WELLINGTON TOPICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1921, Page 4

WELLINGTON TOPICS.

BAR I,IAM ENT ADJOUiL'-

THE MEMBERS’ lit). ~.\.Y. SPECIAL TO UL"AROIAN. WELLINGTON, Dee. 23 ! By nbandonng a subslantai pari ol the pidgiammo lie had made imperative a day oi two before,' the .Minister was able at an cariy hour yesterday morning to i* lease Rurlir.nicul loi the holiday-,. Members will return on Jauua;v | |th--those ol them, tLa L is, who may fed ini-lined to euine had; so soon and will find work enough remaining to occupy them I'm- another two niiiiiths. Manv ol the Governiiienl’s most important measures siil! have to he mscussed. the Estimates are not hall through, the retrenchment proposals remain in the air ami the meat pool and the butter problem are only jud - added to the list. Of ah tbe members of the House Mi Massey stands most in need ol rest, leg. Lhai be ’- ol I j as much as a couple "I .leys to imnsoli during the next r.ni night reems Imp. y improbable. Ills .-lleagues will be able to join iu the general lestivitie.-, Imt (he man at the helm must slid: to his post. THE MEAT Ro(‘b. Absentees friim the glad throng <d legislative holiday-makers v. 1 11 be the members of the committee that was i°" sponsible for the initiation d - ti"' lm ' nt pool scheme and that is now cm rusted u itli the task of colluding informal i.-n oil the subject from the v.-rimi-- (.waters concerned. The la: me; m lions g: ncrally have been oarahly disposed town:‘ls t-’e .<• -cll.e. The plight of the sheen men is u sc:.oiis, indeed, that limy v.ould he eager to dutch at ally she'.' - ! : ' ''” «., v . But the freezing emm nie- and the exnoriers arc :o mg drh- :;;i< • '" , • ...I ..(ill I.are to he Of: I! "Yd

t' e way and still have to '■<’ pc. 11 11 I '■ a road out of the diiliraii e' l '- 1 which obviously i- •• -vt:al I’ I ing of tilt' scheme. lb"Se ei it a - . 1 1 - -' 1 to lie quite imp-ad .cable. Meat, they insist, cannot he divided into cl-i.-.a-i: as lilt tier can. simple because its qua 1 1 1 '■ depends larg- !y upon hired' :g :<»d I, cling factor ; 1 suite! be deter-

mim'd ns texture mid I'avuur -an in ease ot butter. tiik iMMinrcK':-;- vikw. Many of tin- producers. who. ultnnU without exception. would In- uhid to piititcipsio mi tlm advantages ■■ the srln-lllt- fmvsluilevc I by Ml das.--'.' and the t oinniif ice, -’oil ■•a; in tre ve" cxp.csrod h;- ;!e !>- • ci.e, '"upani-s and the exporters >’> 1 rii- temvt. These produeets have luntids ot ll.eir own wliieli have won ''vvu.rnkieu let tliemselves in the l.omlau msivkct. ami command nriee' wltieb may have litthto do with the pub:- s .Ii h • -add •’ deteeted by the Bven-.-'e "radio. Jo addition to .this tit: r i in nmiiv quaiters a frtink distrust of State imilmuement of any eoiinnereia! uudortak-ti;.;. It is admitted that Urn Imperial Supplies Department did uncommonly pond work during the period ol die eomnmmleer, lint it is pointed out that it was wotkinu; nutlet cufirtT' dilierent conditions from those v.iin-h would ho imposed upon the admiuistt atnrs ol the meat tmol. r lhis. ol course, is ttinte ot loss a political i|tiestiou, on which opinions nei essarilv are sharply divided, but the objections to meal grading appear to rest on practical expeyieiico. TIIK BI'TTKR PMOni.KM. The blitter problem does not present exaellv the same diflicitkics as does t: -o meat pool, lint at the momeiu it seems on easiio of snlutinii. 'ldle suogest ieti that the Imperial authorities should bold back the sale of its surplus butter in order that Now Zealand and Australia may reap stu b ;oiv:ii.:i O'- as are to be pained ill the l.ondoo market is another appeal to the e;eile n 1 -111 ot tie .Mother Counlrj. It the Imperial authorities missed their present nppm (unity to sell they probably would he compelled to accept a still lower price later oil. The alternative suggestion, that New Zealand and Australia should purchase the surplus, hotter and do too holding back themselves, perhaps is a little less illogical, since it would thiow upon tlie people to he hciieUted the itievitable risk : but it would lie a sheer speculation and the point to consider would be the sitle on which the giealer chances of the gamble lay. it is a decision thrust upon the Covermiuellt at a time when it lias no occasion to he seeking additional burdens.