GOOD COVER

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24582, 2 June 1945, Page 6

GOOD COVER

tßy WHiM WHAM.I There iriay tife morß Umbrellas on the matket wlthlh thfe riext few months, says the ‘'Consumer News, Issued by the Economic information , Service. Supplies of manufacturing wktetlals, which are now all Imported f tom Great Britain, are easier to obtain. Taffeta, art silk; ahd faildd cotton are used for the ClOth sfectlort of umbrellas, and quantities Of these materials arrive 111 New Zealand from time to time.—News Item.

o Economic Information, Balm Both to the Buyer and the Seller' Coal may be low, Eggs scarce, bUt I

A branLnlw taffeta' Umbrella. O Stabilised Economy, oh Guard To check the Profiteer, expose the

Ramp! ' . Inflation’s Gale may rage, my Shield is An art Silk or a Stoiit oiled Cotton Gamp! O Housing Plans, 6 Minister in From me you’ll suffer no Reproof! From now on, my Umbrella Is my CdStl^, That portable and rentless RODfl Let it rain Regulations, sridw Demands, Real Needs of State or bureaucratic Follyi . ' ■ I’ll shelter from the Rigour of the Times , t Beneath a price-fixed Brolly! O Symbol of Appeasement, furled er spread, _ . , * O Triumph of the High Priests of Supply! Though the Sky fall, wc shall have more Umbrellas . To keep what’s left of Us a little dry! Need for Equitable Stabilisation “While admitting the impossibility of a cast itoft stabilisation policy and the need for an equitable form of stabilisation, it is abundantly clear that, as at present administered, the people, Or at least some sections, are b6ih| made Slaves Of a policy instead Of that policy being the Servant of the people,” said Mr P* J. Mowat (president) in his annual report tb the MidCanterbury Farmers’ Union conference yesterday. He added that the time had come for consideration of a new agreement to bring prices for primary products to a sufficiently high level to cover all increases in costs. Sueh an agreement, .eould only be equitable if responsible members Of the Government. would pledge themselves t© bohour it and it was made effective by Art of Parliament. SWISS ALARM CLOGfcS Reliable - Accurate Reasonable. Luminous Hands and Figures 47s fid. Posted Free WATSONS (JEWELLERS) LIMITED 695 Colombo street