LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1920, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

The Committee of .tlie AVesthmd Trotting Club meets to-night at 8 o’clock to receive statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the - recent meeting, Air T. K. •Y. Seddon M.P. advises that be. had interviewed the Minister of Public Works re AVaiiganui river encroachMient. The report- of Mr J. ]). Gillies, Resident Engineer has been I sent for, and then an engineer from ! headquarters will, be despatched to ■ Havi Uar-i. Mr Kurkett is not obtnin- ! able. ' Bottle'gathering at Ashburton must be a flourishing business from the remarks made by the local bottle-gather-er. He stated that he had only worked ' three days after Christmas, and three i

! days after New War, and had secured ' 300 dozen bottles. “And, u he added, “ I am sending another truck-load this ! week, which makes the third truck I since Christmas.” i The Christchurch “Press” says—The | cigarette smoker is about to reel an- | other demand, upoj\ his pocket, as witlij in tho next, tew day# the price of cignr- ! gt-tes will probably mount to one penny ' each. The wholesale price of tobacco ! in the city was on Monday advanced by I 7s lOd per 1000 on cigarettes, and Is 6:1 • per lb on plug- and cut tobacco.' Local I retainers will meet shortly to adjust ! trade prices as a result of the increase, ' and although nothing may happen in , tlie way of a retail increase for a few- ' days, \\ tit expected that the price of i cigarettes will, go up to 10d per- packet, ! and that tlie other tobaccos will ho increased correspondingly with the whole- ■ advance. The reason of the in- ! creases is the big. rise in the price of j raw leaf in the United States, and the unfavourable exchange position with America. Substantial advances in ] prices have already occurred in AusI tralia,