AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1923, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

BOBBED HAIR. SYDNEY AYA IT HESSES It E BEL. SYDNEY. Nov. 22. The ukase which has gone forth against the waitresses in the railway refreshment rooms in New South Wales in regard to the manner in which they shall wear their hair, has provoked indignation among them. They have been ordered to wear their hair tightly bobbed under their caps, and completely hidden from view. The girls, of whom there are several hundred employed at tlte various tailway refreshment mem, have taken their case to the Railway Union. [I they were employed in the seclusion of a factory, they say. they would not worry over the new edict, but they are constantly under the eye id the public ami they resent “lieing made to look ridiculous.” The union chivalrously intends to take tho matter up, on the ground that the order is an unwarrantable) interference with the liberty of the waitresses.

Some time ago a (ity linn <d caterers formnlateed a. similar rule, but the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Union got quickly to work, and the firm probably thought that discretion was the better part of valour—in other words, that it "its better to let the girls do just, what they liked with heir hair, rather than have no one to serve the meals. The obnoxious regulation was withdrawn. “1 he tai-p that the waitresses have still to wear what they regard as badges of servitude in the form oi aprons and ridiculous white hows on their heads, is had enough, hut to have to cast into oblivion t lie glory which has conic down to them from the ages is tinlast straw." says one paper which is championing their cause.

BRISBANE'S PROBLEM. SYDNEY. Nov. The unusually hot weather in South Queensland K resulting in the fly and mosquito posts making themselves more than commonly pronounced. Although a Board which hits been specially established in the metropolitan area to suppress these disease breeders bits devised various methods to this end. imludmg the tree distribution of kerosene and other mosquito preventive-., the man in the street is aware nl nothing more acutely than the increased ferocity ol these detestable little creatures. In bis strictures on the Board be does not pause to consider what the conditions would be in this exceptional season were there no Board, lie merely content', himself with grumbling about apparent inelloetivtni--s ol the measures taken. Tim Board ium received reports from its officers regarding additional measures that might be taken ami these include Hie payment ol a bonus of a shilling per pound for dead flies, on the same principle as pavmeiit is made lor dingo srulns and other noxious animal-. Members ol the Board foresaw many difficulties in the way of stu b a plan. W lim wa. to cheek the weight ol the flags ol hies, and who was to determine the genuineness of the contents of the hags bv examining the e.intents. Hut subject has afforded excellent material for the wits of the city in the Press ami elsewhere. One pictures the Mayworking overtime counting mil liens ~f dies entrapped by money-making

imugsUr.s and sorting out drwd tenlea res which have been industriously intermixed as weigh t-ma set,. Another Imp:- is i hat the Board will put its large ily stocks to economic use by discovering that, they make a peculiarly nutritive manure which may ho instrumental in converting the annual losses on the State farms into the big profits that the harassed taxpayers were led to expeel. However, the suggestion to pay on dead Hies ,s still under consideration. The Girts undoubtedly show Mu- necessity to.■ ' I JS tie action. Apart from the discomftn'ts of hordes of flies and m<i«,mtws the increase in curtain types of dtsparticularly iyphoul. is etmsing anxiety. Brisbane is still wtiboul. •I sewerage svsLetn, and it n- considiied that this, together with the k ll “ valcueo of Ums is responsthle. IS • , i , h a material ile- : ollstdered D'.il who • crease in the Hies would result ni <■- (lueed incidence oi tvpmmi. CANNED .FRUIT. SYDNEY. Nov. 22. Yhe ibis is the trade-mark of the canned fruit from the New bout ' Wales irrigation areas, and the t usLraliau Trade Commissioner >n the Fust, .Mr Sheaf, in a letter to the Premier (Sir George Fuller), says it is difficult to make the Chinese, and other peoples of the East, understand that the tins contain fruit, and not birds; and tlu-y also fight shy oi jams with the kangaroo branch, in the belief that tln-v contain a kind oi meat with which they are unfamiliar. Me instances a ease in which a etmMgtiment of fruit showed the packer s brand in the form ol ? the this. Tlie tin was forwarded to a business house m China, and tho Chinese merchant was indignant. Me declared that lie had asked for fruit and had received birds. The host method of labelling Hint, according to Mr Sheaf, '* havc a Future of tho Unit itself the most prominent feature of the tin. If would be more effective still, be says, if the wording oil the tins was printed m some of the various Indian vernaculars. He. however, emphasises the language difficulty in India by the fact that the daily business of the bazaars in Bombay is conducted in 10 different languages.

short!-,- lie made available for scientists abroad. MODEL SUBURB. SYDNEY, Nov. ‘22. The munificence of the bite Mr A\ illiatn Moore, of Sydney, lias found expression in his will along fines at once practical and aesthetic. Under his will an area of land of from 800 to 850 acres was set aside to be uillised as model residential areas, the net annual revenue from which is to bo divided among certain religious and philanthropic institutions in NewSouth AA'ales. A competition was adopted, and was divided into two section,, one for designs for tlie lay-out of the area, and the other for the house*: to he bulil oil the area. More than 200 houses are provided for in ike winning lay-out design, with the frontages ranging trom (Kli t to 70tt, and with depth of from 150 ft to ISOlt. Tlie trustees aim at developing the estate in sections by building the house, and deposing of them on completion section by section. The estate, which is situated in one of the most beautiful of the suburbs, is to be developed on wel!-ori!ered town planning principles. A natural ei'i-ek running through it will add grace to the picture, while the most commanding sites have been .set apart- for a church and school and a community building. A sports ground is also included in tlm plan. The project will mark a .substantial step forward in town planning reform, and will he watched with special interest- as an important aspect of the housing problem. The scheme has the backing of leading architects.

UJSTHALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION SYDNEY, November 30. Sir Phillip Proctor, representative in Australia of the Union Cold Storage Coy., which is interested in the Port Darwin Aleat. AA'orks replying to criticisms, denied the suggestion that the Company was connected with the American Meat Trust. On the covIrary. it was a keen competitor with tin American Trust and was making an effective light against it. in the retail italic in Britain. He also denied the suggestion that the Coy’s Australasia); interests were being made subservient to its Argentine interest. The Coy. had now only one meat works in the Argentine, having disposed of two others a, compared with five works in Australasia. The Company was only too anxious to icopen the Darwin works a,- soon as there was the smallest i ha nee of remunerative operations. R rXDEI! PEST OUTBREAK. 'Received tin’s day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dee. 1. Following mi the outbreak of the rinderpest in \V->*f Australia, the State Government Ims issued a proclamation prohibiting the importation into New .South Wales of any horse;-, fodder or fittings from AYest Australia for tlie next twelve months.