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Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1930, Page 6

“I hayc had a number of cows with colds in their udders. Luckily your last bottle of Mammitis Paint came in time and fixed them. It ii very good,” writes Mr. A. Gilliver, Eltham, to S. Lissaman, Box 63A, Kaponga.* x The husband’s name was apparently “Dick,” but a certain document at the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court was signed “Huiangapatu.”*“ls that Dick? asked Mr. Salmon, S.M. “It certainly sounds a great deal more.” Although there are plenty of unemployed men in the city who are willing to work in the country, many of them will only accept farm work if the wages arc higher than most farmers can afford to pay. This view was expressed, says the New Zealand Herald, by a Waikato farmer, who advertised yesterday for a married man and a single man to do ploughing work and who requested applicants to meet him. When he arrived to interview applicants about 50 men were waiting for him. lie explained that there were comfortable living quarters for a single man and a cottage for a married man, and offered fliem°£2 5s a week and £2 10s a week respectively. However, .most of the single men demanded £2 15s and most of the married men £3.