“GOING UP.”

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3393, 24 January 1920, Page 5

“GOING UP.”

COST OF LIVING AGAIN.

BOOTS AND CANDLES THIS TIME.

“Boots are sure to go up in price very shortly,” remarked the head of a big boot manufacturing firm to :1, New Zealand Times reporter yesterday, It was stated that towards the end of the month there is to be 3; conference between representatives »of tanners and freezing companies, and an increase in the price of leather may be anticipated Labour trou‘bles are embarrassing the manufacturers. Girls are unprocurable for the factories; in fact, they have been difficult to secure for the last few years. They were given/7/6 a week as beginners at one time, and now 25/ 9. week as beginners will not attract them. Skilled men are also hard to obtain. The result is. it is stated, a smaller output and a cor--I'eSpon(l‘.;ig increase. in the cost of production.

' The price of candles has remained stationary since last August——which’is really very good in these days of soaring prices. However, another increase is now announced in the price of New Zealand-made candles, which were advanced 1d per lb yesterday. The rise is attributed to the increased cost of materials used in the manufacture of candles, and the cost of exchange. Paraffin wax, the main ingredient in the manufacture of candles, has increased in price, and it is stated that. candle wicks have gone up 400 per cent during the last five years.

VA.‘s'l‘ STORIES OF VVHEAT

A NEW NOXIOUS WEED BXTERMINATOR.

KILLS BLACKBERRY, ETC.

‘ F3,l‘nlCl's thrvo-ughoiut the Dominion ,will be interested to hear that both I gorse and blackberry have at last been iconquerqd. For some time past the ‘Agricultural Department, as well as many Well-known fa.rmers, have been testing the claims made by the New Zealand Coal Tar Produc-ts, Limited, Wanganui, for their Weed externiinator known as “Dominion \Veed Destroyer.” This new product has a deadly efiect on gorse, blaekberryfand Californian thistle. The .I;g’ricultural Departmenthas carried out several experiments around Wanganui with excellent results. These experiments were carried c-ut on gorse patches of various ages. Old plants five and six feet high were killed in a few days, while the younger growth was apparently dead in as many hours. “Dominion Weed Destroyer is the product of coal tar, and is something quite new for this purpose. It is simply diluted with water, and sprayed on with an ordinary garden spray. It is non-poisonous to stock, and eventuallypacts as a. fertiliser to the soil. Grass may be sown a. few weeks after the spraying withoutei any ill effect on the germina.h'on nf the «" seed. i