LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 30, 27 January 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipukurau Athlete’s Handicap Mr M. Yarwood. whoso handicap is 81 yards in the 100 yards event, will represent the Waipukurau Athletic Club as a competitor at the Napier Carnival Sports this evening. Requirements of Live Stock Act The Live Stock Act of 1908 requires that sheep must be dipped annually between the Ist of January and the 31st March in the North Island. 'that if at any time lie/? or ticks are found in a flock the owner may be called upon to dip. Lico-af-feeted sheep must not be driven along any highway without an inspector’s permission, nor must such sheep bo exposed. for sale.” The Exchange Issue The Primo Minister stated in the House of Representatives yesterday that it was intended to introduce the Banking Indemnity Bill to-day. ’The Bill was an urgent one, but the Government would allow a reasonable <ime for discussion. There was no intention to curtail the debate on what was one of the most important matters to he dealt with, but he thought it would he the general wish of members to bring to as early an end as possible what already had been a protracted session. After Big Game The Duke of Gloucester, accompanied by Captain Edward Brook, the well-known big-game hunter,'has left London for a two months’ expedition in the Sudan. The duke will only shot to kill for food, and will spend most of the time <( capturing” wild animals with movie and still cameras. The duke’s party will include two servants, the remainder being native carriers to bo collected at Khartum. The quantity of baggage has been reduced to a. minimum. ’ ' ■' Will Tobacco Prices Rise? Although no definite decision has yet. been reached by the tobacco trade as to whether a rise in the retail price of tobacco and cigarettes must be a consequence of the rise in the New Zea-land-London exchange rate the general public appear to be expecting higher prices in this regard. A suggestion has been made that tobacco, imported under the former low rate of exchange, might he priced up to enable the trade to make an extra profit, that would compensate for any loss involved in an eventual reduction of the exchange rate from its present level.