LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160813, 22 November 1920, Page 9

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is stated that in Waifarapa buyers representing freezing companies are offering 30s and 25s for both wether and fat ewe sheep. The price for lamb is 255, while beef ranges from £2 Is to £2 5s per 1001b, according to quality. According to the Government census, in the South Island there are 142,363 Presbyterians. The . total under pastoral care, however, leaves more than 40 per cent, unaccounted for. In the North Island there are 116,173 Presbyterians, leaving a little over 50 per cent, unknowij. to the Church. Awakino, in the Taranaki district, possesses a man who must assuredly be a champion conumer of alcohol. In a Court case he was credited with having received 50: bottles of whisky in 40 days, and he admitted that at on© period he had taken two bottles a night for a month, not counting what he, drank during the day.

Heads, of households have been so accustomed of late to reading of increases in various commodities in every day use that any information bearing on reductions will com© as a pleasant surprise. To-day soap was reduced in price £o per ton. Sago has been, reduced Id per lb, and a similar reduction has taken place in the price of rice, which is the second fall in price the latter has undergone lately. The price of cornflour is also easier, and the same applies to tapioca. There is also a tendency for aq. easier market in regard to Christmas’’fruits. One retailer has reduced his teas,by 6d per lb.