ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22654, 20 August 1935, Page 8

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

"Expert Boatman,” Dunedin.— (1) A farmer may prevent persons fishing In a river running through hla property or shooting on his land. (2) There Is not a reserve of half a chain along each side of every river In New Zealand. " Regular Subscriber," Oamaru.—The leading daily papers In the capital cities of Australia are:—Sydney: Morning Herald, Sun, Telegraph, Labour Dally. Melbourne: Age, Argus, Herald, Star, Sun News-Piotorlai. Brisbane: Courier-Mall, Dally Standard, Telegraph. Adelaide: Advertiser, News. Perth: Dally Nows. West Australian. Hobart: Mercury. R. M., Ophlr.— (1) An average attendance of 39 for two consecutive terms, or 36 for the whole year, would entitle a school to a second teacher. The appointment would bo at the discretion of the Education , Board, and all the circumstances would necessarily be taken Into consideration. (2) The roll Is subject to inspection, and the, hoard has facilities for checking It. Teachers have a sense of honour In such matters, and It Is not to be supposed that they would falsify an attendance roll. R. F. S., Herlot.—The League of Nations had Its genesis In the Great War and Its establishment In the Treaty of Peace which followed it and was ratified on January 10, 1920. The 26 articles which form the Covenant are designed to prevent war and to settle disputes. The nations composing the League are bound to use arbitration Instead of force In the settlement of International disputes. In the earlier stages of the League the right to resort to war was retained, but this was not to be exercised until throe months after the decision of the arbitrators. This right was later abandoned by all the 00 States which became signatories to the Kellogg 1 Pact, the essence of which Is that the signatories “ renounce war as an Instrument of national policy.” The Hague Peace Conference of 1899 set up the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and In some respects this may be described as " a tribunal of a similar nature ” existing prior to the establishment of the League of Nations. There was, however, no organisation previously In existence which associated together so many nations of varied outlook pledged to abolish war. The membership of the League comprises at present 55 nations, or three-quarters of the whole world, the British Empire and the dominions (Including the Irish Free State, together with India). Japan and Germany withdrew from the League in 1933 and Russia was admitted in 1934. Even a brief history of the major matters dealt with by the League since Its Inception would occupy more space than Is available. The Information would be supplied on application to the local secretary of the League of Nations Union, Jamieson’s Buildings, Stuart street, Dunedin.