WELLINGTON TOPICS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1925, Page 4

WELLINGTON TOPICS

A SUIT! IKK N CO.M I’l, AI XT. LACK OF XF,W>. (special Id ‘•(iitardinu".) \vi:i.i.ix(;t"n. May ik South Island members "I ment who i,iv here to-day [Hiving liii'ir tril,ui,. On- dead I’inii" Minister. expies- .Inprise, it ik 1 some indignation, Hi tlic meagre information enuceniing Mr Ma-xi-v's i ciiuiltinii tlml was supplied |i, ilii-ir part "i the Dominion during tin- siili'-rer's l»ng illness. As nmt in .it fact :i' liturli information was sent South as we snu North, anil „„ was vouchsafe'l to tin- people of Wellington. I .'mtht less i t was with tile vert best, intentions that silence "ns Maintained bv those in authority lone alter the very era vest symptoms tlevelj : but as things have tnrnetl out ji biis !eii the public «itb some cause for complaint. It would have been Mr Ma-sev’- desire to occasion bis thousands «,] personal friends in tile country as little anxiety as possible; but it m\,. r would have been Ins wish to beep i-}'»i• i*i in *is• l l iiiice nl lilt* >«*rit)ii>n ~) Ills case alter it bad assumed the most alarming lorm. It is only a tortlljoin ago that a ImllcUn was issuer v, |;i'b j.-il ni:111y p ‘ople unaequaiutei with the nature of the trouble to mi : ;inc the patient bad rallied sufficient' Jv to bring complete recovery wilbii the ranee of possibility. The "im

proven!eitl " was maintained lor a lew lines, raising extravagant hopes tliroiielmiil the Dominion, and then , nice the eollapse with t lie lone inevil - end. The South' rn members have their grievance. but they share it with tile general public. I lON \Y. DOWN’ I F STEWART. Sir Francis Kell, in r.-jily In an inquiry. Inis received a very ''beeline; cable message from Mr Downie Stewart - wlm at present is in New 'i urk liiidereoii"r special treatment for bis war disabilities. in " bid, lb.' Minister of Industries and Commerce rolers in hopeful terms to the progress be is making towards restored health. lie expresses hiii'scll its being "very optimistic of tlie ultimate result " and as wishing to remaiuu under treatment mo il June." but adds, with characteristic devotion to service and loyalty to part'.. " unless you require me sooner." It i' being taken lor granted, ot ionr.se. that Sir Francis has told Mr Stewart to consider bis own health rather than the needs of bis parly, and that It:- will reach Wellington only a lew davs before the opening ol tile - --ioii. Meanwhile a now ( abiuet in place of the ole- dissolved, by Ml" Mas s.-v'.s d'-alb will have been appointed and in all prebahilily Mr Stewart wi t he one of its members. IVople who know their Parliament well are marking bin- dun n lor ilia port folio of Fin mice am! the busim-ss community p n-

bas I in temporary- i barge ol the Tivasiir. more than once and has the cxo: ri"m-e and natural aptitude i"..l r.|.... position. At the immielll tlioiv iipp -ars to lie no alterim t ivc In l-.is .solei I ion. • Till-: AMERICAN VIEW." Seim- of .Mr .Masses's many ardent admirers ale taking exception to the a-sunquion o! lie- " X'fork ’limes that Mr Masses was at heart a CmiM native. These good bdk probably net cr !ia-. o read Kurd I I ugh t ecil's do light fid little wot k on "Conservatism" w!;ieb makes out the ero.-d atlriluited to .Mr Mii'Si'v bv the American paper lo 'nr the nearest approach to -ana socialism yet achieved l,y any party. "Such was Mr Massey's bold on bis

only di-inh displace I him. I i is a cufi.iii' paradox that in a country noted for its excess ot l.iberali- in. a lean who b nature was s,, stauin b a (on-orvn-tive si I • 11;; belli power." Jills is ."]| IJil b: •i ra tii.n of bow lit ib> tie.10,-! ban- know about New /"aland and it nff:drs. Mr Ma-sev may have ' ecu a ('i in s.-rva live in bis rcveivme for -. cileralde iiw: 1 ulhm- and in bis atI• 1 1 1 a - I la- I it!.- i s employed in I Ids country it cannot k. . .mi.'i re I unm a man win bad on I-1 la. Ilame I Ihi lla me. and , ut-Seddmied S.-ddmi in what ibe -‘'line's" styles all " excess of l.ib.-r----alism." Tile Prime .Minister's friends ha-, e reason lo protest. Mr Massey may bare slatted out. upon bis political < a reel- hampered bv many of the d'-bts-s: oi - - embode-d in ;!. • eeminmics of a eeuturv la-tore, but in the later years of bis life be eirtainlv was not out of ■lep with th" most advamed I.ibera listil cl the day. DAIKV PROFIT I-’. MARKETING. lull is i■ i- bv accident or h v design A f \\ . Grounds, the Chairman of tlie Daily Kc ai-d. has created in many quarters the impression that the absolute control policy contemplated by the board I Is I'm- policy by which life Danish j dairy farmers have built up I la-ir stable I ami highly ret -rative export trade. All < die ia I report by ofl'n or- of the Failed Stales Depart lueiiL of Apric iilt are jll-t leceil'ed L.-re shows clearly. however. t lull ibis is very iai from being the case. Probably a summary n| this report which is beaded "Co-operative Marketin.” in Denmark-." will be made available to those 1 interested in due eotii'se. but meanwhile one or two paragraphs iiiav be quoted as showing the results .it tin- A merit nil's invcslignt jolts ; c|) "The Danish co-operative assii.-iat ions are strietly business or-

gaiii.-.i 1 am-. I iiov arc organised, operale and lum-tion purely along eeomimie lines and are developed free from all political. Slate, religion-, or social ' la- - inthn nee. ,2) Denmark Im- no -pet ial eo-op'-i a live legi-ut ion, as Hie Dane- have proved by experieiiet' that 1 I i o-ooeralion is not promoted by pr. to, tt"iii--i in.-tliods of gov ernm.'iit la VI-licit i-m . They prefer lo bo treated as any business agency, retying upon •heir own p overs in the business world. '■Tl lucre are now approximately 1.335 "'-op.-,mire creamery assoeisnioiis in Denmark doing an annual business of u 1.1 uai.tae) Danish ,-iown-. (if ibe-e a -.-"oia [ion- s|s io.lerate.l into eleven export as-.ieial ion-, w l.iio the remainder of Hi,, ,-rea 111,Tie- are operating on tin individual competitive ha These are fa. is which -In.aid have been known to .Mr (Pound- and hiI fiends.