The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 6062, 8 June 1918, Page 4

The Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pahiatua branch of the 'Women’s Christian Temperance -nxon met on Thursday afternoon m the Salvation Army Barracks. p ;‘Pcr R were read by Mesdames Webstar and Godfrey, songs were contributed by Mesdames Burgess and We^f„ t ’ „ recitation by Mrs Captain Huston, and an inspiring address was given o Dr Barnardo. Mrs Huston presided. A collection was taken up foi the. New Zealand Maori Organising bund.

The Sydney timber merchants are protesting against the New Zealand Efficiency Board’s recommendation to prohibit the export of timber, particularly white pine, required tor the boxing of meat, butter and rabbits, for the Imperial Government owing to the shortage of colonial timber. The decision will greatly affect the local i ndustries and miporters are petitioning the Minister of Customs to make representation to the New Zealand Government.

In some parts of New Zealand, remarked Mr A. Morton, president of tho National Dairy Association, at Auckland, the invasion of the areas of the co-operative butter and cheese producing companies by the manufacturers of dried milk had threatened ! serious trouble. There was, however, a strong probability that some of the co-operative factories would enter upon dried milk manufacture, and secure for their suppliers the benefit of the higher prices received in that branch of the industry.

It is hoped that there will be a good muster of returned soldiers at the meeting to be held in the Borough Council Chambers this (Saturday) evening to organise, if possible, a branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. Matters of importance to soldiers will be considered, and the promoters are very desirous that the meeting shall have a representative and successful one. In most centres in the Dominion, there are now branches of the Association, and there is no reason why a strong one cannot be formed here.

English tomatoes are making three shillings to five shillings per pound wholesale at Covent Garden, and it seems as though the growers are again about to repeat the golden harvest they obtained last year, says an English paper of April 11th. The luxury fruits are correspondingly dear. There is a large demand for hothouse grajies at eight shillings n pound. Oranges are nearly five times their usual pries l , and when one shilling a pound is asked for new potatoes. throe times that price is demanded for n“w season’s beans Of course, only the wealthy are able to pureha.se these luxuries. Constructional excellence and mechanical superiority feature the Studebaker Car. Ask Donalds’, the established firm, about the proven qualities of the sturdy Stud- baker. Accessories stocked.