NEWS ITEMS.

Taihape Daily Times, 22 August 1919, Page 7

NEWS ITEMS.

Reliable information on a Gisbcme venture to sell frozen meat to the public, which only lasted six months, was given by a gentleman interested in the frozen meat trade, who is strongly of the opinion that if frozen meat is .pl-operly defrosted it is palatable. T H»: lsaid that in the business in question ‘the meat was offered at prices fixed lby the Board of Trade. The public [would not buy it, however, and at the lend of six months it changed hands, the new owner going over to the sale lei’. fresh meat. He said that the Publnc did not care for the appearance of the meat on the hooks in the shop while it was thawing. . The Railway Department is putting la good many hardships on the people through its failure to carry on the servicc which it is its duty to carry on. One of the latest restrictions deserves criticism. We refer to the decision that scholars attending schools away from home shall not be carried on zlze railways to their homes at holiday time_ The Department considers that by refusing accommodation for SCEIOI- - it will provide space for the carriage of something more essential, and the suggestion has been made that school holidays should be postponed. The Department must surely he getting shorter than ever of coal if it intends to enforce this restriction, which will cause pain and hardship all over the country. In some cases, of course, where the parents can afford it, scholare may be taken home in motor--car.s, but for people of smaller means these seems no remedy. The Depar_tment’s airy suggestion that school holidays be postponed might have a semblance oi‘ reason about it if there Were any indications as to how long ‘a postponement would be necessary. But nobody seems to,have the slightest. idea as to when the railawy service is likely to become normal again. We are of opinion that if the authorities will reconsider this matter they will be inclined to “stretch a point”' and carry the scholars to their homes.—Lytteltor. Times.