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Bruce Herald, Volume LV, Issue 67, 1 September 1919, Page 5

Arrangement* to purchase sections tipon which to erect 75 worfeera' dwelliogs.in and> around Wellington are al* moat oomplotod by the Laboar Department. The Workers' Dwelling Board has nds; decided to ereot 16 houaea at Petone. That means that 60 houses will be ereotedin Wellington City.

Toko Farmers' Club oommittoe meets on Thursday evening After all, our Amerioan cousins may have some grounds for olaiming that they won the war, says the 1 Glasgow Herald.' For instance We owe them £852,000,000 ; mora than the whole of our National Debt after the Napoleonio wars—and that will entail the payment of £42,500,000 a year in interest atopc 1 In other words, unless the debt is oleared off, we will need to send them goods to the value of 42£ millions a year till the end of .time without receiving a. penny. The first through Dunedin-Invercargiil express since the railway restrictions oame into vogue. was run last Friday _ morning. There were six carriages, all well filled;, and the passengers appreciated a; return to the order of quioker travelling. : ■" The oo'Jt of labour in the boot trade per pair is lees than it was eighteen years ago," declared Mr C. J. Ward, while addressing members of the Industrial ABSOoiationlast week, " jet that age has been lost by the inorased oost of distribution, and wastage in the cost of transport., Labour is largely blamed for the high prioe.of footwear, but ijhe case is as 1 have stated it. " " A great deal too muoh meat is eaten in New Zealand," said Professor Worley in a lectnre at Auokland last week, " The quantity consumed is' out of all proportion tb the amount of protein required by the body." He referred to the large amount of nutriment contained in fish, particularly salmond and herring, and stated that the poor of London had by necessity learned that kippers, bread and cheese (all cheap foods) were of high nutriment. He expressed regret nothing had been done in New Zealand to determine the food values of New Zealand fish, but said there was no question that all classes of fi3h con* tained [in high proportions the require* ments of the- body, and Bhould form a great part of the average diet.

Sacoeaa Beemi to have at last crowned the boring for water, with a view to improving the Balclntha water supply, aa on Tuesday beautiful water was struok on a section near the cordial factory belonging to the estate of the late Dr Fleming, (says the Free Press), Mr Stewart considers that the bore now opened will give an abundance of water, a million gallons a day if required, but in order that there shall be no mistake it has been decided to thoroughly tesfe the eupply with a centrifugal pnmp'operated by (he engine of the well sinker, This pump will.be able to lift a continuous Btream at the rate of SOQOgala an hour. Samples will be obtained for analysis at the same time, Samples are just like water from a pure spring, and very differs ent indeed from the rusty smelly fluid derived from the: present town Bourco of supply. If there is ' any trath in a current rumour it. would appear that the limelight ia about to be turned upon th 9 matrimonial effaira of erstwhile local residents. Report has it that three divorce oases are pending with the possibility of a breach of promise case also*

The eleotric lighting system for Kaitangata ia being extended considerably as a result of negotiations with the Kaiu tangata mine management, and in the near future the lights will be carried ' along Eddystone street to Catherine street corner, Castle Hill

Owing to the end of the seamen's strike facilitating importations of hard . coal from Australia, it is expected that 'normal conditions on the railways will prevail this month.

It. is understood that a rationing scheme in connection with the sale of factory butter has been pat into operation in Ghristcharcb. • As far as Athbarton batter market is concerned, the . Bapplies from the local company will be ample to meet all requirements until the Dew season's product is available (*ayfl the 1 Guardianln addition , to keeping the, factory running throughout the winter, the company made wise pro* . Viaion to safeguard 1 its local customer?, for which forethought,they are now reaping the benefit, instead of being in short supply* as is the case in many towns in New Zoaland.

There is- an acute butter and) bacon faminei in some parts of the North Island. Manyi Wanigaimi and-Main Trunk families have;'been compelled to go without butter recently. Tlie Minister for Agriculture ' says that , there ha's •been, am over-export,, and blames somebody, which, of course, is not going to remedy : the position. }

The authorities of the B'ank of; New Zealand" state that the •Ministex" of Finance has&aiietionecl the. ibank'p proposal to call up £3 6s Sd l pea* share of the uncalled capital on 150,000 ordinary shares of the ibank afc present paid'up to only £3 6s 8d per ©hare. Thisi increases the: bank's .capital by £500,000. '• j

, Alexandra Herald l ;, states j that, provided) a tetalisator permit is pro- : cured, the nowly formed Central Otago Trotting Club' purposes to 'hold' a twodays' trotting* meeting on January 9 :and( 10j whicftfflates come the Cromwell; ahel Blanks ; nreetmg»;'^ith v a attractive prolamine can tf© arranged, .with prize-moii&y running <up to ;a.bout £6OO. ..V Mr Gun thorp/ Dentist, Yisiti Milton every i Mondays May! be consulted at his. Surgery.; lCLa.m. to 5 p.m. FoV Ohronle Oheit Oomplainti, Wnoda* Gwat Ptposrmini Onrje •tNAZOL is not; a mixture oir drug, but a , fail* to rethe.worst 1 cold,. Sixty doses costi is 6d