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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 3 June 1919, Page 2

The Defence Department has decided to double the allowance paid to soldiers undergoing treatment in hospital, but who are not provided with board and lodgings. The increase will be from 2s to 4s per diem. —Press Association. It is questionable whether any of us realise what enormous sums are annually wasted through lack of reasonable care of farm implements, says the Farmers’ Union Advocate. It has been estimated that an implement kept continuously out of doors will last only one quarter of the time -of one kept under cover when not in use. Much loss is also caused by not attending to repairs as soon as the defect is noticed and by the over-cautious use of the oil-can and paint-brush. It is scarcely credible that some farmers maintain that the time spent in putting an implement under cover, when not in use, is not compensated for by the lengthened life of the implement. Such is wonderful logic which needs no comment. The committee in charge of the arrangements for the Military Ball, which takes place at the Coronation Hall tonight, has paid special attention to the floor, which is in perfect condition for dancing. “Nothing succeeds like success’—so say the delighted users of “No Rubbing” Laundry Help and the pure “Golden Rule” Soap.—J. M‘Neill, Devon Street.