The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, June 10, 1911. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1003, 10 June 1911, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, June 10, 1911. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The census returns for the United Kingdom and Ireland are complete, and a comparison with 1901 may now be made as follows : England and

igoi. 1911. Wales 32,526,075 36,075,000 Scotland 4,472,000 4,759.445 Ireland 4,456,546 4,381,95 1 Total 41,454,621 45,216,396 Heated discussions in the New South Wales Assembly this week resulted in one member dubbing another “a liar,” and inviting him outside. Mr Wood called Mr Holman, Acting-Premier, an “insolent prig.” Withdrawals followed. Which reminds us that lofty public positions do not always appear to elevate some people. The above incident is remarkably akin in point ot dignity to an episode which happened in an Australian shearing shed some time since. The cook entered the “dining hall” with a steaming bowl of pungent-smelling Irish stew. The “ boss man of the board” inquired of the cook: “What keg-meg is that?” “ Stoo,” quoth the cook, with a meaning look in His eye, and continued ; “ the man who says it aint ‘stoo’ can come outside!” The heavy-weight aforementioned volunteered it “ wasn’t stoo,” and they went outside. A few minutes after the man- who challenged the “ stoo ” came back into the shed with a face badly damaged, and exclaimed : “ It’s stoo, alright, chaps ! ” The notorious New South Wales legislators might have finished the degrading scene by deciding the matter as did the cook and shearer —it would not have lessened their estimation in public opinion. We are proud to know that such “scenes” are foreign to our own legislature.

The current issue of the Trade Review remarks : —“ The bulk of our season’s produce has now gone forward, and the realisation of this continues to provide an ample sum of money. The balance of exports over imports for the March quarter was over y/2 millions, and for the June quarter also there will be a substantial balance, probably about a million. This is a considerably smaller balance than that of the June quarter last year, owing to the heavy increase in imports that is going on, and a decrease in exports, which for April and May are nearly half a million behind the same two months last year. There are evidences on all sides that money is in good supply and lending rates are easy, with a general prospect of continuing so for the present.”