Masterton Frost.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1941, Page 4

Masterton Frost.

In Masterton this morning a frost of 9.2 degrees was registered. A Soldier’s Complaint. Allegations that sergeants and other higher-paid men were able to purchase tobacco and cigarettes at a discount, of 121 per cent while the rank and file had to "pay through the nose” are contained in a letter received by the chairman of the Napier Patriotic Committee, Mr T. W. Hercock, from a New Zealand soldier in the Middle East and read to members of the committee. Mr Hercock said that his correspondent was one of a number who had been five months without a parcel of any description. Martha Gold Mining Company.

A net profit of £62,000 was earned by the MaAha Gold Mining Company iWaihi). Ltd., in 1940. according to details received by cablegram from London by the New Zealand director and attorney, Mr J. 11. G. Banks. A final dividend pf 9d sterling a share, making 25 per cent (unchanged) for the year, is recommended. The net profit is only £5O less than that earned a year ago. Dividend requirements absorb £61.989. leaving £5968 to be carried forward, against £5757 brought in. Taxation, which includes income lax in London and New Zealand, shows an increase of £13,855. Production figures showed that 191.359 tons were crushed for 50,014 ounces of gold.and 412,433 ounces of silver. Taranaki Woman’s Bequests. Several substantial bequests have been provided for in the will of Mrs Rebecca Tabor, of Now Plymouth, whose death at the age of 99 occurred in Sydney on February 1. Mrs Tabor lived in Auckland for a few years before going to Sydney in 1938. Mrs Tabor has directed that £lO.OOO is to be set aside and the income from it devoted to the benefit of the boys of Dr Barnardo's Homes in England. The fund is to be known as (he "George Tabor Fund" in memory of a son of Hie donor. A further sum of £lOOO is left to the Presbyterian orphanages in Wellington, and half of the residue of the estate, alter a number of private bequests have been satisfied. is to be a perpetual trust to provide income for (he missionary activities of the British and Foreign Bible Society in New Zealand.

Parents are invited to bring their children to the League of Mothers' monthly meeting on Wednesday, it being a special children's day. Gifts such as clothes or gramophone records for the Seamen's Mission will be accepted by the committee and forwarded Io Wellington, ■■■ •