NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 June 1929, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

STOLE FOR I-lIS CHILDUEN. A letter from a lady-in-waiting to a member of the Royal Family was read at Brighton Police Court, when Louis mass (-H), a Polish tailor, was ehargeu with stealing milk, and with tailing.'to .lolil'y a change ol address. The-writer at the letter said she was very ,saUsed wuh Criss’ work and offered to _-.it cork m his way whenever she could. .t was stated that Criss was interned n England early in. the war, and, when discharged,' enlisted in the British iiiny, serving until 1919, 'VMr J. T.. .airy, ft r Criss, said that having serv'd in the British Army, Criss thought .mere -was no obligation lor Imn to regie lor'. lie was at one .time gaming Tout .CIO per week in the .tailoring rack’, hut fell' out (Jf work,'and now lie .nt! Ins wife were destitute. It was dated that an inspector of f.■ ..... i*.who visited the house, was .iipressed by the extraordinarily ciiiit'iit manner in which Criss’ Jive chiliren—all under seven years of age—oid been cared for under very ifkticu.’t siYiimstanres. Alt’ Barry said Criss oh- for the sake of iiis starving children. Criss was hound over.

CINEMA SCHOOLS. Princess Alary lately attended a doi.onstrat ion of educational films at the Stoll Picture Theatre, Kingsway. Sir James Marchant, who organised the show, is endeavouring to interest (he Alinistry of Education in his scheme of utilising the cinematograph in place of oral lectures in schools, and the audience at the Stoll was tomposed ex lusively of children. The programme included “lectures’’ on geography, biologv and natural history, but the most popular lesson was that (riven in slow motion by Harold Fleming, who once played, football !'or Emrlaml anti Swindon, on the art of scoring goals.