News from All Quarters

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 25, 29 January 1921, Page 15

News from All Quarters

Uy a ere at the Canadian vulage ul j I'a'iona a farmer lost his wife acd her aye ' bildren, as weli as his sifter aud her two ■•hild.-ea. 10,000 irNFnasiiED tanks. | riri:ish tanks d;;rin? the war noinbered j ■SuC'T. aad li\l4.j were QQConjpleted and can- ( ■elled. said Mr. LlerDert I'rend-rsast. oi tiie , ■ '■jßtracts liepartmeut of the Ministry of Munitions, in eviden.-e before tbe Couim.s- ! ENGINE IN OPERA. A motor cycle engine fitted to a ••yle ! lUUoned bchia'l tl;e .-'-enes pUys an im- j forties part in "be crcneetral :xiui»a: uf a aew futurist opera. '"Airtoai: Uro," wnich 1 -as beeri p.-oOu'-cd at Lujo. ita.y, hts li Uplnion." The role of tbe engine i- ,8 -o c;irod'jcc tLe uror.e of an aerop.r.ne j ,ir";iviier. ' A GRUESOME DISCOVERY. '', A diS'-overy of a most sessationai char- I i .1 'ter has i,ee:i made at Alexandria. Egyyt. ! i l>arin; the execution of some repairs to '1 Ileuses the workmen discovered the remains ! i ■f a woman. further investigations were ' nado. acd eventually 14 bodies, believed to ', I ' .•♦* those of wo3ipn who Inhiibitwi & hons* ■ .f a certain class, were fouDd. The ! deeper of the house has been arrested, and :t i< understood be made a confession, in ; which he implicated four other men, who have also been arrested. ; 14 SLEEP TS TWO ROOMS. Iternnrta bie were maco at '•V I"o!lce Cocrt. when an application p K.naph:ii carrer. The cottage contains oaly two bedrooms. ' and fourteen people tfoar adults and ten ■■Sildrent, !t was stated, had to sleep in the * * * * " *" . i '■:! and magistrate!: That Is simply dread-: 'ill —two bedrooms for fourteen peoplet As It transpired that the man for whom , the cottage was required was actuaiiy payiismissed, the aliened tenant being merely 1 the sub-tenant. RAILWAYS' HUGE CLAIM. The Puriiamentary Committee of the ■ way agreements, will meet to decide whether it is worth while to proceed, in . Hew of the refusal of the Ral:-Exe'-ntiv Committee to give i evidence before them, Kays the "Daily Ms:'.'' There Is a suggestion thai I'ariiairetir 5 shoc'.d be asked to jrant thetn ' Tbe cctiipanies are asking the taxpayer for £4<X>.000.000 over and above what they have already received for services rendered that the sum due is not more than £120.000,- ' O>j. A total of £2SO.OOO.<XiO is therefore in dispute, and may be the subject of le?al pro-.-eedinga by the companies against the ■ Oovemment. the ajrreed bUI is the taxpayers will have to pay it. j £875,000 LOOT BY BOYS. j T'vo boys. Fred. PoiTenbarger, 19, r.nd Orrilie I'LUUpps, IT, have jost confessed . to belnr concerned in a series of re?!ster->d letter robberies invcivinj boads and bant- ■ notes to the value of £?7Li.<JOO from trains | between Council Blcffs ilowal and Omaha ' iNebrasta). Merle Phillips, 20, has also j oeen arrested. | The yomhs did not attempt to profit from I their hu:re loct, but, afraid of ; übcovery. burned in a kitchen Ftove ! £200,000 worth of stolen securities an<i kept for themselves only the paltry sum 1 of £12 in currency. The boys had one j adult assistant, a motor car driver, who ha« jot away with securities to tim value of £75.0C0. The remainins £600,,0C0 hive been recovered. Tbe missias man, it is stated, used to drive ir: his motor car alonj the road be- ; side the train and pick up the mail bags i whii-h the boys, who had hidden In the ! mail coach, fleng out. CONSERVING FUEL SUPPLIES. ! Anortier scientific effort £0 conserve tbe worid'e oil supplies is beins carried oa by ! several important French chemical labora- ' cories. wiere reaurluUe taccesaes have ! been obtained in of varions oiis by miiing refuse materials ecch as i sawdust and coal dust pres<Ti-e. i AccK.Tdins to one investigator within the ' next year it will be possible w> use the row product as a substitute for heavy fnel oiis In furnaces an<i locomotives and for other Industrial purposes where coai ! conservation Jβ a bi~ issre. No: only wiil this product be affected '■ !.y changes of temperature but it wl'.l also j withstand comb-tiscion uniexss on direx contact wiih flames, while it is easily piUq(nushabie t>j water. PrelJaituiry samples i already proanred have r>mved too cosfiy for seneral adoption by lndraorles. but j chemists profess thai they iave found a ' morbid to rpd;:>;p the cost to one haif that of oU fael THE MORBID CROWD. Tint peopie in a crowd sbocld be prose-ente-i for obstrjotinj a doctor attendin-j a rersna taken in in the street was i-usjested Vy tie Croydon coroner recently. In the case of a man who had died suddenly from eyncore. Dr. C Owen Fowler say a c.-owd gathered around him before the poU?e' arrived. When witness said, "I am a! doc-tor; let mc pass through, please," the people defined to move. A young man said that, "Doctor or no doctor. 1 am £oing to see what I want." Soon after, wien; toM it was a serious case and tirat the man ! wanted air, the people failed to move as i desired. "Tie crowd save him no chance' of living. - ' the doctor added, -you cannot 1 pet a crowd to give any help at all in coses' '.ike this." The coroner said he bad notice-11 tie same reluctance, which wa s absolutely' scandalous. People seemed to have no: conscience or sense of decency. It was j almost hopeless to appeal to the better' feeiings of the average crowd. A FORTUNE DECLINED. A bequest of 1.0W.000 dollars i£2Sa,ooO> has been refused by ilr. Charles G«xlaad. ! of New Tork. who is aged 21, because be' prefers to work for his living. Mr. Gar-1 land's father, Mr. W. A. Garland, a multi-I millionaire, died over ten years ago. Mrs. the Garland millions by rjarryin: a;a:= in in tnjst for the three eons. The eldest came of ape last year, and accepted his mil-j lion dollars. Charles, who has just reached his ttventj-aret blr-_hd3.T. refused to follow this precedent, and his younger brother. who is a student at Ilai-vard, is quoted a-' | saying that he intends to follow Charles' j example. Mr. Char'.o3 Garland, who Is I' tnarried and Hvi- S with bis wife 3nd infant 'Jaushter at his mother's summer home at 1 Buzzard? Bay. MaSSaCbOSettS, i- s ■ be r> zno'n- merhani-" He says: - - "I believe that in refusing to accept the ' money I am placing myself on a Christian . basis. Private property is the main cause ■■ < of one nnrest and unhapplness. It saps ■ th emeanins from life." J

A WIFELY SETECURE. i doii t — Ini married." fc&ld a fixaie witness a: Urimgbv Trtes asie : her i PT7.T.S FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE. A German profesor, named Eisbeir:. bftß discovered the solution of th» German I food problem. The iearaec professor, havinjr observed that creatures, i sovh as worms, bats, aci bears, are able lo i pass the winter in a ?ta:e of suspended ani- ! ma:ifir. without cftiins. proposes that ta» advice and La*- s.jice of his "food sarins" : pi.;?, w-hli-h. he ijiiarantecs. will render food --a.-'ls a a<l even food itself unnecessary during tbe vinter month*. BURGI-AR'S KISS. Hearts - suspicious irotses In tb*? nipht, Mrs. G. M. Kow<\ widow of an officer fciUe-1 in tie war. who occupies a Sat xt IT.ia(Jale Road. Bristol, threw on a dressing ';owd, an , ;. switching oa the electric lisht, found in the cupboard nr.der the stairs a burglar who stood about Gft and was broad in proportion. On Mrs. Row? te"ing him he ha<i better get out. he asked: "Elow do you get out?' She showed him tie <toor. "Tien before be ieTt. " '■cratinue'i Mrs. Eowe, In an inteiview, "he k:ssed mc and asfced, mc to kls« him. Or coarse I didn't kise aim. He then said: "Shake hands, madam; gwxl night," aoA went away."' STOWAWAY'S NOVELTY. Discover? of s. ""periscope'" stnw&way was 7f i r n '"*e<l by Captain Fish, of tie Princess Matoika, on arrival at Xcv YorE trrrm Antwerp. Prior to her departure the fSip was searched by Belgian officials for a bar.S robber. The se?.r<~h failed to brinir him to light, but it did bring from varioos portions of :!ie ship twenty-rlve stjwawavs. <-rne was fond hidden In tie slip's bunker?, buried from sight by ccaL In order to breathe be tad rigged himself a ' "periscope in the form of a pier? o' Iron piping leading from his tnotrrt dp thrones -j c . coal to the air. It -was ihh tnat led to his discovery. WO RIGHT TO TAMTLY. ; An application for a divorce filed by 1 Cleveland tOhim clergyman, the Rev. Benjamin A. Sherwin. was refused by Jcdire Frank C. Phillips on the ;rroui-<l that Mr. Shefvin had r.o right to a wif? and five children on a salary of £1S a month. The judge declared that it was an £-t of extreme crneity for <± mrruster of religion to retain hLs post at thst salajy when he had a larje family to support. Not only did the jnd-e refuse a divorce, but he also awarded tie wife the custody of the children and ordered Mr. Sherwln to pay her £15 a month alimony. I After the decision Mr. Sherwia said he • would try to find employment as a I machinist. i I CAT BRINGS REAL LTJCX. -i inckv bhwk cat has brocght back his : eight to a btiiri ex-soldier. I While Charles Anpieby. of Kin*. ston-on-Thames. xaj in SL Dunscan'* Hostel, a black ca: jamped 03 his head. Tie shock enabled blm to see a glimmer of daylight with iis left eye. j Leaving the bospital. Ap<pleby -went to : Ji-ingstorj, and while o:rt 'or a Tait fell I into the river. I He was rescned, but fie resnk ef tie I second shock was that he was able to see J a little with his rizbrc eyej After treataient at Guy's Hoepltai his ■ ?ijrht has now l>een faHy restored after ] four year's blindness, A wound recelTefl jat Tpres was the original of this. : AUSTRIAN PIAJfOS XS EKGLAJVD With a Thames-side warehouse cramiaed wirh Aust--ian j.j.--ros of a superior quality at rhiictilonsly ion- prices, the Ctmppell ! coa>pany in LonJon receacly opened aa ; addicioa which win give iheAr Biitish fee- ! Tory tie largest osipttt in .Europe. The j answer is that however the British bnyer may be fooW by Gerrnni dyes and German toys, he won't Tacy German pianos or j Anstrran pianos either, with tie maker's 1 iiazn-e plates for all visitors £0 the British ' drawiognjoms to see. I Im-pone-rs. of Austrian pianos are even. -afraid to advertise them. They are offe.-- ---; in,g them personaily at a price cheaper jthan the inferior seeondhasd British make. 1 bat so fur they have .fcrnd no bayer3. AST OCEAN REQUIEM. The light cr-ciser Yarmoath. which bis : returned to tame waters alter been !on the South American Station since early jla 1313, took part in an interesting cerej tconv. in ziiil-ocea.:i over the spot where the cruiser Monaioath was sank on November 1. 1314. by the German warships Scbaraj hors: and the Gueiseaar., under Admiral voa ; Spec. I As the vessel reached the spot, some I miles off Coro2e!, tbe engines were stopped. I the whole crew gathered on the quarterI deck, and a brief memorial service was held. The sunken Monmouth. which wen: down so gallantly with colours flying. wa~ saluted, the '"Last Post" was sounded, and a number of wreaths—floral and laurel, were dropped overboard. FATAL GHXMJTEY TALK. I The story of the death by burning o' a I "little mother" was told at Aebxoa Ia- • nrtnary at an inquest on Mirgaret I. :d----ford ..ten) of Dckinfield. The child wa= left by h»r moihT ••) j dress focr younger children, asd or.c >f J these aged "2J years, refused to bay? I trousers put on. ILargaret. j stood on the kitchen fe=j»r a.-.i \np toe chhnney, "I>a<My Cir:-rrca>. : ; b.-;r.g car Jackie anything for i"Tms;mas 'because he won't put a> I Her clothing ca-:-'-- £:». t J she -aa ,ir.to the stTf.c:. where the ii — -.v.--c <=i ' j tingoishe-l by a nei«hV.ur I Ludford :•:; t:.e Coroner she fcsl '■previously had a a< -le j chiidrrn cii~be,i or. i: rte ired removed lit. tucanse she wss of th»3 ! A veri: ■: of "AccidentaJ death" v ': rcrnrcei. I TOO KANT DECORATIONS. Froto n. r m porer.-y sn.i « # .■ 1- 0* a .•■o.^i^g -ie by-x3.vs .x* Pads las: sumtEer Ee~3=:y a °' J^°~ :^r ' ■■ fS^"r3 i refused 'o toprpssed -» that ItWs ffOide wore thirry «: dev-xuttoM, iMlsdias tie American MsaasTLSted service Medal, tte Brllisa Vlciorfa the Fraaci ifilitarr and reported 'ro the police their -ior-'rts of ihe rigit of. [the gaiJ? to wear them. I q-iAKI-vaoil tbe police the quid« ssjd Jμ ' x^-5 Baron de Haatieate de and thai he was born in Brasie'.s in "-V-1 H» sail that before tie war te ip;-i various political posts. tHit icrt hts wealth, wherenpon he came to Paris *nd eartied a precMioiss eiisteiice as a taxicab chauffeur. Hβ trls charged witi laesaily ypariTig naearaed, war <lecoraao3»