WIDE-WORLD NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3141, 30 October 1922, Page 7

WIDE-WORLD NEWS.

Tn response to the advertisement of the Win ton Clydesdale Horse Society for a suitable stallion for that district this season nine horses were offered, and Hold Review, a syr-old eo-n of Baron Bold from a Banker mare was finally selected. The members of the Society were pleased when word' came through from Dunedin that he had been placed second at the Otago A. and P. Society's horse parade. Savannah, Georgia, lays claim to the youngest woman —or girl—lawyer in the United States. She has just passed her 17th birthday, and but recently passed the State bar examination, and was admitted to practise. Under the laws of Georgia there is no age limit for persons admitted to the praticc of law.

A new invention in the shape of an electric bundle tier has just appeared that will speed up parcel departments. The machine ties a strong square knot, cuts the cord, and throws the bundle to one side. Mr R. G. Abbott and Mr L. B. Aldrich, of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, using a 100-inch telescope, have measured the heat of the stars Aldebaran, Capella and Betelgeuse through their spectra. They state that each has a temperature of 10,000 degrees Centigrade. A claim to being the oldest woman in England is made by Mrs Lister, 61 Lincoln, who celebrated her 106 th birthday last February. Lincolnshire centenarians are now said to number 18, the latest to join the ranks being Mrs Beaton, of Asterby.

The most expensive pair of pyjamas in the world was purchased lately by a woman buyer on behalf of a Chicago (inn. The' outfit, which includes a. waistcoat, cost £6O. The garments are termed lounging pyjamas, as distinguished from sleeping pyjamas. The upper part is of yellow silk, and has pink lining. The waistcoat, which is also pink, fastens at the shoulder and drops to a point both in front and behind. The new model is called the "Ace of Diamonds." The pantaloons are of pink, and are held 1 up by a beautiful' sash, which is the chief trimming of the costume. They are draped in harem stvle. with fancy cuffs at the ankles. 'The thrilling rescue of a swimming champion was witnessed at Aider-shot swimming baths lately, during a gala at which a crowded assembly were present. Private Taylor, of the Cameron Highlanders, a champion diver, was competing in the plunging competition and dived from a height of about 50ft. and took first prize. Later, however, he failed to rise when diving, and it was some time before his danger was realised. He was rescued just in the nick of time by Guardsman .Tackman and Sergeant Giles, of tha Rifle Bri-

gadc. The strange phenomenon was witnessed of thousands of fish risng to the surface of Lake Lubrino (south of Naples), agitating themselves violently as though struck by some violent malady, and then floating dead on the waters. It was suspected that the cause is poisonous gas escaped through the volcanic bed of the lake: and the public health authorities ordered the d'estuction of all fish so' discovered. It was feared that the result of the poison might be the complete destruction of the fisheries in the lake, which are valued at many hundreds of thousands of lire annually.

Lieutenant George H. Quackenbos, the most versatile member of the New York Police Department, has applied for retirement, after twenty-six years of service. His record of accomplishments is believed by his friends to be without parallel. He is a physician and has practised medicine. He is a lawyer and has practised law. He has been a professor of mathematics, has taught the deaf-mutes' sign language, and is a wireless expert. He reads, writes. speaks, and instructs in French, Italian. German. Spanish. Portuguese, Mexican, and several Indian dialects. He was. in turn, a cowboy, a telegraph operator, a train despatcher, and an hotel manager. Quackenbos entered the police service when Theodore Roosevelt, as president of the Police Board, called for college men. and in recent years be has been in charge of correspondence in the Bureau of Information. The job he is vacating will be open to any one wild proves to be his equal in versatility.

In Nebraska. U.S.A., the unprecedented spectacle was lately presented of the Lieutenant-Governor of a great State, who during the temporary absence of the Chief Executive is actually Acting Governor, working as a strike guard for £1 a day on the Chicago. Burlington and Quiucy Railway because he needs the money. The post of Lieu-tenant-Governor is a great honor, as Mr Pelbam A. Barrows, the occupant of that exalted position, admits, but it carries scant remuneration with it. When, therefore. Mrs Harrows and he found their resources had dwindled to the equivalent c/f 17s in the bank and 7s Gd in their pockets they concluded that it was time for him to get a job. As presiding officer of the Stat? Assembly in its biennial sessions the Lieuten-ant-Governor of Nebraska draws a salary of C 220. and under the State Constitution, when acting as Governor, ho is entitled to receive the emoluments of that office, which amount to £360 a year. But at its last session the Assembly rejected a Bill appropriating funds for this purpose. The story of a horrible sea monster was told by a group of Jersey fishernun who returned to port recently from a fishing excursion. They declared that while they were fishing two huge tentacles reached out of the sea. One twined itself about the mast while the other reached out and clutched the leg of Frank Duhaanel, one of the fishermen. The fishermen were frozen with horror until the cries of Duhamcl. whir was being dragged from the boat. roused them. They seized their knives and axes and slashed and chopped at the tentacles until they were withdrawn. The men arrived in port in a state of great excitement and declared that their story was not exaggerated. They were oil' Jailer's Beef at the time, and it was recalled here that this place is not far from Roche Douvres. the scene of a similar incident related in Victor Hugo's "Toilers of the Sea." Some mystery attaches to the reports published in Borne lately of the swindle perpetrated on the Bank of Naples, one of the three official banks of issue in Italy, at the end of dune, when tho sum' of 2.200.000 lire was fraudulently obtained by the falsification of money orders, as a consequence of which the private banker Fedolino, of Rome, and the deputy cashier of the bank. Marinelli. wen.' arrested. Fedolino presented live money orders, issued by the Leghorn branch of the Hank of Naples on •Tune 30. for payment, and as he was well known to the clerk at the comitc, the latter had no hesitation. But as the sum was unusually large, the fiveolder- being for -100.000 lire each, tho pay clerk asked for the authorisation of the :i-sisf ;i nt general cashier. Marinolli. who. knowing the banker well personally, made no difficulty about standing guarantee for him. Since then it was discovered that each order had been for 101 l lire only, and that they had been •falsified by the addition of three ciphers. It is believed that both Fedolino and Marinolli acted in good faith, but nevertheless their arrest was ordered pending further inquiry.