WELLINGTON NOTES

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1924, Page 1

WELLINGTON NOTES

DAIRY FARM MRS’ NEEDS

(Special to “Guardian”.)

WELLINGTON. .July 23 l.n.'t work M.r Massey had a heart to heart talk with a deputation of dnirv lariner.s, and disabused t heir minds of a prent many false theories and ideas.

Hie dairy industry i., tie doubt of first elii" importance to Xew Zealand for it i- worth approximately £18.009.009. hilt it does not follow that the dniryiceii should l hordore lie specially or exceptionally treated by the Govcrnmeni. Dairy farmers have not become dairy farmers to henedt the Stale, hut In hi nefit thelii'elves, and thi- is as it should lie. lor it obvious tliaL in Scekinp to lielielit themselves l 1 ey eannot help henefi 1 1 inp others. Propress is never seltisli, it is always shared. -Many dairy farmers were so caper to become dairy farmers that they disr.’pariled eaution and paid liiph prices lor land and set a pace, for land values •bat spelled ruin lor others as well. Xow there is naturally a desire to find way- and means for avoiflinp losses and the idea netiiatinp many el those who are likely In ho hurl by the liftin'! of the moratorium is that the State 'hould borrow for the Advances Office a hope sum of £25.0(1(1,11110. With such

a sum avilatile every man, or every dairy fanner wishing to borrow would he able to secure all the money lie required at a low rate of interest, and inflation would begin all over again with the same inevitable results. When the moratorium is lifted hardship will tall ilium smile, hut niainlv upon those who have borrowed beyond the value ol the security. In this some mortgagees must also sutler, and ii would he in tile intvre-ts of Hie country lo have 1 1 1 is cleaned up. The Government blunueivd over the soldier settlements and is now lacing the position. The valuation oi these soldier farms is leing reduced, that is. the inflation is being squeezed out, and that i> (ho position the country wauls sec t hc dairy farmers in. Inllaled land values iniisi he abolished, and Hint appears to he the opinion ol the Prime -Minister. loans axd nnrsixc.

the announcement that the Govcrniucml has secured another million sterling tor the Advances Department has been received with sati-faetion here, tor it is Imped that it will go some way towards relieving the housing shortage, which coiiliniies to he 'Try severe in Wellington. There is a eonsiderahle amount of building going on, hut tlie supply of cottage property is far below the demand and high. if uol extortionate rents, nro the order of the day. \ arioiis expedients hate been adopted hy private enterprise to secure the advantages ol present high 1 entnls, and many ol the larger houses have heel! converted into Hats, hut those tints mean high rentals. Perhaps one oi the great reasons why the housinp shorlape appears so piououmed in Wellington is the ahseiiee of Iranspnrf facilities, the costliness ol what fncijfties do exi't and the long time one has to spend on lhe tramways pomp to and I mill oliice. shop and factory. The

civil authorilies lia\'e not yet prasped the need for belter transport facilities. •'l'd it is difficult to persuade people to wo into the Tihurbs. All buildings t hut m e hemp erected now-are based on inllaled values, anil l rouble will ''OHIO later on. Ilceallse of the diflieilllies el l rail-port there is naturally congestion in iei tain areas contiguous to the ejtv. The prohlem will he I solved in due course, but those who are building now must expect to write ell a pood proportion ol value when detlatiioi -ei- in. TYPISTS AX P IF A. Arising oil! ol thi' transport difficulties collies I lie lea hnbil ill otliees and 'hops. There i- scarcely a business place where women ami pirls are nut employed, lor tlie typewrit inp inacliine is everywhere. .Many of these you up women travel eonsiderahle distances toill irml lo llu-ir work in llie oily, ivlii.-ti means not only rising at an early hour hut also being oreiimi to eat eh the early train or tram. A slight upset in tln- plans may mean poinp without breakfu-t. Almost at any hour between 7 and 9 a.in. one may see yoillip women splinting to eafi It a train ear. It i- no wonder that the suburban pirl loops lor a cup of tea and it hi-euit. before the noon hour. The ten habit certainly means a waste ol time, lint in the lolip run the employer loses ’loiliiup hy treat inp Ids women employees with consideration. The lea lialiil will .-lav so loop as women and pirl- are employed in the city, and that will he always, because they are needed.