NEAR AND FAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 224, 16 May 1932, Page 4

NEAR AND FAR

Precis of Enactments. The Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce has decided to ask the Minister of Finance (Hon. Downie Stewart) to issue without delay an intelligent precis of recent enactments relating to their- effect upon what is now required from business men, farmers and others in connection with unemployment, taxation, interest, rents, rates, etc. Mr. J. H. Stevens, in moving the motion, said there was a great deal of confusion as to what was actually required by the Government. Correspondents Wanted. Wishing to eorrespond with someone in Invercargill of either sex and 21 years old, a Brisbane resident has communicated with his Worship ihe Mayor (Mr. John Miller) asking his assistance. The letter is signed "T. Coutts, Wynnum Road, Galloway 's Hill, Brisbane (Australia)," and an undertaking is given to reply to all letters received from here.

Hoirie-Brew. Home-hrew is fairly popular in 'Taranaki, but one Stratford resident' has learned his lesson (says the Post). He was given a recipe by a friend and started out to make his first "brew." Among the ingredients were three bottles of malt, which were duly ordered and inclu.ied in the mixture. When the time came to sample the liquor, however. the elfects were disastrous. A modest half-cup was sufficient to have alarming effects on the "brewer's" wife, and the "brewer" himself succumhed to a cupfnl. So potent was the brew that no c ne was game to drink it, and inquires were made. Imagine the amazement of all when it was learned that three onepound bottles of malt were required and the stq're had sent three seven pound bottles, which had all gone into the "brew." Reciprocal Cuts. A writer in the Evening Post (Wellington) makes the following brilliant suggestions : — Now that Parliament has just about made all the cuts it can, how about a little reciprocity by cutting: The "oates" out of Coates, the "kit" out of Makitanara, the "hen" out of Bitchener, the "war" out of Howard, the*"gall" out of MeDougall the "stew" out of Stewart, the "end" out of Endean, the "ink" out of Clinkard, the "holla" out of Holland, and to complete the good work by cutting the M.P. out of Semple.

Labour Saving Devices. This is the age of maehinery remarks the Bluff correspondent of the "Southland News." The innovation of "grabs" for discharging coal from the collier Kini attracted many to the waterfront to view the labour saving device in action. The "grabs" work automatically, being lowered into the hold of the vessel, where by mechanical action they lift up to 8 cwt. of coal at one operation, are then swung out board to railway wagons where the eontents are diseharged by similar method. Incidentally, the adoption of this system dispenses with the services of nine men in each hold, previously employed with shovel and baskets. "A Cruel Thing." Patients who fail to pay their hospital accounts, though they have the means, were trenchantly criticised by Archbishop Julius in an address to the Friends of St. George at Christchurch. "I don't suppose they are the poor patients," he said, referririg to the position of St. George's Hospital. "It is a low down thing to do. I suspect that many of them are the well-to-do people. That has been my experience. They want the best of everything, the best rooms and the best service, and when they go out they say they will send the cheque tomorrow. ' You sing for it. It is a cruel thing. I will say no more. I would get hot if I did."

Resignation Demanded. The following rcsolution was car-ri-ed at a public meeting held at Whangarei. "This meeting of representatives of citizens of Whangarei views wfith disfavour the attitude of the Mayor, Mr. W. Jones, in fiouting democratic procedure in dealing with suggestions aiming at the betterment and relief of distressed unemployed; and further calls on the Whangarei Citizens' Unemployment Relief Committee to resign that a fully representative committee may he elected." Profitable Business. An interesting revelation is made by the Charity Organisation Society in Melhourne about a recent will case, which attracted much attention. A testator left 2s 6d to his wife, from an estate valued at more than £6000. He was described as an investor; he was, in fact, a blind mendicant, who had occupied the same position in a busy Street in Melhourne for many years. As the £6000 accrued, over and above the ordinary expenses of providing for a home and family, it is evident that a large sum is given away annually by the public in this way. The society quotes the case as an argument against indiscriminate charity. Another blind man oceupies the position which was so profitable. Local Body Wondering. Members of a Canterbury local body which rsceives some revenue when huts on the reserve it controls are sold have been wondering what is behind two or three instances in which husbands have transferred their huts to their wives. No money has passed, and ccnsequently the local body did not get its percentage of the purchase money. Members recently asked what was the explanation, but the chairman could answer only by quoting the application for transfer on which the reason for the gift was given as "Natural love and aiFection." Others ventured the opinion that in these times of uncertainty some husbands were making sure that if the worst came to the worst they still would have a hut to live in. M. — C. — B. — S. — Means Malcolm's Cash Boot Store, as everybody knows. It also means more cash banked seeurely by saving money on your footwear from us. This is easily proved by giving us a trial for your next footwear. Low prices with us do not mean poor quality. Our quality is the highest and our prices are the lowest. — Malcolmn's Cash Boot Store, Tutanekai Street, near Railway Station*