NEW ZEALAND NEWS
Sulphur Store Fire. • Burns were suffered by. three men when firie broke out in a sulphur store at Westfield, Auckland. Planted Areas Decrease. Areas planted in New Zealand in wheat, oats and potatoes this season are smaller than last season. Farm Tractors on Roads. Matters affecting the driving* oi farm tractors on the roads were discussed at a meeting of farmers at Hawera yesterday. Small Team for Olympiad. . New Zealand will send only a very small team to the 1940 Olympic Games, and the competitors will be only those really in the top world class. • Pritchard's Fine Bowling. Pritchard, the former Hawera player, revealed himself as one of the best bowlers. in the Dominion in the Town and Country cricket match, won by Country. Quarrel at Alr Base. . 'Assaqlt w«3 alleged in the Auckland Police Court' as the zesult of an altercation involving , twa members of the Hobsonville air "befi?" afid the wife of one of them. , Retail Price of Butter. Although the Government had power to flx the retail ptice of butter no action had been contemplated, said the Minister of Marketing when varying prices were referred to him. Bailway Fares Raised. Railway charges1 for passengers and freight, including charges for conveyance of goods by rpad, will be increased by 10 per cent. on December 11, according to a statement by the Prime Minister. Christmas Bonus. Arrangements authorised for the granting of Christmas and New Year holidays and the payment of a Christjnas bonus to relief recipients were announced by the Minister of Labour yes- . terday. Smaller Decline. ■ There was a further, but substantially smaller, decline in the sterling exchange holdings of the Reserve Bank during the V/eek. The decline amounted to £200,836, the total sterling assets now being £4,828,301. Withdrawal of Capital. Serious concem over the withdrawal of capital from New Zealand was expressed in a statement by the council of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federations, which explained its attitude to excessive importations. 4
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1938, Page 1
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