Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3970, 11 July 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

< The Postmaster-General (Hon. J. 13. Donald) announces, in connection with the abolition of the cash-on-delivery system for post parcels between Great Britain and New Zealand, that it has now been arranged with the British Post Office for such parcels not to be accepted after October 31 next.

The subject of the proposed resumption of relations between the British Empire and the Soviet will be considered from New Zealand’s point of view at a meeting of Cabinet this week. Wlithin the course of a few days the Primje. Minister expects to transmit his reply to lhe British Prime Minister.Mr. F. S. Easton, of Foxton, who recently donated a handsome cmp for competition among the primary school boys .in the distinct, has now made a substantial donation towards the game of hockey, and in making the donation jf expressed the wish that the game will continue to increase in popularity.

Tile bulletin of infectious diseases if or the week ended noon on Tuesday shows an increase of scarlet fever in the WanganuiHorowhenua district, and a - decrease in the other districts. 'There is less diphtheria in Central Wellington area. The grand total of infectious diseases for the week shows a. decrease of four. Hundreds of Maoris viisted the Morrinsville pa ait- Kiwitahi to pay their last respects to the 1 late Taingakawa Tamakana te YVaharpa, paramount Waikato chief. The tangii was one of the largest held in the district, over 400 Maoris attending'. Among the visitors- were “King” Rata Mahuta and-“ Princess” te Puea Herangi.

A strong aroma of onions emanating from the fireplace greeted the nostrils of the IS.M. as lie stepped into the Court-room this mofiniiig. He sniffed the air- and passed a remark about the early approach of spring. Counsel, however, who was more accustomed to seeing pertain other articles reposing an this improvised storeroom for commandeered goods, factiously remarked “It’s generally beer, your Worship.”

Owing to family reasons, some of the men employed on the Palmerston North railway deviation were unable to accept transference to the East. 'Coast railway construction work when the Government stopped the deviation work. In view of that fact, Mr. .J. A. Nash (Palmerston North) gave notice in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to ask t-bei Prime Minister whether be would arrange to. find other v/oitk for smell men.

At Gleiiinassey, Auckland district, on Sunday afternoon, David Kerr, an employee of the Glenmassey ißridk' Wdrks, and his two sons went out rabbit shooting. One of ■the sons, William, tired at a rabbit on the other side of a fence and wounded it. The second son, David, aged 11 years and seven months, dived through the fence after the rabbit just as his father tired, and the bullet struck the boy, killing' him instantaneously. A.t the inquest a verdict of accidentally shot was returned.

In reply to a deputation of Presbyterian ministers, at Wellington yesterday, the Hon. T. M.. Wilford (Minister for Defence) stated .that he did not intend to do anything in the way of interfering with the sentences passed on Richards and Millar, two military conscientious objectors. Part of Mr WSlford’s reply was devoted to the difficulty of finding alternative service. . His predecessor (Mr. Rolleston) had evidently tried very hard to find some alternative form, and he (Mr Wilford) was applying himself to. the difficult problem and was going to find a solution. By placing an explosive under his stomach and lighting the fuse, Edmund Hayes, aged 46, committed suicide at Puwera, Whangarei district, on Saturday evening. The body was shattered into an unrecognisable mass. The deceased arrived in Hew Zealand from England in April with his son, aged 14, and had intended to bring out his \vife and three other children later. He was engaged in fanning work. At the. time of the tragedy he was , observed to enter some scrub by bis son, who heard the explosion, and found the body. At the in'finest a verdict of suicide while of (Unsound mind was returned. To those who Ihinlk: that snufftaking was confined to the gailvclad gentlemen of the 17th and 18th centuries, it wifi no doubt come as a surprise that the habit is still practised to a certain extent in Southland (ramairks the “Times”). Snuff is made chiefly from the central stem of the tobacco leaf ground into fine powder and flavoured until various scents and spices. It is, as everyone is aware, inhaled through tfie nose, and not a few pioneers of .the province still take a pinch of the aromatic powder from their snuff-box and with a majestic sweep of the arm irnisc it to their 'twentieth century nostrils. One Invercargill tobacconist lias quite an extensive (clientele. “And some of thorn are women,” he whispered to the reporter, who was questioning him. At the invitation of the tobacconist the reporter tried some. For the next half-hour* lie put up a world’s record in sneezing.