LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 31 October 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

yei s 1 <>\ on ( nm o vc r , ta w shock'.- Press Association The aeroplane Hyins Auckland to Invcrcargni on ** K m, Tl!o Sill 'vill W rt.it'iH'- 1 &' ntorninfr.-Prcss Association At Blenheim on Saitmlay .Hannan defeated Wells in the sculling ' ■ ' Sip of Alnrlhornnit'h by ton lengths. The local Salvation Army has been reinforced since Saturday evening h> the Blenheim Salvat.on Avmv Band, and the services have alliatUd considerable crowds. On Saturday ever i„rr iv.-o onen-air services were held m the citv streets, while yesterday loin service.; were held, the afternoon and evening ones being celebrated in the Empire Theatre. Tlmre were good attendances -at all the .meetings, which were bright and attractive. here will be another service in the flail thi. evening, when a special musical p gramme is promised. ■\ Wniroa Press Association telegram dpte« that,' (he hndv of Pobert Lognn, one of the victims of the launch disaster on Labour Day. was tound on Saturday on Opoutama beach, near where the launch was thrown ashore.

'To eliminate defin'dlve rubbing in washlrm dot lies th'diy honsewiyes use only “No-Du ing” Laundry Help 1 ;/- cartons everywhere.

A( Dunedin. William Valentine For-[ raster. charged will) carrying on tho business of bookmaker, reserved his de-, fence ami was committed for trial. — Press .Association. j ‘•Jn many cases Die School Journal is beiim used ns tlic eiiiel' reader,’’! slates Viie Miuistbr of Kdneation in, liis report for the year It is is- ( sued in three parts, suited to the, varvii)"’ eapaeities of the pupils .utT Slatuhinis 1. to NT. inclusive, and is supplied free to nil public, schools. Xative schools, special schools, amother iiisr-ilut ions more or less under ilie Department’s control or siiporvic idoii. To a ve.rv large number of private. schools it is supplied nt cost price, with the result that over Huy)l)o| copies of the School dourual ate puichased monthly. Of the last issue of, the School Journal for the year IoLO, Mie nniuher of conics primed was: -j Part 1„ tin,dot): Part JL. 63,300 U>«rt. II!., oO.2d0; total, J 80,%(), Those- 1 numbers' show an increase of 57(10 1 aver those of the previous year. _ j Pickpockets are operating all over, the Dominion, according to reports t, hat are coming through from policed Headquarters in the different edies and towns. At Hus Auckland trots a number of losses were reported, states the Star, it is the heliel ol the police that there is, at present, an invasion of mote or less expert "dips from Svduev and other centres over-! seas, as tho results of their operalions in many .eases lm.vo_ no doubt that thev have learned their methods in ixJmrd school, and deve oped thmr, skill hv greater experience than would j he possible in New Zealand. W ‘ V T n-al recent occasion- met have been arrested on suspicion of hemg hooks , as pickpockets are aptly described h,\ , lie local detectives, and sometimes Mj iu verv dillieuli to trace Dieir antece-. ImdsVOue party questioned hv the po,ic,, (he other day gave a name, hntj remarkably liH-lft "} or l‘- lhm ‘ " ( V° n-mds upon his clothes, no trunks ol iA.tm.ali.,.. ..I SI. Ho ....l a Su-K. , ro,, of money, hut. would not Ma , vhere he was staying or when hut home was. “ITm-tn-m a 1 mmioy and an clothes, eh? ’ *». the de ed u ; ■‘Von can put u- ihat va> d , visit,” was the reply. --- - Tinder section 159 of the MneaLion \r subsidies of £1 for £l. are payable n.hmt.nry r-ontrihntio.C !«• »»jV • chool purposes prescribed In CM'D inn The total amount approved as ' .nhsidies in connection with pn > m chools for the financial seat endum, 'lurch hi last was .CIO.OUd, a figure howin->- each venr a substantial tnr.ami indicating that school comult lees are becoming more hilly awa e ■hah auv elforis, they_ may make m lie direction of providing funds foi in proving their schools and ground* J recognised by the payment ol a Jovernnient subsidy. By this mean , (li ,nv schools have been enabled u» carrv out: desirable works somewhat 'Vyond their own unaided eiiorts. aim ■ ,1m provision of the. Act has served as n’ excellent., stimulus to sell-help. From the annual report’ oi the .Minister of Rdneation. ■'Champagne parties are being held ,v our voting people m Dunedin nightiper night.” This, was the s atemonf. made hv the Rev. M. A. -Rugby Irto Voting Citizens’ League moot in.., n Dunedin', states an exchange. U vm rather a startling statement, a!) ’kings considered, and a reporter askd Mr I’rntl if he would amphiy it. Mi n.-af however, declined to .say anyTime'further. The reporter then tn'■er'uowed a prominent social worket. Mo'knmv nothing of “champagne par;,,s ■” | )nt said there could he no mention as to the increase in dunking (1) tho pnrt . of women, espeeialh mug women, within recent, years rim was in the form of “nipping at 'ntervals during the day ,mtmh on tho lues that a good many men adopt. ■The modern girl, he stated, also a<> ■ iiired the habit nl “taking a hottlo with her when she went weelv-enj-This ha tut coincided with Dio nerea°e in cigarette smoking among rirls and wornoxi. As for organised Irinkiim- parties, this social worker ■vns noV aware that there was any* -■hum of the kind among women. Another social worker approached on tho •subject merely remarked, ‘ Absolute moonshine.”

F’.nc'ke’s comet, for which astronomers harl been searching for some months, was •V-,nmi toward the. end of August, One f ( .he staff of the Royal Observatory t the Capo of Ooocl Hopo having disnvered It quite close to its predicted i[aoe. This comet, though now only a ,int telescopic object, has a remarkable isiorv. It was' first seen by Tons, a • orv successful discoverer of now comets i ‘Marseilles in 1818, at which time it ras for a short period visible to the, oked eve Subsequent ly the Orman •alvnnonier Encko calculated its orbit, „d, estimating ils period oi revolution imd the sun as 3 l-3rd years, predict - .1 its velum in 1022, a prediction winch •ns duly cevified. Since then it has ..on observed at every return, but on lich occasion it has perihelion i 1 1'r, point of nearest, approach to lie un) a few hours in advance oi the •redicted time. This phenomenon has .»(• yet. been satisfactorily accounted or bin the most, generally accepted explanation ascribes it in a progressive. hortening of its nrbh as the result- ol he relarding influence of a resisting ■,odium in space. If Uus .s so it must It Irani ely end ita career by tailing ut. he sun.' It appears !>ril,olion on tins occasion about thuo mM . a in advance of the time calculated or'its perihelion passage, so that anpa..[i(]y the progressive shortening ol its rbit" slid continues. j

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With present weather conditions, how many farmers are preparing for the dry time which is hound to follow. i neerne is a champion drought resistor and the farmer with a few acres can simp his lingers_ at the drought. Grimm Lucerne is a si ram developed hv an old German in America and promises in surpass all others in productivity and hardiness. A plot sown bv the Department m Christchurch yielt}p,d_ai tho rate oi IJi ions per acre in four cuts. One plant m full frj-owth measured 12ft. 9m. m diameter. . The Dopartmo,d reemnmend planting m ™" s _ at 3ffc ap , and intercultivating. I can supply the plants and arrange for planting if desired j—H. G. Kmgsland. Wakefield, ( To-morrow! *mmf *riS 3s lid' each.— Auckland Clothing and Co.*

• The need lor nn extension of the | probation system is emphasised hy the Ucv. F. H.’ Jeffreys, general probation officer in Auckland', in his annual report In Parliament. Referring to the new Oil'endeis’ Probaoion Act, 1920, he. Unit, although it has only been in ope-| val ion fur a feu; months, its advantages over the old Act- are most apparent to all who have to do with the adminislra-) lion of justice. “Already theto UIO nriiiv »,c.iing offenders who are making> nrai'a-worihy efforts to reform and be-( ■ orno good citizens who would, but l<>i‘j tin* new Act. he serving sentences m msec.,!.’’ .<a vsMr Jeffreys. “Apart at-' Inge!tier f.-onl the moral reform of the, ir.di' idi.n , ’he economic value alone to ihe ccn.imuMv derived from this motnoji of Bleating with delinquents is mcalcul- 1 •iHc (Meat as this advance in sooiaß jovial ion mav be. it it, however, but, 'Nt. pina’ -stnm; to what might bo accomplished if our wit ole probation ays-, tern wore reorganised and extended.. What is wanted is a special department,! under one Minister of the Crown, tic umdi exercise a friendly 0-... V all social-service activities, _ State, and otherwise, ft is only a!! this work under one responsible ho.m rV.nl permanent' good will result.