NEWS AND NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1938, Page 9

NEWS AND NOTES

VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Origin of Cancer. The possibility of cancer having its origin in a chemical source was discussed at the Ninth Cancel' Conference, held recently in Sydney. Progress in cancer research was described by Sir James Elliot, on his return to Wellington by the Wanganella, after attending the conference. Sir James is Wellington president of the British Empire Cancer Campaign. He said that an eminent English authority attending the conference claimed to have traced the disease to a possible chemical cause. Too Much Wheat. The wheatfieds of the world produce more grain than mankind consumes, and this is the most serious problem confronting the industry today—to find a market for 250 to 300 million bushrels more than are actually required. This was the main subject of discussion by the wheat advisory committee of the Empire Producers’ Conference at Sydney, according to Mr John H. Wesson, president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and the Canadian Chamber of Agriculture, who arrived at Wellington by the Wanganella, after attending the conference as head of the Canadian delegation. Critical Visitors. “I will only say this, that I hope the time is not far distant when politicians and other busybodies from abroad will at least keep out of New Zealand politics.” said the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon M. J. Savage, when asked in an interview whether his at-' tention had been drawn to a series cf articles by the former Australian Cabinet Minister, Sir Harry Gullett, in criticism of the Labour Government’s policy which has appeared in some New Zealand newspapers. “We are always glad to have visitors coming here on holiday,” the Prime Minister said, “but when they start to interfere in our political affairs it seems to me they are going a little bit over the mark. It is not only Parliamentarians. We have had economists and ramblers of different brands. They are here about 24 hours and write about the big mistakes the Government has made. Not so long ago an economist condemned the Government before he was off the ship. He came here from Sydney,” Mr Savage said. Attractive Road Deviation. Notable among State road construction works of recent years, the attractive deviation on the main highway to north Auckland between Kaiwaka and Waipu is expected to be ready for use at the end of May. Following almost a direct line for slightly over nine miles through hills never previously served by road, the new route will save approximately seven miles in the present distance of 115 miles from Auckland to Whangarei. Moreover, easy to-gear grades will reduce travelling time by perhaps half an hour, although it may be two years before the road surface is paved. Some fine scenic country will be opened on this new road. Within the first mile the road passes around the base of a bush-clad mountain, and other beautiful bush grows in many of the deep valleys and along hillsides where the road has been built. From the southern end there is a gradual climb to the crest of Pilbrow Hill, three and a-half miles from the northern junction, and from this point on a clear day a magnificent view is obtained of the Whangarei Harbour on the East Coast and the Kaipara Harbour on the West Coast.