SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 477, 27 May 1919, Page 1 (Supplement)

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.

More Court Cases. The failure to send their children to schcol resulted in a number of offenders being brought before Mr F. K. Hunt S M., at the sitting o the Pukekohe Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The cases were brought on by Mr Mr H 8. Bmall, Truant Officer for Education Department at Auckland, The first case called was that of Nuku Kahui of Kohanga who was charged with failing to send his child, Mary Kahui, to school during the weeks ending February 7th, Hth, 28th, and March 7th and lirh, I'll I *. Defendant, in pleading guilty, haid his little daughter was nine years of age tie used to send her to school with a " pakeha." For this purpose he supplied the pakeha

with a horse and the little girl used to ride to school behind him. The horse died. The '' flu " then came along and his wife succumbed to a severe attack. This unfortunate occurrence left defendant and his little girl alone. He felt that he could not send bis daughter ".<> school alone as she had to cross tw<> creeks and it was anything but falo The Magistrate : Wouldn't it L« better to send her to school.

Defendant: No, lam awuy from home woikiug and take my littlo daughter away with me. I cannot leave her at home by herself. His Worship : Can't yuu <; . another wife Defendant : 1 don't kno •. (Laughter). Sometimes I take Inr to my mother's so she could lo< ■*< after her but as mother was getting' ▼ery old she could not look after her His Worship said that under the Act he was compelled to send his child to school.

Defendant: I'll do my best. His Worship said he would adjourn the case for 14 days. " Right oh, that's good," said defendant aa he left the court smiling. Adam Clark, another native, who refused to speak English was convicted and fined 10s and costs for not sending his child, Mary Clark, to school on diverse dates between February 7th and March 14tb, 1919 I'UKEKOHE 01 nSXUERP.

Two charges were preferred against Pukekohe offenders, the circumstances in the first case being more than ordinarily unfortunate. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said her son had no time to attend the school as when he returned from work he bad to milk cows, feed pigs and calves. He had two miles to go to the school and as he " knocked " off work at 6 o'clock there was not much left after he had milked and finished his tea. Mr Small said the school was a Continuation school to enable boys who had left the day schools to learn different subjects whether the parents liked it or not.

His Worship said the law said the boys had to go to school, fie adjourned the case for a month to enable defendant to have a chance of seeing that her son went to school. A similar charge was preferred against Matthew Hickey, of Pukekohe, for failing to send his boy, Murray, to school. Mr J. G.Haddow, who appeared for defendant, said the father of the boy was satisfied that the boy had qualified under the section of the Act. The father said he sent the boy to achool and the master said the boy never attended. He contended that the parents of children should be notified when the children were not attending. His Worship said he was sati fie'l that the boy had failed to uuond school, fie inflicted a nominal fine of 5s together with 7s court costs. m

! THE USE OK ELDERLY LA DIM .N , , CHINA. V 1 In L'huia elderly ladies are employed xs gossip?, and they are well paid. It is usual for them io go roand. M the beat houses, betting & drn« *• announce their arrival. and to offer their services to th« lad* of the bowse M entertainer-. If their ofiei is ueipM, they sit do*n and uJI the latest newt, the choicest scandals. and uny thing which they Jiink »»ill iutvrest tWr hear&is Should ;b<vr stock-m-trado prove veiv delectable .hey very likely go away with a handsome present in addition to their regular foe, which is at the rate of about one shilling an hour. Some of these professional gossips hare a large number of clients whom they risit a: regular intervals. YOUR SHOES. i Tou ean do a very great deal toward* making your feet look smaller than they really are. You need not squeese them into shoes a size too small. This is * T <*7 great mistake. Not only will your walk be awkward in the extreme, hot terr soon the shoes will lose their shape, for the parts of the foot which are most restrained are bound to bulge out as the leather softens. By wearing tight shoes also you really send part of the fat of the feet up to your ankles, making them look much thicker than •hey really are Boots with long, pointad toes are not the right shape for making the feet appear small. Ohooee rather shoes that are slightly rounded at the toes and with short toecapg. Teoeaps of the proper shape, serve te diminish the apparent si»e of the foot.

THE BESSIE.

The plainness of the Bessie frock is itg chirm. The skirt is a one-pi«* one, and fastens down the front, pasting more to the left side. Seven hattons are stitch*«i in a row over tl»e oppning: spring fastener* eloee it- together. The bodice has also a one-tided effect, and ha* also a row of liutiui

utbioaia, a state wherft all tions of the organism ar« BUgpea4> vithout, however, death occurring, been known for about 2UO yearn, be case oi some or tbe lower ani- , which can be dried and restored fe, oven alter a considerable time, fly by the action ot moist tire, says "Scientific American." Russian scientist, I'iofcssor Bachef, has tried to ascenian whether loinena such as these could not a» be observed in the <a.se 01 h.gher nisuis. While examining insects at easing temperature*. no lound the temperature ot their body, r reaching the point ot jsr, would gradually t;ill a.s low a# r. Cent, (in ihe < a»e »<i some specie* k 7deg. L'eiu.). in older aiteiwardi rise one degree, aiid eventually to linue tailing; re^i;lail> and gradual-

Death would only m nr ;:i lOdeg. roie&soi Bachmeti'i tirsi thought h to be due to thj ire-zing of lors, but he *>oon icund that the ct bodies already free/.c at odeg. t., any vital function becoming imiible at this tein;:< ra.uiv. At temitures intermediary li.-uw-eu thi* it aud the lethal temperature, a inge condition of anabiosis is proed, the organism being a> it were ween liie and death. Animals iu biosis have been repeatedly restorto life, even after a considerable e, by a gradual rise in temperature, s condition could be litly compared h that ot a dock with stopped penum, the mechaniMii «t which could at any moment started by a ;ht impulse to the pendulum.

,'htse experiments wer ■ . iion exteiidto tht* ea>e of sonic sm ii!-•■ i:'.o« 1 mantis (bats and white mi ei. \.]iich. by application of artilicial respiration. Id be reduced i" soni" soi l i»1 leili;v, tlirir body •!:itiding tempera |es too low otherwise to be endured leg. C'eni. and les>». I*"u: tl». r» \- hntents are to lie m.:Jc on imals.

The mai* purpose of the expenint«r was to lind a .-ale cure tot wculosis. Application - o| ;i mainly ictical character, calculated to relutionise some of our habit >. are. Revet, likewise to be made. A- rerds the case ol tuberculosis, it is 11 knonji that the microbe.- produe- ; the malady will die or !o-c then wers of reproduction, on being subtted for two or three week- to a nperature ol tideg. Ce:it. It. acc< )ldllj a patient eould be kept at a mperatnre ot, .-ay, g. Cent., all >ch microbes would be .-aiely killed else rendered innocuous. On the her hand, Ba'hmetitf is ot the inion that it would bo advantageous reduce to anabiosis, without any

®d of feeding them. -uch domestic iinals as aie unproduc.h" in winter Mb, sheep. etc.). vvell as those lich are 'o be transported 10 conlerablo distances (iattl.\ fonls, lish nison, etc.). in order to restore tliem life whenever required. In order to .gin with something practical, Bachetief has appiiod his* method with exillent results t.j the long-disiauco anspor#of caviar.