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NOTES OF THE DAY

The addition'of a moving picture machinc..to the' educational equipment of the "Wellington Girls' College. is a progressive- stop that might well ; be followed by other schools. The machine- seems, to be a serviceable one, and by ,no means unduly expensive', •'ln a letter to-dav Miss Mac Lean, principal, of the _ Girls' College, explains that the chief difficult'is_ for one institution acting alone; to secure a wide enough range .of educational films. This obstacle would disappear if other ebllcges and.schools bought.moving picture outfits, as a large stocky of films could'then be "kept in circulation, among them. Mn. Edison, one of the fathers of the kinematograph, is of .opinion that.it will revolutionise education by 1 relieving the monotony of book instruction, and by concentrating the_ attention of the children will. eliminate much of time. Now that a beginning js being made with film teaching in New Zealand it should need only a little perselverance to bring about its adoption .in most of the larger ■schools,within a short'space of time.

With.'whom will the: Prince of Wale's"'dance? 'This question is agitating. the' minds of many., people in New. Zealand to-day. In Cliristchurch "Anxious Father" was so. worried about it that he wrote to the /bW asking for enlightenment to the possibility of the Phinge dancing with his , two daughters and •the steps to be taken towards this end. _ The Sun thereupon sought for information in local social circles, and interviewed Mbs.Tahu Rhodes,. .Mrs, A. Boyle, and Miss L. V. Tabakt. The upshot of it all-seems to.'bo that the prospects'of "Anxious Father's" daughters dancing with the Prince will depend entirely on whether His Royal Highness has the mind to ask them. lii catching the Royal fancy they, will have to take their chance with' everybody else's daughters. At each ball it seems there will be several ladies whom the Prince must take as partners in an official way. After that', nobody'knows what will happen... As for introductions, it is stated.that all presentations-will be marie through the mtk-tlc-camv and, then .only if the Prince wishes it: ,buying from the accounts of the dances at which the Prince was presets ir. America- the Royal choice of partners is likely to be a wide one, an-J any girl in the room may be favor,red..'

■ A hard blow is aimed at the worst •feature of gambling on horse-racing by u-(! regulations gazetted this week eliminating the use of the telegraph, telephone,, and postal services for betting purposes. It is not the totalisator betting on the racecourses that- brings-so many young_ men into trouble. It is the facilities af : forded for betting away from the racecourses. : Much of this betting is done .with bookmakers by telegram and by telephone, the bookmakers also make- use of the post office. Those in a position to form an opinion have expressed the view that,more money is lost and won on betting.away from the courses than is put through the totalisator. Very few people, can spare the'time to attend many race meetings in the course of the year, but it has been possible for' anyone who had /the money' to bet with the bookmakers on practically every meeting held. By. depriving bookmakers and their clients of means of easy communication' through the post and telegraph services ; this class of business will be materially restricted, and a good deal of other betting as well. ■ * a it *

When Ad.mic.ai. Hodman, of the j United States Navy, informs the Sims .inquiry committee that "lieJ iiacl never before seen such efficiency and preparedness as was shown by America when she entered the war'- ! the inference is that his comparison is with the preparedness of America for the Spanish-American war. : Amiiiiai, Rodman was born in but his recollections of . the State, of the preparedness and efficiency of America in beginning the Civil War two years later are not likely to be very clear. He was not' in a position to see anything at all of the state of preparedness among the Allies until he arrived in British waters in command of the squadron of five American battleships sent over for service at the end of 1917.- Admiral Sims, whose charges he denounces, had at any rate the adyantape of arriving on the European side eight months ahead of him as Admiral Commanding. American Naval Operations in European waters. In looking up the

'ccords of the two Admirals, AdHnAr. Sims certainly seems to have ' lad much wider opportunities in a lengthy service on foreign stations of contrasting American naval methods with foreign. On the other hand, Admiral Snis has had the misfortune to see only service ashore :hrougliout both the naval wars in >vhich Ins country has been engaged luring his time. Admiral Rodman, in his side, served afloat in both :ampaigns. It is worth noting that none ol the witnesses in the inquiry bas yet volunteered the information that it was the American Navy thatwon the war. it ,if i; . Thkrb is some danger that the usefulness of the anti-profiteering tribunals .recently set up may be re- 5 stvicted .by surrounding their proceedings with an excess of nrivaey. In the interests of the persons making complaint's of excessive, prices and of the business people whose affairs; are investigates? to discover what justilication may exist, for. the prices charged, it is desirable that the preliminary inquiries should be in camera. The result- of the inquiry, however, is a different matter. In the cases where a prosecution follows publicity comes as a matter of course. Of the other cases it Is not clear that the public will bear anything at all,. This morning Mr. Massey announces thsc tiie tribunal, at its discretion! may nublish tlu results of an .inquiry. . This scarcely goes far. enough. Each time a tribunal arrives at a decision the particulars of the case, minus the names of the parties, and the finding on' it, should be published-forthwith." Such publicity would give some indication of the extent of the ground being covered _ and . the. methods adopted in arriving-at what is a reasonable price-for a- given article. Without it the miblic will.be needlessly in the dark as to the activity or, otherwise of the tribunals. The, matter is one on which a . general instruction from the Government could be usefully circulated for the. guidance of the various committees set up. Too much privacv in dealing with profiteering can be decidedly more fatal than too little.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

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NOTES OF THE DAY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

NOTES OF THE DAY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 6

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