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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Competitions. Shirley Anderson and Margaret Bobbers, of Masterton. were placed first in the piano diiet for the 10 to 13 years class al the Manawatu Competitions Society's festival yesterday. They are pupils of Miss E. Stubbings (L.R.S.M.). London, of Masterion. Drilling For Oil. The New Zealand Petroleum Company reports that al Morere engines are being overhauled and the rig repaired preparatory to restarting boring operations. At Midhirst the bore is down 6813 feet. There is no change in the formation. Young Man’s Suicide. The body of a young man. John Kidner, labourer, aged 25, Feilding. was discovered on Wednesday afternoon in the back garden of a house in Derby Street. Feilding. with a bullet wound in (he forehead. Gripped in both hands was a .22 calibre rifle. At an inquest held yesterday. Sergeant E. Turnei’ stated that deceased had of late been depressed about his financial affairs. Recently bis wife had taken action against him and had secured orders of separation, of guardianship of their child and of maintenance. The coroner returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide while in a state of depression

Masterton Frost. A frost ol 8.8 degrees was recorded m Masterton this morning. No Winter Show. No Winter Show will be held by the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association next month, as the military authorities are still using the Showgrounds. It is possible that they will be there for a considerable lime perhaps for the duration of the war. 11 this is so, the association rnav nol be able to hold its Spring Show in November. Free of Stamp Duty. Regulations were gazetted last night providing for the exemption from stamp duty of all receipts by members of the armed forces for allowances made to them and their dependants. Those regulations came into force yesterday, and receipts of this nature will enjoy a similar exemption from stamp duty as receipts for payment: which may be regarded as wages or salaries. Compulsory Membership Favoured. Alter a long discussion in commit-1 tee today, the Auckland provincial conference of lhe New Zealand Farm- | ers’ Union, by 62 votes Io 25. carried! a motion approving the principle ol’J compulsory unionism in respect of (ho I Farmers’ Union membership. The corn- ! mittee was charged with preparing a j method to introduce compulsion wilhin lhe union's own ranks and not by i legislation 1

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 May 1941, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
399

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 May 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 May 1941, Page 4

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