Thoughts For The Times.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1920, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times.

A Real Remedy. “The Government are in part blameable. They have paid such high prices to put returned soldiers on dairying land that many of the new tenants cjould not carry on unless they got prices for their butter-fat which would mean the equivalent of 3s per lb. for butter in the grocer’s shop—so it is commonly alleged. The subsidy is only a palliative. Land reform is the real remedy. If the Government had made real efforts in past years to appease the land hunger the demand; would not have sent prices to the present unsafe heights. The present position! Seems to he that the tendency is to the aggregation rather than the sub-division of estates. If so there could be no more reactionary and harmful threat to this Dominion. The Government have (certainly bad many harassing tasks to distract their attention, but if they were really in earnest over this vital matter they would not have shut their eyes to a dangerous drift.”

The mails which left Wellington on the 17th September, per R.M.S. Tofua, via San Francisco, arrived in Loirbn on 30th October. The many friends of Mr and Mrs V'i Lore, of Sewell street, will regret ic. hear of the death of their 12 months’ old son, which took plsioe at 1 o’clock this morning, after an illness of three weeks, us a result of attacks of whooping cough and bronchitis. I The weekly euchre tournament and dance takes place at St. Mary’s Club rooms on to-morrow ing. Good prizes are again to be competed for, and as these tournaments are fast drawing to a close, patrons are advised to take advantage of the few enjoyable evenings that remain in order to compete for the aggregate prizes which are of exceptional value this season.—Advt. Nominations for the Grey County Council yesterday resulted in the unopposed election of eight members, as follows: J. Ryall (Cobden riding), D. Baybutt (Waipuna riding), J. P. Irvine(Brunnerton riding) P. Donnellan iN:-i----son Creek riding), J. McCarthy (Red Jacks riding), J. W. Hannan (Par.si riding), Adam Blair (Maori Creek rid ing), and J. Greaney (Marsden riding). For the Hohonu riding there are iw>o candidates .(A. J. Palmer and Arthur Robinson) for the one Beat. For lhe Grey Charitable Aid Board, Messrs J. W. Hannan, J. P. Irvine and J. Mi Carthy were elected unopposed. NORTH BRITISH GARDEN HOSE keeps the garden smiling and the lawns fresh and green for years and years. Famous for long lasting.

Excellent as a food-tonic, wonderful as a nerve-soother and health-giver is SHARLAND’S BEEF, IRON AND WINE. Try it.