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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1925, Page 3

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JAZZ dancing stoppkd. LONDON. March 2. The I'rhati Ciutncil of Fvlmonton. N.. which has a Socialist majority, has forbidden iar.zing at the municipal dances 011 complaints from the Dance Committee. Mr Harrington, the Chairman, said the reason for the decision was that jazzing was neither grand til nor digit! lied and that jazz dancing during waltzes interfered with the othe' dancers. SIZF. OF THK ATOMS. LONDON, March 2. In tt lecture 011 Atoms at the Royal Institution. Alhemarle-street, W on Saturdav Sir Krnest Rutherford .said that the size of an atom could not be greater than a millionth part of n centimetre. The smallest possible size of atoms had been fixed at a hundred-mil-lionth part of a centimetre,

The next step was to determine the distance between the molecules, and it was estimated that the mean free path over which a molecule could travel without eollidiny with another molecule w as between a Tiuiidn.'d-thousnmlth part ami a millionth part of a centimetre. The restless motion of yases was due to the fact that the molecules were constantly boinbardiny one another in- | stead of ke.'piny to the free path. I

RACE TO DEATH-BED. LONDON. March 10

After Mr Evelyn Miles Wilkinson, 2-T had received fatal injuries on Wednesday uiyhl I’ollmviny a collision while yoiny to a dam ■ on his motorcycle at Southampton, friends who accompanied yot into touch with the British Broadcast iny Company at Bournemouth with the object of emveyiny the news to his parents at Kinystnwn, Co. Dunlin.

A messayc broadcast il at 10.10 p.iil. was picked up ;tt Kiuystown. and .Mr Wilkinson’s parents, wiio were informed of tie accident by listeners, (tiuylil the niyht boat to llolylietid. They r 'tiehetl J.emloti by express train shortly before fi a.in. yesterday and arrived at Southampton shortly after 10 a.m. only to find that their son had missed away earlier in the iimrniny.