IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume V, Issue 457, 26 June 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

MASONIC HALL EUCHRE PARTY. There was a large attendance at the Stratford Masonic hall euchre party on Thursday night. The prize winners were Mrs Sheppard 1, Mrs Robson 2, Mrs Walker consolation; Mr C. Read 1. Mr O. Currie 2, Mr J. Puhi consolation. Mr P. Brennan played for the dance and a Monte Carlo was won by Mr F. Adlam and partner. “COOKIES” NEW VEHICLES. A statement that in the last four or five months 118 new cars and trucks werte being sold each day was’ made by the Hon. W. Lee Martin, Minister of Agriculture, at Tuakau, when discussing returning prosperity. “Who is bnving them?’’ asked the Minister. “The ‘cookies.’ ” replied a farmer, amid laughter. The Minister remarked that 57 per cent of the new motor vehicles were going into rural areas,. THE SWEET TOOTH. Always fond of sweets, New Zealanders are to-day indulging their Mste for confections more liberally than ever. An Auckland manufacturer whose business it is to cater for the demand lias been’literally “run off his feet” and says he could sell more if he could produce it.. Girls, he says, ore scarce, and the only plentiful labour offering is that of youths and young women between tile ages of 19 and 23 or 24, but these he cannot pne-ag-e because they must be paid the basic wage. “They know nothing about the work,” he adds, “and they are prevented from learning because no manufacturer can afford to pay them the basic w°ge and teach them at the same time.” So orders are being lost by Auckland firms and are going overseas.