Sun Spots.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1943, Page 2

Sun Spots.

After eight days of total quiescence a moderate-sized group of sunspots has appeared on the rim of the sun, reports Mr G. V. Hudson, Karori. He states that this ( group which is about 50,000 miles in length, will be favourably placed for observation about the middle of next week. Young Farmens’ Club. A meeting of the Masterton Young Farmers’ Club was held on Wednesday, when it was decided to hold a dance on Thursday, July 15. The club decided to invest £lO in the Liberty Loan. Mr E. F. Wilson showed some moving films of the earthquake damage in Masterton. Supper was served. Fire at Dunedin. Damage estimated at between £2OOO and £3OOO resulted when fire occurred on Thursday night in Butterfield’s chair factory, Cumberland Street, Dunedin. The outbreak was apparently caused by .a spark from an open fireplace. Most of the damage was done in the storeroom, where tins of oil and varnish burst. Among goods extremely damaged by water and difficult to replace were mirrors, boxes of nails, screws and hinges. The destruction of the electrical switchboard cut the power temporarily in the area where the factory is situated, including the hospital block.

Interhouse Dance. The Masonic Hall was crowded last night for the Wairarapa Interhouse Association’s dance. Members of the various branches of the fighting forces were well represented. A special tap dance by Miss Betty Jones a pupil of Miss Joan Tandy, was enthusiastically received and an encore was demanded. Miss Mollie Iveson was the accompaniste. Messrs J. Bruce and L. Askew were the M’s.C. and Ashton's Dance Band provided the music. Extras were played by Miss Gundesen and Mr Tawhai. The winners of the Monte Carlo competition were Miss Williams and Mr B. McHattie. Supper was served by the W.F.C.A. Interhouse basketball team.

False Tax Returns. “The net result of three years is that defendants have short-paid about £l5OO in income tax and social security,” said the Crown Prosecutor, Mr V. R. Meredith, when Leonard Arthur Benjamin and Louis Katz (Mr Goldstine) pleaded guilty before Mr F. H. Levien, S.M., at Auckland yesterday to three charges of wilfully making false income tax returns. Nine other charges were withdrawn. Defendants had been trading in partnership as the Stylish Clothing Company, said Mr Meredith, Crown Prosecutor. Though their actual profit in 1940 was £3027, they declared only £2471. In 1941 they declared £2552 of their £2BlO profit, but in 1942 they declared only £931 of their £3823 profit. The profits declared in the partnership accounts were false and their private income figures were false. Fines totalling £5OO were imposed by the magistarte. Defendants were each fined £75 in respect of each of the 1940 and 1941 charges and were each fined £lOO on the 1942 charge.