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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 288, 5 December 1936, Page 4

A passenger on an inter-colonial liner, on arriving at Bluff the other day, refused to pay a Customs tax of £1 on 100 cigars, the cost of which was £3.- “I offered (is in full payment," he said, "and they refused it, so, sooner than give them any satisfaction, I tossed the box of cigars into the sea." In substantiation of the story a group of people was seen hanging over the side of the wharf watching the 100 cigars floating in the water.

During the boom years, according to reports, states the Auckland "Herald," It was by no means uncommon for motor-car salesmen to bo in attendance at wool sales and to book phenomenal orders in the event of high prices. No activity in this direction was noticed last Saturday, but at least two farmers volunteered the information that after their lots had sold they , had walked down Queen street and ordered now cars.

That business conditions in tho Dominion arc showing steady improvement is amply illustrated by recent statistical data. The circulation of bank notes has touched levels higher than any previously recorded. During October the note circulation averaged £7,545,G75, tho highest monthly average yet recorded in this country. The implications of this fact are momentous. It means that, with money circulating more froely than ever before, the industries catering for local consumption will be busier than ever.

increasing use is being made of the air mail service from Australia to England by New Zealand correspondents writing to Great Britain. In November, 20,262 letters from New Zealand were carried on this service, compared with 14,817 in the same month of 1935. In each month of 1936 the number of letters has been higher than in the same month of 1935, with the exception of May, whore tho decrease was due to tho postings, mainly by philatelists, being exceptionally heavy on the jubilee air mail in 1935.

Further evidence that the demand for consumption goods is already responding to the stimulus of a greater distribution of purchasing power is supplied by tho record amount of sales tax (£266,710) collected in October. Other statistical data all show a decided upward tendency as compared with tho position at this time last year, ample proof that internal business conditions aro on tho up-grade. Tho sensational rise in wool prices at the recent Auckland sale is sufficient evidence of the healthy condition of that industry, and this evidence is reinforced by the fact that, overseas market prices for our other major farm products aro llso showing a! firming tendency.

your Step Between the ages of 35 and 40, rheumatism, gout, seiatien, lumbago and liver and kidney troubles begin to make themselves felt. But not to the “wise ones." They avoid such ailments by taking J.D.K.Z, Gin regularly. It’s a wonderful tn tli a middl© aged-