MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1929, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

MYSTERY MOTQR-CAR. i LONDON, October 2. 1 The mystery car which was smuggled into the Paris Motor Show, open- - ing on Thursday, says the correspon- - dent of the Daily Mail, proved to be a Voisin, equipped with electro-magne-i tic gear change for altering the back • axle ratio through the ordinary three- - speed gear box to two back axle ratios, making a total of six gears. r A interesting change is foreshadow- - ed in the Renault, which, after rais--3 ing a snub-nosed bonnet for 33 years, > is now moving the radiator from the r back of the engine to the front. A feature of the show is the attempt ■ of British manufacturers to capture s a larger share of the Continental market. Seven firms are exhibiting, comi pared with two last year. WESTMINSTER ABBEY FILM. LONDON, October 1. For the first time in history, cinema- ' tographers have been permitted to film the interior of Westminster Abbey, the operators of a British company working all night with 14,000 candle-power arc lamps. They took close-up pictures of the inscription of the Grave of the Unknown Warrior and other features and scenes, which , will be incorporated in a travel film. The Abbey authorities notified the : promoters that permission would not be given if the film contained actors or plot. NEW INVENTIONS. < < LONDON, October 3. “Keep us simple and natural, save us trouble and preserve our diges- i tions,” Sir Herbert Morgan, a well- i known business expert, advised inven- i tors at the opening luncheon of the ( Inventions Exhibition. 1 Some exhibitors anticipated his c counsels, and attempted to make the I kitchen safer and more pleasant. The i inventions include an expanding saucepan designed to eliminate the s number of lids and a device whereby c a fire downstairs can be lighted by fi pulling a cord from the bed. I Vicomte Demauduit shows a “Mixa- 1 mator” which mixes and delivers all t kinds of drinks automatically. b t

STRANGE TRAIN ACCIDENT. LONDON, October 3. A partridge dashed through the engine window of the Leeds express as it was travelling at 70 miles an hour, causing glass to enter the driver’s eye. Though he was in intense pain, the driver pluckily continued to his destination, and was then taken to hospital, where the glass was removed. An official declared that the accident was unparalleled. Trains struck hundreds of birds in the course of a year, and there was only a millionth chance of trouble following. A TREASURE HUNT. PARIS, October 3. The Russian newspaper Resurrection reports that a big Paris bank is participating in a treasure hunt in Central Siberia. A group of four men, the newspaper says, is negotiating with the bank, claiming to know the whereabouts of 20,000,000 roubles (£1,000,000) said to have been in the possession of Admiral Koltchak, “White Russia’s” leader, when he was executed by the Bolsheviks. Koltchak’s friends bpried the gold. The group is negotiating fox’ the sale of a half share, the other half, under Soviet law, going to the Soviet. The bank is reported to have sent a special mission to Moscow to investigate the group’s story and to negotiate with the Soviet. TYPISTS AND BUSINESS. LONDON, October 4. “.Women typists, to a considerable extent, have made it possible to speed up modern business. Some are fitted for higher’ positions, because they have learned the real meaning of the word ‘method,’ ” said the new Lord Mayor of London (Sir William Waterlow), in an interview with the special representative of the “Sun.” Remarking that two heads were better than one, he called in Lady Waterlow, and proceeded: “Women have certainly speeded up business, helping progress by efficiency, and the application of shrewdness. The average woman is more methodical than the average man, but temperamentally she is not so fitted for managerial positions. Therefore, T think there will never be equality of sexes in business, any more than there will be in the government of the country. ” r “They are creeping in, though,” interjected Lady Waterlow. “It is a good thing,” said Sir Wil-

. , u ,„ lllll ||, .....iiewwiiiipiTmi* wi!»FWtflWv-W.g^UW!<Wllwngg»yißy/ liam. “to have some administrative positions in the Government filled with women. I favour the admission of women to city companies connected with industries, in which women are engaged. ’ ’