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Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1923, Page 4

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WHARF PI id,AGING. SVDNEV. Eeb. 22. Sydney's share of the LoDO,OOD or more which represents the annual losses in Australia through cargo pillaging, is something in the vicinity of LtiOO.OOO. Efforts are being continually made to suppress the evil, but the huge amount lias not been appreciably lessened. The various interests concerned have now determined up joint action, however, and there are excellent prospects that Ihe position will adequately he met In the future. No definite scheme has finally been decided upon, hut the pro-pi,-al tu e-tablish a special police force to patrol the Sydney waterfront i- regarded, with marked favour in Government. shipping and commercial circles. The State Government, incidentally, has intimated it- willingness to set aside a sum of money to co-operate in eeiiihatillg the evil. '.\t pre-mill the is to Ol - 2 (‘MI--tables and two detectives, and th*. cost ol maintenance is estimated at Lit),ODD per year. The whole oi tiie Sydney wharfage system from Wmilloomooloo Bay to Jones Bay, ihe *ug wharves in' which cover between three and four miles oi the harbour front, will dime under the survey ol the new force. In so cpiarters doubt is ex-pres-el as to whether the proposed force will he adequate for the large amount of work' entailed in the scheme. The question of whether or not plain clothes will he adopted hy the force havet to fie determined. MORE. HOTELS. EAVO EE El) BV AIUYIDE.U ON. SVDNEV. Eeb. 22. Prohibitinlli-t - have been somewhat disturbed by lh" oiit-P'iken aUvoeaey on the part of a prominent Anglican elergvma.il. Archdeacon Saxon, "l more hotels. The mailer arose ot er an c; >j* -■' • ■ v' lor ihe transfer of a liquor ! '*•<•»'.• ~(■ ( ""-miek. Supporting the apfilii ion in ('.IIIft. Archdeacon Euxoil *d (e • - miel,, expre--‘"l ti P" l! ‘"' UI:,L there :dloll 1,1 ! e more hotel ■ at < nock. lie had expressed l,;m-ell again-.! Die drink traffic, and t lie -■ „ i : ..i... of view in this smi tor In- mu iu *" 1 ease \va- that the crowding oi men into the lai r euc,"raged more drniki„", ,!.,*• n their ! overs of re-si-la„. e, ami cm •mraced temptation. I',,der e;o-s-e\amiu:ii hm wit lie-.- -aid l jtjit ,1 more hotels were built. U would ies-oii the t rii'.pta lion. D he could anemic to Imam <• him he would run ail !, . i,. | hi,i, elf. lie aided that he «'»' ~,., j,, laemir ol drink. Iml Wti- iiiterm. H,e icaii, and would do any- ‘. ", hi• I■, 1 im. .More facilities : w,nl'd !,'--ell exi ting c. a- sit ‘ e~s""el; ! 1,,,: ;l .h, re w. re no hotel- at all com i die. would, he !,viler. Th" Ip u, si granted flic appliealioi | for Dm i renslei . ! Th- Ari hdea eon > evidein ;■ was dlj ettssed Icier in the Distriei Lodge o ' the I uteri,sit idled Order ol (mod lemp ! lars. which resolved, alter a full di- , ;is si o 11. that the Archdeacon s argo j mens in -uppui was t nil: uio.i-. Inc.' j expressed a pint -st and indignation resiihilinli l ' the A.ivlihishoii , S\ < and tlimided lo forward. *•"!''••■• " l l> ney. ! ’ 'royal wedding elans. l.dNDt IN. Jan. AhI |i js announced ant liorita t i vely ih lan eim-ments w Inch have Icm mad 1 My the King and (.flic'll, iu enuver-a i lam wit Ii I.old and Lady Sir.ithmoi ! during the week-end, lor' th" Neddie ~f the Duke of York and l.miy Eliza ! iL i I ! t.IWVS-Lyoll . Hchlitig will take I'hue a Westminster Abbev towards i he end e : Ae.til. The exact da to ha- mil bee’ j Da... to ceil -all th,. convenient*' ~ j 'io'u'ck 1 "" " ] fa v ; -V of Dm- revel rani; ~t til ! bride} re mi ii i- pc- 'hi" ' ha! a- ' a doe... in ,1 , as,. "J the wedding el 'd c. til Ia t her. Sing Edward VI!. wli a a-.. ~f , eur.-f. I’rime of Wale- at th I tint,' -the duties ol be-l man will b ii ml, rtal.cn hy Iwo ••-upporter-." I ' the event ef l here being a h,-l nr the I'lin em Wale- will act in Dai c pa, i: ... a - he did la -t summer al t h w chilli o! Lord 1 .mli: T oil r,l b:D tell P ■ Vi's If.lw ina A-Idee. bade Elizabeth will .ineii'l".! s!;,. laapes I lull they will ilicltul*' foil jof t!;or,e with v. h'.m she slit,red th j ,ii:tia of liridesmaid -io Jh'iik'a Aiary I They .lie: j Hi inee - M a ml. , faugh ter ol lfn i Efim, " Hovel and the late Duke o l i ' ii ''- j Lady .Mary C amhrhlse, elder ti.iiigli j tor io' iAI ar.piis ami AL rehioin—s o i ( A I. d.v Ai a; * .ttid.ri'lge. only dan ."it" !e| .CO -S 'lie t Olilltl "eI,S t il'. i ami th'- Karl el Ai hi,me. I laid'. Doris GordoiiT .'lino.x, vonnge j dan tip.a- of lire IT;:) and ( minie-s c .'da rail, With the •Wedding gown whieli Lad* i*.ilxt''•..*tii is at,out lo order -he v.il wear a veil of pricei, -- old Bnisselhiea whieli hel.m. s l„ her Dear. Da finite plans lor the honeymoon hnv< I not vet been made, but il will prnl.abH j he spent ill Kim him!. | The Duke has now prfiel ienlly decid | ml lo ma.f;e Wiiite l.eflge in Itc hmorn ; E.iD: tic homo to which he will tak* 1 his 1,1 id", ami a xpe'ei • to lies tin ra fm j"I lea Si the first rear oi hi nnai'ic j life. Alneli of (.hieeii Mary'- ihi'dhoo, j wa- -pell! at White Lodge. \i tin ; -ame time, he and l.ad.v Eliza bell . mean lo keen their eye- open for ;a i alternative home. ! .MYSTERY OK A WOMAN'S HAD! GAIKO. Jan 10. Among the many si range di-i eyerie in 'i'ni-A.'il;h- A men's jemb at Luxm none perhaps has earned more di-eii-sion than Lee alabaster box eontainim. human heir of a grey colour the hail of .some woman pia-ed in that tom! linn' than :Di:;,l years ago. One theory i- that this lair was Dial oi Tiit-aiikh-Aiiioii's f|in eii. But this imost improhahle. His queen was Oil in her 'teens when he died. She wo

the third daughter ol Akhmiton (Tut an!;- A men'- predercsMir on the throm

nf the Ebaraoh.s) am! is (1, finitely knowr, Hi have been horn about th. -ixtli year of Akhuritun's reign. Akininpm died in the 17th year of hi- reign -o the girl was at her father's dent! about 11 or 1“, and ii was then that she married Tul-aiik'n-Amen. It is safe to say that T m-uukli-Amei reigned about six or seven years, am

thus his queen was p.'rhnus only If year, of age at his death, or ft) at the lory must. This grey hair could not lone , mile from a woman of 17 or ID: and it is extremely improbable that in her old age ihe tomb was re-opene* [or the purpu.se of depositing her gra\ hair in it.

Ti, is all the .more improbable he-I earn*- of an intrigue iu whieli she wa- i involved after her husband'- (hath. Tut-nnkh-Amt ii left no sou. and he was .-.in - ceded by his wile's grandfather! Av. the father of Aklumtioii’s queen.! Twt-ankh-Ameii’s queen was so much; annoyed at this that she tried to marry j a son. of the King of the 11utile.-, pro- ( inising him that lie should become King I of Egypt. There i- ;i r* cord of this engage- I ment. hut not of tlfe marriage, though it probably tool; place. Her schemes , against her grandpapa, however, failed. and very possibly she was put out I of the way. as Egyptian sovereigns |

sometimes were. In any case she disappeared. The name of this lady was first of all Aiikh-scr.-pn-Atoii. This was changed when the dynasty relumed to Thebes, to Ankh-s-Amen. or possibly, by tiie prefix of the femininie .article Ta. to Ta-Ankh-s-Amen. In thi : Kittite document where she is mentioned, she icalled Dakhanion. which is almost certainly a corruption of the .Egyptian naitM. The mystery of tins hair has yet to lie revealed.