NEWS AND NOTES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2517, 22 December 1927, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

The first ship load of expelled:? Soviets left Shanghai for Valdiyos : - tock. It comprised seventeen Russian families, members of the Consular staff. - ;; '- Warnings have been issued that storms are to be . expected :in . the area of Cape Cod, where the rammed submarine S 4 with her entombed crew of 43 lies badly damaged on the sea bottom. A cheque amounting to £3237, embodying the amount subscribed as a testimonial for the former Minister of Lands in the Lang Ministry, Mr. P. F. Loughlin, who was defeated at the recent elections, has been handed to Mr. Loughlin. You can get a La Gloria Gramophone and £3 worth of records for 5s per week at Miles'; Music Store. Phone 221. Call and get particulars. 11l . ~ . Reports from Lob -Angeles state that the authorities have identification information, photographs ;and finger prints, of the. suspected murderer of the twelve-year-old twin daughter of Mr. Perry Parker, who was cruelly done to death on Thursday last.- ~ .-■ The late Miss Lilian Mitchell bequeathed half of her estate of £40,000 for the assistance of persons m '■ - Dunedin adversely affected by the ?: Great War, and -provided for the creation of a "Lilian Mitchell Institute." .. The death has occurred of a famous old rangatira, Hone Puhirere, aged 98, the last old-time warrior of Hokianga, who took part in the last tribual fight at Motukauri. He died at Motutu, and was interred there during the week-end. Over 300 natives attended the funeral. the Niagara has reported by wireless that she picked up 11 of the crew of the schooner Doris Crane " (351 tons), which wasT destroyed by ■ fire when bound from Fanning Island to, San Francisco copra laden.' irom Sapdiego states :*rsmia%J3ne sion arid fire aboard the United States aircraft carrier Langley. A -; gasoline leakage was responsible. Latest records and music; we repair Gramophones.—Miles' Music Store. Phone 221, llora Street. 11 '.'.- An official Soviet agency alleges that a Monarchist organisation named the Partisan Detachment of Nicolas Nicolaivitch, has been discovered at Odessa. It is stated that the members are guilty of terroristic attacks on Soviet officials, besides holding up trains and blowing up railway lines. The entire organisation has been arrested. A new industry has sprung up in Taumarunui. It is the building of row boats and flatties for those enthusiastic young men who take the train to Taumarunui and travel by river down to Pipiriki or Wanganui. This year there will be many such camping parties, and the new trade should do well.