TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Southland Times, Issue 21662, 26 March 1932, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE TIMES

“I do not know why the advocacy of peace should justify such violent misrepresentations as I have been reading recently,” writes Dr Headlam, Bishop of Gloucester. “It is not because I dislike peace that I hear unwise disarmament, but because I desire peace and because I am convinced that if the British Empire were inadequately armed it would mean an outbreak of war on a very disastrous scale.” An examination of certain passages in the New Testament leads him to the conclusion that the sword must not be drawn in the cause of Christianity. But that, he points out, has nothing to do with the civil powers. He finds implied in the 13th chapter of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans “the right of the civil authority to use the power of the sword, whether in internal affairs or for external protection.” “The upkeep of a sufficient force to protect our Empire and our country is part of the duty which is imposed upon every Englishman, not for his own sake merely, but for the sake of everyone who is affected, and we must be prepared to make the necessary sacrifice,”’ continues the bishop. “The soldier, however imperfect his character may be, who is ready to lay down his life for his duty has understood the teaching of Christianity much better than those who are so anxious to relieve themselves of the obligation of supporting the forces of the country.”

Tlie first British National Lecture of the year was broadcast by Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, on “'Vitamins as Necessities for Life.” Sir Gowland said that the onset of scurvy, rickets, beri-beri, and pellagra was due to the absence of a vitamin from the food supply. That claim implied that a definite tangible substance, though called for in quantities that were astonishingly small, was wholly necessary for adequate nutrition. The substance lacking was specific in each case. To each of these specific substances the name vitamin was now to be applied. A vitamin’s functions were indispensable but were fulfilled by an amount which was infinitesimal. The .special characteristic of Vitamin C was its instability. It was destroyed by heat at moderate-temperatures, and by exposure to the air, as when vegetables and fruits were dried. This instability had played a large part in the history of scurvy. The vitamin was most stable in acid solution, and that was why orange, lemon and lime juices, which contained relatively large amounts and were acid, were so valuable for those who risked long separation from fresh foods. Vitamin B gave protection from beri-beri, and was necessary for the proper nutrition of the nervous system. To its separation from yeast, which happens to be rich in it, many efforts had been directed. Vitamin D, which prevented and cured rickets, had been isolated and prepared artificially in Britain and in Germany simultaneously. Another vitamin, which like I) was first known in association with animal fats, was Vitamin A. It was not too much to say, Sir Gowland concluded, that but a fraction of humanity had ever enjoyed really optimal nutrition. The majority of folk, even in ignorance of detail, had learnt during the last 10 years that the consumption of fruits, fresh vegetables, and sound products from the dairy went a long way, if not quite the whole way, toward securing an adequate vitamin supply. But the amount of sound animal fats in tne purchases of the housewife in a family of .lowearning power was far too small. These fats were valuable in themselves, but what they should remember was that with them the supply of Vitamins A and D was required. Children and young adolescents promptly suffered from a lack of those vitamins.

The Dominion Meteorologist last night issued the following information: A rather intense anti-cyclone now covers the Dominion. Winds—Southerlies light to moderate generally, but fresh at first about Cook Strait and between Kaikoura and East Cape. Later winds becoming variable. Seas in New Zealand waters rather rough between Akaroa and East Cape and in Cook Strait. Elsewhere smooth to moderate. In the eastern Tasman Sea light to moderate variable winds, tending northerly. Seas smooth to moderate. Weather fair to fine generally. Cool temperatures with some inland frosts to-night.

On the motion of Mr T. A. Fraser, the executive of the Wellington Ratepayers Association at its last meeting passed a resolution expressing thanks to the Government for not having yielded to the pressure to raise rates of exchange artificially, as its action had saved the ratepayers, not only of Wellington, but of all New Zealand, a great deal of'money.

In the Magistrate’s Court on Thursday before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., finality was reached in the case commenced on Tuesday in which Edward Patrick Healey, farmer, of Mossbum, claimed from Thomas Parker Dyer, fanner, of Mossburn, the sum of £7B 19/- for damages allegedly caused to plaintiff’s pinus insignis plantation through a fire lit by defendant spreading. After hearing further evidence his Worship non-suited plaintiff, stating that he was not completely satisfied that the fire had spread and caused the damage.

Following an address by Mr A. C. Bretherton, a meeting of the Canterbury District Public Accountants’ Association on Monday affirmed the principle that private contracts should not be interfered with by legislation, as such interference would strike at the root of all contracts, and destroy the foundations upon which the whole of business practice rests, namely, confidence of the business world in the sanctity of contracts. The, discussion disclosed marked opposition to any legislative interference with contracts of mortgage or with personal covenants, regarding these as the exclusive province of the parties to the contract.

Furnishing a return of land is an annual duty imposed by law upon all landowners who at noon on March 31 hold land of an improved value according to the Government valuation in excess of £5OO. The unimproved value is the value of the land exclusive of buildings, fencing, and other improvements. The form of return has been made as simple as it is possible to make it. Forms are obtainable at all post offices. Details of the land held at March 31, 1932, should be entered in Part 3 of the form. Under Part 1 particulars of registered mortgages and unpaid purchase money should be shown, each year irrespective of whether any change has taken place or not. The return should be completed and returned to the Commissioner of Taxes, Wellington, on or before April 8. Any person neglecting to furnish a return is liable to a penalty not. exceeding £lOO. Neglect to furnish returns at the prescribed time not only renders taxpayers liable to prosecution, but also in many cases for considerably more tax than would otherwise be payable. AH persons liable to furnish returns are therefore advised in their own interests to forward their returns on or before the above date.

The Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department advises that mails which left Wellington on February 23 per s.s. Monowai, via San Francisco,' arrived, at London on March 23. 4

In the Magistrate's Court on Thursday before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., judgment by default was entered in the following civil cases: National Mortgage and Agency Co. v. A. Townley (Wrights Bush) £1 5/5, costs 3/-; Murray Roberts and Co. v. George Findlay (Orawia), £ll 14/2, costs £3 4/6; Booth Macdonald and Co. v. W. Hamlyn (Riverton) £2 12/-, costs £1 7/6; Booth, Macdonald and Co. v. T. Stark (Heriot) £7 14/10, costs £1 12/6; Southland News Co., Ltd. v. W. D. Blackie (Waimahaka) £4 17/6, costs £1 5/6; Southland News Co. v. Arthur Jones Thompson (Waimatua) £6 3/3, costs £1 12/6.

RIVERTON RACES.—Travel by Train leaving Invercargill 10.0 a.m. Return fare 3/7. ’ Mm 956

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