NOTES OF THE DAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2167, 4 June 1914, Page 4

NOTES OF THE DAY.

•What ii? generally . as an astute move to foivstall the f<»rrantioo, of a "Ikd Fcdcrntion' , . in Australia wiis consummated.in Syrlncy last week. 'DuTing thft Kew Kealanrj strike of la>t ycs,r the fntewstP o£ Australian ttnioni&ai weve watckd

l;-,v an alliance «jf unions urtder the I presidency of Mjt. V. 11. Hughes. '. M.P.j who was AHovnej-'-Geßet'Hl in the last Commonwealth "Ministry. As , , sin outcome of that temporary cooperation, n new body, , the " Australian Union Federation, lias been foriiwcl at a- conference'representing 150,000 iittiofiists. Sift. BvCtttss, niicl vili'ious other leading Labour politicians figure prominently on the executive. Most of theso genttamon have benn severely iriticised by the move extreme sections of Labour supporters on the ground that fej havo been failing to accomplish anything tor Labour of late, tkz loromtion of the new body is taken as their reply, Mil. Hughes is'Juwnvfl to )>o strongly opposed to strikes ex* cent as a liist yosovt, and to hav* bo balief in the general strike tliooi'y. The extremists wished for <in organisation on the lines of the New Zealand Federation of Labour. In* stead, they appear, to have been badly outmanoeuvred and the field secured for a federation on siinov Vims.

KO4 IJiaOQ S.I*»X SIjO^J Zeppcun I;is been tho inoneei' iH.tko building of dirigiblu talloorts, All his fei'tnnc Ite has shnk in the ctitcrprjise, and ho has mot reverse after reverse with uatlatmtetl.ccrara.ge. It is patlistiq now to find the vetera-B ■.aeronaut coHipfeUecl to ask hifti-solf whetlicv AeWiplaiitts liavo not deprived dirigible ba-Hoons of their ex* p;Us<j for existence. Personally, tfe Coii'Ni , stilt pins \\h fi'iith to the airship, hut e-yeit his afilliiisiasiii caM> not Wind him tf> the Jmig record o! dkastiJif cannoeted with tlieffl as contrasted with ths steady progress o! the acroplaijc. Since 1009 nearly a i dozc-ti Zbppclins have either teen | badly wree-fcccl or altogether tic- ] ■ siroyed. Most of tho disasters have j 1-ofCHfrod from errors ia design ori J mistakes in handling, both of .which ■ causes should be of eorrec' lion. For mt thing, it appears : tot sf the dirigible is to he a sußCflss [ j it ißiist jiot attempt to lan-ct oxefi.pt) I on fare occasions, but- riimaiii afloat in the air atic.lwrod to high mooringI tertvevs, Oiae ef the tet f ii'nces recorded ii.? a- dirf-gi&k wfts that of the Sachscn, whiih 'carHed j twiuity^foui , , perso-n.s fr-oiii S.adeiiBatloi.-! to Vienna, a distatide of >13S milos, in eight hwvs, at a speed o'f SS4 J-Srd toiks an hour. f\?o.nranffe; later a Swssian wjraplftne flew for iß.n iioni' with seren ii&sscngefs ■β-n : !»fti'tl, and remained isi tho air for fifteen minutes with ft-. <ter;eJt passe-n» g<:rs. Tfeo airsbi'ti centinups to bemore or less- at tha mercy of tlte elsmetrts, while every month aivn.osi—stes the afir&plJuw; advain* iii puWor a'Btt sJtabWjfa'; ,

The . Biblu-iii-Sdioals l&igttc is. fQi'tmiate in being able to jitecc !jg■fox.e 'the people of Kcw Zeateiid some very impressive tes:t'iinOn,v by Bcoplo who are ift an ally favmtr-ablfi jjosjtjfln to sp'eik witlj .airt3iyi'% as tfl fcta working Ctf, thft' systoift which it is jjdvocatiag; fturiug his visit to Ne\y Zeakptl iti : P«bTi«!.ry, ■thfi pvoißicjr of Hew Soufeli Waios Csl.it. Hotjuws) infofiHed,- an intditicWiji: at Auckland tteat/the Jfew Botrth Wales Educati-op/geh.eiijo had bcea ofethaiiled tlhiq niut again, but,in #11 tJjcsp; reinwHUftg, pTO' eesses thft BiWe-ifistrttction sjstea had stped ufltoyched. "If ihc.ra is one tiuag," &<> saidj tafco* for grafted in Nffw S«uA Wafes, ii fe the BiMa-itt-Stato'sdieols a» staifitjiont fvom sue)? a botircft tanrjcit bft lightly set a-.s-kte , by any i)p6n-iiiinti.fid por.son, 'Hw latest testimony. eoaws irom an cquAlly high antharityj aiicl is cteii .ftiore eiiij)totie than that of Mu, ®oljjas. i It, 'is given by the Fsusitijdr of QtWiiaslittd (Mb. i)ESfti«i).- ■svlveso Mrhiaistfatibii. Dasserl the' Bill giving effort to the decision o.E .Uia pco-ple in favotn - of the intrwluctionei BiWo-rMdiHjf int& tile State sebeok of QuceiislMul, u Mr*. DtKß.vSr j states that as a i?rco Clnircliraan Ijis'j ivas\a£ first Opposed to tfe?, iMoposal, j .bat lie rto*j as the roswlt offlll tliJlt: Ito has seflH, .ind: erf fho'in-wirises'Tiui has iMclc, svmi],ci v»is for the HitM-' diiclioii of iitstpad o-f ; opposi»p it, is ifegarcis t-fe vkik. of the des-gymeji, ho sit-yS, tliey avei ■ffeleomcd by tiia teadttrs, rtnel I!k system is in every tfespeet woftis.i.ft smoothly. Hare we h-rttis tbn oeinians ni tte Lsboisi , PvoSijcr o! tho Afts-ti'a-lrart Sta-ts in \yl«eji the, sygtciii h-is bsen Iditjrest- in -djpfiv.i'titaj nnd of the lAettvl Pvwttic* which )m& nits-st i ! ce&iiil;ly siffep-fed it, rtntt bqtii .in drdftfijig ifc is working w6ll : . S'w.eh .statflftionfi niurt pvove Vip.l.p Jill to- W*iplfe «'hß are in dotvb|, afici a,rc 'β-ttly cW-rti-iis to do the rislrt t.Wiig,. If'ttsJ is jn S:ttcc?sg in W.vvf Bnwth Wfilos ft-nd J QitfMftsknd it is tvi±ii*nj to aik whv I if; sliQftid fiOt wovJi eritiaTly ws'fl iii I New Zoalftpti. $iic peopio cre-sht nt iilij* rate-to Is", givea tfe 'opiißSfc«ftity of diicWi'iPN by tosaiiii of a rfifwetitfnm, wfetlioi- oi' iw'c they wish to give it a" trial.

Osi3 of the rioteiflst anil njojti virutent of Ssb JaspPU W.«b's iicatenants, tho ramtei? tov Ayott* apijoar to bo a peculiarly soiisitive pci'sen wte\) bis own ■ alfeifs ai:c dragged into tho light of day. JJr. licssEtij is very foiid of declaring a-gainst the lanet B-KMsopolfets, •aticl li;would have the .jsjUJtll farjUei , and the lafid-seokej , tielieve that jio one h laovo sinewely. aiixiotis. te t« tks 'big Idndhoklor faread to fuklivide }\m holding. _ He is harping on this sfoihg, and takers at his own rahiation is a vei'ifcabh thawpion of closet , settlement.. NatflMlly he has fouutl it stimtvwWt. (liscsncertiag to have tho pvblic rwaindetl that te. himself is the_ .forftiraat-fe #pssessor of sqiMCthiug 1 iko 60,0.00 aercs of ]a.i>d. It is not at all swprisiii-g that he s'ijoivW peswt thft actien tii the Prime MiNistSE in clraWiiig attontion to Ihis faeti kit it- is a UfcUcj foolish Osf hini to lose his tenipor Wer it and attack Mlu. Masses for owhing IODO Acres of laiUt As a rasatt^i , of "fact, Mh, Masses is - a swell hviflss,, and lias fievei 5 ten. ftaythin.g else. Ihc fai-m ho has woirked for yesii's is one'of 335 acrea, and is now woAcfi by lii,s son; while JtJwtJte? small Farm owjwd by hjiai is ivodioti by a second son. Cojapared with Silt. Ihissw.'e 00,000 acres, those moclist hoidings of Mn. rind his family nnist apprar quite insiftvdfeatit, «nd they help to explain why Mr. Masscv has the lonftctecft m& aiipport of tho .svijall fariwers of the DermnitHi, wlnh Mi?; Russeu. aacl his profeasioas ere not ta,ke.u sfli'i-ously. ,