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Inangahua Times, 7 December 1929, Page 1

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View of Resurrection Will I>f Hunting Man Dissolution of the Body London, Nov 19 A remarkable conlession of laitb is contained in the will ot a wellknown Hereford hnnting man, Henry Altred Wadworth, who, at the age of 77, was killed while he was hunting last August. In it he expresses the belief that the true resurrection of the dead and life everlasting are in the diffusion of the chemical components and the energy of the body, and with this idea he requests that his body bs cremated and his ashes scattered over his garden. The will says: “My body shall be placed in a decent receptacle, «nd taken in my own car to t hfe most convenient crematorium. Only my gardner and chauffeur shall accompany the body, taking a small deal.box, with which to bring back the ashes,l which, they shall scatter on my garden. “I bejieye that some leading scientists assure me that I believe rightly chat the organic constituents of my body will quickly be con verted into carbonic acid and ammonia. These will, by the law ot diffusion, immediately be distributed to the whole world and will help to build other plants, and in their turn animals, so that in the future every plant and animal in the world will contain an infinitesimal portion of my body. “ The organic paits of my body will also be dissolved, and by the agency ot rains, rivers and ocean currents will be distributed, but more slowly. "The energy left In my body at death will be degraded to heat, and will quickly leave it to form part of the universe. “ This I believe to be the true resurrection of Ae dead and life everlasting. I believe in God, but an unknown God, whom we are incapable of understanding.”

The New Traffic Bill

Non-Party .Measure Provisions Well Received Generally (British Official Wireless) Rugby, Nov 30 The Minister of Transport, Mr Herbert Morrison, in a statement referred to the new Motor Traffic Bill. The main provisions of thq Bill, which is non-party in character, have already been indicated. Mr Morrison said that its effect would be to free motorists from hopelessly' out-of-date restrictions, and it should, call to order the inconsiderate and incompetent drivers. He hoped that by it pedestrians would be able to co-operate with other users of the, highway to common advantage. The Bill provides machinery, whereby the vehicles of the various public services would work on something like a co-ordinated basis. PENALTIES PROVIDED *9 Heavy penalties for careless driving and dangerous driving are provided for in the Bill, a second conviction for the latter offence involving cancellation of the driver’s license. The minimum age for a motor-cycle driver’s license is raised. The Bill also provides for a reduction of the hours on duty for drivers of heavy motor vehicles, and area commissioners will be appointed to license public service vehicles and regu'nte routes and rervieei

1 ( The terms of the proposed measur t are genera ly approved by the Autc ,1 mobile Association and the Roya 1 Automobile Club. 11l ROAD FUND REPORT l j The report on the administratior ►I ,Of the Road Fund for the twelvi J months ending March 31, states tha / the total receipts of the fund from al | sources were as com--1 pared with in the previous year. The approximate number of vehicles for which licenses were granted during 1928 exceeded 2,000,000. The figures represent one motor vehicle for every 21 persons in Great Britain, and one person in every 18 in Britain holds a driving , license. The report shows that the total length of public highways in Great Britain is 179,095 miles which is more by 2,000 miles than 10 years ago. Kilts or Shorts London, Novi 10 Trousers are strongly condemned / in the official report published by the special committee of the Men’s Dress Reform League appointed to suggest practical reforms. The committee favours kilts, but j admitted that modern industrial conditions render them scarcely ] practicable. Shorts, says the report, are “ un- ■ doubtedly only suitable for nether garments, active games, cycling, walking and indeed all forms of exercise.” If used for non-sporting purposes, they should be of the best material and well cut. The most objectionable feature of the conventional dress is the collar and tie combination. The committee approves of the Byron collar as fulfilling all athletic, .convenient and hygieniq requirements. Coats should merely be an outer wrap with blouses instead of shirts. The ideal eveniDg dress would be a fine white silk or satin blouse, black satin knee breeches, and silk stockings, says the report.