MEXICO WON’T HAVE JAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 557, 9 January 1929, Page 11

MEXICO WON’T HAVE JAM

CHINA SAYS “NO” TO FEATHERS Have you ever heard of solid beer? If you have, and happen to have any by you, you must not send it to Columbia. The authorities of that country will not have it at any price. Actually, the stuff is a kind of condensed beer which is used in the preparation of a very undesirable drink. There are many strange rules of this kind. Quite a number of countries will not allow you to send them plants or shrubs of any kind through the post—the reason being that insect pests may be introduced with them. It is fairly easy to understand why some countries will not accept packages containing weapons of any kind. Generally, the most stringent rules apply to arms that can be easily concealed —sword-sticks, for instance. The Gold Coast, however, has rather a curious weapon on its list of prohibitions, for you mustn’t send knuckledusters out there' Mexico won’t have jam, China says “no” to feathers, and Egypt will not have anything to do with live bees. You may invent your own reasons for these prohibitions, for it is an extraordinary fact that the representatives of those countries in England cannot ! explain why they should exist. You may post cotton and silk materials to India —on one condition, and that is that they arc not decorated with designs in imitation of bank notes or other notes issued by the Government of India. The reason is probably to reduce the chances 'of people copying the designs for the ■ | purpose of forgery. Finally, the Bahamas have evidently .decided to suppress crookedness in 5 1 gambling, for, although you may post , | them dice, they mustn’t be loaded!