INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1932, Page 2

INTERNAL AFFAIRS

ANNUAL lIEP OUT,

WELLINGTON, October 7

The annual report of the Internal [Affaint Department states -that 325 Jicen*€». for art unions and raffles, were issued in the last financial year. Of these 279 were for works of art, 39 'for'- alluvial gold of value of £IOO or less and seven'for gold valued at {£4ooo. aggregate profits to the ■seven 'l>ig funds was £93,722, and lottery duty imp.of'ed realised £13,867. )The report adds that the large number of -applications > /or alluvial gold art unidhe, nearly all from deserving ob.jects, and the impossibility of issuing a license for all of'them, led to a review of the whole conditions under which, art-unions were run. The - policy of grouping a rnumber of objects witii fixed; allocations to each was adopted, und jtKtt conditions attached to licenses were', also revised. The new conditions jfinst i came into operation on May 24, 1932;' The 'new conditions reduced commission payable to 15 per cent. •; . .

and set limits to advertising and other expenses. A comparison of the results' of the first art union, under the new conditions and of the results of the average of four immed.ate proceeding art unions; ehows that although the gross proceeds averaged by the immediate precedirg four art unions were £5,588 more than those of the first new one, the net profit accruing to beneficiaries in the latter case was £1,483 in excess of the average of those first mentioned, which was accounted for by the considerable reduction in the cost of running of are unions, from an average- of £14,485 to £7983. The Government tax is 10 per cent, of the nominal value oi all tickets represented in each drawing, and with the substantial decrease in the gross proceed*, the tax in the case of the first under new conditions. ' 6 £570 Jess' than that average in the four preceding art unions.

In a recent Adelaide breach of promise case, it transpired that the engagement was broken off by the lady, because her intended (a bitter foe c" the weed) objected to her smoking. She Itold him laughingly that when a man didn’t smoke if, was usually because he couldn’t! It was then that he lost his temper, and decided to ■adopt 'the ralther unusual course of suing her for breach. An unsympathetic jury awarded him nominal damages. 13aA tlio girl was right. Many men have tried to smoko and failed. They overlooked the fact that the best tobacco for the novice to start with is a very mild aromatic, such as Riverhead Gold, one of our four famous New Zealand toasted brands. The toasting pradiically eliminates the nicotine «« that even a beginner can enjoy a smoke ! The other 'three brands iu'3 iNavy Cut No. 3, Cavendish and Cut Plug No. 10. All four tobaccos are quite harmless. They vary in strength from very mild to “full.” All are renowned for flabour and bouquet.— Advt.