IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 21101, 5 June 1930, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY. Cows and Deer. Some photographs of an unusual, but not unique, occurrence were shown to a Times reporter last evening. They showed a young deer standing beside a cow, the two being apparently on the friendliest terms. Some residents of Waihoaka, while on a deer stalking expedition, captured the young one and brought it back to the farm. It grazes all day with the cows and is quite tame. * * * * Operations at Kawarau. Some 20 men have been busily engaged at the Cromwell Development Company’s works on the Kawarau River, preparatory to the sealing of the weir when the river is favourable. The work in hand is the construction of heavily-reinforced concrete piers and concrete cubes, jvhich it is intended to lower in position in front of the main structure. The river is just now running at an average winter level. - With a spell of hard frost, it will fall quickly to a favourable depth, and once this . prevails another closing of the Kawarau dam will be sought. A closing for about three weeks would enable the company to lay the foundation of a solid job. * * » « Good Morning Club. A suggestion was recently made that a Good Morning Club, an organization which is functioning in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, should be formed in Invercargill. The object of the club is to promote goodfellowship and optimism. The National Union of Students recently conducted a ballot to decide the constituents of a happy life. A sound constitution was placed first, and included in the list were an artistic temperament, a schoolgirl complexion, a blameless reputation and an assured future. The list shows a wide diversity of opinion and no very satisfying answers. The supporters of the Good Morning Club may be able to invent a slogan. e * * • Farmer Found Dead. John Galbraith McConachie, aged 46, a farmer residing at Lochiel, was found dead in one of his paddocks on his own farm yesterday afternoon. Evidently he had been dead a few hours when found. Deceased was a returned soldier who had been gassed and received severe head injuries at the war, and as a result had been in indifferent health ever since. It is stated that he had been working crutching sheep on Tuesday in company with his brother, but yesterday morning he did not feel well enough to commence work and complained of pains in his head. He mentioned that he intended taking a walk round his sheep, but as he did not return at dinner-time a search was made for him by his brother, who found his body in a back paddock. An inquest will be held at Winton to-day before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M. * * * « Ministerial Salaries. ■ There is a wide diversity of opinion in the salaries paid to Prime Ministers and Cabinet Ministers in the self-governing countries within the British Empire. The Prime Minister of New Zealand draws £l,BOO a year and his colleagues £1,170 each. The salary is increased by £2OO if the recipient is not provided with a Government residence. The office of High Commissioner in London carries a salary of £2OOO a year. The yearly salary attached to the office of Prime Minister of Australia is £2,100 and Cabinet Ministers receive £1,650. The Prime Minister of South Africa receives £3,500 a year and his colleagues £2,500 each. In Canada the Prime Minister’s salary is 18,000 dollars a year and that for portfolio holders is 10,000 dollars. Mr Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of Great Britain, receives £5,000 a year. The salaries of the Cabinet Ministers range from £2,000 a year upwards, while the yearly income of the Lord High Chancellor is £lO,OOO.