LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1923, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

“The temlemy towards centralis-i tion of control in Wellington still con tinues.” states Mr 11. I). Aclaud. chair man of the Roan! oi (bivcrnurs ol Can terbury College, in bis annual report

"Bureaucracy loves power, but tin time always arrives when it is over thrown, ami ibis will undoubtedly lain pen with, regard to tbe i'.dm-atinn Do pnrtment.”

Infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the ('aiilerbury-\\ cstCoast health district fur tbe week eluted noon totalled 71. as tallows: I>il l - ler: Tuberculosis. I. leangabua : Enliiii)isilll influenza, 13. Grin : Diphtheria. I . pneumonic inllueuza, I. North Cauli'i hilly : Scarlet lever, li : diphtheria, 6: tuberculosis. 3; puoumiuiic inllueuza. 15; pncumoira, I : erysipelas.’ 1. Ashburton ; Diphtheria. I : i iioeri -uln -: . 1 ; puerperal - ’pi nwniia, I Sotitii C iulei bm v : Seal lei lever 1 : diphtheria. 6: pneumonic io-Htu-nza. 2 ; pneumonia, 1.

Interviewed in Montreal, Mr Julian Grande. F.R.G.S.. who recently snout several weeks in the Dominion, said: "New Zealand is the most charming country 1 have ever visited. It is never dull or monotonous, hut wonder!nilv varied by plains and valleys, gentle slopes and hills, deep ravine's and great snow mountains. Its peaks, passes and glaciers are head and shoulders above anything you "ill find in the Swiss, French or Italian Alps. Iho New Zealand Alps are certainly more varied anil impressive than the European Alps.”

"All are familiar with the condition known as •squint’ when- one eye looks straight while the- oilier Joints inwards or outwards." said Dr E. b. Alarcluint in a lecture io Senior Cadets at Wellington. "This defect is in most cases due to diifereiiec' between the sight of tiie ttto eyes, and if treated early enough most case's are rurafile ley glasses and treatment. A tael about squint not generally recognised is that it left alone the squinting eye does not develop. and is later 101 l lie 1 to be prael iec.lly blfnd. Squint usually dovelorw before four years oi age, and ic treatment he i ciniiileueeel at once—even as enrlv as two years—l lie sight ot the* squinting eve can nearly always he developed. Alany people -ay sqttinL disappears when children get older, and so it sometimes does; lent usually only when tlicc .squinting eye has heroine blind and no longer attempts to see.”

The planet Mercury will set on August Ist. at J. 22 p.m., and cm August loth, at 0.2 p.m. It "'J he a bright object on of these dates, lent will fall off in brilliant e during the l course of the month. \ cun" and A!ill's are at present too close to the sun to be visible. Jupiter sets on August HI at 0.48 a.i11., and on August loth at mid-night. Saturn sets on August Ist and loth at 10.Of’ P-' ll - and p |;j p.m. respectively. The planets Saturn and Uranus will be occulted by tie moon on August 10th and 2Stli icspet lively. In Hie ease of Saturn the phenomenon will not be visible m Christchurch, but the orcultatum ot Uranus should Tie seen as a. close graze, the planet, moon and earth being in c-onjunction at O o-t a.in. Ihe apparent magnitude of Uranus will be G I, lienee it will be necessary to use a small telescope or good field glasses. There will he a partial eclipse ol (he moon on August 2oth-27tli. The moon enters the penumbra at <l2 P-in.. t ie middle of the eclipse occurs at B - pm and the moon emerges Horn tlie penumbra ntO.fi a.m Only alnuit onesixtli of the moon’s disc will be bidden during tlie most favourable stage- <>. the eclipse. ,