NEWS OF THE WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6972, 27 July 1929, Page 13 (Supplement)

NEWS OF THE WORLD

TRTCRY WORK HUNTING TIGERS WITH AXES Sticks and axes were used by< natives to kill a tiger which, bad been villages and kitting caMle; in Ae Thar and Parkar distriet of Sind, in which tigers are almost unknown. 7y>f first man in a group of villagers, k bad no firearms, hit the tiger with a*e. The tiger felled him, but bjjj&n*® it could maul the man the other vffi*g@rs attacked the beast and beat dhath. mm m the bonwe-t MOTOR WFS STRIKE SWARM Driving over the Sussex Downs, Worthing, a party of women motorists from Hillingdon, Middlesex, nan ifato a swarm of bees many thousnide strong. Hundreds of bees were killed by the impact against the windscreen, but the car was invaded. One woman removed her shoe, and with tigs struck the bees as they alighted og the floor of the car and the seats. The driver accelerated clear of the ifwarm. No one was stung, the bees themselves being evidently bewildered. The present spell of fine weatt&r is ideal for bee swarming. THE STAG AT BAY SfdfffSM#N'S NARROW ESCAPE Two Scottish sportsmen motorists had a narrow escape from serious accident near Fochabers, Morayshire, when their car was charged heeiton by a stag. jjjfr. Arthur Craigmyle, the internafootball referee, and Councillor t James Philip, of Aberdeen, were Storing to Thurso en route for KirkM and the annual football match between Shetland and Orkney. tr Fochabers a young stag sudleaped into the roadway and' charged the oar. Mr. Craigmsle Put on the brakes, but the stag Sit the radiator with force. The animal was badly injured, and crawled back into the TvbgjS, leaving a trail of blood behind. Apart from damage to the radiator the car escaped, and the sMterww ctmtijmed their journey. X)- I2®« «F AWiNWRE '

MMg AflfMWFie BKffIDIWON Throngh Renter’s, the skeleton sailing, tfciwa of the Antarctic exploring v«k«et Diecovevr, under—Captem J. K. Daifa. has been issued: — I—Clear from London, at St. Viocefit for fuel. End of Oct. —At .Capetown. Sir Douglas Mawson, who is now on liis way' to Australia to complete his scientific preparations, will, with members of the staff from Australia, meet and join the Discovery at Capetown. ifav.—Departure from Capetown direct to. Wilkes Land for the Antarctic summer. wso : : March. —Discovery will reach Austria at the end of her first season’s work in the Antarctic. Discovery’s crew will consist of 23 officers, and men, while the scientific st*oßC will probably number 12 all told. TRA(*K)R FOR SHOOT

KING'S MECHANISED PONY Mechanised transport on the moors wfll be a novel feature of the King’s holiday when he visits Balmoral in the autumn. Special Arrangements are being made to enable his Majesty to enjoy to'the full his favourite sport of shooting.’ During his Deeside holiday he usually spends the greater part of his leisure time with the guns. A caterpillar motor-tractor of the latest type is to be delivered shortly. This, will allow the King to traverse freely and with comfort the more difficult parts of his extensive Deeside estates'.

Tests have already been made iu the district with this type of tractor, and It has been found to be of great advantage to sportsmen, who have hitherto been dependent on mountain ponies.

BRONGOS ARE SAFER INDIANS IN MOTOR SMASH Daijiel Long Wolf, George Sitting Holy and Roy Bear Nose are convinced that the hurricane decks of bucking broncos are relatively quite safe.

They are Indians in New York with a circus.

They were given an automobile ride by an agency trying to sell them a car.

Now they are in a hospital. The car hit a truck.

FROM THE DEEP SEA LEOPARD PAYS CALL. Winter surfers at Curl Curl, Sydney, had an unexpected visitor recently. A sea leopard, weighing 6001 b, was washed on (o the beach, and was quickly roped by Mr. A. Payne, a storekeeper, of Pacific Parade, Dee Why.

Zoo authorities were pleased to accept the leopard, as it was one of the most perfect specimens they had ever seen.

It is the second sea leopard that the Zoo has housed. The oilier died some time ago.

RMN-MARING INTERE i^M G ' KON<i

Hong-Kong has been suffering from a shortage of water. The weather observatory and Royal Air Force intend to undertake rain-making experiments shortly. Two airplanes will mount above the clouds and sprinkle them with a chemical which has a refrigerating effect, and which it is hoped will start a heavy rain. The Government has chartered a tanker to transport water from New Danton. The Dollar liner President Adams recently brought a consignment of water from Shanghai. Another ship brought in 1,000 tons pi water, which was promptly rationed ho the public. The supply was quickly exhausted.

AFTER £2,000,000

SEARCH FOR SUBMERGED INGOTS Another attempt will be made shortly to recover the treasure of £2,000,000 in gold and silver which has been lying at the bottom of the sea, some 15 miles off the Point du Raz, Finistere, North-west France, in the steamer Egypt, since May, 1922. On her way from England to Bombay, the Peninsular liner Egypt, when passing the lie de Sein, at evening, collided, during thick fog, with the French steamer Seine, and sank in 40 minutes. Her precious cargo of silver and gold, in ingots, went down with her. Last year a French company undertook to recover it. German divers were engaged and, after elaborate efforts, they discovered the wreck at a depth of 370 feet. They were able to reach the vessel, but, to get to the captain’s cabin (where the treasure had been placed in a safe) the metal flank of the ship must be cut open. HIS FAREWELL A “BOTTLE” MESSAGE A bottle recovered from the sea at Brighton contained a snapshot of a youth and on the back of it was written: —"Good-bye for ever. By the time this reaches you I shall be dead. -Good-bye all, Jim.” The photograph is of a boy of slight build wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and collar and a pullover. It was apparently taken on the Dojvns.

The British police are investigating :he matter.

NOISY DOG, WILD WOMEN

“EAGER TO SELL” Apparent lack of harmony among residents in a certain neighbourhood at Turlock (U.S.A.) has caused some dissatisfied property owner to insert the following classified advertisement in a Turlock newspaper in hopes of disposing of his home:—“For Sale— My beautiful home, wonderful location, high fences, howling dogs, wild women, radio music day and night. Can’t be appreciated until seen and heard. Price, £650 terms.”

QUAINT OCCUPATIONS WHAT IS A HOVELLER? Off Leasowe, between the estuaries of Mersey and Dee, the remains of a great forest lie beneath the sea. At low tide can be seen the great stumps and spreading roots, and after heavy weather long submerged logs are washed up on the beach. The strange thing is that these burn -ery well, and for many years there has been a trade in fire-lighters made from this submarine fuel.

An enormous quantity of old iron is rescued from the sea. This is mostly in the shape of old anchors and chain cables, and as there is a ready sale for this type of iron there are always people engaged in dredging for it. These men are called liovellers, and they are ready to tackle salvage of any kind. A job with an odd name is that of "cable-burier,” for at first one wonders why a cable that is sunk in the sea should need to be buried. But the cable-burier is kept busy at the poim. where the cable comes ashore. His work is to keep the cable buried in the sand from the cable station to as far out at sea as it is possible to work. This is to preserve the cable from injury.

■TOO REALISTIC THE ART OF THE VAMPIRE The father of the famous Anita Loos, Mr. H. B. Loos, tells the story of how Miss Theda Bara—whom he characterises as the first and greatest of the “movie vamps”—once utterly ruined an important scene by her too realistic acting. “The vampire” was supposed to be stabbed to death by a former lover. But when the incident was being “shot,” and the man rushed toward her with a stiletto upraised to strike, Theda let out so piercing a scream that the producer believed the weapon had really penetrated her body instead of buckling up, and he rushed across the “dead line” in front of the camera.

This, of course, spoilt the scene, j which had to be “shot” all over again. | “But,adds Mr. Loos, "the producer’s j action'was certainly a splendid tribute j to Theda’s acting, for producers are!

hard men to move.” it is not a fact, however, that Miss | Bara asked for a, big increase in salary , on account of this!