WELLINGTON NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1924, Page 1

WELLINGTON NOTES.

FROZEN Al EAT TR AIM

(Spociul to “Guardian”.)

AY ELLINGTON, Aug. ft.

Tims;' iii control of the freezing business here are enjoying a quiet sped, and some of the official- are taking their aimual holidays. In course of eon versa t ion wkh the principal officer of one of the companies it was learned that lamh and mutton had recently shown improvement in the Smithfield market, which was very welcome to the lompanies in the Dominion, as owing to the stress of competition prites paid lor tat stock were high, and the advance in values for meat would he winii sot off. Apparently the proposal for combining the f rowing eempanies hits made no headway, at least those who should know something ot the matter say there is nothin" d iiit". Interest now centres in the hahi-iiee-shccts whieli should he published very -omi, lor two or three closed their balancing periods on .Inly AI. and there are others due to hahnico at the ■-■ltd ol the month. It i- feared that

-etera.l ol the companies will again disclose heavy losses in their haliiiutpsheets, and this, it is alleged, will he due to insiillieient turnover and in some degree to inellicieilt management, ami it is t.i he Imped that the disappointed shareholders will not reiterate the parrot try of momipolie- and comhiiies Indii" the cause of their losses. It should lie rememhered that, some of the slimmest companies have made los.-es on their meat turnover, lull have heeli aide to pay regular dividend- through income derived from investments uf reserve funds. which are in essence undivided profits. When seen this ollieial was studying the report ol the Superintendent of Central .Market in London for the halfyear ended .June Ail. lie directed the attention of the writer to the laet that i lie halt year -howed a very small increase in supplies a- compared with the first hall of last year, the actual increase lieiii" only l’1(111 tons, the a""re;iati'.s heiii" lilli.olN ton- a"iiinst •J.'W.IMC, inns. Hi the total supplies for the lirs! six mouths ol this year South America colt tri lot led II I.iOI tons, or 17.7 per ee'it. of the total; Ih'iti-h and Irish supplies ;i""iv"atcd 01’,1.S tons, ei|ital to 1’1.7 per cent ul the total; New Zealand ami Australia furnished to,I II ton- or is.- per edit., and llollal ami other . uuntries I’S.ll’o Inns or I i.s |n*r cent. Thus in the matter of meat supplies llrilain is ih'pemlenl upon foreign countries lor oii.il per cent, of the total, 'file supply of heel in the six uroliths decreased hy -Hiltons, mutton and lamh hy A,! is tons, hut pork increased hy .V>S| tons, and pntiltrv and "ante hy It'd tons. Questioned a- to the prospects ol the coinseason this expert was duhioiis ahot'ii' expressin" all opinion, hut t!ioU"ht that the supply ol mutton and lamh should show some expansion, as many farmer- had abandoned d.'iiryiii" lor sheep.

(iI.VCKir Nl( DOLL’S TltlH lIO.MI'

Another explanation of how and why 11. K. l'*Diti"er' 1 ) Nil-hulls was iiielud ed in Ihe All lilaek's ollieial party ifurnished hy .Mr I M . Leslie, who took an aeiive part in rai-iii" a hind for presentalion to Nieholls. lie slated t till I tile -ull-el'iplion li-l llote-liool; had upon iis lly leal the following word-, milking I la* object of the fund abundant ly d.'i'r:—"Su!,s. ■riptium, nrin \it ed to a -isi Mi IL I Nieholls in make the trip to Kti-laiul a- one of the All i’laek loothall party. Alt' Niehull has done yeoman service as a footlinller for Wellington and New Zealand. A immher of ciuhti-ia-t- would like to reward him in -nine sportim" wav lor hi- service- to l lie good old

-'aim-, ami aiv of tin- opinion tlial t!io 'riii In Rlighty would 1,.- I In- most li I - tinn thing." Mr l.e-lio add' lliat each enutributiir "as n-adi- :i«-«111 ai11 1 »• d with tinll aim and understood pi-rli-i-tlly wt-ll i liai the fund was for llm giving nf a -porting r.'engi ll inn i.f NiehoH's good football, and lint I'm- tin- sending nf a liall-liai k with tin- tmim. Nicholl did imt know nl' tin' In ml until tin- money was handed In him lour (lavs before lla- hnal -ailed. According In Mr l.rsI: ■. Niclml! aas |'nr private reasons roliriug Imm the' game and would lint phiv attain on his ivturu to Now /.ealand. TliK KIN A.N't TAI. DERATE. Tin's ih'h,ilo is 1 1 latino almost as hadIv as tlm debate on tin- Addrcss-i n-Rc-ply. With mu’ exception the speakers hat .' nni i mil Viliui ml mu' original I hniltdit. nr siihniilli’d an opillinu or smilinimil Inr tin- panpli- in seize il|ion and ponder over. Thn speakers have in almost all cases endeavoured to slant; one another to the lull extent allowed hy the rules of the I louse, and -nine lew have h-eeii facetious ill a lahinireil wav. Except Inr Mr K. .1. Rollestrli's snei'eh oil linanee, which did cniitain icatter lor thought and for 111 glimcol. Ihe dehale has lalloil \el\ tint and we here would he glad to have the debate elided and the real business of the session put in hand. In view ol the races in Christ church „. x t v.-eel; nothing of importance to compel all the mcml-ers to remain in Wellington will he lirou.uht lorward. and we will prohahly have to wail until ,|,e end of tlm month for serious logi'lat inn.