LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A middle-aged man, a statutory first offender, was arrested for drunkenness by the New Plymouth police yesterday afternoon. He will appear before the Court to-day.
Wednesday last was the 4.oth anniversary of the despatch from New Zealand of the first cargo of frozen meat. T)’/3 meat was 7 sent by the Shaw Savill and Albion ship Dunedin and realised an average don.
"I think we are all unanimously agreed that the valuations are too high at present and the land tax is too heavy altogether,” remarked Cr. E. Walter, chairman of the Stratford County Council at Saturday’s meeting.
The employees of the New' Zealand Meat Packing and Bacon Company held their annual picnic on Saturday at New Plymouth. The journey was made, in two motor lorries, and the party was favored with ideal weather. The Taranaki Agricultural Society’s letter asking that a holf-holiday be observed on People’s Day of the forthcoming show has’ been considered by the executive committee of the Employers’ Association, and also by the Retailers’ Committee, both of whom are prepared to recommend the closing of business premises from 12.30.
With mail from Australia and the United Kingdom the Manuka is due at Wellington to-day. The Union Company has received a cable message advising the departure from Rarotonga on Thursday morning of the incoming San Francisco mail steamer Marama. The vessel is now expected to reach Wellington on Thursday next. “The dark days of March and April last are now very happily passed,” remarked a wool breeder, unconsciously lapsing into rhyme as he noticed the steady, if slight, improvement in the prices realised at Friday’s wool sale at Wellington. A leading broker eaid, at the close of the sale, that the improvement represented, on an average of all classes offered, an incrase of twopence halfpenny a pound in the last six months. * Another twopence rise would, lie said, bring the prices up to those that ruled in December, 1920.
Some of the Omoana settlers are experiencing trying times (says the Eltham Argus). Wqol for some time past has been realising such low prices that it did not pay to send it to market, consequently there are two clips on hand. Now wool is realising a better price and the settlers would like to place it on the market. Unfortunately that cannot be done now because of the recent destruction of the roads by the cloud-burst. It now looks as though there will soon be three clips on hand, and the question of storage will become a difficult problem. “Why shouldn’t the Land Board pay rates when they receive all the money from a farm?” asked Cr. Jacobsen at Saturday’s m eting of the Stratford County Council. He cited the case of two returned soldiers who had been on a farm for two years. The Government owned the farm and the stock and the ranger did all the buying and sellj n <r. All the money from the farm went to the Land .Board and the two soldiers had not received any money from the farm at all for two years, yet a county council had sued them for the rates, and had obtained judgment against them. The matter of the collection of rates caused considerable discussion, most of which was taken in committee, and the chairman remarked that it was a serious matter.
A great deal of interest is being taken •n the Melbourne, Ltd.’s, great annual stocktaking sale, which commences tomorrow morning. A glance through the sale advertisement will convince even the most sceptical that the bargains offered are of a most alluring character. Wise shoppers will attend early. Doors will open punctually at 9 o’clock. Use “Fairy Wonder” washing powder and the beautiful snowy whiteness of vour washing will excite the envy of vour friends. No other washing powder on the market gets such results as “Fairy.” No other compound is so economical in labor and fuel. Give it a trial. AU grocers stock it.
Amongst the lovely heirlooms left to Viscount Lascelles by his uncle, Lord Clanricarde, is a beautiful pendant by Benvenuto Cellini. Viscount Lascelles is a collector of early Italian pictures. He probably inherits the collector’s instincts from his father, the Earl of Harewood, who possesses a wonderful collection of Sevres china.
Asked what the probable loss on the Palmerston North municipal ’bus service would be, a member of the Borough Council ventured the opinion to a representative of the Manawatu Times that it would not be more than £lOOO per annum. Indeed, he thought that when the road service was completed and the lighter ’buses in use on the less-paying sections, there would be little, if any, loss on the whole service.
An amusing contretemps occurred to a friend the other day. On a cold morning he lifted the receiver from the telephone just as hie small daughter came into the hall. Be/ore giving the num.ber he said to her: “Goodmorning,dear; 1 hope you have nice warm undies on.” The following day a letter arrived from the telephone, authorities protesting against his mode of addressing the telephone girls.
Unionism is not looked upon with favor by members of the Institute of Architects. A speaker at the annual meeting last week said that whereas only efficient workmen were once admitted into societies of carpenters, unionism had now put efficient and inefficient workmen on a level, greatly to the detriment of the craft. It was resolved that, the time has arrived when all tradesmen should be graded by examination in order to recover the standard and status of their work.—Chronicle.
“I believe that the time is coming,” said the Prime Minister on Wednesday, “'when the producers of Great Britain will join with the producers of the overseas Dominions to obtain something in the way of preference for their meat. What form the preference would take he was unable to say. It might be in Customs duties or, in preference, in transport. A preference of a farthing or a halfpenny per lb would make a great deal of difference to the producer, As for those countries that v were in competition with us, they were not likely to be in the future. New Zealand was not called upon to consider them when they closed their doors to New Zealand produce. Visitors to the Urenui sporte on Saturday, on first entering the Urenui Domain, which is pleasantly situated in an amphitheatre, were much struck by a mass of beautiful yellow flowers which adorned an adjoining hillside. A closer view showed, however, that the display consisted of ragwort in full bloom, and ready to cast its seed over the surrounding country. Thp hillside, it appears, is a Native cemetery reserve, which is allowed to become a distributing nurs ery for noxious weeds, and, apparently, no one has power to see that it is kept clear. In the interests of the district, it would seem that someone should be given authority to see that the land is quickly cleaned ’and kept clean.
This is a true story (says an exchange) :—A Wellington man in a retail business, owing to business exigencies, had to dismiss two counter-hands, and serve behind the counter himself. He, saved their wages and, to his surprise, the cash receipts of his business increased by about twenty per cent. There is no suspicion that the men had been dishonest, not the slightest. It was merely a case of inefficient salesmen having been employed. They were go-slowers. They sold to their customers what was asked for and did no more. Never introduced novelties to the attention of their customers, took no trouble to please; merely delivered what was asked for and drew wages. Round men in square holes.
The improvements that arc being effected at the port of New Plymouth are favorably commented on by Captain Chudley, marine superintendent for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. An inspection of the port was made by Captain Chudley last week in view of the fact that ‘ one of the company’s largest cargo ships is due to call at New Plymouth in March, and ’he eaid he would have no hesitation in sending the vessel to the port. He remarked that affairs at the port were different to those existing some five years ago, when he inspected it prior to the visit of the first liner, the Waiwera. He emphasised the necessity for further improvement, however, and was of opinion that the possibilities of the district warranted the necessary ■ > nditure. The extension of the neakwater and the preliminary work fur the provision of a new wharf were also commented on. He said it was very important that two berths should bo provided for overseas liners if the port was to be kept efficient. It was bad business to have boats waiting to come alongside, and every effort should be made to remedy such a drawback as early as possible.
Members of the Auckland Education Board recently were rather disconcerted by an analysis of the inspection reports on the schools within the district, which showed that 31 per cent, of the schools had not done work up to a standard that the advisory inspector considered to be efficient. Analysing 619 reports, the inspector pointed out that while the large seliools were nearly all efficient there were a large number of the smaller schools whose work was below a fair standard of efficiency. Among 74 large schools, only five were inefficient, but in one class of the smaller schools 69 out of 84 were below the mark, and in another class 50 out of 60 failed to reach the standard. Remark was made on the disclosures that it was among the far-back schools, where there was difficulty in getting good teachers, that the work fell below the standard or efficiency aimed at by the board. It was decided to confer with the inspectors on the subject of efforts being made to improve the standard of teaching in the classes of school wheie there was now inefficiency.
Particulars of an unreserved clearing sale, to be held at Omata to-morrow, 21st inst., are advertised. The local meat pool, organised by the Patea Farmers’ Freezing Co., is now in operation. As we pointed out pre* vioUsly, the movement should suit farmers of South Taranaki admirably. It provides for them the means of disposing of their cull cowe and bulls with the least possible inconvenience in the way of transport or driving, and it should, as far as any arrangement humanly can, secure for them the highest return that it is possible to secure. We ean only repeat that the Patea Freezing Works is to be highly commended for their enterprise in instituting an arrangement so considerate for the dairy farmers’ interests and convenience, and we hope that it will meet with the ready response that it deserves. The dates at which stock will be received at the various yards belonging t«> the Farmers’ Co-op. Organisation Society are advertised on page 8 of thia iaaue.
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