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AUCTIONS. 11. MATS ON AND CO M A r S O N a n d O O. CLL'AI: THE PATH FOK THE IDEA I lies* is a prievous wastage o£ good busi&ea* idea* It 19 the idea that counts. The origin oi a business is an idea. Its progress is Ui* triumph of ideas. Ideas are the iite it. Oiie would think, then, that good ideas would La treasured like gold? that not ono T*cukl be allowed to waste, that the whole lat-ntal experienc6 of the organisation wouio washed and sifted so that no idea would i'keapo scutiDj. Yet every day, perhaps •vary hour, some idea that would help i> strengthen the business is lost boyond i.coverySome of these ideas arc lost through sheer titfgligence. A min will havo an idea for is.provms the arrangement of his department for packing merchandise more attractively, for phtaßing on advertisement more c!y—he turns it over in his mind •.or a minute or two, omits to make a note -f it, then forgets all about it. S-jch a man almost c!o less harm if "he took tho firm's money and threw it •i.to the river or barrenly wasted the t:na's time. For a cood idea is more than f "lo" and more than money, and the man i»ho ia keenly loyal to hia firm v/ill give ■ i 'iis as scrupulously as ha gives hifi !abour and his timo Olten the wastaßo cornea through obtuaer«»< :n tin; administration. Thero are men, many o: them m udmmis•!#ti'.'e :ioailion3, who dislike or despise • ! .»ir management. They associate tliem > '';Sh chor.go ;:nd ruvulution and disturbance, -*ith young men eager to get on, v:ith Lr-.tics who sav the business has got into a -j* Such men discourage ideas. They chill ■hos« who approach to ofler them. Th e >' ".rown upon tho new idea ae something that "av turn and bite them. Most ol the ideas ■ hit come to life m their organisation &!.• »tillborii. But we ha"-e noted recently that a great obstacle to thf idea is not negligence, nor administrative obtuseness —but just laziness. A man will get an idea for the better *■ crfciaff of his office. At the first sight of •» he emiles with pleasure—for the first impulse of the c?*ural in.in is alv.ays to velcome the riew idea. Then gradually ho i;" Covers tho.* there will he difficulties jn '-■.-tting the idea into operation. It will -• ean trouble. Then he asks himself: "Is •t worth the trouble?" It might mean wcrking late 1 It, might mean using his Saturday afternoon in writing 1 out a mcmorHe deodes it's not worth the trouble. Xo ere, he thinks, wiU f>e any 'he wiser, or any the poorer, if he says r.< thing about his new idcz. Ha abandons This we can ox our own firm, r.o ciea was ever abandoned berause \i was a •icublft to put i\ into operation. We count trouble too much if znikea clear the for vh© idea. SHEErOWNERS are now sheariEE*. ond they will have thfiir WOOL, their SHEEPSKINS, and VARIOUS PRODUCTS, the result of their year's labour, to realise. SEND YOUR WOOL TO H. MATSON end CO,, and they will leave no stone unturned to make the best realisation. PERSONAL and DIRECT EFFORT IS NEEDED TO-DAY. WHEN EXPERTS DIFFER. u&e of tho disadvantages of increasing riopiilar education is an increase in the lumber of people who claim to speak with th*i authority of expert®. One of the disadvantages of democracy is an increase in the cumber of people who claim to know experts vrhen they eee them and to choose among them shall be given the place c! honour.

The result is that the country is at the moment suffering from a bewildering excess of part advice on most of the subjects of dally importance. The bewildering excess arises because of the strident and irreconcilable conflicts of opinion between them. This conflict is at its worst in the matter of the nation's trade and industry. There appears to be no single statement about the cause of business depression which :« not as loudly denied as it is affirmed. One set of experts tells us that rationalisation . the cause of unemployment, another tells us that it Is the only euro. One set tells us that before British trade can improve must bo lowered, another tells ns that they most be raised, One set wants nioro gold, Another wants more paper. One set wants more tariffs, another wants fewer. The kitchen is crowded by cooks with different Ideas about the broth. The ship's bridge is crowded by navigators with different ideas about the course. When experts differ tljen common sense must come into its own. That, it seems to us, should be the rule for ali who are tired of the conflicts of experts Common sense for a nation cannot in the ?osg run be different from common sense for * man. When a man's fortunes are ailing he knows that if he has not been doing so before he moat now work his hardest. Anyone who told him that the way to help his business waß to do lee* work for it would have little chance of a hearing We think.the same rule might be followed by the plain man at these times of national •perplexity. Whatever may be wrong it must be right for him to work his hardest. The notion that the less he does the more there 39 for ethers to do must be expelled. Work creates wealth, and common sense says that w# eas never hops to increase onr wealth by diminishing onr work. Bo with thrift. In personal hard times a man fa thrifty for his own good, and he bhonld in national hard times*be thrifty for the nation's good. Extravagance is not good for anyone at any time. 80 with the other solid practical virtues wherewith a man repairs his own fortunes—— patience, resourcefulness, cheerfutness; these, like hard work and thrift, are dictated by common sense for the man and, more than all the subtleties of experts, they are dictated for the nation.

IXJ NOT FORGET THE OLD FIRM. THEIR EXPERIENCE 18 KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR. AND THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. H. MATSON and CO. WEIGHTS OF CROSSBREDB. HOW VARIOUS BREEDS COMPARE. The particulars given below o£ exhibits of crossbred sheep exhibited at the Sooth African Central Show this year should prove interesting. Some of the crosses would cot be possible nor would they be considered in Australia, bat they site an idea of South African experiments that are being conducted in order to And an Ideal fat lamb for their country. Romney Marsb X merino hamels, aged ' 18 month*, live weight 176!b each, estimated to dress 921b; similar lam l aged 6 months, 891b to dress 481b. Suffolk X merino lambs, aged 71 months, 1421b. to dress 731b- similar lambs, 17 weeks, SO lb. to dress 311b. South Downs X merino lambs, aged S months, 1081b, to dress £6lb. Oxford Down X merino lambs, aged 7} mouths, 1141b, to dress SBlb. Shropshire X merino tambs, aged 6 months, 721b, to dress BSlb. Border Leicester X merino hams), 14 months. 1081b, to dress 561b. Woo lied Persian X merino lambs, 6 months, «(slb, to dress 321b. Suffolk X Black Head Persian hamels, aged -0 months. 1301b, to dress 671b. Shropshire X Black Head Persian hamels. *ge 20 months. 1301b, to dress 691b. Suffolk X Woolled Persian lambs, axe 61 months, 681b. to dress 521b. SaffolV ram X Romney Marsh-merino crossbred ewes-lambs, aged 6 months, 1001b. to dress 52!b. All the exhibits were direct off the veld, sad bad sever required dosing. FARMERS requiring MANURES, WOOLPACKS, CORNBACK&, and ANY COMMODITY ESSENTIAL ON THE FARM, H. MATSON and CO. WILL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEIR ORDERS. H. MATSON and CO. The following is an extract from an Australian paper. This country Is close to our door. BUFFALO FLY THREATENS OUR MEAT INDUSTRY. 'flw Council for Scientific and Industrial Research views with not untimely alarm the growing menace of the Buffalo fly, which, first among the herds of cattle in ifle Northern territory, is now reported to J0 "Pleading throughout Australia. ' or control are taken. Sir i*org« Julius, chairman of the C.S. and (i,. time not long distant when t&e Buffalo fly will cost the meat industry Tvf ,tr * 1U *2,000.000 per annum. i» ?. f the w ydham Meat Works, CtmnSi h j? ,t<,tßd - tad told the ?•*'*, w " either a matter of "the going Ou?" ° Ut ° r meat industry . H. MATSON and CO., Auctioneer*. • k