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Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1930, Page 4

The financial issues now at stake in Australia are going to be governed in a great measure by the attitude of the leading Labour unionists. It has been said that they are not disposed to give away a , single thing. With some it is the firm resolve to maintain wages awards at aIT cost. This is not a helpful spirit. Already in. New South Wales where a wages tax of 3d in the £ was imposed to provide work for the unemployed, the Labour officials are withdrawing from the relief councils due to the refusal of the Government to agree to the payment of award rates for relief work. The same attitude has been voiced by Labour iri New Zealand, It is a promltt* ent plank iii the party policy. Yet the writing is surely on the wall that the country cannot continue along the lines desired. No one is desirous of cutting down wages, but when money is meagre, the cutting of the doth is inevitable if the position is to be made as comfortable as possible for all affected. In Australia, it is clear there must- be an overhaul of all public expenditure. Federal and State. Those charged with the administration of affairs have the yoke of responsibility about their shoulders. They have to cany on effectively or give way to others. Increased and l heavy faxafion has been imposed without the desired effect of lifting the load even a little. The debit balance still accrues, and the heroic must be attempted. All kinds of payments will have to be overhauled to effect the urgently necessary saving. Further taxation to. create revenue, without an effort to reduce expenditure, is certainly not fair to the, community as a whole. All must bear a -share of the burden, and award rates of pay must be attacked as well as other possible savings. In the end the labourer will be the better off. When the financial situation is retrieved eventually and matters are stabilised, labour will benefit as all other things. It is the abnormal condition of affairs at present that is alarming. Unless the position is retrieved within the financial year a very desperate state of affairs will exist in Australia, and the working man will be the most affected with industry and enterprise' at a complete stand-still.

Mr W. T. N. Bond, of Arahura, notifies a strayed springing hrintlle cow from his farm.

The Plunkct. nurse, Miss Ellis, will visit Hokitika to-morrow and follow her usual programme. The nurse will bo in attendance at St. Andrews Hall in the afternoon.

The funeral of the late Mr William Morgan, of Mitchells, took placv to Hokitika cemtery on Tuesday afternoon and was attended by a large, number of old friends.

The suit in the Warden’s Court yesterday should have read.—Commissioner of State Forests and Receiver of Gold Revenue (Mr Park), v. Waiho Gold Dredging Coy, (l sjuid Anthony,Gibb, application for forfeiture of title and rent due, £7B 14s 2d. Order made foi forfeiture of title and judgment gnen for amount with costs £3 9s.

Charged that, at Waiuta, on September 7, he committed an indecent assault on a male, Peter Joseph O’Neill, 50, appeared in custody at the Greymouth Court yesterday before Mr J. Tennent, J.P. On the applir cation of Detective Murch, accused, was remanded, with his consent, until September 22. Mr W. J. Joyce, on behalf of accused, asked or hail, and this was fixed at self £lO3 and one surety of £IOO or two of £SO each.

A motor accident occurred ofl the Waitahu bridge on Tuesday evening.. Messrs T, O’Donnell and T, Blair, both of Cronndun, were proceeding home . ;on a . mptor-cyd'e. Repairs are being carried out on the bridge, and a barricade of planks was erected on the decking to protect the workmen underneath. The motor-, cycle struck the planks. O’Donnell had a fractured jaw and was, conveyed to the Reefton Hospital. Blair wafc badly shaken.

The recital to be given by Mr Barton Ginger this evening will be in three sections: Part I. descriptive and dramatic; Part II of lighter vein and Part 111, costume Dickensian character work. For the last named as much as possible of the dressing for each character will be done on the stage, with explanatory remarks relating thereto. Mr and Mrs Perry will be heard each in a song item, and also in, a duet. The St. Paul’s Choir will, sing the Christmas Carols for the. Scrooge scene.

The wedding of Norah,,- ,second daughter of Mr and Mrs E. B. Alabin, formerly of Hokitika - and’ ; . now oi Nelson, and Hedley, only son of. Mr and MrEdwin Harris, of Nelson was celebrated at the Cathedra}, Nelson, on the 3rd inst. The girl friends of the bride tastefully decorated the Cathedral with spring flowers and greenery. The ceremony was performed by the Dean of Neisoii Rev. AfekeW. After the ceremony a reception Was held at the residence of tile bride’s parents, the Bank of New South Wales.

The discovery last month of a new pass over the Southern Alps to the immediate north of Mt. Franklin, by a party from the Christchurch Mountaineering Club, has led to the information being given that the same pass was reached by four men in May last, climbing from the West Coast side of' the range. The. party, consisting of Messrs T. M., W. A., A. M., and H; Jackson, well known West Coast residents, proceeded from the mouth or the Otehake river, a tributary of theTeremaukau, up the bottom of a steep gorge for a distance of about 15 miles A fast flowing stream normally prevents access along this gorge, but owing to the long period of dry weather experienced in the district, there was little or no water flowing at the time and narrow ledges were uncovered which gave a certain amount of . foothold. At the top of the gorge, open slopes for four miles, led to the top of the saddle, the same point that'was reached by the Christchurch party. No descent was made on to the Canterbury slopes. Very fine scenery waa met on the trip up the gorge, the bush being inhabited by hundreds of native birds, but the route did not disclose any possibility of an-easy access-to thesaddle, as the small amount of watei then flowing down the gorge was almost unprecedented, and any greater volume would have prevented progress altogether. '>

New season’s tennis balls, 1931 marking, just arrived, 4s pair at Yarrall’s Sports Depot, Revell St.—Advt. 1 Special purchase ! Six dozen boys’ strong saddle tweed aborts for school wear, sizes 3 to 6, os lid; 7 to 12, 7s 9d; 13 to 16, 9s 6d. Obtainable only at Frank Bade’s, ’phone 179.—Advt. Our new frock lengths are now opened out in silk voile, art’sifk morecains, art silk crepe, figured satins, silk rayon, silk rayon brocade, organdie and many other novelties. All cordially invited. Schroder and Co.—Advt. . We have a very fine assortment of summer dress materials, silk voiles, crepe, clarise, mousselines. Also spotted and floral prints and tobralcos.— McKay’s.—Advt. , Whitebait are now making their ap-, pearance throughout the Coast. Patersons have just opened their new stock of whitebait netting, 80in. at Is lid nd 2s 6d yard. Be prepared for an rly run.—Advt. Addison can show you the newest in house furnishings of every description. These have been carefully chosen and will add charm to your home.—Advt. All new Spring goods now opened up at McKay's.—Advt.