WELLINGTON NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 March 1925, Page 4

WELLINGTON NOTES.

dairy produce controj

(Special to “Guardi mi”.)

AVELT.IXGTOX, Alarch 2

Tiie controversy over the proposal of tin- Dairy Board is fast developing into a political question, ns indeed it reallj is. for all the legislation in respect to control boards is class legislation intended to benefit the respective classes without regard to the rights of the individuals in their own property, and it a. question whether, if absolute control actually comes into operation, it will not he necessary for much litigation to decide points which have puzzled eminent counsel.' A writer on the subject in 0110 of the local papers points out that the main opposition to the control bills when lie fore Parliament was directed against the clauses giving the hoards which were to administer the measures power to assume absolute control. Assurances were given by Min-

isters that only in the event ol exceptional circumstances arising would t.n proposed marketing powers be exercised All id' this is quite true, hut there wi re *no safeguards as there shoudid have been. .Ministerial promises, i hough honestly meant, could not be carried out. as was proved by A tennejCenerid's statement that the <.oi eminent has no power to pre v >>ut the exercise. of absolute control by the Dan \ Board. This opinion makes the .Ministerial assurances, while the Bib* I afore the House, look quite loolis.i. This correspondent points out that the Meat Control Board never exercised its compulsory marketing, which is well known, hut it does not in. low that at s')me future time the Hoard max jw S n. It must he reinomheroil that neither the present Government nor the iiresout Boards of (’notnil are perma‘nent. and what may happen in Ihe l uiure is hevoncl prediction. Ihe mistake has been made c.f giving to the iriesponsil.de Boards powers that the> should not possess, and those powe.s should he taken away trom Lhem l>> amending legislation in the coming session. X» Board should he permitted to exercise absolute control over the marketing of any commodity without the prior consent of Parinmeiit. H should not he left to Ministers to deride and government by Oiilei-m-Couneil should lie abolished. 'I ho ilccisicni of the Dairy Control Beard to exercise absolute control is still <>nl\ a decision, and it will he very surprising it Parliament allows that decision b> heecnue effective. There is n very serirus defect in the MenlT Control Act. and that is the liability of the Government for the finances of the Whv should the taxpayers as a wliote Guarantee the sheep farmers•' II ll ~ s no-lit to do so what exc uses can he unci, fou refusing to provide liiianeml guarantees for llm slaughtermen eni.a creel in the freezing works, and the widersiders who load the frozen meat into the ships. HOARDINGS OX 111 I 1 hOAD. The Huff read is a main arterial road between Wellington nod the Watraritpa, and a great deal of ni'-iu ms been spent on this read in recent years A patrol policeman is specially engaged to keep the “ road hogs in cue, M This Mutt, read, which could be maim beautiful, is disfigured by huge _ tiasicibllv hoardings. It is had eiiougn. to have the great oil stores ami Ireeztng works abutting on it, but the boardings the limit. Of course there is a revenue to be derived by the owners oi the land, and a pretty good revenue it is, but the unsightliness of the hoardi nos is unmistakable. It is doubled whether they have any utility from the point id' view of the advertiser. As a general rule these great daubs lack the essentials of good advertising, they fail to grip the attention. Xot one in

a 1: 11 iidrifling in mutnr r;irs or in [\vj train cuul<l lx* fotm-'l t<> reetly the wording on any one of those hoardings. It is a big waste ol money on the part of the advertisers, but is (he fashion, and some advertisers; .o-.>' most women, would hate to 1 ■ out ol fashion. There is an agitation on loot to suppress these hoardings, Iml Mere is doubt, if it will be mu-ccshlul. Hue correspondent clir.plaving a brilliant vein of sarcasm, depicts one or two id tlie boardings: “ i Here is that j.oito.ting picture of a well nourished gciiLeiibiu t.f somewhat jiletlmric complexion. tinned with a glare ,;[ beverage of a rich In iimdteslmde. and a “lime's to you. 1,..,!, in bb: t .v C . What’s a harbour or i.eo rumoured with a stdruM 1 <d sin b human interest. The lon mil. crests id Poneko's change! id v.slers mav a, delight to the eye; but, O. think of the frnib en the «l«ss. Id again there is the emlmUckor’s delicate remii.ch r of Ids necessary pmi e m V.o s-.f-inl tab lie. This is of great morel value. To the reekless one it is a polite reminder that there is a pcualtv for careless driving than Me mere* payment of linre. To the |> uhs<>ulier iris an im-rdivn in go. while C e going is gend are longa vita brevis. _ Are these adjuncts to th.' laud-es*oe oc real value to the advert her. ll is open 1, considerable doubt. Mr 'hat Me hoardings are an e.vesor.doubt. The agitation lor the obliteration of these hoardings i- lairly intense just now. hut it will soon cue ,y,wn and the hoardings will h" lor•gotten in some new excitement.

BACKACHE! WHY? Do you rise in the morning with groan; Do you fee! that you are get ting old? Having made up your mind that you are a martyr, do you vent

you; ill-humcur on the family ‘i Alter n while the and stillness .eave you and you forgot your troubles until the next morning, when the same dull pain in the small o! the link, the difficulty of bracing your non-os, brings Ijnck all the dire forebodings of the day before. T'.ijs is the way kidney I rouble creeps on its victim, and you arc starting on a long journey towards ill-health anil infirmity. The kidneys are overtaxed villi the work of cleansing out the impurities from your blood. Each day there is an accumulation of waste which must upset the body. It forms uric acid and Uric Acid is the most insidious form of poisoning that can take place in your body.

It is the duty of every man, not oid r to himself, but to the world at large, to keep Ins health in the proper condition for liis daily task, and tor the victim of Kidney Trouble. Dr Sheldon’s (lin Pills will give just the little boost his organs need'to make them his slave, instead of his being a slave of ill-health. Dr Sheldon's Gin Pills, 2s and 3s Oil. Obtainable everywhere.