LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grey River Argus, 18 January 1940, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mass will be celebrated on next Sunday, January 21, at. Kokiri at 8 a.m., and at Te Kinga at 10.30 a.m. —Advt,

The “Good Luck” Art Union will be drawn at Wellington to-morrow.

Have you enlisted yet? There's still time to get into the Second Echelon and meet your friends overseas.—4.

By an oversight in the double addition of a set of figures, the building figures for Greymouth Borough as published yesterday were erroneously stated to total £83,042. The corrected total of all classes of buildings for the year was £54,715.

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A Wanganui farmer called for applications for the position of a manager. He received more than 50 replies and, as there was a good house on the property, selected the man with the biggest family. It so happened that this man could not take the job, so the man next on the list, as measured by sizes of families, was the lucky applicant. “Personally, I do not think there is the shortage of farm labour so talked about,” this property owner stated. “Farmers who cannot, or will not, pay a decent wage are the trouble. They are always wanting labour.”

Time and Wages Books for all purposes and in all rulings from 4d to 8/6 each. Cash Receipt Books in single or duplicate from 45d to 2/each.' Letter Books in duplicate or triplicate and in three sizes from 1/3 to 3/6 each. Account Form Books from 6d to 2/6 each. Order -Form and Delivery Books 1/- to 1/6. Note Books .In all rulings from Id to 1/6