Borough Rates.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1941, Page 4

Borough Rates.

Masterton ratepayers are reminded that tomorrow is the last day for payment of borough current rates with the allowance of 5 per cent discount therefrom. . The Borough Office closes at 4.30 p.m. The Election Question.

No indication has yet been given as to when the Prime Minister (Mr Fraser) will make his anticipated announcement on the election question. The Labour Party caucus met last evening and is expected to meet again today. The Opposition is said to be waiting for a concrete proposition from the Government. \

Heavy Bullocks. At the Masterton Spring Cattle Fair held on Monday, Mr Donald McKenzie, of “Woodlands,” sold two heavyweight bullocks. There was a good deal of speculation at the sale, as to the weights of the cattle, and Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., advise that Mr J. A. Betts, who bought them, states that they were killed yesterday, and the Shorthorn weighed 12301b5. and the P.A.-cross 10801bs. The respective age of these bullocks was 5 and 4 years.

R.S.A. Proposal. Approval of the proposal to change the name of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association to the “New Zealand Returned Services Association” was given at a meeting of members of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association. There was no quorum within the time limit set for the general meeting, but many members arrived late and the motion passed will be taken as a guide by delegates to the New Zealand Council of the association.

Stocking Shortage. An assurance that the Government was doing everything in its power to overcome the shortage of silk stockings was given by the Minister of Customs, Mr Nash, in reply to an urgent question in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr Nash said that efforts were being made through the New Zealand High Commissioner, Mi’ Jordan, to obtain supplies from the United Kingdom. He also stated that but for the loss at sea of a consignment of machinery there would have been sufficient plant in the Dominion to cope with the demand for stockings. New Zealand manufacturers of stockings were hampered by the fact that fifty per cent of their skilled male operatives had joined the military forces.

Italian’s Appeal. “This is the trial the Italians have been waiting for, to see how their sons turn out. There are plenty of people who could fight for you. That is their job, for they are British. You are the ones being threatened, so it is your job to fix it. Why should I fight for you?” This statement was made by Guy Bert Famularo, junior storeman, aged 18, before the No. 4 Armed Forces Appeal Board, in Wellington yesterday, when he appealed against territorial service on conscientious grounds. He stated that his parents were born in Italy, but he was born in New Zealand. That did not make him British, because his flesh and blood was as Italian as that of anyone born in Italy. He spoke Italian and did not see why he should fight against his own people. He said he had no cause to fight unless New Zealand were attacked. The appeal was dismissed.

“It is only about 150 years ago that velvet was a material used extensively for men’s clothes,” says a tailor. It’s a blessing the fashion changed Just imagine plush-fours!