DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 10 January 1944, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS

PRICES RAISED. WELLINGTON, Jan. 9. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board announces that wether and ewe schedules in the North Island will be increased by l-8d per lb. commencing on January 10. In the South Island lamb and wether schedules will be increased by l-8d per lb., commencing on January 10. COUPONS.

WELLINGTON, Jan. 9. Tea ration coupons 9 to 12 for 2oz. of tea each may be used now and until January 23, while the special Y 3 coupons in all ration books for the extra allowance of tea are available during January. Sugar ration coupons 9 to 12 for 12oz. of sugar each are available now and until January 23. The special Y 4 coupon for 31}) of jam sugar iq available at any time during January. Butter coupons 9 to 10 for Boz. of butter each should be used to-day, as they are available only to January 9. Butter coupons 11 and 12 are available for Boz. of butter each from January 10 to January 23. The XlOl stocking coupon is available to January 31. TARANAKI DROUGHT NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 8. * Not since the 1935-36 season has Taranaki experienced such a long period without any appreciable quantity of rain as during the present summer. Farmers are seriously concerned at the daily decline in dairy production as pastures become more parched and wells, tanks and the smaller creeks dry up. The most serious effect of almost five weeks without rain is the fall in dairy production. Four representative cheese factories in central and south Taranaki estimate that their supply of milk is decreasing at the rate of 100 gallons daily, and factories in the coastal areas, where the soil is lighter and rain is needed more frequently. are suffering an even more serious decline.