Government Houses.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1938, Page 4

Government Houses.

A start will be made in about a fortnight with the erection of the Government houses at Eketahuna. Students go to Sea. Students from colleges near the Pacific coast of America, who are at present on vacation, occupy a variety of positions on board the Mariposa, which spent the day at Auckland en route to San Francisco. Most of the students are engaged as bellboys, intent on seeing something of the world. Fully-qualified union members for the round trip, the undergraduates include a civil engineer, a musical instructor, and an aeronautical student. Fewer Island Tomatoes. Compared with past years when it has been customary at this period of the season for New Zealand to receive from 8000 to 15,000 cases of tomatoes from the islands every month, an unusually • light shipment of, 1200 cases was brought to Auckland by the Matua the other day. Representing only a shadow of the market requirements, the small consignment was stated yesterday to be largely due to the unfavourable season experienced by the growers, adverse weather resulting in the industry receiving a somewnat severe setback. The Matua’s cargo also included an average shipment of 3500 cases of bananas and of 12,000 cases of oranges.

Casual Labour on Farms. “I am pleased to know that the request of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union received such a sympathetic hearing,” said the chairman (Mr I. L. M. Coop), who reported to the executive of the North Canterbury district at its meeting that the Minister for Labour (the Hon H. T. Armstrong) had advised that farmers would be permitted to employ casual labour for short periods, such as'during the harvesting season. Permission was granted, he added, on condition that the men employed would not fare any worse than if they were employed on public works. Dairy Industry Account. A statement made in Hamilton by Mr W. Goodfellow that there would be £1,000,000 sterling in the Dairy Industry Account after allowing for the. recent distribution was referred to by the Minister of Marketing, the Hon W. Nash, yesterday. Mr Nash said that the present surplus was less than onequarter of the amount mentioned by Mr Goodfellow. “Mr Goodfellow’s figures are not correct,” he said. “The average realisation for butter sales to date equals 117 s 6‘d a cwt, and cheese sales realisation to date equal 68s Id a cwt. The final figures will be published as soon as they are to hand.”