GENERAL ITEMS

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11025, 22 December 1928, Page 7

GENERAL ITEMS

NEWS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Sir .Joseph Ward announces that the Hem. W. B. Taverner has been appointed Commissioner of State Forests, and. also, in addition to- the portfolios of Railways and Customs, he takes charge of the publicity and advertising departments. No appointment has yet been made to the eh Oil go of the tourist and health reseats. Fifty years devoted to tote people of Auckland and the cause of Jewry have earned for the Rev. A. S. Goldstein. the Rabbi, the titlo“Morenu,” meaning “Our Teacher,” which has been bestowed on him by the London Jewish council. Notification of this, the highest title which can be bestowed on Jewish lenders, was received by the Chief Rabtn for the British Empire, Dr J. H. Hertz. A Holcombe scholar James Hughes was awarded a book prize for daily attendance over a period of nine years. A letter of congratulation from the Education Board was also read to the gathering. A London cable announces the death of General Sir Michael Rimington, who served in South Africa. 1899 to 1902. at the age of 70 years. For the first time in Berlin’® musical history, a woman conducted the famous Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Ethel Smyth conducting several compositions. Henry Duncan Morton a traveller believed to belong to Dunedin, was found dead in Napier harbour, states a Press Associat ion mttSßiigt?. £56,000 was paid ore r the counter at the Dunedin town hull on Wednesday by belated ratepayer. Of the total rates, amounting to £276,000, about £IO,OOO will carry the overdue penalty. A swarm of bees which crossed the Rapanui Read on Wednesday caused an accident to a motor-cyclist, who was engaged-in the delivery of newspapers (says the Hawera Star). Flo was travelling at a fair speed, when lie was suddenly enveloped in a mass of insects, who .showed their resentment at his intrusion by stinging him on the hands, and face. The machine, out of control mounted a bank several feet in height, struck a. telegraph pest and then rolled hack cn to the road. The ruler escaped with only a shaking, but the sida-car chassis was considerably damaged. Three d: vs previously the same cyclist was stung by bees "when he ran into another swarm.