WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 September 1919, Page 4

WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

By adve~l't'isement builders are reminded that tenders for the erection of “'Workors Dwellings” in some 20 wowns, close on next Tuesday, 30th September. Full particulars with plans and specifications, may be had from _Sergeant:- Matthews, at the Taihape efiice of the Department of Labour. .

The fix-st of the new sczl.\:on’s wool arrived at. the woul_storcg at. Port

Ahuriri, Napier, .c-ax-‘zy this week This

[is considered very early, as the wool [usually does not coln.mc-nee tn come in I until the end of Soptelnlier.

E In an advertisement in another it-clumn, the management of the Town H"-Tull l’ietures calls attention to '.he I fact tbaf arrang'enlent's have been nude lto screen all the indc-pc—nden+~ film exchange features that are released_ and in no circumstances will these be associated with any picture combine or .trust_ The sole aim is to cater, for the Taihape piiblic in the same manner as they are catered for in the biggest cities in the world. TO—nigllt’s performance will start at 8 o’clock sharp. A matinee will bg given every Satruday,§ commencing at 2 p.m.~ ‘

The Hon "G. J. Garland, on Tuesday, asked in -the Legislative Council what steps the Government. was taking to cope with the cattle :tiek now in the Dominion, and to prevent further introduction of the pest from Australia. He explained that farmers from the north had asked him to make the inquiry, as they declared that the tick was in the country. It had ‘been Stated that the cattle rtick was not here, but he was inclined to believe that it was. The [Hon Sir Francis Bell, in ‘reply, said that very striict 'an~’d comprehensive regula~tions to deal with the pest had been prepared, and were to he gazetted at once.

In the matter of marriages, writes Mr Harold Spender, in the ‘London Daily Chronicle, there is going to be a. new social crisis which must be boldly faced. It is that in this country women are now immensely more numerous than men. The case was already had enough before the war. There were even then in Great Britain over million more women than men. There were now quite tjvo millions more women than .men_ Before /the war tEe‘re were ‘over A million widows in the country; there were now probably a million and la—ha=lf.‘ The net efiect is that there’ are~prohnbly some ~th're‘e or foul'_ million women of marriageable age now unmarried in‘ this country.

What. can be done with ‘electricity? A returned soldier recently made an application to the Christchurch Repatriation Committee for a loan‘of;£4sO to purchase a one-ton electric t.ruek.- To this he added £6OO of his own savings. The applicant runs 9. movie picture show at Sumner. He used to pay the Christchurch City Council £2 10/ a week for an electric -truck to run to Sumner to provide power and light for the picture show. He now earns £2 a day as a carrier with his electric truck, then takes it to Sumner each evening and supplies his own power and lighting from the battery. The total cost for power, light, and repairs is about £45 per annum! It is not generally known that the power and lighting for the picture show at. R-ongotea is supplied from the battery of an electric truck.

{ Dealing with the Goverllnlent’s deiclaration that New Zealand‘ is doing {more for her returned soldiers than ‘Canada is doing,.Capt.a.in Sievwright l-thus writes to the New Zealand Times. g“‘Let me tell you what the Canadian ‘Government is doing for her soldiers. «The soldier who wants to go on the ‘land is given 160 acres, all ploughed fiend ready for seeding. He has a five- ! roomed house built, is given two cows, lone horse, ‘and some poultry, and all >this is free of mortgages. Further, if ;he makes good, ~the Canadian soldier ‘will receive a free grant of 160 acres after ten years. Thus each Canadian soldier gets a house and stock, and a * farm -of 320 acres free. He is not bur- I dened with a milestone. of a mortgage of £2500. He doesfinot have to borrow £IOOO for a house; he has one built for him. Here in New Zealand soldiers are being encoul'a.ged to take up land at inflated priees, and burden themselves{ with e. l‘uge debt, from which they can hardly hope to extrieaize themselves. In Canada. returned soldiers are set up in life and encouraged to be good citizens.

I A returned soldier was rather bacllf)’ "‘:aken in” at one of the Wellingmn l hdtels recently. As’ the ‘ide aof sleeplllg overnight on the transPol”o did not ‘V9’ gpeal to him, he made his W3)’ to. an hotel, and was asked his Reeds by 3 man standing near the ofi'lC€- H 9 I'9‘ ‘plied that he wished to booh: a room, and «the supposed landlord walked into the ofiice, entered his name in the book, together with sundry entries pertain,ing to bed and breakfast, and remarked. “12/6 please.” H 9 3150 5-‘lg’ gested ‘(halt the soldier should leave his great coat in the ofiiee until such time as he 1-egm-ned from his stroll. The gupgt thanked him, paid in advance, and Wamed out of ‘the hotel -to see‘ friends and the town. When he re-} turned he met the real landlord, who; greatly astonished him,‘ after making‘ due inquiries, by stating thalt no one‘ in authority at the hotel knew any-E thing of the entry in the book, nor of the 12/64, nor of the oevercoaf. There were no witnesses of the hooking,und the “landlord” could not he identified, but the licensee, i-ealising .that his guest should receive proper profection, a.gl'ecd‘to make good the soldier ’s los=.