WELLINGTON NOTES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1924, Page 1

WELLINGTON NOTES

( ()A1 I’ll .SO It V 11 FT I REM KNT. IN INTKHKS'I'S OF VOL'TH. [Special To Toe Qua aor an.] WF. FLING TON. Feb. 11. Tile "F.veiling Post” states very fairly the general opinion here in regard to cotuptilsory retirement from the Hallway Department after forty vears of service. "Retirement alter for tv yeat>," it says, "may result in the loss of men with years of useful work yet l«.-lore them; but it is equally certain that if the younger olliccrs are kept hack too long their service-al-o will be lost. There are many voiiiig iiti'ii in private business hie now wini ("tniiieiiced their career- in the Civil Set vice, and left that Service bet au-*■ <in - ice •ccupaliotis ollcred -peedier adv.-i.ieemeiit. Necessarily proliiotioii within the Civil Service must be slower than ill private business, been use tic tenure of oll'ico is generally more secure. The services ol tinbrightest, youth- of the cottmuinity can he secured and retained only by measures which give reasonable prospects of promotion. Ihe.-r tncasutv- can be taken without indicting hardship on (he older oilier- or loss upon the t ouiit rv. In t tic Civil Service there is vocin for both vigour and experience, for yotii.lt as well as maturity." The main objection to the rule is the provision for exceptions. which will be operated by ike AI blister, upon the advice of flic General .Manager and may sometimes appear harsh and unreasonable. CHICK FT. "Wellington naturally has been showing much interest in the cricket mutch between the New South Wales visitors ami the local representatives since its coiunii’iiceinent on h ritlay, and lias good reason to be satised with the displays on both sides. The batting, for the most part, has been correct and vigorous, the bowling sufficiently varied to keep the del'etu'e always on tlm

alert and the lidding, though rarely reaching brilliancy never degenerating into 100-otto-.-. The Now South Waleteam included live or -ix of the giants of (ho game and all ol these batted with more or loss distinction, but Mailer, on In- day the ioremo-l. "I living -low bow lot -, was the only olio id iliem lo achieve marked success with

I!„' [ : ,d 1. With seven wi' l.ets for HP ion |,I itverage mi Saturday wa- an c", i ru'.i dmarily good one and probably l n ill" no v* Jlvof hi , deliveries be will

plot c the mainstay "I the M-itors m 1 1 1 is department of the game. I F how over, oilier batsmen take heart of gliico the example of Kol'tlillg and AleGirr on Saturday there will be sonietlTing left for the other trundlers

on bis side to do. The batting of the Wellington team wits surprisingly eonlid, ml, and consequently unexpectedly good, and if the rest of the provincial Hants are in-pired by the saute enter prise other good game- will re-ult. ('I)M PFTITIt IN FOR WFST COAST TRADE.

Mr .lolin Myers, the president of the Wellington ( humber ol ( ontiitoree. who ret it rued I rout a visit to ( hrislcluii'ch mi Sat unlay, stated in tlic eottr-e of an interview to-day that lie had I tec 11 stirpri-'d to find the people and the uew-papet - of the southern citv eon miniating themselves upon the np-Hiiig o! via- Midland Railway having diverted the West Coast trad' from Wellington to Chrt .tchurch "Wellington,’’ lie -aid. "-.till will retain the greater part ol this trade, provided no artificial assistance

given to mm section of the community to the detriment of another hy preleretitial railway rate-. Sea carriage wiP always he ccoimmieiilly cheaper and can give in quick dispatch at pricewhich will give Wellington an advantage." The shipping companies, Mr Myers went on to say. had arranged a i inie-lable freight -erviee which had been fait hl'ttily mainiained and was not likely to be interrupted. Ills own business experience had satisfied him on these points and he had not been tile least alarmed by v. hat he had heard from outside. All it was necessary for Wellington to do under the new eruditions tins to see that itWest Coast customers had the best possible value and that no unfair ad vantages vrer-* given to its rivals. WELL! NGTON’S C1.1.M ATE. Wellington's climate, its winds in particular, is made the subject oi many a gibe and the denizens of tin city usually teem to be too busy with their more intimate afiatrs to < Her an.' retort. At last, however, a compare l.ivelv recent arrival here has talon up Ids pen in protest. "In your report of the civil* welcome to the Australian cricketers.” he writes to Hie -Times'’ this morning, “it is staivu that the Mayor apologised lor Hie Wellington climate. May I ask why. 1 am not a Wellington man. only haring lived here a lew years, 1 h '■( lived ill Auckland, am a native m Christchurch, and also know ptw .. ally every town in the Dominion, and as far as my experience goes the A n. lington climate needs no apology amis healthier and more agreeable the: Christ church and many other ecu'. v< Why are the Wellington people. I font the 'Mayor downwards, m ready to disparage their town r '-Hi-re seems to he no feeling of civic patriotism in the average citizen, here. There reallv is a good deal of justification for this protest, but while Wellington stands on the fringe of Cook Strait it will he subject to changes of weather which even its own citizens cannot honestly extol as delightful.