NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 2052, 6 December 1924, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

A conductor found on the deck of liis bus in London two attache cases, containing cigars and silverware valued at £IOO, which had been stolen from a house in Bloomsbury a few hours previously. The robbers, believing themselves to be under suspicion, hurriedly left the bus. The Finnish four-masted ship Port Caledonia was dashed to pieces on the rocks near La Rochelle. Her crew of 37 hands all perished. The helm of the vessel was broken in a heavy gale, and the ship was at"the mercy of the Atlantic breakers. Mr P. Miles will be a resident piano tuner in Te Kuiti from the 24th inert. Orders left at Miles’ (late Trotman’s) Music Store. The Japanese Minister at Rio de Janeiro is quoted as stating that the Brazilian Government’s action in suspending vises to Japanese immigrants to Brazil is a temporary measure applied indiscriminately to all nationalities. As a result of finger-print examinations, the detectives suspect that the quarry manager, Angerstein, of Siegen, perpetrated the murders reported on Tuesday, and stabbed himself. in mder to cover up financial difficulties. The only really reliable and effective correctives for all liver ailments are Dr Cole’s famous Little Liver Pills. A trial bottle, will fully convince you. McLennan’s Pharmacy, Rora Street, Te Kuiti. C 4 >

The rate of exchange for the £ sterling on Wednesday reached a new high level for the current year, namely 4dd 66£c. This represents an advance of 1 15-16 c compared with Tuesday. Have your piano kept always up to pitch by P. Miles, piano tuner. Repairs a speciality. Special rates for the year. Orders Miles’ Music Store (late" Trotman’s). The latest sensation in Paris is the return and arrest of. ex-Capfc. Sadoul, a French Communist, sentenced to death in 1919 for giving intelligence to the enemy. He is now a naturalised Russian. Razors and strops in great variety. Inspection invited at Stubbings’, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, Rora Street, Te Kuiti. The Prince of Wales is on a visit to Edinburgh, where he visitedi the university. The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine welcomed liis Royal Highness as “Prince of Scotland.” The Prince was admitetd to membership of (the Grand Lodge, Scotland, at the Freemasons’ Hall, Edinburgh. If yoU have a prescription to be made up you’ll naturally take it to the Pharmacy where only pure drugs are used and where promptness and accuracy are assured. In other words, you’ll naturally come to McLennan’s Pharmacy, Rora Street, Te Kjiiti. (5) Mr Austen. Chamberlain (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) went to Paris on Wednesday en route for Rome. When thinking of exchanging or buying a piano, consult P. Miles, piano tuner. Agent E. and F. Piano Agency. Miles’ Music Store. In 'Connection with the Prince of Wales’ visit to Edinburgh University, Sir Alexander Grant, biscuit manufacturer, has given. £50,000 toward the cost of the university’s science laboratories. He previously gave the Scottish National Library £IO,OOO, and was the donor of £30,000 to Mr Ramsay MacDonald for the purchase and upkeep of a motor car. Ladies 1 Let your head be your crowning glory. Shingling is the rage; also Boston and Buster cuts. Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment, at Stubbings, hairdresser, Rora Street, Te KuitiThe annual report of the Aborigines’ Protection Board shows that of 7510 aborigines in New South Wales, only 1085 are of full blood, the others being half to qjuarter-caste. If you are requiring any form of Hair or Tooth Brush—or any Toilet Requisites—you can do! no better than buy your needs at McLennan’s Pharmacy, Rora- Street, Te Kuiti, for not only do we offer a better selection of better goods, but our prices are always lower. (6)

Aii aeroplane will race the shadow of 'the moon 400 miles across New York during the eclipse of the sun on January 24, 1925. Smokers! Note this: “City de Luxe” pipes for 7s 6d. Extraordinary value. See them at Stubbings, Rora Street, Te Kuiti. The League of Nations has received n Note from Britain contending that oven if Egypt signed the League protocol she could not invoke League intervention on matters reserved for the discretion of Britain by the 1922 declaration. Get a La Gloria Gramophone for Christmas. Cash or the easiest terms. New music and records always arriving. Miles’ Music Store. A womaji was killed ait Birmingham to-4# hy a' motor car in which jewel bandits were escaping. The Times says that the Spanish peace negotiations with Abdul Knm have apparently been abandoned at present.