NEW BOOKS
WHAKATANE PUBLIC LIBRARY At the monthly meeting of the Public Library Committee, the following books were selected as additions: The Scarlet Imposter, D. Wheatley; Watch for the Dawn, S. Cloete; Born at Sea, P. Frankau; Youth in the Spotlight, Guy FleM cher; Nemesis, Douglas "Reed; Lost' Sunrise, K. Norris; Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles, J. Maxwell; The Laughing Year, W. Deeping. Snort Supply. An example of the severe straits to which farmers are forced jby the shortage of supplies was quoted by a member of the District Council for Primary Production at the end of last week. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining fencing wire and the high price when delivered, many farmers had been forced to remove two wires from other fences when erecting temporary fences around seasonal crops. Linen for Aeroplanes. There has been a request, "from the British Government that New Zealand should attempt to grow > from 1200 to 1600 acres of fibre for linen. This was announced by Mr A. H. Cockayne, Director-General of Agriculture, when speaking to ' North Island sheep farmers at Mas- 1 sey College. He added that had been sent back stating thai the Dominion would make an effort and Britain was sending out the flax seed for the linen wanted f6r fight- . ing 'planes.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 172, 12 June 1940, Page 4
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