LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32316, 20 September 1943, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Cost of Living Rises “Certain costs increased as the war went on and the cost of living was one,” said Lieut.-Col. Robinson, Labour candidate for the Hauraki electorate speaking at Netherton on Thursday when explaining the reason for the recent rise in the guaranteed price.

Mr J. Thorn to Speak at Paeroa The political meeting to be addressed in the Regent Theatre, Paeroa, by Mr J. Thorn, 'M.P. for Thames, will be held on Tuesday, September 21, not Wednesday, September 22, at previously advertised. 10 Years For Rehabilitation

“ There will foe ample time for any servicemen to decide to go on to the land after the war 'as the period of rehabilitation will last foi- 10 years after the end of the war.”—Lt.-Col. Robinson, Labour candidate for Hauraki, speaking at Netherton on Thursday. i

May Deal Through Land Agent “Servicemen are going to be encouraged to purchase a farm privately if they so desired. They can deal through a land pgent but if they wish it the State Advances Corporation will act for them.”—Lt.-Col. Robinson, Labour candidate for Hauraki, speaking at Netherton. Power Board Meeting The September meeting of the Thames Valley Electric Power Board was held last week, the chairman, Mr J. Price, presiding over Messrs H. M. Corbett, C. C. We’bb, J. Pohlen, A. A. McCallum, J. F. Mayn, P. R. Hawke, W. C. Kennedy and H. L. Boughton. Apologies were received from Messrs W. S. Goosman and H. R. Bush. The .board’s manager, Mr R. Sprague, and the chief engineer, Mr N. G. McLeod, were in attendance. Men Not Home Yet “We have been attacked because we have not put our Rehabilitation Scheme into operation. You will all agree that we must have the men back before we can rehabilitate them,” was a statement made by Lt.-Col. Robinson, Labour candidate for Hauraki, when speaking at Netherton, on Thursday, afternoon. Farmers Get A Good Return

“Farmers must be getting a good return 1 to-day because many are able to put sharemilkefs on to their farms and still take a good living off the pro-perty.”—Lt.-Col. Robinson, Labour candidate for the Hauraki electorate when dealing with the guaranteed price at Netherton on Thursday. “The sharemilker is getting a good return also or he would not stop there as he can get good wages in other employment,” added the candidate.