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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1038, 3 November 1903, Page 1

Common sense rather than expert assistance is needed in this community. We have seen experts roaming the colony, and killing off tuberculosis beasts in the interests of science, while the real remedy “ prevention ” was ignored. In this colony tuberculosis cattle are produced by starving young stock; and what is really wanted is someone to prevent young stock being famished. If this were done, there would be no tuberculous old cows for official slaughter.—Wairarapa Times. Thus Mr T. E. Taylor to the Premier in the House on Friday night" On the Srd of Octobor last year Mr Speaker said, ‘I wish you all good bye.’ Now it_ is toward the end of October, and the session has been almost barren.” This lack of result was largely due to tho fact that the Premier had fallen into the habit of irritating members every time he roße to speak. He talked as if the whole show belonged to him, and the result was a waste of time. When straight questions were put they got no straight replies, but bluff and nonsense about budding Treasurers, and so on. When were members going to be given a ohance of doing solid work and getting home ? They should bo away in fourteen days unless denied the opportunity.

In the Legislative Council during the progress of a Bill a councillor commented upon the management of the Accident Insurance Office. There was, he said, great dissatisfaction at the rates, and many employers had expressed inability to eSect insurances afc fcho high rate charged. He accused the Government of having entered into combination with private companies, and of establishing a ring. The public could not get the benefit of the Insurance Act that they had been led to expect. The Attorney-General ■ denied that the Government formed a ring and private companies, as alleged, and declared that the charges made for insurance were no more than necessary for safe and proper business. As showing that the rates wera not excessive, he pointed to the fact that the Government office was the only one that made a profit last year, and then I only .£6OO. The master baiters of Auckland have decided to raise the price of the 41b loaf to 7d. Talking to a New Zealand Herald reporter. on the matter, Mr M. H. McCarthy, of Wellington, secretary to the United Master Bakers of New Zealand, said that he had been engaged during the past fortnight at the request of the Auckland bakers in trying to reorganise the trade. He was thoroughly well satisfied with what he had done. He had succeeded in his purpose in getting the whole of the bakers of Auckland to join the Master Bakers’ Union. The bakers, with the present prico of flour, horse feed, vehicles, and high wages, were not getting a payable price for their bread. The baker’s business was now more expensive than it used to be two or three years ago. The local bakers had decided at a recent meeting to regulate the price of bread upon the basis of the 41b loaf, which was done in the Southern cities. By means of this, the bakers would be enabled more easily to follow the fluctuations of their market, and so, when flour rose or fell,' the 41b loaf would be raised or reduced by id as the case might be, instead of by Id as heretofore. This system would balance matters more evenly between the baker and the consumer. The baker would gain at one time, the consumer at another.