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NEWS AND NOTES

VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST. ’<■■■'■ I Farming Costs. The balance-sheet of one farmer whose wages, land tax, and local rates bill amounted this year to £1554 was quoted by Mr H. D. Acland at the mass demonstration of farmers at Timaru to show the burden of farming costs. Wages for shearing took £240. and for other hands £624, a total of £864. Local drainage rates were £3O, county rates £l6O, and land tax £5OO, a total of £690. Mr Acland said that these were actual balance-sheet figures for a farm which carried 3400 sheep. Defence in Pacific. . < “It is my hope that during my visit to America I will obtain first-hand information about America’s attitude toward Pacific defence, which vitally concern’s that great democracy as. well as other nations today,” said Mr Frank Goldberg, governing director of the Goldberg Advertising (Australia) Proprietary, Ltd, in Auckland. Mr Goldberg said there was ah ever-growing need for a closer understanding among the people of America, New Zealand, and Australia. With a view to fostering such a spirit he had arranged to contribute a series of newspaper articles and radio talks iry America. His itinerary will include visits to the world fairs in Sail Francisco and New York, as well as to the large itidliSttial cities of America and Canada, ■ ■■ ■' Little Snow on Mountains* The long spell of fine dry weather has resulted in the mountains near Arthur’s Pass being almost devoid of snow. Mount Rolleston has a few large patches of old snow showing and there are a few small patches on other peaks. Many of the creeks between Arthur’s Pass and Otira have completely dried up and Lake Misery is more or less dried mud. Heavy motor traffic has made the road surface loose and dusty. Surprise for Camper. Startled to wakefulness in the srtidll hours, a woman camping in the Waitakere Ranges, Auckland, saw in the moonlight what appeared to be a bushy tail waving at the end of her bfed. Investigation revealed that .a young opossum had entered the teht and was taking ah upside-down promenade beneath her camp stretcher, which, being made of sacking, provided easy foothold for the intruder. Scenic Road at Tekapo. A new road affording a fine scenic view of Lake Tekapo has been constructed by the Mackenzie County Council. At a meeting of the council the engineer (Mr D. Jeune) reported that the grader had been used on the small road above the Tekapo village in the area under the control of the commission. The main road was along the ridge tops from the top of Cowan’s hill, the report continued, and gave a very fine view of Tekapo and the whole of the Mackenzie Country. The road will be for slimmer tise only. “Being Bled to Death.” “The very characteristics that made this country are being ignored. The man who stepped out and paddled his own canoe is being bled to death today." This Was the comment of Councillor C. V. Kirke at a meeting of the Mackenzie County Council when a councillor remarked that not niuch interest was being taken in the centennial celebrations ip the Mackenzie although the county had been closely associated with pioneering families. Future of Rural Towns. Rural towns ultimately are going to be the salvation and solution to the problems of the land, said Mr D. Jeune. Mackenzie County Engineer, at a valedictory gathering at Fairlie. "If we provide modern amenities in lhe rural townships they will prove attractive centres for the rural working population, who will be able to live in these townships and to go to their work within a 10-mile radius,” he said. Development of this kind was being studied closely in Cambridgeshire and Somerset, and the "green belt” areas of America were providing planned industries and amenities for rural populations. Revenue from Timber. The development of the Tauranga Harbour Board’s plantation at Matakana Island opposite Mount Maunganui was referred to by the chairman, Mr A. J. Mirrielees, at a meeting of the board. He stated that 10,000 trees were to be planted next month. Mr Mirrielees added that a pine tree had been cut from the oldest section of the plantation. This tree was 13 years old and 64ft long. The log had been brought over to Tauranga and cut into timber, a sample of the boards being exhibited for inspection by members. Members pointed out that the earlier planted trees in the board’s plantations had now reached the stage when the boles would increase at a rapid rate, and the opinion was expressed that the millihg , of the trees would add materially to the board's revenue.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1939, Page 6

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NEWS AND NOTES Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1939, Page 6

NEWS AND NOTES Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1939, Page 6

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