GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1927, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES

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NIGHTINGALES FOR n.z. (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 26. Hoping they will settle down in the New Zealand bird sanctuary at Little Barrier Island, Angus Wilson is sailing on Friday, via America, with two pairs of nightingales in specially warmed cages, with special Iced, consisting of ants’ .eggs, dried flies and honey supplied 'from a London zoo. The birds are the gift of the novelist, David Garnett, who says at the first sign of frost, nightingales migrate Iroin England to Africa, and those being sent to New Zealand may migrate in winter time to Australia, but it is just likely and naturally to be homesick, and that the birds will find their way from Australia to India and Persia, and back to- their beloved Surrey woods.

INSPECTION OF MEAT. LONDON, Oct. 20

Addressing the Sanitary Inspectors’ Association, Dunlop Young (Corporation of London’s Veterinary Surgeon) who ju to visit Australia, said though Smithfield’s meat was supposed to he inspected at the place of slaughter, the Corporation of London’s large, staff of inspectors, seized between one and two thousand tons of unsold meat yearly. All the Dominions and Argentina had veterinaries in London watching their cargoes. He had long advocated that British veterinary inspectors should he stationed overseas to watch the killing and handling. One had now to he allotted to Argentina.

GERMAN FINANCE. (Received this day at 11.0 a.niA

BERLIN, Oct. 20

Speaking at a meeting of the Reichstag Budget Commitcc, the Finance Minister, M. Koehler ridiculed fears concerning tho Government’s finance policy, including the suggestion of raising of salaries of officials, jeopardised the Dawes Scheme. He said the Government now as ever, stood by tho Dawes Scheme and was determined to carry it out.

ACQUITTED. PARIS, Oct. 20. Schwartzbard was acquitted amid scenes of great enthusiasm.

WHEAT PRICES. LONDON, Oct. 26

AVheat cargoes are firm, Manitoba’s 3d advance, and other unchanged. Parcels are firm, occasionally 3d dearer.

SPANKING DISCUSSED

LONDON, Oct. 20,

When the desirability and usefulness of spanking was being discussed by the leading psychologist, Leonard Darwin recalled that children were, spanked a million years ago. Mothers had been saying “Don’t,” and enforcing the command by making small boys tingle on a soft, safe place, since man became man. If each generation has become slightly more docile, what a horror the primitive child must have been. Doctor Hadfield( Lecturer on Psychology at King’s College) expressed the opinion that a child welcomes spanking as the only means of getting him out yof a condition of sulkiness. He did- not advocate corporal punishment, but it often was a short, effective way of righting a moral wrong. It was not the smacking but which way the child was smacked. Meanwhile, a Willesden Magistrate faced a concrete problem. He granted the application of a girl of eighteen, a summons against her father for smacking her, saying, with the new vote for girls in-prospect, eighteen was too old for slapping and you can summons your father. ROUMANIAN AFFAIRS. LONDON, Oct. 26. Messages, filtering from Vienna and Paris, give rather contradictory visions of the position in Roumania. There is no confirmation of the report that martial law exists or that Bucharest is virtually in a state of seige, though it is admitted public buildings are guard-

cd. Some ground exists for reports that Queen Marie attended a meeting of the Regency Council at which a brisk discussion took place with Hratinno, arising out of their reported conflict of views regarding Carol’s treatment. The Council is believed to contemplate a broad coalition, which is regarded as hopeless in view ol the hostility of the Liberals and peasants. The latter are supporters of Carol. Some are of the opinion that the course is advocated in the hope of deposing liratiano.

CHURCH CONTROVERSY. LONDON, Oct. 20. f Bishop Barnes, in an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury points out the latter’s letter tacitly acknowledges the truth of evolution, which Barnes emphasised in bis gorilla sermons. as the Archbishop smilingly labelled them, not so much doctrine as readjustments of the Christian dogma consequent on its acceptance. He adds, note you repudiate Transuhstantiation and also fail to find repudiation of my sacra menial teaching. T am sorry you may say I offended some church monil>er.s. Some pain is inevitable, the truth pierces like a sword. T cannot agree that any experimental test of sacramental dogma must be inadequate, nor that the dogma of Trnnsubstnntiation only differs from that of the objective, the real presence in the consecrated elements in that the former rests on discarded philosophy and the latter has no philosophical basis. Both belong to religious psychology in which experimental tests can he made. It is fair, even if undesirable, to suggest that such tests should lie reverently carried out in a suitable place since the tests will show nobody by spiritual capacity can distinguish between consecrated and unconsecrated bread. Wo can assume consecration of material objects causes no spiritual change in them. Spiritual grace is given not to the elements of the sacraments but to the worshipper who eats and drinks, as he comes with faith, prayer and love to Christ. There is no objective presence of Christ attached to bread and

wine of communion from the belief that consecrated water is really Christ our Saviour. Most of the irregularities which have crept into the Church in recent years naturally follows.