Frost in Masterton.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1942, Page 2

Frost in Masterton.

A frost of 9.9 degrees was registered in Masterton this morning.

Woman Injured. Mrs E. M. McLaughlin, of Longbush, who slipped on a verandah at Anzac Hospital yesterday, was admitted to Masterton Hospital. She is suffering from a sprained left knee. Watersiders and Beer.

A statement issued by the Wellington Watersider Workers’ Union says that at a meeting yesterday the question of the hardships inflicted on workers by the recent amendments of the licensing laws relative to the quality and price of beer was discussed. It was resolved that the union direct its members to refrain from indulging till this question is satisfactorily settled.

Earthquake Shocks Lessening. Since the earthquake on June 24, 461 after-shocks, or tremors, had been recorded by the Government Seismologist till 9 a.m. yesterday. There were only four in the last 24 hours of that period. The seismic activity has lessened greatly in its intensity with a gradual reduction daily in the number of tremors and degree of shock. This suggests that the fault from which the disturbance emanated has practically settled down again, and discounts the possibility of any recurrence in the near future of an earthquake paralleling the. recent major shock. There were over 1200 after-shocks recorded following the big Japanese earthquake in 1923, and there was a similar number after the big Napier earthquake, Price of Potatoes. The price which the public should pay for potatoes was the subject of a reminder last night by the Price Tribunal. For potatoes sold at any place within the metropolitan areas of Auckland or Wellington, or within New Plymouth, Wanganui, Napier, Gisborne, Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Greymouth, Westport, or Hokitika the maximum price is as follows: —If sold in June or July, 1942, 2d a pound. If sold in' August, September, October or November, 1942, 2jd a pound. Instances had recently occurred where North Island potatoes had been offered for sale by retailers at prices in excess of those laid down on the grounds of the cost being higher than that of southern potatoes. Such a position, the tribunal emphasised, should not obtain. Ample supplies were now available, and no retailer was forced to buy, either direct from the North Island grower, or at auction, or by way of wholesale, at prices which,' when selling at the maximum retail prices allowed did not show him a fair profit.

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