LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 3997, 11 April 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Of late a new announcer has been heard from 4YA, Dunedin. A short sharp earth tremou • shock was felt in Feilding at. 18 minutes to. 1 this afternoon. The best temperature of an office or workroom, as regards output of work, is between 54 and 64 degrees. In a replace advertisement on pago 0110 Simson’s call attention to some special Easter values in men’s wear. Small girl (to Customs official searching for mother’s case) : Oh, you’re getting warm—isn’t he, mummy ? “I believe that a great deal of the mortgage trouble will break down by its own weight-” Mr Holland. “No local body can cope with the unemployment problem,” said Mr H. E. Holland. “It is a matter for the nation.” Air Holland; We are not in favour of a wage tax. but of an income tax on a graduated scale, and women should not pay the wage tax unless they are receiving equal benefits with the men. The fine quality of New Zealandmade blankets was shown at the Auckland Infirmary at Epsom, where a largo number were shown which had been in almost constant use for over 20 years. The Wellington Easter Show and Industrial Exhibition now open in the Winter Show building is regarded as the best effort yet made by the Wellington Show Association. An appreciative audience filled the Ohakea hall on Friday last, when tho staff of Messrs J. R. McKenzie, Palmerston, gave a concert to raise funds to assist in purchasing a new radio set for the Makowhai relief camp. Customer; I see you have a sign in your store. Wo Aim to Please. Shopman: Yes, sir; that is our motto. Customer: Well, I just thought it. might not. be a bad idea for you to take some time off for target practice. In the opinion, of Mr H. K. Holland there are a host of industries natural to Nhw Zealand that could be fostered, such as bootmaking and tobacco growing. New Zealand was importing as many boots and shoes as was being produced. Why bring them from Czecho-Slovakia ? Tlie blig'ht. throughout the Whangape and Broadwood districts (Auckland province) has played havoc amongst the root, crops- In addition to the potatoes and kumaras, the melon plantations have been completely ruined, nothing remaining- in many gardens but a blackened space. A payment of 6d per lb. for butterfat supplied to the Levin Cooperative Dairy Co.’s factory last monf.h was decided on at a meeting of the directors. This is 4d loss than, the figure paid in respect of ATarch last year, and is a reflex of the. very depressed stale of the T.ondon marketWriting on. “The Science of Keeping Fit.,” tho medical correspondent, of the London Times said: “Our bodies should be helped by good, rich food. Now is the time to buy the excellent and delicious butter of New Zealand and Australia, which is bringing to this country the stored-up strength of the summer sun.”