LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3797, 15 August 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

“Confidence ig the herald of prosperity . ’ I .ord Bledisloe. The coal trade is slack. Still, of course, there are lumps and nubs as well. —“Zamiel.” During July 3.13 inches of rain were, recorded ai Porangah.au, H. 8., bringing the total for the year up to 29. ci inches. Twenty clubs representing a total of 1055 active members are now affiliated with the Man aw at u lawn Tennis Association. There is a political uproar in Sweden relative to the receipt of a bribe by a statesman. “Money is the root of all evil/' and the root may be a. Swede. In no less than 24 commodities record imports from’ overseas British possessions were reached in 1931> 2nd in report of justify of them the increased tumovet; more titan made good the loss • consequent upon their reduced value. Lord Bledisloe. In answer to Sergeant Harley m the Court in Waihi a defendant charged with ‘being in arrears in respect of a'maintenance order, who pleaded that he had no work admitted that he owned a motor car and a wireless set. Ihe Magistrate, Mr G. \Y. Platts advised defendant. to Sell both the cor and the radio, set. Some psychology: “My experience is that the more a lying witness is cross-examined, thg.more he is likely to break down in fits story, whereas the more a. truthful witness is cross-examined tho stronger tlie truth becomes/’ said Mr Justice Ostler in his addres s to the jury in the Supreme Court in Napier.

In most Christchurch schools the first 20 minutes of the day are given over to conversational periods. Ihe children are allowed to get up and talk on a subject that interests them. In the Third Standard at tlie ■Shirley school i. 4 a boy whose father • works in a brush factory. Tho boy offered to speak on tlx? manufacture of brushes, and,;.so long and detailed was the talk, it wa.s extended over throe mornings.