LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 20 June 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Drive for Sacks' Early next: month a comprehensive drive tb recover all unused sacks wili be' made in canterbury. Supply difficulties have caused anxiety, and every effort is being made to obtain sacks of all sizes for commercial use. Railway Dining Room A decision 'affecting the future of a dining room at the Wellington railway station, which has been closed for several months because of the staff shortage, will be made within the next few weeks. This was stated yesterday by an officer of the rai-lways refreshment branch. t „ Income Tax in Advance The rate of interest on income tax paid in advance of the due date in February' 'next will be 1£ per cent. per annuih, which is the rate operative over'the last few years. Making this announcement last evening, the' *Minister of Finance (Mr. Nash) said the system of income taxation. jn.New Zealand did not readi'fHendTtself to a PaY" as-you-go method oLcollection. . Model Pig Hoifses "The f act that ■ the . press had given publicity to th'e model far-rowing-fattening house I had made has aroused quite an amount of interest, and inquiries have come in for further information from a wide area," said Mr. L. L. Marsdon, superintendent to the Wellington District Pig Council, in his monthly fbport to a meeting of the cou'ncil in Palmerston North 'yesterday. "'A pleasng feature of these requests is that some have come from plac'es^that, in the past, have been sorhewhat overlooked. One area in .particular, was that between Pirinoa down almost to Lhke Ferry, which is about the most southerly part of the North Island." -i Price Increases Authorised Advice of immediate increases permissible in retail charges for small goods has been received by Mr. S. I. McKenzie, secretary of the Ma'nawatu, Southern" Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa Master Bakefs' Association. Retailers are now permitted to seireream cakes at ls 9d per dozen and„plain assorted cakes at ls 6d per. dozen; buns, doughnuts and scories, ls ld per dozen; coffee buns, 4-£d each; pikelets, 9d per dozen; small scones, lOd per dozen; block vcake, block sponge, sponge ' sand&iches, and allied lines, 10 per cent. increase in existing prices calculated to next higher ld per unit or pound.