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AUCTIONS. H, MATSON AND CO H. MAT BON »od O O. •ViEAE THE PATH TO 31 THE IDEA I 'lh.er« a wrievoua wutAge ol ffood buiir &sa ideas _ It is the idea that counts. The origin g. business is an idea. Its progress is tJ?» triumph o£ ideas, Ideas are the Uto "'oca would think, then, that good ideas nould b® treasured Uke gold, that not one would be allowed to wa»te, that the whole Uitatal exocrionct) of the organisation wousci washed and sifted so that no idea would ..scape scutiny. Yet every day, ntery hour, some idea that woul'l help to strengthen tho business is lost beyond thee* ideas ara lost through sheor -icgliKcnce. A man will have an idea lor •n.'uovmf; th« arrangement of his department fr-r packing merchandise more attractively, for phiaSiCg on advertisement niore »£fi-ctively—Ho turna it over in his niind f'l " minute or two, omits to make a note of it, then forgets all about it. Such u, man might almost do less harm h. took the firm's money and threw it into the river or barrenly _ wasted the hrm'a tim«. For a good idea » l *"|= i.-ac and more tnaii money, and the man who is keenly ioyai to his firm will give ' his ideas as scrupulously ae bo gives his labour and his time O'en the wastage comes through obtuse--ess m the administration. There are >usin.-«s men. many of them tn adminis♦if.tive positions, who dislike or despise -en, ideas as seeming to be a criticism U P°" 'heir management. They associate them \ 'th c!>an"e end revolution and disturbance, w-'th voun- men eager to got on, with crifcs"-.vho°sav the business has got into a r-it Such men discourage ideas They chill those who approach to offer them. . rown upon the new idea as something that may tu'n and bite them. Most of the ideas come to life m their organisation " But we have noted recently that a great obstacle to th' idea is not negligence, nor administrative obtuseneas—■but just laziness. A man will get an idea for tho better working of his office. At the first sigh. of it he smiles with pleasure—for the first impulse of the natural m\i> is always to vekrome the new idea. Then gradua ly he discover* th?.' there will oe difficulties in •irtting the idea into operation. It win r-e»a trouble. Then ha aakß himself: Is -i worth the trouble?" It might mean working late- It might mean us® to Saturday afternoon m writing out a /T" nudum! He decides it's not .worth the t-nabl». No one, he thinks, will be any the wiser. or any the poorer, if he snys r.nthing about bis new iaea. He abandons This we can say of onr own firm, no -den was ever abandoned because it was a trouble to put it into operation. W count to trouble too much if -t makes c.car the *••»*}! for the idea.

SHEEFOWNEHS are cow shear j*i<r and (her will have their WOOL,, their SHEEPSKINS, and VAPIOUb PRODUCTS, the result of their rerr's labour, to realise SE-ND VOUR WOOL TO H MATSON and CO and they win leave no gtone unturned to make tho beat realisation PERSONAL and DIRECT EFFURi IS NEEDED TO-DAY. WHEN EXPERTS DIFFER. One oi the disadvantages of increasing popular education is an increase in the number of people who claim to speak with ; h» authority of experta. One of the disadvantages of democracy is an increase m the number of people who claim to know experts when they see them and to choose vhicli among them shall b* given the place oi honour. . , .. The result is that the country is at tfce j/ioment Buffering from a bewildering excess of expert advice on most of the subjects or daily importance. Tho 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 is not as loudly denied as it is affirmed. One set of experts tells us that rationalisation is the cause of unemployment, another tells us that it is the only cure. One set tells ub that before TV*J»\sh trade can improve wages must be lo jjnotbefr tells us chat they must be set wants more gold, another wants more paper. One get 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 coarse. When experts differ then common sense must come into its own. That, it seems to as, should be the rule for all who are tired of the conflicts of experts . Common sense for s nation cannot in tne long run be different from common sense for a man. ' . When a man's fortunes aro ailing he knows that if he has not been doing so before he must now work his hardest. Anyone who told him that the way to help his business was to do less 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 oerplexity. Whatever may be wrong it must be right tor him to work hia hardest. The notion that the less he does the more there ia for others to do most be expelled. Work creates wealth, and common sense says that tv© can never hope to increase our wealth by. diminishing our work. So with thrift. In personal hard times man is thrifty for his own good, and he should in national hard times be thrifty for the nation's good. Extravagance la not good ior anyone at any time. So with the other solid practical virtues wherewith » man repairs his own fortunes patience, resourcefulness, cheerfulness; 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. DO NOT FORGET THE OLD FIRM. THEIR EXPERIENCE IS KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR, AND THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE AT TOUR DISPOSAL. H. MATSON and CO. WEIGHTS OF OROSSBREDS. HOW VARIOUS BREEDS COMPARE. The particulars given below of exhibits of crossbred sheep exhibited at the South African Central Show this year should prove interesting. Some of the crosses would not be possible nor would they be considered in Australia, but they give an idea of South African experiments that are being conducted in order to and an Ideal fat lamb for their country, Romney Marsh X merino hamels, aged 18 months, live weight 1761b each, estimated to dress 021b; similar lasr" aged 6 months, Sslb to dress 431b. ' Suffolk X merino iambs, aged 71 months, 1421b to dress 781b- similar lambs, 17 weeks, 601b, to dress 311b. South Downs S merino lambs, aged 6 months, 1081b, to dress 581b. Oxford Down X merino lambs, aged 7} Months, 1141b, to dress 581b. Shropshire X merino lambs, aged 5 months, 721b, to dress 361b. Border Leicester X merino hamel, 14 months 1081b, to dress 561b. Woolled Persian X merino lambs, 5 months, 651b. to dress 821b. Suffolk X Black Head Persian hamels, aged t'O months, 1301b, to drees 671b. Shropshire X Black Head Persian bameli. age 20 months, 1301b, to dress 691b. Suffolk X Woolled Persian lambs, age 6} months, 981b to dress 521b. Suffolk ram X . Romney Harsh-merino crossbred ewes-lambs, aged 6 months, 1001b. to dress 521b. All the exhibits were direct off the veld, and had never required dosing. FARMERS requiring MANURES, WOOLPACKS, CORNSACK&, and ANY COMMODITT ESSENTIAL ON THE FARM, H. MATSON and CO. WILL VERT 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 FLT THREATENS OUR MEAT INDUSTRT.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research views with not untimely alarm the growing menace of the Buffalo fly, which, appearing first among the herds of cattle in rh» Northern territory, is now reported to be spreading throughout Australia. Unless measures for control are taken. Sir George Julius, chairman of the C.S. and I.R-, believes the time not long distant when the Buffalo fly wit) cost the meat industry of Australia £2,000.000 per annum. The manager of the Wyndham Meat Works, in West Australia, he stated, had told the Council that it was either a matter of "the Buffalo fly going out or the meat industry sroinj out." H. MATSON and CO, stT*7* Auctioneers.