NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1923, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

"You cannot get a standardised sentence any more than you can get a standardised human Icing." was a remark made in the Wellington Court o' Appeal by the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout). A e-rrespomient from Shefliel 1, England. writing to a relative in \\ at puli tii-au. state- that German cutlery ion -ale in largo quantities in Sheffield, which place i-. ol cimrso. tim stronghold of English cutlery. "A- 1 have travelled throughout the count rv I have -eon many hut ter and cheese factories, whilst I have also

heard of -onm remarkable outputs of honey, which lead- one to the opinion that tho 'Scriptural quota, ion. ‘a land flowing with milk and honev.' l.a- been literally fulfilled," -aid Mr E. B. Smith in the eoui'-e of his remark.-, at a function at Invercargill. Cro-s -ea- which disturbed the Niagara's mi-'cuger.- on her recent voyage to Auckland wen- responsible, said Mr W. B. I.eybuid at a reunion of naval veterans at Auckland, for hi- being asked by an American : "Does nor 'Britannia rule the waves;-" "Yes.” "Well, I wish to heaven she’d rule them straight " Rs.per raincoats are to he manufactured ill the I'nitcd Slates to retail at 2o cents. The garment- arc to he made from wnt-T-procf paper. A cape-like arrangement will obviate lb ces-ity f: r -leave-. Each raincoat will he packed in a sealed envelope, five hv seven

inches, mi it mar he carried in the poeke,. A ])! i V;! i !hM si ;* toiiiuul that a French Kuri!v.'in at iinnicaux recently reported n ca-e in which a I ’J-day-old hoy had cui a tenth, and that the occurrence was very rare, was read with interest hy a Christchurch resident. li♦ * states iinu ids little daughter, who is now live years c.f a«j;e. was horn with a tenth. Tin* tootii has hecn preserved, ami the child's father lias had it- set in yidbl and hnne* hy a liehl {golden eljain to a larepin. wldi h he has presented to ids wife.

“I \\;is very surmised Lo find on (cd-.iiiy; tlii'ouyh ilie year lnn»k of tljis country tho other day tlial a mr! twelve years c.f ap;e had hen married.” said linn Dr Newman, M.sneaking at the annual ircei. inii of the Sneiet v fur the Pr-deet inn of Women and Children reconfdy. “There were also one or two married at Id, and others at lo and Id. I think tins i» shocking, and a repnnch to our civilisation. li is a very ’Aimiy ‘-tale of a (fairs.”

A speaker at a nice, in-;- h-'hi r, crntlv put a volume of lb ;'ight in a onlsh.'ll when he 'aid: "The rouni! why business enterprise in the I amis of I ho GoverniiH'iil. a local h,,dv. it a committee, or a hail r.I oi luaua get's -•> ..ft on fa ■ls is simply explain.- I. It i • i - eau-.:' there is no con tinui tv ; l' -• ■ i tim pnliev and methods are altered a! every election. A wise man's p -liev generally last . a life-time -longer, ii lw n nebcin's sous to sun eed him." -" Waioa Post." A t a .cert ai n coint up tin- ri err. h •- .vot'd the "l. 'iig R.-o-'i," )ia"au a 1 ". resiih - a skv lark, which hu- wears pastlias regulariv met th ■ rive; | ants (-avs

the "Ma ii", w a I ii ! lernh!" ). 11l irele ; round and tlmn s.-t 1 1--- on the ; nut i i pat he!' grubs from the Bax. Mr Charles Nelson Im In if s forward in h trip to nm-a hi- little lea. t hc!"s| frimel, wlio he will i"i -k up a 'Tub and i!v av av with, it. and ret urn and raleli up wit h the p-uul lor a -,-oond gruh. The litt!" lord displays i;o fear oi’ the st.-anior. 11l hi- . - uie! I n I i t ay : 11 l.d o. —; at tim meeting o! the Brit-li Medii al A-soein-tion Congre-s. the presidont. Sir Ernest Rutherford, reierred t o i he hniadeastiug of hi- presidential address, whc-li had h 'l'll the stihieel of friendly iinnaai" in the new -inioars, lie suggested humorously t luil he had been murdeP'd t<: make a Roman holida'v. hut added that he had received many p Tsoiud letter-, net, only from friend-, l ilt Imni young people he did not know in all "art- ol Britain, saying that I h"V heard tlte-ad-dla'Ss quite eh'.'ll'lv nnd lUUiven it. (>ue| of the letters was from a -eien I: fm j friend in Aro-a. Sv. it s'.erland. saying j tlial Im pi; ked up Die speech quite | clearly ai that great- di-taiiee. | A i-'iuiolv t!uP might hav ■ had serious .-onset! imnee- w a - emuted in Auekia'id. Heckled by -nine young men 111 the crowd standing around him. ", vMlkliuwn st real-corner preaeln-r. who warn hehliim i',.r: ii iii front of Urn Kerry Buildings on the suhj'.-r of nhysieal ('hi’i-l inuil v. became excited, and. producing a hnltle Irom hi- b ! -j ’ ie i. threw the contents over tlm-e who wepunlucky eimilgh to Im within range. Thi- so incensed ilm crowd in general, and t in- injured persons in part ieular, that (!>, ora i or was prom pt 1 v seized and earrh'd kicking: to a neighbouring horse trough in," win h he was mi- (■ 'niiniii usiv thrown, I lie police arriving a few minutes too late to prevent ill" unwelcome and unexpected immersion. That Im got drunk on about -*,s fa r week was in es-eiie ’ the charge made l.v Mariory Reid. against her hu-oami, Noimmii lame--- Reid, in applying for a prohibition order against him at" the Magi-t rale's Court. Hamilton, before Mr 11. A. Young. S.M. Respondent opp wed the application. The evi.lem tin* wife and a soil went to —how t hat resnandeni- frequently came home drunk after work, and made I'itnsell nbjeel ionahle. Re-p mdi-nl sait! he drew !;"» 7s pgr week out of Ins btisiami never no-- "I giving Ills wne £■,. Willi i h ereniaiiiiug 1- h" ugul j tohaeeo a in! "i.-ort mom ll s. U. ei- [ oulv tv-.o drill! - a dag- . i I \ recent arrival m Aimklam! t I'om England gives some imnres-iol!-. ■ : ins new home in a letter written l" ■' friend in Bournemouth, vt men r- vuo-li-lie-l in the Bonnmnioitih " I ime-.^ '‘Perhaps the cbi"f thing that ariv-ts the e\e' of the newcomer lo New /ea!and." !m says, "i- the g-'imra! robust imaltli ' j the inhabit ants and t lie wonderful vigour of th" children. Among the native-born there ate no ■weedy' ones." Ol lit" Xe.t Zealaude!'--at Auckland he -ays: "I heir enici iiimiseiuent' are yern'ral -p.U't and horse-racing, ’limy an bet. even urn pillars of the ehur-h. and -e; m umm the worse for it." Li eoni'ii'-ion. Im I'etiiatd.s that they are "inteu-ely jnoti-'. of the Old Country, and patriotic." I That th<‘ Maori was nainraliv a ivlio;i;)us ju.Tk-oJj. and had .nival j.o\\or> ( d meditaTion. was tiio dorlaratiou <>} iiit' j» ev J. h:. Ward, oi Taurnaramii. whon .riving an addre-.s at Devutip u't. on 'ml - j-nis a -no s ot Maori life, -avs an exchange. The Maori. I'" said, had the mystic light of the Rolvn-ian.-. and that was why Ratnua was a healer. He had power- ui eoucentraLion. hut nio-t ol all powers ot meiiita.tion. Tim speaker wanted the pukelm and the .Maori to men hard- in facing all tin se difficulties. and to sail in the "im c:iu<«‘ together. Why should there he ihss.iii taction Le,ween the raets. anil why shotihl they have t w a eanogs when one was hatter than a number r They could pierce t f:e lag- h.-t'.er if each rook a hand at the oars. with, no danger <'f lollision. Befit races should w.-rk hand in hand for the goad of the country, and there was plenty of roam tor allAn otruxiona! "Take your lmt off." In peremptory tones, is heard, directed against offending male spectators in the Wellington Supreme Court, hut it is indeed seldom that a member of the opposite sex errs against convention and court etiquette, and does not treat, that body with the decorum and sense of respect which is its time-honoured due, (savs the "XiZ. Times.’’). This happened, however, during the hearing of a criminal case recently. A woman capte jj> ntul tooH fl seat in the gallery

specially reserved tor her sex, and, occupying a front bench, whiled away tho time hy vigorously chewing. Tliis went on for some time, the good woman apparently oblivious to the fact that she was the- subject oi commeut in the lower portion of the court, where the efforts of the fair one were watched with considerable interest hy an officer of the law. The offender, presumably addicted to an American habit, which fortunately has not made itself seriously felt in tliis country, was not a little surprised to suddenly lind a policeman behind her. The (hew ing gradually stibsiik'd. the hag of sweets was reluctantly put away, and the court proceeded with its usual dignilied decorum. "Twenty-three per cent of the pupils attending secondary schools in New Zealand leave by the end of their Jii'st year.’’ said an Auckland headmaster at the Training College. "This is a disaster : and I think probably the po-i----tiou is little better in the technical schools. Also. I have noted that 7J per cent of the children in tile primary -ohools are over 1" years of age. This should not he." These remarks were made during the discussion hy Auckland primary and secondary headmasters of a proposal to introduce into

-chinds a system of keeping a continuous record card showing the work done hy a pupil at various stages of his -chooi career. A motion advocating the adoption of the system was carried.