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Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1921, Page 4

A new Hudson car, belonging to Mr. J. V. Brown, ALP., which was removed from outside the Napier Theatre last Saturday evening, has not yet been recovered.

A settler in the Waitahora Valley, giving evidence in the Dannevhke Magistrate’s Court, said he had been in the district for nearly 28 years and had never known such a dry season as experienced this year. He first started carrying water ‘in October last, and had. been doing so periodically since then. Sir Thomas McKenzie stated in Wellington on Thursday that the dairy produce outlook was very good. We had quite cut out Russia, and there were other factors operating in our favor. New Zealand was the only country, as far as he could gather, that had increased its output. There was not the overproduction in tfie world that was thought to be the case. There was an apparent over production of wool, but it was really an under consumption. The Prices Investigation Tribunal in Auckland found that tin boxes of matches, known as 240’s contained an average of 156, although the price had been increased fully 100 per cent., that some retailers charged more than others. It instructed all charging higher prices than the majority that they shall reduce prices. It is sending a full report to the Board of Trade, and suggesting an enquiry into manufacturers’ costs, etc. “This appears to be the only Chinese who ever went bankrupt in New Zealand,” remarked Mr- R. A. Singer at the Magistrate’s Court, Auckland. “Your client is deserving sympathy,” said Mr. J. J. Sullvan enigmatically, but Mr. Singer quickly returned the point of the answer by saying in a sad tone : “Unfortunately he was not my client until after he became bankrupt.” One fatal accident for 152,096 flying miles or 2509 flying hours is the record of civil aviation in New Zealand during tho eleven months ended March sth, 1921, states the Dominion. The sole fatality, which occurred at New Plymouth, resulted in the death of a pilot and two passengers. Four companies are operating in New Zealand to-day—-the Canterbury Aviation Company (Christchurch), the N-Z. Flying School (Auckland), the N.Z. Aero Transport Company (Timaru), and the N.Z. Aerial Transport Company (Hastings). The first-named two are subsidised by the Government. The Timaru Company began operations on December Ist, 1920, while the Hastings Company began as late as March sth of this year. The placing of the Auckland electrical loan in London will have an interest for the whole of New Zealand, says the Star. It means that the attempt to keep down the rate of interest to local bodies has definitely failed. Theoretically at any rate there is no reason why a New Zealander with money to invest should not be permitted to get per cent, for it if his cousin in England can get the same rate thought the Government may

think it has good reasons for prohibiting such a local rate. If local bodies are going to London for their money they will have to go with a Government guarantee, otherwise they will not be able to get it at 6J per cent. They will also have to ask for large, or fairly large amounts. The position of the smaller bodies, who want 10, 50 or 100 thousand pounds, will remain difficult, and probably their only chance of success will be to pool their requirements and float a joint loanEvery smartly dressed woman will want a fur necklet, stole or cape this season, and no costume is now complete without one. Rennie’s, of Waitara, are offering some remarkable value in fur collars, necklets, and stoles, which you are invited to inspect and try on. You will be pleased to see how well they become you. The annual meeting of the Taranaki branch of the New Zealand Friesian Cattle Breeders’ Association will be held in the Stratford A. and P. Association’s office on Tuesday, April 5, at 11 o’clock. Members and all interested in the Friesian breed are particularly requested to attend.

Messrs. Dockrill’s advertise in this issue a special sale of boots and shoes with all-round reductions in high-class footwear. Mr. W. J. Tucker, of Te Awamutu, advertises a dairy farm for lease, with purchasing clause, giving an excellent opportunitv tn a. fcajuuer of limited caoi-