WHITAKER’S ALMANAC

Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1932, Page 12

WHITAKER’S ALMANAC

VALUABLE BOOK. OF REFERENCE, i The formation of the National Government in Great Britain and the subsequent general election have brought about many changes in the sixty-fourth annual issue of “Whitaker,” published early in December and now available in New Zealand. The Cabinet as finally reconstructed and the new House of Commons are included, together with articles on the financial crisis and government by party, with a tabular record of administrations from Pitt to AlacDonald. Statistical tables are also provided to show the source of the world's food and other products, and the quantities and places of origin of Great Britain’s food imports.

The preliminary results of the census of England, Wales and Monmouth and of Scotland arc duly recorded, with similar figures for the Indian Empire, the Union of South Africa, and for Dominions where the taking of the census was not postponed on economical grounds. Final figures for last year’s census of the United States are also provided, but the results of the enumeration in Canada are not yet available. Questions of the day are again treated in separate articles ranging in alphabetical sequence from “Allotments fori Unemployed” to “The Weir Report.” j

These are followed by annual summaries of the year’s weather, storms, floods, science and invention, literature, art, music, drama, the films and broadcasting. In order that the varied contents may be available for instant reference, the index has again been enlarged and now consists of 140 columns, co’daining upwards of 20,000 references.