LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 April 1927, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

'I he new goods have arrived at TtleLruer’s and fashions very latest garments are marked at lowest sale prices for speedy clearance. Ladies and children’s woollen cardigans, suits, jumpers, velour coals, repp frocks, hosiery, gloves, etc. New shipment of infants’ wear, including cot blankets, pram suits, flannelette and flannel llamas, winceyetto petticoats and gowns, woollen lints, caps, bootees, rubber pants and feeders, coats, fancy socks, etc., all thrown into the Eire Sale Ret!rock Bargain Prices.—McOruers. Hokitika and Grcyinouth.— Advt.

PRESS COMMENTS.

We have a new Minister of Education. We do not need a new broom. There is very little to sweep up. Economy will not extend to withdrawal of education from the scattered disriets of the Dominion. Such districts are not receiving any aid which the settlers arc not fully entitled to receive. We do not wish to build up the country upon the sacrifice of the children. Educationa I conferences and theoretical discussions -ire useful, and. no doubt, amuse and interest the profession. Such discussions create an appearance of restlessness which is not real. They would he better conducted. as in social clubs, in camera. We are quite sure that the people of New Zealand desire m, exnerinients in, or

undue interference with, the present. ci I ileal ioiial system. “Gisborm Times.”

Li order that lie may receive justice. and lie asks for no more than justice, the wheat-grower should demand a complete investigation of the whole ni'ohlem. from tin* skim-plough to the linker's delivery van. The millers and the bakers are doing well, and the farmer is not. That is the central fait, and if clearly requires full investigation, fuller investigation that it can receive from the small Departmental Committee which is perambulating the country taking evidence of a sort concerning an extraordinarily long list of industries and commodities.—Christchurch “ Dress.”

A movement is being engineered to discredit the Dairy Board and demand the resignation of certain members. With that movement representatives of some factories are actively associated. These would he well advised to walk warily. The events of the last few days are pregnant with lessons and warnings. When a hungry wolf and a well-conditioned lamb get into the same enclosure it is a comparatively easy matter to foretell the outcome.— “Waikato Times.”

Railways and motor vehicles account for more deaths in New Zealand in proportion to population than in any other country except the United States. Therefore the South Island Motor Union is to he commended lor its attempt to launch a safety-first- campaign In regard to traffic ol nil descriptions. IVrhaps Ihe Government could give the best lead in this direct inn. hut the motoring organisations could make the strongest appeal to car owners, who are more numerous in New Zealand ban in any other country. except the United States, in proportion to population. - “North Auckland Times.” Mr Goal.es admits that the present situation calls for caution, hut denies that there is any reason ot the expressions of alarm heard in some quarters. Nevertheless, the figures quoted hv Mr I’olsoti certainly indicate that New Zealand as a whole is trying to maintain a higher standard of living (ban before on a, reduced income. II cannot he done. At present the strain is falling ehieily on one parlieular section of the community, and it that section gives way under the strain the oilier' sect ions must come toppling down. lor our whole economic system has primary production as its inundation. Dunedin “Star.

The only salvation of the New /<•■ land dairy industry would he lhe restoration of f.o.h. sales. It is obvious to the veriest tyro in commercial allair, that the principal trouble with the hoard is the personal equation. The chairman is a theorist, and some other members of the hoard have a very narrow vision. Some fool ism supporters of tlie hoard’s policy have been quoting the slight recovery m the London market as evidence that ihe hoard was right all along. Ihe normal imagination is not equal to the strain of such an argument. M hat the recovery indicates, beyond any shadow of doubt, is the fact that the Haulers in the Old Country prompt > showed their appreciation <>M he l.rcakdown of price fixing. <■ hnstchuich “Sun." The problem of unemployment demands solution, and one that has all the elements of permanency is to he found in the development of our seconlary industries. Success, however, j! f | hat direction can never lie at hided t v placing them at a disadvantage wlieii in competition with those of other lands. The protest id the lanterbury industrialists appears to he fully warranted, and the Prime Minister’s explanation ol the Government's peculiar action will he awaited with general interest.- “Lyttelton Times.” In London. New Zealand dairy produce is not a monopoly, it represents a part only of the supply, and every producer must ask himsell if. inviting the hostility of the trade at Home, the industry here is strong enough to wagwar. Cheery whistling will not .* ply strength which docs not exist, figures cannot take the place of financial hacking' not aecumulaled. ~.u is not a time for arguments based on desires; it is a time lor facing tin tacts. ••Southland Times."