LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 May 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Sale of Fertilisers.

By regulations published in this week’s Gazette, registration of secondary vendors of fertilisers is suspended. Manufacturers of fertilisers are still required to register.

Remount Subsidy. Sundries payable under the Remount Encouragement Act for the purpose of encouraging the breeding of Army horses are suspended by regulations published in the Gazette.

Big Price for Property. A property at the intersection of Queen Street and Rutland Street, Auckland, in the Town Hall area, with a frontage of 71ft. and a depth of 90ft., has been purchased for £6OO a foot, involving a total of about £40,000. The purchasers are R. Jaffe, Ltd., tailors. Free Classes for Soldiers.

Under’ the new scheme giving free place concessions at technical colleges to all members of the territorial anc other forces, a number of enrolments have already been made at the Wellington Technical College, some by mer recently returned from service overseas. Nearly all are taking industrial courses. Fatal Fall. John Morton, 73 years of age, fell backwards down the lower steep flight of Plimmer’s Steps, Wellington, shortly before 7 o’clock last night, and died within a_ few minutes. Mr Morton was staying at Lambton House, Plimmer’s Steps, and was seen by several people to collapse at the top of the lower flight. High Price for Fruit. Medium-sized navel oranges were be,ing retailed in Wellington yesterday al 6d each, probably the highest price yel asked for such fruit. These were some of the first navels placed on the market this season. At the same time, persimmons were marked at 4d each; passion fruit, five for Is, and bananas as high as 3d each. The only reasonably-priced fruit available were apples and pears, Romneys for Nev/ South Wales. A small shipment of specially selected Romney Marsh ewes was recently made from Sir William Perry’s noted Penrose stud at Masterton by Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., to a New South Wales client. These are to form the nucleus of a high class stud being founded in the Yass district by Mr A. J. Kitchen, of Gungahlin, Yass Road, and should be ideal for the purpose as they are low set, exceptionally well conformed ewes, carrying the typical high class Penrose wool which is renowned for its wearing quality. Conservation of Paper. Measures for the conservation of paper supplies are contained in notices gazetted last evening. Restrictions arc imposed on the size of Christmas cards, calendars and novelties manufactured in future, and the manufacture of the following articles from paper or any substitute thereof is prohibited: Lunchwraps, festoons, confetti, carnival novelties, d’oyleys, serviettes and tablecloths, library-book covers, streamers, decorations, cake frills, hand-towels, facial tissues, shirt-boards, stiffeners, and collar-bands. Nothing is to be typed, duplicated, or written on paper larger than is necessary when both sides are used, or with margins at the sides, top and bottom of the sheet of paper larger than are necessary for legibility and reasonable convenience. The use of both sides of the paper is not to apply to printer’s copy.