NEWS AND NOTES.
“I am of opinion,” said Mr. Poison in the House, “that the bonus on the export of pork, amounting •to £25,810, granted by the late Government has been largely wasted. It has not reached the fanner at .all; jt has gone to the shipping companies,” % , V\lhon two tramps were sentenced to a fortnight’s imprisonment in Westmoreland for begging, the police gave evidence that, when both were drunk, one gave a temperance Jertnre to a large crowd, while the other took round the hat. During the discussion at the , Wheat Inquiry in Wellington, the '.question of placing an import duty oil eggs from Hongkong and other '.Eastern sources, cropped up, and >,the member for Parnell, Mjr. H. R. Jenkins, caused a laugh by remarking* that-in his experience the •qualify of the eggs in China was .'about equivalent to the outflow water from a septic tank. I
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 4007, 8 October 1929, Page 4
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148NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 4007, 8 October 1929, Page 4
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