ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25552, 3 June 1944, Page 6

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered unless accompanied by the name and address of correspondents.

•• Stage Fan.”—Premature. Good Laws, Good Leaders.”—Too intemperate. “ Opoho Resident.”—Too’ trivial to be accorded space in present circumstances. “ Curious,” Anderson’s Bay. There having been «.no intervening bids, your original bid stands. “ Curious,” Otago.—There are two daily papers in Christchurch, the Press (morning) and the Star-Sun (evening). “ Non-voter.” —The word is not used now in the limited sense that is implied in your letter. “ Grocer.”—The man is required to join both the Musicians’ and the Grocery Workers’ Unions. “ Bonus,” Roxburgh.—Payment of the cost-of-living bonus of £26 a year, which was recently granted by the Government, has not yet been made. The payment will be retrospective from October of last year. " Interested,” Otago.—The arrival of airgraph letters in Dunedin from the Middle East depends on the extent of the pressure on the service overseas. An air mail arrived in Dunedin last Wednesday and another one last night. Casual Worker,” BalcluUia.—Under the Annual Holidays Act, which becomes operative on August 1 next, casual workers on farms, in common with ether casual workers who have been employed for a period of less than one year, but not less than three months, will be entitled to an annual paid holiday.