A line of 22 fat turkeys, auctioned at Timaru lately, brought the fancy price of two guineas per pair. Other ppultry was equally expensive. Ducks made 8s 9d a pair, geese 10s 6d a pair, and fat cockerels 7s 9d per pair. Appendicitis has been making itself unpleasantly conspicuous of late in Wanganui. The Wanganui Herald understands that a local doctor has performed no fewer than a dozen operations for this complaint during the last fortnight. The West Australian Trade Vigilance Committee, which represents all unions connected with the building trade in the metropolitan area, is considering the question of introducing a week’s work of 44 hours in place of 48 fixed by the Arbitration Court. One union has suggested that 44 hours bo made operative from February 1 next, and if this course is adopted serious trouble may bo expected *
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Otago Witness, Issue 3019, 24 January 1912, Page 12
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