General News

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21418, 9 March 1935, Page 14

General News

* Salmon Reported Plentiful Reports on the Rakaia and Waimakariri rivers indicate that there are now plenty of salmon in both, and as the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society has received advice that both rivers are clear and "fishable, anglers should have a good chance of success during the weekend. The salmon in the Waimakariri have travelled well up now, so no doubt the pools between the traffic bridge and the gorge will receive their full share of attention. The Ashley, Hurunui, and Rangitata are also reported to be in good condition, but in the two snow rivers few salmon have yet been reported. Aid for Returned Soldiers Headquarters of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association iis trying to obtain a special act of Parliament to provide adequate compensation for prematurely aged soldiers. Those whom it aims to help .include men of other forces beside the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The effort is described by the association as the most important it has made and it has appealed to all returned men to support itMaori Honour A tribute to the integrity of the old Maoris was paid by the Hon. R. Moore, M.L.C.. during an interview yesterday on the occasion of his eighty-sixth, birthday. He said their word was their law. They were hard to bring to an agreement when selling their land, but once it was made they carried it out to the letter. "Business as Usual'* "There are people to-day who are trying to order their lives as it nothing had happened in the last, five years," remarked Mr William Machin, in an address to farmers at Mothven on the Government's mortgage finance proposals last evening. "It is as futile as were the efforts of those who, at the beginning of the Great War, went about, saying 'Business as usual.'" Mr Machin said that in the changed economic conditions of the present day it was impossible lo carry on as in times of prosperity. He urged all farmers to give careful consideration to the Government's scheme, which he believed to be a genuine attempt to solve one of the most difficult problems of the present time. Temuka Water Supply After having an abundant supply throughout the dry season Temuka is now threatened with a water shortage. An inspection of the reservoir at Orari yesterday revealed that the level has dropped seven inches during the last fortnight and the water is just covering the intake pipe. The water works committee of the Temuka Borough Council considered the matter yesterday afternoon and it was decided to ask consumers to conserve the supply as much as possible and to enforce the restrictions on the use of water tor garden purposes. Spirit of Optimism "Although New Zealand has felt I he depression to some extent," said Mr J. W. Collins, Trade Commissioner to Canada, at the Wellington Rotary Club luncheon this week, "it is easy to sec that you have not suffered as they did in North America. You, too. are very much more optimistic as to the future than they are in the United States and Canada. I sincerely trust that your optimism is justified." Instinct ol SeU'-I'rcservation "The National Mortgage Corporation will be a sound institution for sound men, and that means 70 or 80 per cent, of the farmers of the Dominion," declared Mr William Machin in his address to farmers at Methven last evening, when one of his audience pointed out that under the Government's scheme for allowing men in financial straits to retain their farms for five years, there would be little incentive for them to give of their best in the management of their holdings. Mr Machin said that the Rehabilitation Bill would provide a hospital for those financially sick; the mortgage corporation was not intended to be a benevolent institution. "Very few men to-day are making profits. The instinct of self-preservation makes them struggle on as long as they have a roof over their heads and get the necessaries of life. For the farmer in such a position there will always be the hope that his assets wiJl so appreciate in value within a few years that he may be able to reclaim his land. We know so little of what the future may bring," said Mr Machin. "If England Fails" "If England fails, God help the world," said Dr. Bernard Myers, speaking at a luncheon meeting of the Auckland Grammar Old Boys' Club at Auckland this week. He- said that the civilisation under the British Empire was greater than that under Greece at the time of Pericles, greater than that of Egypt under the Pharaohs, greater than that of Rome under Caesar. It was the greatest the world had known. If England failed, then the world was going back to conditions that had existed centuries ago. He added that nowhere was that realised more than in America. 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