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NEWS BY MAIL.

BRIGHTER HATS. LONDON, February 18. Brilliant colouring is the keynote of the new spring millinery, in which shades of mauve, including fuchsia, petunia, and cyclamen predominate. The black hat, which has been so popular, has disappeared temporarily. There are, of course, hats of black “ shiny ” (which resembles patent leather) or plaited straw, but most of these have ,» touch ‘.of vivid colour somewhere—a bunch of marigolds or carnations towards the summit of the crown, or the whole top of the crown may he composed of a “ bouquet ” of country blooms or of variegated ribbon. Flowers and ribbon are most used to ornament the new hats, and the bigger the hat the bigger the flower. Picture hats are trimmed with a mammoth lily, orchid, spray of lilao; or some other (lower right in the front almost covering the crown.

noiseless bells.” LONDON, Febrcarv IS. In the London Midland and Scottish Railway hotel at Birmingham, recently overhauled, is a new signalling device which does away with the noise of electric hells. When a button is pressed in a bedroom no bell rings, but electric lamps light on indicator boards in the hall and other parts of the building. These lamps remain lit until an attendant lias gone to the room where the hell ” has been rung, for there only ean the indicator lamps be switched off. END-OF-TH E-WORLD CRANKS WAIT ON HILLTOPS. NFAV YORK, February o.

Adventist in different parts of the Tinted States arc to-dav hastily selling their earthly goods in preparation for the end of the world, which they predict will come to-morrow.

The excitement has been caused by Mr-, Margaret \Y. Rowcn, prophetess ol the Seventh Day Adventist Reformed Church at Los Angeles. She prophesies that the world will tome to an end sometime to-morrow, hut that the final scenes will lie witnessed by 114.00(1 true believers, who will be transported to a mountain top in Calilornia the ‘‘selected meeting ground for the gathering} of the perlect.” NEW YORK. February 0.

Six groups of the religious fanatic: who arc nicknamed ‘‘Doomdayer.s ’ are new keeping vigil on as many lull tops in diil'erent parts of the 1 nitci States awaiting lhe end ol the work at midnight.

They calculate that the destructioi of the eanil will take seven days ti

Members of the Ku-Klux-Klan ar preparing to interfere with one grow al Pitlhogue, Long Island, with th result that special police have been tie tailed to safeguard the vigils.

Groups are awaiting with equa patience and .•fervour at Cleveland Washington, Lincoln (Nebraska), am Los Angelos, the advent of the day o revolution.

The prophets of the Failed Weather Bureau disagree flatly uith the prophets and prophetesses of the Adventists, lor they predict "fair and warmer” weather with the wind m the wrong direction for the I J I .(Hhi “perfect souls 1 who expect to hi wafted 10-niglit by supernatural power to a mountain-top in ( alilornai. "he!* I,rides, (bridesmaids, guests, and nnccls will be taken on high."

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Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1925, Page 4

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NEWS BY MAIL. Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1925, Page 4

NEWS BY MAIL. Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1925, Page 4