Harvest History.

Franklin Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 42, 17 April 1940, Page 5

Harvest History.

Interesting facts concerning the observance of harvest tide, which is celebrated in New Zealand about this time, were recalled at All Saints’ Church, Kilbirnie, Wellington, by the Rev. D. C. Bates. He was preaching on the subject of harvest and said that, while the feast had been celebrated by the Anglican Church for the past eighty years only, there was in the old days a feast observed in Britain called Lammastide, August 1, when several celebrations were held and when tithes, an old-time tax now practically extinct, were collected. In France also a time-honoured custom was the presentation of a lamb for harvesthome thanksgiving. But, he added, in the Jewish calendar there were three festival days, when the seed was planted, then when crops were gathered, and, lastly, when all were safely ir. the barns and the wine in the presses or casks. Messages for Denmark. Messages for Denmark are accepted at sender’s risk, states advice received from the Director-General of the Post and Telegraph Department', Mr J. G. Young. In reference to recent advice regarding additional codes permitted in overseas telegrams, vit is now stated that for the present the additional' codes mentioned are not permitted in telegrams to Australia. Canada, South Afrioa, and India, Commodity and Phrase Code , will, however, be permitted in messages to Canada.