NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2752, 1 July 1924, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

“You have great difficulty in finding a barber who does not talk. You can't stop them, and there is nothing on earth that will do it” —So said Ihe Registrar at Bloomsbury County Court in a dispute belween two hairdressers. The principle of open-air schools was approved by the North CanterImryTlospitnl Board, says a Press message from Christchurch, the board unanimously passing (he following motion: “That this board expresses its appreciation of the earnest endeavour now being made In promote and build up the health of school children and thereby strengthen their power to resist disease by incorporating into the building of new schools provision for the benefits that can 1m obtained from’ sunlight and fresh air.” Tlie possibility of a dissolution of Parliament and of an early election is one of the main topics of pre-sossional lobby talk, hut most political counsellors seem to incline to the view that no such interruption of' the ordinary course of events will occur (says ihe “Post”). Discussing the prospects at a meeting in New Plymouth this week, Mr S. G. Smith, M.P. for Taranaki, expressed the opinion that unless something unforeseen happens, the present Parliament will run its full course. Air. Massey did not want an election, for he. was more intent on beating Air. Seddon’s record than on going (o the country. There was no need for an election so long as the Government was willing to legislate for the benefit of all the people. Criticising tlie financial administration of the Reform Parly, Mr. Smith said Mint what New Zealand urgently required was a change of Government that would tackle the that were vital to the well’nre of the Dominion.