LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1926, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Mr J. Lloyd returns thanks to the electors for his election to the Borough Council. In the reserved judgment given yesterday of (i. I). Burrows v. A. T. Burrows. the ammint of the judgment was £ls 8s fid (not £l5B (is. as stated).

The manager of a large Wanganui drapery establishment remarked last week that, when he complained to his banker concerning the comparatively quiet Christmas trading, his attention was directed to the fact that the actual depreciation in wool value in the AA’anganui district this season was £.'!!!(),HOD. The same banker had pointed out that he had noticed himself that deposits paid in were much below the previous year, when phenomenal prices were being realised for wool. Stocks cf fowl wheat arc very low, says the Christchurch “I’ress, ’’ so that neither merchants nor consumers have a good word to say for the Government system of regulating the supply. The poultry industry is in an almost hopeless position with dear food, causing farmers to reduce their flocks steadily. Farmers complain that every hindrance is placed in the way of their getting cheap wheat in abundant quntity from America during a season .when there is a distinct shortage in Canterbury. The Customs duty is certainly remitted until February Ist. but import permits are so curtailed that- the value of free entry is very limited.