MAIL NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 7, 10 January 1899, Page 8

MAIL NEWS.

\i A STORY OF SMUGGLING. The -Vmerican authorities have arrested a man named Max Lassar upon a charge of smuggling diamonds value £10,000. The . due , wito against him was an, English gin, Shorn Lassar had met on board an 'Atlantic steamer. The diamonds were .forfeited- ■ Other, -charges" -were Jnifl against Lassar, who thereupon eloped jvith the English girl.1. - . 11EMAEKABLE LOVE TRAGEDY. \ Dalziel telegram from Algiers «ives details of, a remarkable love tragedy. A railway porter • named Oberti, whose young wife deserted him a fortnight after marriage, dis- ( covered her in company of a master baker xfcmed Benazet. A scene ensued, ift which the. baker shot the husband dead. This made the faithless wife turn upon hor lover, whereupon the latter shot her also, inflicting a fatal wound in the breast, and then blew out his own brains. The news of the tragedy quickly spread, and came to the ears of a young woman named Marie Arnoldi, to whom the murderer had been engaged.. On learning of, his death/she got a revolver and shot herself through the heart upon his doorstep. THE BAKEHOUSE MURDER. Medical evidence given at the inquest upon the body of the man Berndt, who. was murdered in a bakehouse, and thrust- into the oven, showed that the victim was alive •when-■placed.in the oven, though probably insensible. . , , THE GORDON COLLEGE. The 'schemfe of; Gordon College, as set 'forth by Lord Kitchener, is as follows:—We should begin by teaching- the sons of leading men,'the heads ; of villages, and the heads of districts. ] .They belong to a race very capable of learning and ready to learn. The teaching,in its early stages would be devoted to purely elementary subjects,' such as reading, writing, geography, .the English language; later, and after those preliminary stages have been passed, a more advanced Course would be instituted,-, including a training in Technical subjects specially adapted to the requirements of the Upper rule. The principal teachers in the college would be British, and the supervising of the arrangements would be vested in the Governor-General of the Soudan. -I need not add that there would be no interference with, the religion o-4he people. The fund required for the establishment of such a college is !£ 100,000. It is for the provision of this sum that I now desire to appeal on behalf of a. race dependent upon our mercy, in the name of Gordon, and in the .cause of \nz& civilisation which is the life of the Empire of Britain. , ARE BICYCLES LUGGAGE? • The National Cyclists' Union took £■ , case to.the (Queen's. Bench Division to decide the point whether bicycles should be treated as passengers' luggage on railways. Justice Channel de'eided against the Union, holding that the word 'luggage' had reference to baggage, or something of that sort, and did noi cover bicycles.. Notice of appeal was ;giveii. : * THE DEUCE CASE.

Jirs Druce, the claimant to the Pukedom of Portland,met with a serious accident in the Strand. The driver «f'the cab in which, she was ridingpulled np suddenly. She was thrown into the street, and the wheel of the cab passed over her arm. She suffered sever^ injuries to arm and knee. i • ittOBSON'S CHOICE. Lieutenant Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac incident, has refused ',£ 10,000 for a lecture tour. He says that prior to the war a lecture by him would have been worth 50 cents. He feels that he has no right to use his performance for the betterment of his financial position. EEADY FOE WAj*. The 'Birmingham Post' says that eince the second week in October th> personal effects and portable property

at the British Embassy at Paris had been packed ready for removal on the declaration of ..ar. They -wore unpacked only late in November. HOOLEY'S BANKRUPTCY. Mr E, T. Hooley, through his solicitors, has applied for his discharge in bankruptcy. It is understood he is prepared to submit to judgment being. entered against him to be satisfied by. payment of 10/ in the £.