ON THE WAVE-TOPS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 11, 10 December 1926, Page 6

ON THE WAVE-TOPS.

BUOYANCY DURING SLUMP. FARMER’S BREEZY ADDRESS. Touches of humour were introduced into last night’s meeting of farmers at Wanganui by Mr A. Stuart, of Marton, whose breezy address delighted his big audience and diverted them not a little from the more serious aspect of the business in lpand (states the Chronicle).. Mr Stuart prefaced his remarks by a description of his arrival at Wanganui 3U years ago. “I worked out at Westmere, but had an argument with the boss, and got the sack. (Laughter.) So then I hoofed it to Marton. (Laughter.) I got another job picking potatoes on a 600-acre farm. I own that farm to-day, but I didn’t acquire it through an eighthour day, sitting on gates, or going to entertainments.” (Laughter.) Mr Stuart said that he had every sympathy for the worker. Having been a worker himself, he could still enjoy the company of a working man as well as he could that of the honourable Ministers who were on the stage. (Laughter and applause.) t “As for daylight saving,” he said, “don’t be talking to me about saving daylight save your money, and the daylight will look after itself.” (Laughter.) There were bright observations throughout Mr Stuart’s speech. “Of course we like to pull the Government to pieces. I do myself. It gives me great pleasure once in a while.

“People in New Zealand are in trouble because they have had too much money', not too little. We have been floating about on the waves. When the waves were high, we were high, and when the waves went down we went down with them.” (Laughter.) v Mr Stuart said that the trouble with some people was that Nature did not intend them to be farmers. Touching on farm labour problems, he said that some were always looking for cheap labour. “Let them have their cheap stuff,” he concluded. “I don’t want it.”-