NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

DEAR LIVING. PRIMARY PRODUCTS & LABOUR. (Ey Telegraph.—Press Association.) Timaru, April 4. . Mr. John Talbot, chairman of the Timaru -brunch of tho Farmers' Union, in tho course of a review of tho year expressed the opinion that tho wheat grown in tliis district next year would show a reduction. Prices did not promise to be good, but the cost of production was increasing. Tho cost of threshr ing, which was now pai'l by the hour, hatl increased from 3Jd. to 5d., 6d., and even to 9d. per bushel. The late rams had prevented the preparation of the land, and tho liiglicr prices for wool and fat stock 'tended to increaso. The attention to blado shearing at technical schools had turned out a number of competent shearers, and even greater success was exDectcd in future seasons. Referring to the wharf strikes, tho speaker said-that they were over at Timaru before the general strike commenced. Mr. Talbot feared that tho bitter foolings engendered will affect tho general election. POLICE DESCENT. : ON FASHIONABLE MENAGE. Auckland, April 4. Tho-police raided a fashionable boardinghouso just outsido tho city proper last night, and seized a largo quantity of intoxicating liquor, six dozen bottles of beer bfiing found under tho wardrobo in tho bedroom occupied by tho proprietress. Boarders! ivere found in tho act pf'drinking beer in the bedrooms, and unopened bottles wero found under a .table in-oflo room. One cstimablo guest, who proved to bo a constable in plain clothes, was in possession of a dozen bottles, which he stated were acquired from the landlady at 6s. por dozen. A most reasonable explanation was offered. It was that thero was going to bo a party in tho house, but it was not accepted. The police drove off in a taxicab loaded with bottles. UNWIELDLY CLASSES. Timaru, April 4. • Two Canadian lady teachers read instructive papers to a largo meeting of teachers to-day on tho Canadian system. Miss .Parker's paper was on "Official Administration," and Miss Filling's on "School Work." Tho papers aro to bo published in tho • "School Journal." Both ladies mentioned that they wero "filled with horror" at the size of tho .classes in Now Zealand city schools. HOSPITAL PATIENT'S ACT. Napier, April 5. A labourer, aged 5G years, who was admitted to the Hospital last month imdoL- tho name of James Barry. attempted to commit suicide yesterday afternoon by cutting his throat. He was found in. a lavatory by ouo of tho nurses. He afterwards to Itl a priest thai his name was Barrett, and that he .came from Palinorston North. OPEN-AIR DWELLING SCHOOL. Christcliurcli, April 4. Yesterday a committee set up to establish an open-air dwelling school at Christchurch for children who have been in contact with tuberculosis, or have tho. diseaso in an incipient stage, decided to invito Easter offerings from children.

WESTPORT COAL OUTPUT. Y/astport, April 5. Tho coal output at Westport hist week was as 'follows:—Westport Coal Company, 11,144 tons 8 cjvt.; AVcst-port-Stockton Company, 2727 tons 19 cwt.; Seddonvillo State mine, S7G tons 4 cwt.