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" Taxi," Wakari.—The tortuous route would be approximately 312 miles. F, H., Dunedin. —The unemployment tax on wages was reduced from Is to lOd In the £ on October 1, 1934, and from lOd to 8d on October 3, 1935. h. M., Palmerston.—At a twenty-first birthday party It Is customary to cut the cake and present the key at the close of the supper. This Is followed by speeches of congratulation, but the ceremony follows no set rule and the whole proceedings may be as Informal as the hostess desires. "Stamp,” Dunedin.— (1) There is no information available in Dunedin as to whether or when the present pictorial Issue of Now Zealand stamps will be overprinted " official " when the supply of King George " official " stamps is exhausted. (2) The date of issue of alr-nvdl stamps of the present series was May 7, 1935. (3) Wo shall endeavour to procure the information regarding the health stamp. (4) The opossum was Introduced from Australia and Tasmania. (5) Gorso and yellow broom i are not native plants. " Inquirer," Catlins.—Voting Is not compulsory.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22723, 8 November 1935, Page 10
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