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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4349, 30 November 1921, Page 4

Some interesting figures regarding the Press of the Dominion were given at the Chamber ofl Commerce dinne-.’ by Mr, R. C. Bishop, in proposing the toast of “The Press” (says the “Press”). Mr Bishop said that he had found there were 236 papers published in New Zealand, which wa.-> in the proportion of one to every 5000 inhabitants. Eliminating tjhose whose ages were under 15. the proportion was equal to one to every 3700 people. He had also ascertained from returns supplied by the Post Office that millions of newspapers were handled by that Department in a year. How many meals a day does a shearer get ? This query was answered by Mr Justice Frazer in the Arbitration Court when Mr K. G. Archer, for a plaintiff, asked that the Court should allow his client keep allowance on the same terms ,as a shearer was allowed (remarks the Christchurch “sun”). “But do you know how many meals a s|hearer has ?” asked the president. “There is a meal at 6.30, breakfast at 8, smoke-oh at 10, dinner ,at 12, smokaoh at 3, tea a|t 5, and supper at any time up to 9 p.m. You must remember that a shearer vyprks at pressure, and has to be kept up.