LATE LOCALS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1932, Page 6

LATE LOCALS

The- Gael arrived at 12.30 o’clock today from Wellington and Greymouth and sails to-morrow for Mapua with a cargo of fruit cases and thence go:s to Wellington for cargo. : .... ( A meeting of all whitebait fishermen, including trench and dragnet fishermen -vf'l be' held in the Town 'Hall on -Saturday evening at 7>.30 o’clock to finalise - arrangements for the Whitebaiters’ Ball. The 'ball promises to be an outstanding success and the fishermen are earnestly reque ted to be\ present so that committees can be formed. Delegates are invited from ail parts of the district. It is proposed- to hold the bail on the third Wednesday in November, t,h e profits to be donated to a most deserving cause. —Advt. The large margin existing between the factory cost of certain goods and,, the retail price was the subject of discussion at- the meeting of the Dominion Executive of the Farmers’ Union At Wellington last week. One delegate Uaid he knew of a‘ stock remedy selling at £3 3s fo r which.the ingredients'host lid; It was decided to ask the Department of Industries and Commerce to udertake an investigation, when details of specific cases could be collected. The advantages of steel dips instead of twine for fastening wool bales were considered at the meeting Of the Dominion executive of the Farmers’ Union. It .Was stated- that clips- had been' used in' Australia -for five years, aiid’ that there nnd been complaints that when the bales were secured by sewing- there' was a tendency for fragments of twine and jute to mingle with the wool. The executive decided to ask for the views of woollen millers a nd brokers.