News From All Quarters

Auckland Star, Issue 123, 24 May 1919, Page 19

News From All Quarters

■During January the gross earnings of the Canadian Pacific Railway were £2,000,000, It was stated at an Inquest at Islington on an eight months old child that the mother was only fifteen last Christmas. All persons in Rnssia exercising the profession of art, including authors, are to work for the Bolshevist Government. SIXTEEN SUES SIXTY. A single man aged 00 and a girl of Iβ •were defendant and applicant in an affiliation case at Chertsey. The unu-ually Jieavv order of 10, weekly was made, says the "Weekly Dispatch." £1,000 AIR VOYAGES. Preparations are being made in America for trans-aerial bookings by aeroplane from New York to Los Angeles, California. Three passages have been booked at il.ojo each. The airplanes avill be of the ■Martin type, each with two 400-b.p. Liberty ciotors. CHILD ATTACKED BY CAT. Awakened by screams In the night, the fonnd a giant rat worrying at the arm of their fnn. says a Lomlou paper. They chased it away and took ttic boy to t.heir own bed to bandage his arm. when the nit again entered the room. TTie parents then attacked and killed it with fire irons. CARDINALS WANT MORE. A curious sign of tlie times is to be seen In a petition presented to the Pope by the Canlin.-ils resident in Rome, win are asking for an improvement of their financial status to CDPct übc vt , ry liesvv ini*ri*nst? in tlio cost of living (says the "'Central News" Rome correspondent). It is undoubtedly the case, he adds, that some of the Cardinals have been obliged to give up tteir carriages or rector cars. PETER PANS DOUBLE. A tiny prisoner, wbo-je curly head scarcely reached the edge of the dock, was charged -r.-ith the theft of a door-key at Kottlng-aain. " How old. are you?" asked the magistrate. "Twenty-two:- was the surprising reply, fc a thin treble voice. In spite of his innocent childish face, two previous convictions were recorded against tie accused. Joseph Lavender, and he was 6ect to prison for a month. FIRST DETACHABLE COLLAR. It is just one hundred years since the first detachable collar was made by the wife of a New York blacksmith for her husband. In order to save ierseff the trouble of too frequently washing his shirts, with their collars made all in one piece, as was then the castom. The idea appealed to the Minister of the chnr»-h tney both attended. the ißev. Ebenezer Brown, who. on his retirement from the ministry ten years later, opened a small factory and started to niannfaftnre detachable collars as a business proposition. They quickly caught on, and frnni this insignificant beginning the industry has grown to its present immense proportions. £5O CAR—A FORD FIGHT. Interesting litigation is promised as the result of an announcement by Mr. Edsel withdraw from the ford Motor Company ond devote themselves to the establishment of a new company, with 'branches all over the United States, for the production cf a motnr car to se-Il at £30. The decision of the Fords is due to the the distribution of £3,800,000 <>f accumulated funds among the stockholders. The Fords declare that the new company -will be financed entirely by themselves, so that they may not be hampered In its management. Leading stockholders In the Ford Company declare that the and they- therefore seek on injunction egalnst the formation of any 'company by either In competition with them. FRANCE COMBATS HIGH FOOD PRICES. The French Government's efforts in coping with the problem of high prices liave by no means ended with the establishment of the Government's cheap food booths, and a scheme is now on foot by which a "national dish" is to be added to the menu of the cheaper restaurants. An agreement lias been arrived at between the Ministry of Food and the syndicate of popular restaurants, and it is hoped that in a short time it w-ill be possible to procure at all the establishments attached to the syndicate a substantial dish composed of meat and vegetables, the price of wliich will be 30 per cent cheaper than Eimilar dishes on the same menu. It is expected that in a short time it will be possible to increase the number of "national" dishes to four or live. "ENGLAND 'WILL BE AN IRISH PROVINCE."' Probate has been tiled in tfte Surrogate's Court of the will of Dr. Emmet, which disposes of estate estimated at 1.000.000d015., Bays the New York correspondent of the "Central News." r>r. Emmpt. who had written many books and pamphlets on Home Kule, expressed himself in his will as follows: — "Intellectually. God favoured the Irish people. Individuals of no other race have done more for the development of the happiness of other people. Comparatively England is In a state of decrepitude and old are, and is living on the wealth of other peoplp. While Ireland after regeneration will have yet to gain the vigour of youth, England mu*t some time become an Irish provir.ee. This belief is a family inheritance." WORLD'S MOST TRAGIC LETTER The letter written by 'Mary Queen of Scots, and addressed to her tirother-in-law. Henry 111 of France, a few hours before her execution, has been placed on loan with the Royal S.-..tt:s!i Museum. Edinburgh. Originally in the Morrison collection, it was pur'-hased by Mr F. Leverton Harris. who made a present of it to the National ■Art Collection Fund. The final destination o£ what :s considered tlie most tragic letter In history has not yet been decided upon by the Fund. In the letter Mary informs her brother that, having passed nearly twenty years in the captivity of Queen Elizabeth, she has at last been condemned to death, and has been ordered to be executed on the morrow as a criminal at eight o'clock in the mornin.v she state* that it i< for the Catbo'.lcj religion that she is .-..ndemn. d to die. and euQmends her son to Henry's care, and also j her heartbroken servants. She fr ther requests him to found a Dead ■Mass, anil signs the letter "At two hours after midnight. Your most loving and very good sister, Maria R,*

France is to allocate £1,000,000 for public restaurants, according to a till adopted by the Chamber. TMlss Maude Adams, the actress, has been appointed a police captain in New York commanding 23 volunteer police women. Borstal, the British training institution for youthrul offenders, is to have a married "man"' added to its compulsory inmates. He is a youth who was convicted at London sessions of stealing caps. It was stated that he is not yet IS, and married when he was IC. He became a father last year, but the baby had died. BATH KILLS TRAMP. How a tramp died after having a bath was related at an inquest at Dcrry Gaol. The mau had been sentenced to one month's imprisonment for begging, and, after exercise, was taken to have a tepid bath. He was ultimately found unconscious in the bath, and died, according to medical evidence, from heart-failure. " MOVIES " BAN FOR CHILDREN. A bill has been introduced by tlie Hon. Walter Mitchell in the Quebec Legislature with the object of prohibiting children under fifteen years of age from being admitted to mewing picture shows in the province, whether accompanied by their parents or not. According to the present law, children under fifteen can be admitted, provided they are accompanied by their parents, teachers, or other guardian. A REMARKABLE FAMILY. Young Mr. Thomas B. Wollmer should he somewhat of a phenomenon. His birth was so. at least, says the "Chicago Tribune." t'pon viewing the world for the lirst time in the American hospital young Mr. Thomas proved to be nine pounds in weight, and almost as tall as his mother. But that is not so tall at thnt. His mother is only three and α-balt feet in lieight—a midget mother of a child of better than normal length and weight. Both mother and child are "doing excellently," says the six-foot father of the reni3rl£3.l>'C fumily. SENILE MARRIAGES. Some bygone lawmakers would have been in sympathy with the Brooklyn millionaire who maintains that at SO he was too old to be legally married. In Rome, under the j Emperor Augustus, a lav.- was passed for- j bidding men to marry when they were over CO. and women when they were over .TO. Peter the Great also disapproved of senile marriage, and enacted thnt no marriage contract sVmld hold good if either of the contraeting> artips v -' as ov, ' r So at tlie " mc it was entered upon. This law Is still enforced in Russia, or. at all events, was enforced until Bolsheviks came into power. PRISON OR HONEYMOON ? 11l order that he might marry a young woman who is about to become the j mother of his child. Reuben Myerovltch j (21), was remanded for a week on one surety of £100 at Old Street, Police Court, London, where he was charged as a suspected person loitering for the purpose of committing a felony, with carrying housebreaking implements by night, and with assaulting a constable. Mr. Margetts said v? had pointed out to the woman the risks she ran. but she thought she could induce prisoner to reform. He had also warned prisoner that he would not avoid his punishment by this means, but might even hfive to go to prison instead of going for his honeymoon. GRIM MYSTERY SOLVED. A sensation was caused in the Latin quarter of Paris by the discovery which led the police to believe that they were faced with the task of solving the mystery lof the murder of a woman of fashion. In a ouiet street off the Boulevard St. Michel tw > children saw a dog playing with an object in the roadway, and were horrified to fii.d it was the bloodstained hand of a fully manicured nails, cleanly cut at the wrist. The children told the police, who gave chase to the dog, which dropped the hand in its flight. The police instituted a searching investigation, and the mystery we* solved. The dog had pilfered the hand from the rooms of a medical student studying surgery at the Sorbonne. PROFIT THAT JACK BUILT. A London merchant bought 10 tons of macaroni and the like in the Argentine, and sold them to a French firm at Od a pound. The broker who concluded the transaction is alleged to have added 1 per ' cent commission, 2 per cent freight, 3 per cent insurance, 4 per cent demurrage, 5 per cent Customs duties, making the cost 1/ a pound. The goods were delivered in Paris at the price of 1/2 a pound to a broker, tvlio resold them at 1/5 to a retail firm, which offered them for public sale at 1/8. The authorities judgeil that these profits were excessive, with the result that the goods were seized, and will now be sold by the 'State at "national" prices. A prosecution for "profiteering" is to take place. "QUICK AND THOROUGH."' A little comedy has occurred over the overcoat which M. Clemencenu was wearing when shot at. Being much attached to this thick, warm garment (says th e Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail"), M. Clemenceau demanded its return as soou as Cottiu's trial was ended. "Impossible," replied red-tape in the shape of a Courtmartial official; ' Cottin has appealed." M. Clemencenu is not a patient man. "Quick and thorough" is his motto, and lie telephoned quickly and thoroughly to his War l/nder-Secretary. Half an hour later a Republican Guard with a larg,e official letter arrived at the Court-martial. In a few minutes he returned carrying a large ■brown paper parcel. And M. ciemeuceau's overcoat went to tiie tailor to have five bullet-boles repaired. SHOPLIFTER'S CHAPTER OF WOE. The troubles of a mother of 14 children were related to the Marylebone magistrate. , The woman. Edith Walsh, alias Kenny. I IU, was charged with shop-lifting, and it < was said she had been five times pre\ iously j convicted. Detecti-e Pearce stated that ten of her ! fourteen children were living, nine being [ at home. The oldest, a girl of IS, was ] vc-ry lazy, he third daughter was ill with blood poisoiiug. and with .-one exception j all the rest, had been ill during the last j two mouths with influenza. Tile father I was out of work. 1 H was a.so mentioned that the woman : was tbreatered with eviction for non- j payment of rent. | Mr. d'Eyncourt sentenced her to lour months' hard labour, J