WELLINGTON TOPICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1921, Page 1

WELLINGTON TOPICS.

*>»:>. MINISTEILS' LUCK. ADVANCE IN WOOL PRICES. (Special to "Guardian.”) WELLINGTON. Oct. If ‘•Soddiiu’s luck” which was provervial during the gicat l.ih.-ial leader’s term of oliice, saotus 10 have become "Massey's luck.” While all the expel ts were shaking tln ir I ends doittflllL liver I !:c wool push ion and predicting three or lour years ot low prices, the present h ■ , i , cr' o| Mr Hcddoii s cloak held iirmix t toe Indict that » lcvival was at hand and that very slmrtlv all would he well wit • the "Oicep men.” At the I.ginning ■: ;; Vi week at one of the many public receptions that have been lliru-t upon him since his return 11 . mi ti-c linpe. ml Conference, lie ox, rss d at. ex: l : "

f■it h that was « ilDin hi -. an L In. and ! choi !. the vc; y llcxi da came across tOf t alde (lie glad tidings ni an advance ci 1) per cent in the prices ol wool in London. Whether it "as pure link oi nr,fitiiitv preseii nee tat enabled Mr Masse- to nil'ieovito hv twenty-four hours the coiirse ot the market docs not matter very miirli. hot the tact .self must add very materially to his icpulatioii lor commercial astuteness. It i- lev such fortuitous hapi eiiings the maun of the poiiliri.ru is mainl aiimd. SAVING IN' HASTE. Mi ,|. ii. llainiltoii, the sucicssor to •ir .losepli Ward in tlit* representation if Awariia in Pa rli'imcnt. las been cuiting something ot ;i ticurc this session, perhaps thinking the return ol stir .Insi‘l hi to tin* llomiic. u lrif'** dcsiiahl:* tic sin lit! I"* tat ling . bis l.csi loot foremast, (hi Eriday night he seized with both hands and a lid unread- t ingue an oppuriunit\ to dilate on the nod for economy ill the public service, a very safe subject m the House just no", if the susceptihili-l;-s of the Labour incinhcrs may he, di-regaiilcil. Ills ideas on ictrcnc ili,rut, liov.cvcr, arc a little i . uo>'. lie would cut 10 per Cent oil the salaries and wages of the civil servants all round, thereby saving, so he said, a clear million, and lie would ciiih 't..iu avarice of the labour unions, which, he ;n erred', were extracting conditions fimu the employers and the general public which wcie utterly uiilaii. lie was satisfied that nine-tenths ol tlm . ivil servants and all tlm ica*onable workers would approve c! 'ms sclten'e and that its adoption would save tlm roiintrv from disaster. And so the "av n! iclorm pioceeds! \\ INSISTENT demand. Ist, t though Mi I lai.iilt -ns ideas ol ~ ir,,, live ici rcor'hliienl liiax he a lltll'' crude. hoih in conception and in I'“' venial it m. I lie \ hdlcct, more or "’s', a-cuiatclv. a great v Inc c ol oahlie , ~ ■ i hai Ini' "Town up here during | ,1m las, month o, two. Wellington of ; , ~||| -e is alwais a little more dillidclit ■ , me, ,it her out m Hie Dominion il, :I alum "ilh ll e Civil Sciyue. It IS the home oi mar; t Imii.-a.mls ol civil sorvimts ami t!»• *r«* is s<;uvulv ;i k*?i- ---• Kmh in tin* <ity ur snlmrhs

sunal s\input hies are mil in some y, ~x associated with Government cmnlovnmiit. But tlm stern lael- o the silualion have i olupelleil even WellingI nil to join ill ill- demand ml elivm,.iiiriii. The local public is inepai'ed I"'' ~ ... dia-tie steps indeed loivaids Ilm ,j,, sired end and is not im lined by any a, accept Mr Massey’s lir.si m- ■ lalmeiu >d ' sax mo a• an adequate eppreeia I ion oi the : S I '' •' I i,,n. 'l'lm ilemaml i I”' l!: “ sM ’' ' i„,s not relv I'o" He disc nliniianee of hill I•'I and "! mu :b and ' si-elidii," Ol hoi I'm. ed .a.mex I'O ;he ..,u !.s. Eve! x tiling hut e!'.rii lie;.', a- a hrsim's' mail pul ii to-day,' most he s in Ihe interests ol el Oimmy. DEE ALi tTiDNK. |II his annual icpm'i on Ihe jnddm counts. which was laid on I D' ’■*' ~ ,ho House on Ei id.iv. Colonel I, . I. C,,||i„s. the Coni roller and AuilitorCeimrai. who is tel iring from oli'me t his veni, protests against "llie ii,i|;.osslon lit special iniipiilv on the nan ol poh le servants which Ims been denied by the industrious eirciilalimi of part mu la i s ol all eases of defalcation or like megahiiities ulli(■ 11 lun'e hcoii tliselos.*,, in rehuioii to tlm I’nhli. Service. . Ihe Colonel denies strenuously Hull nreguhirities of tlm kind lie lias m iioml are ii lore eommoii in public than I ae.v, aie in prixaie (dimes, lie al'rihutes the popular delusion oil this n ■ini In t>e lad Dial "Idle ollcue-s dis.ovce.l in the public oliices are always lollowi d by ;i | i'*o t inti. lluLit* coimili * Vi’'l l‘l | * I*l- - oliices aie I l'ei|Ucid lx -aved i i "in puhlicil v. This explain:t on. d«lM'l"'s. :. i-orieet. But SO fill- as one can ...,11,,., il is not so much the average iulcgi'ilx of l in' Civil Se XI'C al i is call,"! in ipicsi mu as ii : i m :m ' its bools' l —pi This • .aol to he i i-t ai- in 1 1 s ie-1 lied* aml to n■ es -pi all the means to d., ill deeds ikn make ill deeds doi.e. latmiXi *** Tf * ,T ..v_xrvsky?xrji.