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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20095, 26 November 1930, Page 20

AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO £ MATSON »nd CO. CLEAR THE PATH FOR. THE IDEA! i bere :s a. grievous wastage o' good busiideas It it the idea that couiits. .The origin r>l & business i* an idea. Its progress 10 t'i» triumph of ideas, ideas are the life °*oJi would think, then, that good ideas •ooui-rf be treasured ii-ko gold, that T*ot one v-culd be allowed to waste, that the whole !i:« ntaJ experience of the organisation wouia b* washed and sifted flo that no idea would eacap* acutiny. Yet every day, perhaps -v hour, socio idea that would be ip \o strengthen the business ia lost beyond recovery Some of these idea* are iost through abeer r.cgiigeßce. A man will have an idea for in,p:oving the arrangement of his deportment for packing merchandise more attractively, for phiasing an advertisement more effectively—he turns it over in his mind -p- a" minute or two, omits to make a note r * it, then forgets all about it. 'such » man might almost do less barm r he took the firm's money and threw it Vn'o the river or barrenly wasted the L"n'B time. For a good idea is more than 1 -ii. and more tliar. money, and the man -..b0 is keenly loya! to bis firm will give .1 liia ideas as scrupulously as he gives hia labour and his time Oitea the <vastat;o comes through ob.use- : est in the administration. There are ;■ usme&s men. many o! them in adminis-'.•t-tive positions, who disliko or despiso <dea& as seeming to ba a criticism upon -te ; r" management. They associate them •••ih change und revolution and disturbance, ■=r,th young men eager to get on, with critic* who say the business haß got into a • i.t Such men discourage ideas Thoy chill •.Lost who approach to offer them. They --own upon the new idea as something that :-&y turn and bite them. Most oi the ideas Th*t come to life .n their organisation »_•» stillborn. Bat wo have noted recently that a great obstacle to th* idea is not negligence, nor administrative obtuseneas —but just lazinefls. A man will get an idea for the better rrcrking of his office. At the first sight of l he smiles with pleasure —for the first •n pulse of the natural man is always to M-leome the new idea. Then gradually he e:eco*er« tha* there will be difficulties in Vetting the idea into operation. It will truu'ole. Then ii© asks himscift 1-3 ii worth the trouble?" It might mean -.-crking late' It might mean usin? his Saturday afternoon m wr:tiU£ out » rncmorn<jlr!i! H« decides it's not worth the •rouble. No one, he thinks, frill he any •Si wiser, or nnv the poorer, if he says rrthins about his new idea. He abandons This ve can say of our own firm, no dea was ever abandoned because it was a trouble to put it into operation. We count ro trouble too much if it makes clear the for the idea. I SHEEPOWSEKS are now sheariintr and thev wiil havo their WOOL,, tbeir SHEEPSKIN'S, and VARIOUS PRODUCTS, the result of their i veer's labour, to realise. SEND YOUR WOOL TO H MATSON and CO., and they win leave no stone nni turned to make tho best realisation. PERSONAL and DIRECT EFFORT j is NEEDED TO-DAY. WHEN EXPERTS DIFFER. One oi the disadvantages of increasing r jpular education is an increase in the i'umbar of people who claim to speak with The authority of experts. One of the disadvantages of democracy te an increase in ih© number of people who claim to kno* experts when they aee them and to choose vhicli among them shall be given the place oi honour. The result is that the country is at the moment suffering from a bewildering excess of expert advice on most of the subjects of daily importance. The bewildering excess arises becauee 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 »et of experts tells us that rationalisation 5s the cause of unemployment, another tells nx that it is the only cure. One set tells us that before British trade can improve wages must be lowered, another tells us that they must be raised. One set wants niore grold, another wants more paper. One set wants more tariffs, another wants fewer. The kitchen is « rowded 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 then common sense must come into its own. That, it seems to us, Bios Id be the rule for all who are tired of the conflicts of experts Common sense for ft nation cannot in the 2ong run bo different from common sense tor a man. When a man's fortunes are ailing he knows thai if he baa not been doing so before he xnast bow work his hardest. Anyone who told him that the way to help his business was to do less work'for it would hare littlo 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. Tho notion that the less he does the more there is for others to do must be expelled. Work creates wealth, and common sense says that ws can never hope to increase our wealth by diminishing our work. 6o with thrift. In personal hard times a man la thrifty for his own good, and he should in national hard times be thrifty for th* nation's good. Extravagance is not good for anyone at any time. So with the other solid practical virtues wherewith a 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 ior tho nation. DO NOT FORGET THE OLD FIRM. THEIR EXPERIENCE IS KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR, AND THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. H. MATSON and CO. WEIGHTS OF CROSSBREDS. HOW VARIOUS BREEDS COMPARE. The particulars given below of exhibit 3 of crossbred sheep exhibited at the South African Central 6how this year should prove in* tereating. Some of the crosses would not be poasible nor would they be considered in Australia, but they give an idea of South African experiments that are being conducted in order tc And an ideal fat iamb for their country. Romney Marsh X merino hamels, aged IE months, live weight 1761b each, estimated tc dress 921b; similar laxr' aged 6 months £slb to dress 431b. Suffolk X merino lambs, aged 71 months 1421b. to dress 731b• similar lambs, 17 weeks 601b, to dress 311b. South Downs X merino t&mbs, aged i months, 1081b, to dress 581b. Oxford Down X merino lambs, aged 7j months, 1141b, to dress 581b. Shropshire X merino lambs, aged 5 months -21b, to dress 36ib. Border Leicester X merino hamel, 1< months 1081b, to dress 561b. Woolled Persian X merino lambs, 5 months 631b, to dress 321b. Suffolk X Black Head Persian hamels, agec -0 months, 1301b, to dress 671b. Shropshire X* Black Head Persian hamels age 20 months, 1301b, to dress 691b. Suffolk X Woolled Persian lambs, age 6j months. 981b to dress 521b. Suffolk ram X . Romney Marsh»merim crossbred ewes-lambs, aged 6 months, 1002b to dress 521b. All (he exhibits were direct off the veld and hsd never required dosing. FARMERS requiring MANURES, WOOLPACKS, CORNSACKS. and ANY COMMODITY ESSENTIAL ON THE FARM, H. MATSON and CO. WILL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEIR ORDERS. H. MATSON and CO. Th* following is as extract from an Austra lian paper. This country Is close to our door. BUFFALO FLY THREATENS OUR MEAT INDUSTRY. The Council for Scientific and Industria Research views with not untimely alarm the growing menace of the Buffalo fly, which appearing first among the herds of cattle in the Northern territory, is now reported tc be spreading throughout Australia. Unless measures for control are taken. Sir r5? r * e chairman of the C.S. and 1.R., believes the time not long distant when the Buffalo fly will cost the meat industry of Australia 4.2,000,000 per annum. The manager of the Wyndliam Meat Works, m West Australia, he stated, had told tho Council that it was either a matter of "the Buffalo fly going out or the meat industry going out." H. MATSON and CO.. 31747* Auctioneer.