Bates at the Farmers' Union Conference yesterday. The speaker advised fanners to remember that the Government had now many problems to sclve, apart from the interests of farmers, and the latter should look in a broad-minded manner towards tho solution of all post-war problems. It was impossible to plca.se everybody, and if everything was nob to tlieir liking the farmers should not grumble. When tho Farmers' Union Conference was discussing the question of afforestation yesterday,, frequent reference was made to the damage done to bluegum plantations by the scale insect, and one delegate said that on account of tho guins' • susceptibility to this disease it was not advisable to plant gjums. Mr So til-Smith, however, contended that ladybirds were capable of protecting the trees against the scale, and he instanced a case at his own plantation, which four years ago was badly affected with the scale disease. Ho procured two boxes of ladybird insects' from Australia to fight the scale, with such good results that the plantation was now practically free of sc--i.le.

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