ITEMS IN BRIEF.

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 48, 20 November 1928, Page 12

ITEMS IN BRIEF.

FROM FAR AND NEAR

Youth Missing.— Stewart M’alker aged 16, was sent out on Sunday evening by his employer. Mr. J. Barr, of Puha, to bring in the cows, and lie has failed to return (states a Press Association message from Gisborne). His horse was found on the opposite side of the river, which Walker had apparently endeavoured to cross in order to get several cows that had straved. The crossing was a dangerous'one, and is not often used owing to the presence of logs.

Measles at Papeete.— An epidemic of measles was causing the medical authorities at Papeete a good deal of anxiety when the Maunganui called there on November 10. The passengers from the mail boat went ashore there, but when the ship arrived at Rarotonga last week the authorities at that port would not permit anyone to leave her. No one contracted the malady on the vessel during the run from Papeete to Wellington.

Two Brothers Drowned.— While sailing in Botany Bay, George Honner, aged 18. lost his balance and fell overboard, states a Press Association message from Sydney. His brother Albert, aged 21, dived to his assistance. The third member of the party was unable to manage the skiff, and the brothers disappeared before he reached them.

Union Secretary Shot.—A United Service message from Chicago states that assassins with a machine gun walked to the front of the Laundry Drivers’ Union headquarters and shot John Clay, secretary of the union, as he sat at his desk. Trades union leaders admitted that racketeers are attempting to turn, the unions into gangs of extortionists. Because Clay resisted such ta'ctics, he met his death.

Girl Drugged.— A girl, aged IS, unidentified, was found on the beach at Mentone, states a Press Association message from Melbourne. She was lying face downwards in the sand near the edge of the sea. The girl was suffering from the effects of a drug, and is still in a state of coma. The police are unable to discover anything about her.

All-Metal Clothes— The London “Weekly Dispatch” says that all-metal clothes for men and women are now possible owing to the perfecting of a Continental process to enable sheet metal to be transformed into pliable, cheap, and strong dress materials. The first experiments with aluminium have been very successful. Italian ladies are already wearing aluminium brocades and London’s smartest people are dancing in aluminium shoes. The inventors are now giving attention to the production of silk-like woven material for evening frocks and lingerie. —United Service.