NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1197, 17 January 1914, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

According to the Paris journal Gaulois, a London journalist, has been bequeathed £412 by his great-uncle, a retired colonel, £4 lot each of 103 occasions on whirl', he listened, always with great courtesy and interest, to the old soldier’s story of a battle. The fashion-makers of Paris have decreed that yellow gold and gold-tan tones will prevail in the spring. Browus and subdued greyish greens will be popular. There are five new varieties of reseda lints, ranging from mistletoe. to cucumber. Ultra-brilliant and assertive colours will be out of favour. For some time the guard on the Sandou tram has been carrying a mail to Himatangi, for which be has received the sum of £lO a year from the Postal Department. Cr McKenzie ou Monday spoke at length ou the general question of mails on the tram, considering that not only should the Council receive the year, but should endeavour to get a contract lor carrying mails generally. “ The Council should be getting a year for carrying mails,” he said. The chairman pointed out that the tram time table would have to be considerably altered to suit a mail service. Cr McKenzie retorted warmly, “ Ob, yes, you can alter anything in creation except the tram time-table. That cannot be altered!” The chairman said Cr McKenzie was not quite right. The tram time-table had been altered several times to suit the settlers. Cr McKeuzie battled away at length to convince the Councillors that the mail service would be worth having, and that the Council should collect the now paid to the guard. The chairman said if the Council collected the £lO they would be responsible for the mails. Ultimately the Council decided to allow the guard to collect the and to get a report ou the proposal of mail carrying.