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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 6, 2 October 1943, Page 4

There will be general approval of the action of the Supreme Court in making compulsory saving one of the conditions under which proba mn lor in- and entering. This suggestion was -put forward recently bj the Chief >»-<•">■«»"- b “" p '": precedent has been established which may become a customary judgment. Compulsory saving, under the supervision of the probation officer promises to achieve three important purposes. First, it should prove to be an ete t n c form of discipline for irresponsible youths whose wartime wages m, J °U eiwise be frittered away in self-indulgence. Secondly, it establish s a fun which, if wisely employed under the guidance of the probation officer, "ill help the young offender to establish himself as a docent, ami steady-going citizen. Thirdly, it should enable young men who are living and earning under most abnormal economic conditions—conditions which may have contributed indirectly to their criminal behaviour—to learn the value of money and the rights of property ownership. An individual with a nest-egg of his own usually learns, among other things, to respect the property of others.