WELLINGTON NOTES,

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1923, Page 1

WELLINGTON NOTES,

11 FACT II WEEK. AN EM EAR PASSED MAYORi Sr. ■ To Tin: Gcakuian.] WKhI.INGTON, Oetnhcr 3. Mr K. M. Wright. the inetnher for Vi'clkugton 'Suburbs in thy House of Representatives and Mayor of the capital city. v. a. obviously a little embarrassed at the ceremony in connection with the opening of Wellington’s “Health Week.” He waitetd to say, as in duty bound, everything that was illicit- 01 stimulate tile citizens towards an enthusiastic effort to clean up He streets, their puhiie places and their hack-yards; hut he desired at the same time m say nothing which eollld convey to e.ui-ideis the impression that Wellington was not tin- (’leanest city in tin \Yt)ii«l. Although lie could not 1 conceal his emlinrrassment, lie really - erfnrmed lus risk very adroitly. W elhngtnn. he said, was as clean a' nn\ utlie;* city, and il had a body (if capable in •■peeioi s to s c that it was kepi eienn. Rut the pnnnote' -of the cuhi-l-aign tha.l v, .1- Icing ini'iated wauled i-i ih,- rit metis looking atnf , h(■ ir own health and the health ol il-.eii- neighbours. Tiie slogan of lhe week was to he fresh ait, cxr-reise, diet am) personal cleanliness. All this, (d course, was very admirable in its way: l.iit as a matter of plain fact Melling--1,1, j, not marly so well eared f"t in health K-speets as in many another city in the Dominion. Tis winds and its rains have prevented it treni being found out. Till-; RUTTER ROOD. The controversy over the Dairy Rrodme Kxport Control Act is going nil as merrily a- ever, the contending pa’ ti’-- seizing upon every possible opportunity to place their view- before the public and emphasising them with increasing -, ehemeliec. Ihe 1 neiuls of tieAct have the advantage of strong ministerial sin p et. tile Hull. \\ . Nnswi.rthy having thrown himself into the light with an army of ellicers oi his Department at his hack. I lien strong arguments are the alleged sv- . -ss of the Meat Board and lh r alleged impn- it ions of the private Hadius. The strong arguments ol the oppoit- , -its of the measure are its socialist!j md-ma-ies ami the perils these ten-

ii-• aeies pr--sm:t. le.lt only to the dairv l'.-t niters themselves, hut also to the whole conmn-i eial (ommimity. M' Nosw-oi-thy deilie, that t la-re is any approach to .Socialism in the provisions of tin- Act. and ini| lie- that the Government, which virtually will control the admini'irative body, has no desire to see the com pulsoi v chiu-es of tig. measure hrmight into operntion. The otipeiieiits re tori lo this is. <t course, that the coin pulsoi y clauses are ill till- Act and that it requires only a I,almur Government to conn- into office to put them into operation and lo apply 1 hem t" other industries.

A I'OI.iTICAI. TURN'. \. Hie eontr.ivei'v increases m m-)eii-Gt v R ' ;i thre-iteniiig to take a |iehiieal' turn. It i- an men sc.-ivt now that the ( Miiia-t was -h-u-ply divide'„H 1 lie cent) iil-'-rv e| iim.-s of the Act and that Dm I’.'ime Minister hinisell was among tin- minority that would have preferred their evlii'h'ii from the 1, ~a- -n his instigation mi the Hnit-1 - that the compromise oi -1 relereuee to the suppliers was adopted Dili this 1 net -mi-fvin;- the 1 x -.1 the timid people who seen! pel'll in the alacrity wit-n v , in. t; Mr Holland and the other members Ol the l.ahour i’-iriy aeiepn-d ecnipul'Ory control. The Im.gih _D, Which dissa t i- 1 act ion with the m-li-m ~f the Government has reached. be judged from the candid mium-m w ith which good Helm iner- like Mi' John Duke and Mr R. M. W light me assailing their patty lenders in general and Mr N'nswnrlhy in pariieiilar. A slid more significant- sign ol tm- turntne flank discussion everywhere ol the rn-.-d for a thmongh overhaul ot the personnel of the mini-try. Mr MmsrV im-d all the pm-sonal popularity I !(,. (-moved during th<- h-" inihuh-ut j , i: . vs of the Nat miial Cab,net. hill j many of In- nicmls are dei hiring the 1i1,,.,-t v he i- allowing smile oi hi- h-" s :,gai ions e- lleagues. (.A ROD IDS YIKWThe labour leaders me frankly .inbilant over what they call the he . ,-vnluti pnlilieal pal ties. I ,m;. persist in regarding the hi 1 oral Daily in parlia a> ■Mov.ii and nut” ami award ,l ° piai-e :, t- id lin iho i‘.~ 1 1 ~Uer the next general eleelioll. They e.xpevt however, to nntaiu a huge - l( , os- i. ii i nt strength to hD.-i- own Dud-C from the sc-.terrd and lu.iderl.-ss D.G----,.,al el, in llv = ‘intry. and v.iin tin-ir im-remed repres,-.111111011 ... the House to pre-elit an tlp|)OsiDnn to Me I'el'orm Govi-rmneni that will inak'- it even more impotent Hum it is at the ,-esent time and ultimately accomplish its destruction. This >s "'"H t;| !k put about, probably, more with the gaining additional ad.iereiits

limn with any cxpr-elal iolt of it hetltg ju-tilicl by ,-veins: hut me rank and lil,-. ~f till- party ac ept ' l :ls 1,,t - m-

,nirod utterance m 11'*’' r .-1.0-soi. _l.r.»p--I,‘ets. Tlio leaders. on tlioir pan. iol lII' colli rover.-y over the tool merely as an incident in > m-ir progrt- toward, the Ttvasmy benches. I la v may not believe in > hen,salvos a> inipiioilly a, their mlhmor, do. .» U.OV ar.. quite oonlent to march a'U tI„V ci'iivt d without being N critical