NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3736, 31 December 1927, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

A policeman in Cleveland (United Staltes) was shocked to see a man sitting in a motor car with' the light extinguished and a young woman on his lap, whom he was kissing vigorously. The policeman arrested the couple for disorderly condurt, despite their protest that they were newly married, and saw no crime in demonstrating their affection. The magistrate discharged them, and they promptly sued the policeman, and were awarded £7OO damages.

A Parnell resident has of late been bemoaning the fact that a swarm of bees found entry to his house beneath an eave and disputed the right of possession with the unfortunate family, and occasionally stung the neighbours. The problem of shifting tht bees became a subject of keen local interest. The use of acetylene gas through a long tube had the effect of shifting the members of the household, and another l’emedy suggested, hot w'ater, did not bring results. Finally a long wire was used at intervals. The bees apparently have come to the conclusion that life at Parnell is too exciting, the latest advice being that they have departed silently, and perhaps sorrowfully. Life in New Zealand, long before the days of the pakeha, when the Maori was the sole inhabitant of this country, and the now extinct moa roamed the laud, will be depicted in a film which Government officials have taken at Rotorua. To serve as a historical record of the dawn of civilisation in the Dominion is the object of the picture, and -in it will be portrayed every phase of daily life among the Maoris, including their arts and crafts, their ' costumes and superstitions, the preparation and cooking of food, war dances and exercises. Over 60 Maoris garbed in native costume took part in the production, and two cinema operators were engaged, While over 200 still photographs were taken. Some 20,000 feet of film were utilised, and this has yet to be developed, and titles and sub-titles inserted. When completed, the picture will be releasedby the Government Publicity- Department for screening in all parts of the world.

< A good story is told how Eve, or rather a bevy of Eves, tempted young Hori at Raltana during the Christmas gathering (says the Wanganui Herald). Hori h'ad been sent out to milk a cow and bring along some nice fresh milk for tea for the Japanese Bishop. Hori did the milking part of the contract all right, but when passing a wharepuni, a cluster of smiling. Maori maidens rushed out and' surrounded him. “Oh, give us some new milk Hori,” they said in unison. Hori could not resist and handed out the bucket Which was very soon returned to him empty. Hori protested and assured the maidens that there would be an of a row as the milk was for the 'Bishop of Japan. Still the maidens refused to return a drop of it. Young Hori then had a brain wave. He ingeniously knocked a hole in the' bottom of the

— bucket. “There now!” he said, “they can show the Bishop where the milk ran out.” Hori has gone up in the estimation of those dusky maidens considerably, and is now looked upon as a resourceful young man.