HELLO! HELLO!

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 224, 22 September 1925, Page 7

HELLO! HELLO!

THE SILENCE OF PARIS. WAGES AND TELEPHONES. (Received 2 p.m.) PARIS, September 21. A strike of telephone and telegraph operators cut Paris off" from the outside world for two hours during the morning The strikers demand the immediate payment of a bonus and an increase in their salaries, which Parliament approved in principle.— (A. and N.Z.)

FRENCH AIRMAN IN GERMANY. ARREST BY AUTHORITIES. BLACK FOREST FATALITY. LONDON, September 21. A dispatch from the French capital says the newspaper "Echo de Paris" states that the German authorities at Freiburg issued an order to prevent the French airman, M. de Coste, whose machine crashed in the Black Forest last week, from leaving Freiburg and returning to France. The French Government is dealing with the matter. The Germans have seized M. de Coste's machine nnd have dismantled the motor. The Berlin correspondent of tbe "Morning Post" says M. do Coste was arrested by Gcrmair police as he left Freiburg Hospital. He was only released on finding 25,000 marks bail. He has been charged with flying over Germany. It was in retaliation for the restriction imposed under the Versailles Treaty on their aviation production that Germany forbad© the flight over Germany by any full-strength Allied machine. Owing to this rule MM. do Coste and Thierry arranged to fly via Switzerland, but they were misled by fog and crashed in the Black Forest. (Germany's dramatic action, says the correspndent, is likely to bo treated as a test case. It may have serious repercussions and threatens possibilities in civil aviation which may affect the all-British routo to India. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) TASMANIA/- OSMIRIDIUM. TOO MANY ON NEW FIELD. (Kcc.ivp. 10.30 a.™.) II OB ART, this clay. The Government Geologist, in a letter to the Secretary of "Mine . regarding osmiridium. which was recently discovered, says that from past experience, and expressing the opinion of well-known osmiridium miners, he does not think the field is capable of supporting more than 300 men. At present not more than 100 are earning high wages. The field is over-manned, about 1000 men being camped in this hitherto uninhabited part of the country. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) BUY BRITISH GOODS. NECESSITY OF MARKS. LONDON. September 21. The Federation of British Industries is writing to tho. Board of Trade regretting the repeated refusals to legislate, compelling the marking and place of origin on imported goods. It points out that the Government accepted the principle in the Merchandise Marks Bill, of marking imported agricultural products, and hopes it will be extended to cover manufactured goods. The federation draws attention to the Government's encouragement to people to purchase British-made goods. There is a widespread desire to follow the Government's advice, but the absence of marks is the difficulty, as the retailers themselves are frequently ignorant of the origin of the goods they are selling. ("Sun.") PHOTOS ON STOCKINGS. . NEW PARIS FASHION. PARIS, September 21. Photographic stockings, on which are the pictures of wearer or friend, are the latest novelty. The picture is printed clearly by a new secret process on a gossamer-like fabric. It is usually worn on the outside of the leg near the anklebone. Alternatively the portrait can be set in medallion style on each instep. Innumerable stockings are handpainted in floral cubist designs. New gunmetal colours are replacing flesh tints.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) MURDEROUS MOROS. EIGHT PEOPLE SI^VIN. MANILA, September 21. A party of Moro pirates raided the town of" Dumaran and murdered a Chinese storekeeper, his wife, and their three sons. Three Filipinos were also slain.— (Renter.)