WELLINGTON NOTES

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1923, Page 3

WELLINGTON NOTES

DAIRY CONTROL. THK HPPPLIERs I!ALLOT. [ special To The Guardian.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 17. Tin- poll of factory suppliers which i« to decide whether or not the Dairy Produce Export Control Rill, passed during last sc--ion of Parliament, shall come into operation, do ,i-d at noon to-day and the ballot papers now are being counted. The number of paper* returned is much -n,tiller than was generally expected and it is doubtful if more than 87,000 of the 70.000 distributed will he recorded. The Returning Ollie-r. the head of the Fleet oral Depart m-nt, has had an extremely diHicult tas !; in arranging tor the poll, but Irom all accounts In- has performed it with rare tto-t and ability. There have been some complaints of ballot papers net reaching their proper ties-, timitien, toil so far in every i-a-e that has heen investigated it lias been found that the fault lay either with the supplier or with the -ecreiarv of the

laeterv who supplied tin- addresses of qualified voters. Interested people who have Pillowed tin- campaigning closely predict that the Act wtlj in- eoipirmcd hv a large maiority. lint they realise that the laile.i-e of a third oi the supoheis to rocon! their votes would detract I'lnisidi-raAdy from tin- value of tin- result. It would he hound, they -ay. to iiu-ri-.a-I- the ilidii-illi im: of those ''Ministerl with th- ! ad mi n i -1 ra t ion of the incasuri . FI’RTH Fi! D'HPPTATIO.V. The "D Tiniiiios*’ coiiinioni ujon till' jnisit inn vc-i'Milay look i!i yi*‘U* of til" matter. "It may be." it -aid, "ih.-'t many farmers have put off voting as late a- inc.-iMc in cnlcr to note 1 f am thin-; new might nop up to alter f-ht :r na n ions. Then- ina v In- a last minute rush of ! a Ik-1 oe t-.-r-, but Ihe ! im-- lmw l -i ! i - '-o shot i ! hat it does not semn HK-. 1\- t hut the toll will exceed B,7.ni)f) voles. or perhaps even reach that number. Tim prevailing impression nom-ars to la- i'u-i the poll

will be carried. lie- wsutid mean that the Acl would in dm- cour-e !„. brought into npcral ion. no mat ter how small 1 lie poll might bin Should 1 In- majority, however, prove to be a narrow oils oil a small poll flu- I-* t will have proved much less s;p isfactorv than wa- anti '■'paled, and mm- be led 1,, give i'l' 1 - to further disputation." If the Act 1- eontiruied hv 1.--- thaii a clear ma icri;y oi tin- suppliers it w ill 1n- ! ri-a-o the peril of the a-1 in tni-ura ti ve bed;,, elected on the same franchise, h-une. a- apathetic gs many ~f the daigv farmer-- have i-rnml iheinselv. -t„ he. I In- liuowh-dge licit it bail the sujqjorl eb only a narivw majerity of t In- huge eoto ti I nett,-;, would 1 tie vi tab! v Inunner

STAGGERFI) AND SHOCKED. Like mam- ether 0.-oph- !,ctt,-r acquainted with tin- con IRieiis and caoa In 11 iie -. of the- Dominion. Mr !’. S. I’ev-ridge. a i i-i tor from Sou t!i A fr-ca . who ha- come to New Zealand v it it the inielli ion ai-quiring a -mall holding •suitable lot trim growing 01 poll It rv raising, is astounded at the high price!! of land in this country. "( hail heen t old I hat land was dear In New Zealand." he said in tbe , ,-uir-e 1,1 an interview yesterday, "blit tin- prices I have been a-bed have .-ib-tiliPeiy staggered me. ( inning from the Tranvan I am! tin- Orange l-'ree Stale, win-re land ran he had ill elo-e pioximiu to lie- iniiwm lor 17- : : d l-i I per acre, it is a shock to me to be asked from If,! I to Lino an itriv tor land here." For lata! in tin- Hint V.alley Mr I: veridge wa- asked Cl0:1 an acre. at Levin an equally high price and for

inert- -and dune- at i-’olxon L'B‘) per !l ere. -Nop- ol IP- wmed ihi in an eni-ouragnig proposition, and irom what h" had beat,| of 'Nei-ell the cost of getting priulme to marki-t irom that' d 1 -1 riel more than con 11 ic-ba la m-ed am a Ivan! ages ; i had to olf.u . In hiquaiidary In- wa, lurmtig in- , - towards tin- (),imam di-irict. v.ha-re Inhad If-uti ! (In tow n 1-1 tlam aru ,-ne of tbe clea n--st and pact I ie- 1 little pin- is be had conn- across in the con ,, f hi--1 ravel-. LICENSING. \\ i-.i! • fee 11, - w -11 ap- r - arc pubh-hnig alnio-t da.il'. ti-o—ago- f.OOI the Fniied 8 1 ate-, dealing with tin- up--ra t ion of th - prohibition law there. lla-y have very lit :le to -a v about 1 i-e prohibit i-ut movemi-ip in New Zealand. Rroba'ilv tin- i' mainly I lie ian 11 oi the promoi - lis ef the teovenn-nt, --, !io, it tan actual!; hiding tln-ir light under a liii-lh-I Since t ha- la-l hcru-mg; pod. ccrtainlv luive noi Ijccn olazoiiing ii abroad. T in re no reason to assume, however. I bat Ihave am intent ion m- rciaxtttg the ellorts I lies' have been making 'hiring the hist thirty odd sears to • -clea r liquor on I ol t lie. roll utr.\ln the course of a i-hat to-day one ol 1 heir prnmiin-nt leaders declared that they would eiiu-r upon Ike next canquiign with more i ontid.-in-e than ev--r and h-’-lter equipped with both mmi and mon . "Two years hem-.-." tin- an- ! 1 Inn i 1 y pn-diets, ■■liquor will meet ifWaterloo." The .Moderates mala- light ot this boa-t and find many i udii-ai imp ef tin-, derlitn- of l!ic "no-!teenso" p-r- - secs 1,-* c .--.-so'-c-e-.s j