NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4833, 14 April 1936, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

A mesage v from Addis Ababa states that both the Government and the British. Ambassador deny the report that Haile Silassie has appealed to Britain as the situation is desperate, and he has only 5000 reliable fighting troops left. It is reported from Ogaden that the Abyssinians are staunchly resisting the advance which General Graziani has begun.

After the meeting of representatives of the Locarno ( Pact, except Germany, on Thursday, the British and Italian delegates left for their homes. A communique states that the representatives of Britain, France, Belgium and Italy noted that the German Government > had not made a contribution toward the reestablishment of the confidence indispensable to the negotiation of new treaties.

Six dynamite l&mbs, disguised as Easter gift packages, were delivered through the mails to six' residents in Pennsylvania in one Of the most widespread bombing plots of recent times. Two of the infernal machines exploded, resulting in the,- death of one person and serious injury to four others. The remainder of the bombs were intercepted- before they were opened.

The "Financial News" says it considers that there are few economists or bankers who will not be disquieted by New Zealand's action in turning the bank into a complete machine for the Government's expansionist aims through the capital market. "Printing press inflation," says the paper, whether the Government liked it or not, would be the inevitable sequel.

The "Sun-Herald" news service says the discovery of a 5500-year-old secret tomb in the chambers close to the Step Pyramid at Sakkara yields a wonderful picture of art and industry in ancient Egypt, and will result.in the ;rewriting of the history of the earliest civilisation.

The "Daily Mail" financial editor says Easter in England has made history. The Bank of England's note issue last week increased by £8,397,000 to a total of £421,415,000, which previously has been only once exceeded in the history of the bank. The public, during the last three weeks, has drawn 1,000,000 notes daily—a proof of more holiday spending, greater employment, and a steady increase in retail sales.

Struck by a huge wave when about to enter Port Phillip Heads, the Tasmanian steamer Nairana, 3042 tons, Tasmanian Steamers Proprietary, Ltd., carrying 91 hands and 88 passengers, narrowly escaped disaster. Four persons 'ost their lives and many were injured. The dead are: Mi*. F. Parsons, of Burnie, Tasmania, Mrs. F. Parsons, Miss Jean Parsons,, and Mr. Robert William Gillow, miner, of Tasmania.

A hundred were injured in disturbances when onlookers came into conflict at the Irish Republican Army's commemoration of the dead in the Easter "rebellion" of 1916 by a procession of members of the Republican Congress and Communists to Glasnevin Cemetery.

One person was killed and three were seriously injured as a result of a head-on collision between two cars on the Napier-Hastings Road. The details are:—Killed: Arthur Gordon Perry, aged 29, of Wellington. Injured: Mrs. Bett, Wellington, condition critical; David Bett, aged 23, condition serious; Jessie, condition serious.

To be stung by a bee at the back of the tongue was the painful experience of a Christchurch man a few days ago. Working in his garden during the afternoon, he decided that a cup of tea would not be amiss. Three small cakes were purchased from a shop in the vicinity, and, after one bite had been taken, a stabbing pain at the back of the throat indicated that something was wrong. An examination revealed a bee, still alive, wriggling in the partly masticated food. Considerable difficulty was experienced in endeavouring to extricate the sting, and it was not until a nearby chemist was visited that it was removed. The tongue swelled with alarming rapidity, but eventually regained, more or less, its normal size. An examination of the remainder of the cake showed a small cavity into which the bee had evidently crawled*