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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 71, 17 December 1920, Page 10

rhe Dimndin "Star" states :-A letter was received by the Plunket Society from tho official secretary to the Govnrnor<>eneral m the following terms :-"I am directed to inform you tba'.l the Gov-ernor-General has been advised that tho two copies of the annual' report of your TOcioty. forwarded by His Excellency to thn lung and the Queen, have been duly laid before Their Majesties. Her Majesty remembers with pleasure ' and interest her visit, to the United Kingdom institution in July, IDI9, to which rcferonco is made on page 9 of tho report, and is delighted to hear of tho useful work performed by the society."

l'ourteen Chinese arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Uiverina on-Tues-day (stated tho "Now Zealand Herald" of Wednesday's date). Of these only two, who wore returning; to the Dominion from a holiday in Australia, were allowed to laud. The remaining t v \vc!vo have been detained on board tho steamer pending inquiries as to tho actual dates their through tickets wero issued for New Zealand. The regulations provide- that Chinese who left China Iwforo November 21 shnll ho admitted under the old conditions. Tho total number of Chinese who have arrived at Auckland since tho beginning'of last year ia now- 7C5.

At which end should cattle ho branded? Tho Auckland Farmers' Union was asked on Tuesday night by one of rtho country branches to support a suggestion that beasts should be branded on the cheek or neck, as the prevent method of branding damaged tho hide and -reduced its selling value (states tho Auckland "Star"). "lv is as old ns Methuselah," said Mr. C. K. Wilson, when tho letter was read, and another member suggested that if the branch wanted cntllo branded on tho cheek they should get it made compulsory. ' lie advised the branch to confino rM attention to matter which concerned it. Tho president (Mr. A. A. Worn) thought the present system of branding whs probably tho eauso of great economic waste. Mr. J. C. Colbeck said in bush country it was now hard enough to seo tho brand on tho rump, and it would bo worse lb And it on tho neck or cheek. Mr. C. C. Munro doubted whether buyers at tho hide sales over looked at tho brand marks at all. Mr. C. K. Wilson admitted that some settlers bad no idea how to properly brand calitlo. They' got a red-hot iron and pushed it right through tho 6kin, which, of course, ruined that portion. Eventually tho executive decided that tho matter was so debatable lib at it could not seo its way to support tho motion sont on by the country Diivneh.