Slight Earthquakes.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1942, Page 2

Slight Earthquakes.

Slight earthquakes were experienced in Masterton last night at 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. Linseed Oil Factory. Tenders are being called at once for the building of the new linseed oil factory that is to be established on the reclaimed area fronting Anzac Avenue, Dunedin. It is hoped to start building at a very early date. Charity Ball Cancelled. Owing to the Municipal Hall not being available pending examination after the recent earthquake, the Committee of the Charity Ball last night decided to cancel the ball, which was to have been held on Wednesday, August 19. Essential Industries. Before any industry or other undertaking is declared essential, the union concerned is consulted and given an opportunity to state its attitude to the change. This new procedure, introduced since Mr McLagan became Minister of Industrial Manpower, is considered by union officials to eliminate friction which might otherwise occur. Income Tax Defaulters. The section of the recent Finance Act empowering the Commissioner of Taxes to require employers to deduct income tax from wages would not be enforced against anyone making an honest attempt to pay what was due, it has been stated before, said the Minister in Charge of Land and Income Tax, Mr Nordmeyer. The power taken was necessary in fairness to those who were meeting their obligations. It was obvious, added the Minister, that if the State required, for example, £11,000,000 from income tax, and defaults in payment amounted to £1,000,000, it would mean that a 10 per cent increase would have to be imposed on those willing to meet their obligations.