DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 29 January 1927, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

CHILDREN NOT SENT TO* SCHOOL

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DUNEDIN, Jan vS 23. An almost inciedible state of affairs was the low school attendance which an officer described ;n a ca.se in the Police Oourt. lie stated that a father had two boys, one 10) years and the other nine years, and had never sent them to school, while a sister, -aged 12 ye&T.s a.n<l eigh t months, had not been to school for a year. The children were .strong, healthy land vigorous, and lived within five minutes’ walk of the school. The charge against the father of fai 1i n<r to enrol the children was adi -jonmed. RECOVERY OF RADIUM. DUNEDIN. Jan. 28. Two year-s ago a radium tube containing 8.97 milligrams, and valued at £ll7, was lost in ashes thrown from the Dunedin Hospital. Five sacks of rubbish showing radio activity were sent to an -Antwerp company, which now announces that it has recovered 6.6 milligrams, worth about £9O. FARMERS’ UNION AFFAIRS. DUNEDIN. Jan. 28. The expressed policy of Dominion headquarters of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union against Mr Sidev’s Summertime Bill was rejected by the local branch vest rday, which resolved to inform ’headquarters that the branch favours the. proposal. At the same meeting, it was reso ved to forward to the Dominion secretary recommendations that the camtation levy lie reduced from. 6*- fid to ss. The mover stated that while the branches were starved for monev for development work, headquarters was amassing a large fund.