WELLINGTON TOPICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1917, Page 2

WELLINGTON TOPICS.

f WHEAT AND BREAD. I (From On: Own Correspondent.)' Wellington, Fob. Ift. A mild sensation has teen occasioned hero by the announcement that bread will be raised from ]od to lid for the 41b loaf, delivered, from to-dajv, and the Acting-Minister of Industries and Commerce has directed Mr. J. B. Hart, the only member of the Board of Trade remaining in Wellington, to investigate the position. Mr. Mac Donald has expressed surprise at the increase being made, seeing the master-bakers had agreed that the .price of bread should \w governed 'by the price of flour. The price of flour had been fixed at £ls a ton and at this rate the price of bread shoul' 1 not exceed &%& a loaf over the conn' or 10d delivered. Even with flour . ;Eli6 a ton these prices should hold good under the agreement as the Minister understood it and Mr. Hart's report is awaited nvith considerable curiosity and interest. The ultimate remedy for the trouble would be the suspension of the duty on flour, but Mr. MacDonald is not inclined to tuke this step before the result of the harvest is definitely ascertained. LABOR AND MILITARY SERVICE. (Reports from the country are emphasising the inconvenience and loss being suffered by dairy farmers and others by the growing scarcity of labor, following upon the withdrawal of men for miltary servee. How acute the position is in the Wairarapa may be judged from the fact that Sir Walter buchanan and other large landowners have been compelled to take up duties they formerly entrusted to working foreman, while smaller owners have been driven to reducing tlieir milking herds and abandoning all but absolutely necessary operations about their holdings. Oil some farms the iwives and daughters of the holders are taking the place of the hired help that cannot be obtained and it seems likely still further demands will bo made upon female labor. It is understood the Government lias some scheme of relief in preparation, but so far its precise nature has not been revealed and predictions of a great decline in production are 'beginning to take on the appearance of probability. SMOKE IN T VICTA MTXTURE-GROWN W THE EMPIRE WE'E FIGHTING FOR. Every man cannot be in the firing line, yet/ England's battles oani be fought at home by buying British goods. Invicta Mixture is an all-Bri-tish Tobacco grown in Rhodesia, and the man who wants a mixture light in flavor and of refined aroma will find it in Invicta. Invicta is a choice blend of pure tobaccos, unadulterated by any of the usual pernicious substances—thus it is a eaie, healthy smoke—a smoke which is enjoyable to the last whiff. Packed in full 2oz tins and sold at Is.' Try it. For the man Who likes a eolid smoke we recommend Dreadnought, medium and full, and every tin guaranteed in perfect condition- Is 2oz.