CHILDREN MUTINY

Grey River Argus, 5 December 1938, Page 10

CHILDREN MUTINY

REFORMATORY SCENE. PARIS, October 14. Children in a reformatory at Chevallon le Voreppe, near Grenoble, were refused extra wine and three hours’ leave during the afternoons. Sixty-five of them—aged from 10 to 18—mutinied. They smashed the. windows ' with saucepans, got out of the building, and made for the mountains. But liberty is not just one round of pleasure. The children became tired. And, when police rounded up a band of 20 of tht younger children, the runaways were thankful to climb into a lorry and go back to the reformatory. More children were rounded up. After a roll call it was found that eight of the older children were still missing. Police are searching for them.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS MAGAZINE. SPECIAL FEATURES OF DECEMBER ISSUE. A wide variety of special features and seventy pictures are in the December issue of the New Zaland Railways Magazine. James Cowan, a wellknown writer on Maori subjects, throws a new light on the famous warrior Te Kooti, who is described as a popular hero still among many tribes. The writer quotes evidence to support his claim that Te Kooti was made a rebel by injustice. Nature lovers will be very pleased with an excellent illustrated article by T. D. Taylor of “Historic Kapiti,” which is now a sanctuary for native birds. Ken Alexander offers some amusing notions

on ' Christmas, with several comic drawings. Stirring adventures, of the old whaling and sealing days in New Zealand, waters are recalled by C. H. Gordon in a well-written treatise, “The Vigorous Enderbys.” Isobel Andrews delightfully takes her readers on a cruise among the romantic isles of the Bay of Islands. O. N. Gillespie brightly faces the evolution of the “Railways Magazine” from a “houseorgan” of twelve years ago to the stage of a well-illustrated national monthly. In “Queer Trials,” C. A. L. Treadwell brings back dramatic court scenes of long ago. Other features include Nellie Donovan’s pleasing contribution to the "Dream Places” series a special feature for women, a chat on books and authors, New Zealand verse, and notes and comments on field sports.