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IN THE NEWS.

FORTY-HOUR WEEK FOR BARS? That the 40-hour week be extended to the bars of publie houses which should be compelled to close all day Saturday, was a decision reached at the inter-provincial conference of the Women's Division, of the Farmers' Union at Dannevirke. MOTOR DRIVERS’ LICENSES. T ie number of motor drives’ licenses Issued by the Borough Inspector, Mr A. E. Sayers, up to noon to-dav was 278, out of a total of approximately 800 on the books. Drivers should secure their licenses at once, and avert -the 'trouble arising from such neglect. NEW NEIGHBOURS IN COUNTRY. The exceptionally large number of clearing sales throughout the Waikato is a feature of farming activities this win.er. This indicates how many fart is are changing ownership or occupants. In many eases farmers are retiring from active work, or else sharemilkers who have been long in occupation are moving on to better their conditions. FORESTERS EUCHRE EVENING. There was the usual large attendance at the Stratford Foresters’ weekly euchre and dance on Saturday. Prize winners were as follow: Ladies. Mrs F. Adlam 1. Mrs Gander 2, snecial, Mrs Paynter, consolation. Mrs Beale. Men. Mr Hammond 1, Mr Archer 2, special. Mr Orr, consolation, Mr D. McNeill. Mr and Mrs Marti won the Monte Carlo. The music was by Wright's band. BATTLE OF JUTLAND. To-day is the twenty-first anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, the one major action between the fleets of Great Britain and Germany, and the greatest sea fight in history. The battle was fought on May 31, 1916, the scene of the main action being equidistant from Norway, Jutland and the Skaggerak. In it more than 250 ships, great and small, took part—lsl ships with 170 guns on the British side and 101 ships with 900 guns on that of the Germans.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TCP19370531.2.17

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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 446, 31 May 1937, Page 4

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IN THE NEWS. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 446, 31 May 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 446, 31 May 1937, Page 4

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