Nino cases of scarlet fever, three of diphtheria and two of tuberculosis were reported in the Palmerston North Health District for the week ended noon yesterday. The Auckland Gas Company, following the bonus reduction, announces a reduction in the prices of gas and coke, representing £12,800 per annum.—Press Association. A girl named Phyllis Dean, nine years of ago, was severely injured at Wellington by coming into contact with some iron jutting out from a lorry. The Department of Agriculture last week held a meeting of flaxinillers and merchants engaged in the hemp industry, when matters relating thereto were discussed and a small, committee was set up, comprising representatives of the millers, the merchants, (he manufacturers, and olliccrs of the department, to go into details and report at an early date. Messrs R. T. Bell ami A. Seifert, of Palmerston North, were appointed to represent the flaxinillers of New Zealand ou the committee,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 399, 17 May 1922, Page 6
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