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The Hon. S. G. Smith, Minister of Labour, will arrive at New Plymouth to-day and will remain for the weekend.
Colonel H. E. Barraclough is relinquishing command of the Third New Zealand Infantry Brigade, and is being transferred to the reserve of officers, states a Press Association message. Mr. Taite Te Tomo, member of Parliament for tho Western Maori electorate, was granted a day’s leave of absence by tho House yesterday on account of illness.
The South Taranaki Automobile Association has nominated Mr. W.. G. WalkIcy as its representative on the executive of the North Island Motor Union next year. '
Mr. J. N. Bingham, chief engineer of the Radio Broadcasting Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., visited New Plymouth on Thursday evening when en route from Auckland to Christchurch. Mr. Bingham conferred with the technical staff of station 2YB, New Plymouth, and inspected the. plant.
The opinion thatythe., position of the land market rvas Undergoing a change and that there would shortly be a very noticeable drift oftspeople from town to the rural areas, was [expressed by a Palmerston North land agent this week. There was a gredt demand for small holdings, he said) and the prices for these had been maintained, being in many cases about the 1912-14 level. Contrary to the general impression that the farmer was having a very bad time, he said that although farming was not very profitable at present, there remained a decent living for those who had not paid exorbitant prices for their land.
Numbers -of counterfeit sixpences are in circulation in Gisborne, and during the past week or so _ several have been handed to tho. police by local tradespeople, states the Poverty Bay Herald. The coins are a very good imitation, and escape detection much more easily than the spurious florins and shillings which were in circulation some time ago, but which have since disappeared- The sixpences, however, are of an inferior and brittle metal, and can easily be broken with the fingers, though, when undamaged, they might readily be passed as genuine.
“Conditions under which Russian ■butter is produced should preclude its. use in other European countries, where the standard of living is higher than that in Russia, and where hygienic principles of production are taken as,a matter of course,” said Mr. J. M. Schapiro, who has returned to Auckland from Russia recently. So far from being clean, he said, he thought definitely that the butter would be disease-carrying. The cows and the pigs lived and slept in the place where the cows were milked, and the sheds looked as though they had never been cleaned since they were built. Dried cow dung inches deep covered the floor, while the walls were grimy with the accumulated dirt of the years.
“I have come across several New Zealand people who have come over here to bettor themselves,” writes Mr. Ivan A. Watkins, of Christchurch, who is at present on a visit to England. I should like to warn anybody in New Zealand not to do so, for the cost of living is about the same, taking it all round. Meat is very dear; rents are much cheaper in comparison; but are not much more than half the in New Zealand.” ‘ Mr. Watkins adds that he met a man who went to Scotland from Now Zealand _ with his wife and four children to visit his people, and, if possible, to get a job. It was seven months before he did any work. He is now doing the same work as he was doing in New Zealand, working longer hours, and receiving £2 5s a week, instead of the £5 he was getting in the Dominion. “He would give anything to get back to New Zealand, but has no chance of ever saving enough to pay his passage, and he is not the only one.”
Tikorangi, Urenui and Uruti districts are notified by an advertisement in this issue of the change of dates for. the collection of calves under the North Taranaki calf pool.*
An address Was given by Mr. W. Middleton, Reform Party candidate for the New Plymouth electorate, at a Reform Party rally at Vogeltown on Thursday niriit. Mr. R. Brokenshire presided over an attendance of about 70. . Several items were given by local artists and community singing was led by Mr. Ray Cocker.
■Special Manchester Values at Moneys Ltd. Sale show bigger reductions than ever. Linen forfars at lid. Striped Flannelettes 1/* yard. Sheets, 5/11 pair. All-wool Flannels, 1/7 pair, are a few of the great values offering.*
Big reductions are being made on ladies’ and children’s knitted goods at the Melbourne Ltd. during the remainder of the firm’s great winter sale. Jumper suits, lumber jackets, cardigans, and three-piece suits are being rebated to the extent of one-third, a half, .and in some instances hs much as 75 per cent. During the next two weeks many desperate offerings are being made in order to clear the way for incoming spring goods.* 1
An old-time dance will be held in the Okaiawa Hal lon Wednesday next, August 5. There will be a maiden and an open waltzing competition, good music, floor and supper.
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