NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 December 1924, Page 8

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL.

VACCINATION BY FORGE. MADRID, Oct. 8. . Smaßpox is raging ,in Madrid, and under a new compulsory vaccination order more than 'IOO,OOO people have been vaccinated. _ After November 1 all persons vaccinated forcibly will have to pay a heavy penalty. WORLD RECORD SMASHED BY BRIT3SH GAR ; . LONDON, Oct. 6. The world’s record for speed has been set by Malcolm Campbell, who- drove a twelve-cylinder English-made car at the rate of 156.11 miles an hour, covering a mile in 23.06 seconds! , USURER DEALT .WITH. EXORBITANT INTEREST. LONDON, Nov. 5. The Walsall County Court has ordered - Walter j Rafferty,, a money-lender, to refund £IOO to David Smith, who for five years piaid Rafferty 12-s Sd a week as interest on a. loan of £3 12s. SEVEN-OF A FAMILY KILLED.

NEW YORK, Oct. 6. • Mrs. John Fitzoli, aged ; forty-five, -her two daughters and her four sons, were all instantly killed to-day, when, a train struck.their motor-oar at a level crossing near Port Allegheny; Pennsylvania. s M r - Eitzoli, .who was driving the car, escaped, ndth.severe injuries. He is the pnly surviving; member of the family. DOUGHAS; FAIRBANKS’ EXAVIFE. NEW YORK,, Oct. 3. ■Mrs. Beth : Sully Evan® has filed a suit for divorce at Los Angeles against, Mr. ; James. -Evans ,juii., a Pittsburg broker,, whom ,she ; married in 1919 soon after . she; divorced her first husband, :Dpuglas : Fairbanks,.the.film star. Mrs. Evans’ father-became a millionaire.hy..speculating; in-.cbtton and other commodities. , . WOMAN, CAPTURES; ‘ ‘MOON- . ' SHINERS.” .• . RARSQNS- (West Virginia),. Oct. 9. ’ Mi®s Gladys .Kuh, a deputy sheriff, arrived/a,t the Ba-nspus gaol in the small . hours of-.the. hiofiiing escorting; at the pistol’s ; point -two ‘.‘moonshiners” -(illicit whisky dealers), whom ..she had captured; af.niidpjght.pn.-a.ionely road. She : remind®!, her prisoners that they had better give potrouble, .because ‘‘a .w.omen wo,uld,.not,have .any more-, sense : than, to shoot/’ REIiECB OF A naval FIGHT. PARIS, Oct. 5. While dredging operations were being carried,-put r at; 'Gherhourg, to-day, num- • erous objects, including muskets, pistols and cannon balls were brought to , the surface. It is stated that they belong to the Triomphante, a ship of Louis XlV.’s navy. This ship took part in the battle of La Hogue in May 1692, when the French fleet, beaten by the,British, was chased to Cherbourg.

INSANITY AND DIVORCE. PROPOSED LEGISLATION. SYDNEY, Nov. 5. The New South, Wales Government , proposes to, insist upon the insertion in the Marriage Amendment Bill of a provision -that insanity shall be' ground foi divorce. This provision was, struck out by the Upper House, but the Government proposes to insist upon its insertion when the measure is before the Legislative Assembly. The Bill, as passed l by the Legislative Council, gives the ■•Court a discretionary power to grant a divorce to persons who have been judicially .separated for three years. SLEEPLESS SURGERY. Prediction; that the majority of surgical . operations in the future will be performed while the patient is conscious was made before a recent medical convention in. America.. By “blocking” the nerve group that controls the part of the body to be operated upon through the .agency of a local anaesthetic, it was said that pain would be eliminated without the necessity of putting the patient to sleep. Considerable research work in nerve blocking ha s already been done, and. certain major operations have already been performed. SWEPT AWAY. MOTOR.LCAR HELD IN TREE. BRISBANE, Nov. 13. Through the carrying away of a temporary 'bridge over Well Water Creek in the south-west, John Dagan, fencing contractor, was swept away in his which, fortunately, was hurled into a tree. Dagan was driving into . Gharleville, but found Well Water Creek flooded. With assistance he cut logs and made a temporary 'bridge; but while he was endeavoring to cross the structure broke away, and rushing waters enveloped the car and driver; but an intervening tree caught the car. and held it suspended in the'stream. Dagan had a lucky escape.

MIDGET WIRELESS SET

“BUILT ON A MATCH.”

SYDNEY. Nov. 5

_ There seems to be a lively competition among the schoolboys of Sydney as to whom can produce the smallest wireless sets. One ingenious youngster produced a set in a thimble. Another bdy managed to squeeze a set into a matchbox. These youngsters thought they had built the smallest models in the -woi’ld, until a 15-year-old boy, Ronald North, of Randwiek, pushed them both out of the limelight with a wireless set built on a common match. One of the news papers produced a photograph of this extraordinary contrivance. If this competitive spirit is maintained, magnifying lenses will be necessary to see some of the wireless sets of the future. , WHISKY PRICES RISE. HIGH DUTIES RESULT IN LESS DRINKING. EDINBURGH, Oct. 9. Scottish .whisky, distillers have raised their prices of the new season’s output in consequence of . the . advance .of barley and other raw material. The Highland distillers have increased their paces by 6d ■ per proof, gallon, the Islav and Campbeltown distillers bv a similar amount, and'..the. .Lowland malt and grain whisky distillers by 3d per gallon. ' ’

This rise ..will pot affect : the;price <to the consumer.

The consumption of whisky owing to the heavy duty of 72s 6d per pr.oof gallon, has fallen by 50 per cent., and

the revenue now is £10,000,000 less than it.was when the. duty ..was 22s 6d per gallon lower. BRITAIN AND MEXICO. NO’IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION. LONDON, Nov. 14. .The : Times Ita«s . been informed that there, is.no immediate prospect, of British recognition, .of .Mexico. THE MARCONI COMPANY. NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR. ( LONDON, Nov. 13. .Mr.-F., G. Kellaway. is to succeed Mr Godfrey Isaacs as managing director of the Marconi Company. Mr. Kellaway was , Postmaster-General in 1921. DEATH FROM PHNEUMONIA. FATAL INFLUENZA CASE. WIFE OF AGENT-GENERAL. 'LONDON, Nov. 15. Mrs. Huxham, wife, of the newly-ap-pointed Agent-General for .Queensland, has ;died of - pneumonia supervening on •an .attack of ; influenza, . which lasted five days. SCHOOL FOR; BRIDES. LESSONS IN WIFELY ; DUTIES . .! AUSTRIAN; INNOVATION. LONDON, Nov. 15. A ‘‘school for brides” at Vienna-, is immensely popular, . especially among girls who lack domestic training through having enteral business. , A. hundred young married, women are learning the duties of a housewife, including hygiene, nursing,; and shopping. SEA REJECTS BODY. COFFIN RETURNS, TO SHORE. INTERMENT IN CHURCHYARD. LONDON, Nov.; 14. Vernon Bromhead, who died in September, wa® buried at §ea> off Hastings in . accordance with; his -, wishes. The coffin, however, undarfiaged, has., been washed .ashore at .Dungeness. It will now be buried .in the chnrbbyard there, TWICE DIVORCED FAMOUS MODEL’S, AMOURS. • HUSBAND OBTAINS DECREE, .LONDON, Nov. 17. London’s most famous model, Dolores, who inspired Epstein’s, Augustus d olin’s and Neyinspn,’s-receu t lyork, and wpo latterly figured as.a,,mannequin, showing the, most, daring creations, has beeii divorced for a .second time. ’ ' Dolores’ real name i s Nonne -SohoHer jhiisibaiicl, who is. a nioftor tracer, gave evidence that. theirs -was a .^arrtime, nmmjfljge. ,He found his wife m 1920. Imng with, fier former jiusband and later, trader an elderly , gentleman’s protection .He forgave .her both lap'ses„b:ut;,they had : not lived together for two -years. He then discovered his wife and the co-respP.ude.nt, named Bonnytogether: in-a West End flat ' *The lionsekpeper. gave, evidence that they 1 had Occupied,,the fiat for a month. SURGH A RGE. \ SHOCK TO SHIPPERS. “DEADLY FOR, FARMERS.” - MELBOURNE, Nov! ,17. ,1 ne 2o per cent, .surcharge on freight tates to .be :i iinpose,d,.by-the intereState shippnig companies, has left shippers gasping, .I 1 . “R will he a deadly thing, for the farmers,” said-the .maker of-the Sun■shine Wester, Mr. H. V. McKov Australia, ifs. -handicapped ..enough . already m dhis direction'. It eostsmore StaSl lP + n m w e:meilt ?i '' fr ? m ’ the ea «te,m btatfes to Fremaiitle than .from- overseas to that port—without the 25 per cent increase. 1 4imti?L mana^?\ :p rodicted that West bit *fc WO u- <] be Particularly hard -id. .Some shipper® said there could Ti J lOl . iogical pbjeefcion'-to the It had-bsM, forced on tie so ffl paSes. ' LORD DEWAR’S STORY. -Speaking at the dinner of the Knio-fi+c of the Round-Table Club Lord D?wa? told amid laughter, a story $ TjZ l -ho bo no wed a, half-crown from a ( Scotsman and, died of; lead-poisoning.