NEWS OF THE WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6628, 15 August 1931, Page 9

NEWS OF THE WORLD

“RAILWAY ZEPPELIN”—I42 M.P.H. german train tested';/ ' A “train” that travels at 142 miles an hour pulled into Berlin its propeller swinging lazily to » a standstill as the passengers alighted. It is the “Railway. Zeppelin”—a car propelled like an airplane—which was tested on the main railway line from Hamburg to Berlin, a distance, of 173 miles. j* CHURCH GARDEN FOR PUTTING IS-HOLE GREEN LAID OUT An 18-hole putting green ‘has been laid out in the garden of St. Matthew’s Church, City Road, London, E.C. The Rev. C. G. Langdon, the vicar of the church, said: “Our district has not many open spaces with recreational facilities, so I thought something might be done with the church garden. J put my suggestion of a putting green before the church council, who, although considering it a little unorthodox, told me to carry on.” U.S.A. GOODWILL VISITORS FIND ENGLAND QUIET Eleven young visitors from the United States arrived in London recently, and there was not a “Gee” or an “0.K.” among them. All dressed alike, they tumbled out on the platform at Paddington, sophisticated young men and women, although the youngest is 14 and the oldest only 18. They have come to England typical of the youth of the United Stales, on a pilgrimage of good will. John C. McDuffee, one of the smallest of the party, said to a “Daily Mail” reporter, “We are getting a real thrill out of the trip. What strikes us most about England is the quietude. There docs not seem to be the same commercial attitude or bustle here that there is about towns in the United States. THE PRINCE’S DOG LOST RESTORED TO OWNER LATER Cora, the Prince of Wales’s Cairn terrier, had an adventure recently.. After motoring down with the Prince to Fort Belvedere, his country home at Sunningdale, Berkshire, she went for a walk by herself and lost her way home. She was found by the roadside by an Australian visitor, Miss Bisgood, who, seeing the telephone number on Cora’s collar, rang up York House, the Prince’s London residence. She was surprised to learn that the dog was the Prince's pet. She was asked to take the .dog to Fort Belvedere, where it was restored, to its owner.

WOMAN IN FOREIGN LEGION HARD MARCHING ON SAHARA There is consternation in the French Foreign Legion, whose headquarters are at Sidi-Bel-Abbes, near Oran, owing to a report that a woman is serving in its ranks. The soldiers have recently been engaged in hard marching and reconnaissance work on the confines of the Every Legionary is wondering which of his comrades is the woman serving as a man. A medical board will shortly carry out a special inspection of the entire regiment. This is not the first time that a woman has served in the Legion. In 1908 German twins, brother and sister, enlisted. The brother was medically examined twice, the second time impersonating his sister. The woman soldier’s sex was not discovered until after she had served six months with the colours, often taking part in skirmishes with rebel tribesmen. CROSSED OUT MUSSOLINI! SCHOOLGIRL DENOUNCED A girl of eight, at school near Naples, has been denounced by her teacher for insulting Signor Mussolini on the ground that she crossed his picture from her exercise book. The Fascist chief of Poggiomarino took a very serious view of the affair, and submitted the girl to a stringent cross-examination, at which police were present. Admitting frankly that she. had committed the “offence,” the girl said it was a protest against the closing of her little Catholic club. Not satisfied, the Fascist chief of the village reported the matter to the district commander, whereupon the little girl turned the tables on her teacher by accusing her of having instigated her to commit the deed. As a result the teacher, Signorina Buonacura, was tried before a Naples tribunal and sentenced to six months imprisonment. LAKE NEMI’S LEVEL FALLS

SECOND GALLEY NOW EXPOSED Further reduction of the level of Lake Nemi has brought the second Imperial galley, which lies nearer the middle of the basin, into view. It has not moved from the position ascertained in low by General Malfatti, but has been brought up a little by the slow rising of the iloor of the lake. The cross-beams are in good condition; they are decorated by very large copper nails. The facings of these beams come above the gunwale; the top of the gunwale is covered with lead. The condition of the vessel demands immediate temporary measures for the preservation of the timbers; later they will be dealt with in a more permanent way to assure preservation for some centuries. The wooden anchor has already suffered under the sun’s rays and has been taken to the repair shop attachedvto the Museum of the ThermaeThe iron anchor is also being restored in Rome. Both will.be brought back in due course to the museum on the lake side. THE KING SEES A FIRE ANCIENT OAK DESTROYED The King and Queen when motoring in Windsor Great Park recently saw a 600-year-old oak tree near Queen Anne]s Gate on fire. The King ordered his chauffeur to stop the car, and made inquiries concerning the tree. On learning that it would be totally destroyed, he expressed regret, as the old oaks in Windsor Great Park are gradually disappearing through stress of age and weather. ' The tree was noticed to be on tire about midday, and every endeavour was made to save it, but the fire had got too great a hold. . Hundreds of motorists drew up and watched the flames. As the big boughs of the tree were burned through, they crashed to the ground. By evening the tree was totally destroyed.

BELLS FOR TRAFFICNEW SIGNALS FOR LONDON The new signal lights for regulating traffic in Oxford Street are to be augmented by the ringing of bells, which will be.electrically operated. An official of the Ministry 'of Transport stated that the object of the bells was to give drivers an additional warning to be ready to go as well as the green light. They will also warn shoppers who find it difficult to see the lights whether it.is dangerous for them to cross. THRONE CLAIMANT FINED HENRY VIII’S DESCENDANT A former inspector of the Shropshire Constabulai’y, Anthony Hall, who claims that he is the rightful King of England, was at Hereford, England, fined 10/and £1 1/- costs for holding a street meeting against police instructions. . It was stated that, in spite of the instructions, he addressed a meeting of 600 people, displaying a banner which read, “A new King, a new country. Hall, who claims descent from Henry VIII, contended that the Chief Constable had no right to prohibit street meetings. LUNATIC’S ESCAPADE MOTOR-CYCLE’S CRASH INTO RAVINE The inmates of a lunatic asyluin at Caquerellc, in the Jura Mountains, were enjoying a motor-coach outing yesterday, when their chauffeur pulled up at a wayside inn to slake his thirst. One of the lunatics thereupon, dashed toward a new motor-cycle which was standing in front of the inn and drove off at full speed. He had not gone far, however, before the machine crashed into a 150 ft deep ravine. He escaped injury. . , , Motorists passing the spot an. hour later discovered the lunatic sitting at the bottom of the ravine trying to fit the bits together. THE LUNATICS OF SPACE COMETS AND THE END OF WORLD Sir James Jeans, at a prize-giving in the Aeolian Hall, London, recently, spoke of comets and the end of the world. “Comets are the crazy lunatics of space,” said Sir James; “they dash about in orbits, and they may not come back because they have met with ah accident on the way. The comet is like the man who runs amuck to get bis name in the headlines of the newspapers.” . Dealing with the question of whether the world would come to an end this year, next year, sometime, never, Sir James said the chances were almost all concentrated in “sometime,” and we were pretty sure it would not be “never.”

MURDERED MOTHER IN BATH SON PLEADS SELF-DEFENCE For murdering his mother by stabbing her in her bath, Calsitros Max Thielecke, aged 25, has been sentenced at Berlin to 10 years’ penal servitude. He pleaded that he killed her in self-defence. “Ever since I was 12,” he said in the dock, “I had tlje impression that my mother wanted’to get rid of me. “Once she put poison in my 'coffee. Twice I awoke to find gas taps turned on in my bedroom. “My mother told me quite calmly that she was determined to kill me, my wife and our child. “She went about with a revolver, and told me she knew a chemist who would always supply her with poison” ALL NIGHT AT CLIFF FOOT COUPLE CUT OFF BY TIDE A minister, the Rev. C. H. Davis, of Petersfield, Hampshire, England, and his wife, who had been marooned for 27 hours at the foot of a 300 ft cliff, were rescued with ropes by coast-guards. Mr and Mrs Davis, who were on holiday at Minehead, Somerset, were caught in a storm while they were descending the cliffs at Porlock. They hurried to the beach near Hurlstone Point, a danger spot, for shelter, but found themselves cut off by the tide and had to remain in their perilous situation all night. Their signals for help were not seen until the next night, when they were rescued. Mrs Davis was so exhausted that Chief Coastguard Officer A. T. J. White had the difficult task of bearing the woman’s weight up over the cliff face. WOMAN CONDUCTS SERVICE CATHEDRAL TOO SMALL FOR CROWD There were unprecedented scenes at the Cathedral in Glasgow recently when Miss Maude Hoyden conducted the service. It was the first time in the history of the cathedral that a woman had officiated.

Miss Royden had to deliver two sermons, one from the pulpit and a second in the outer court of the cathedral to those who had been unable to obtain admission. A great crowd waited in the rain, and when the. doors were opened thousands surged into the cathedral.

Miss Royden appeared in the pulpit wearing the crimson robe of Doctor of Divinity', with which degree she had previously been invested at Glasgow University. Two girls were injured in the crush and had to be helped from the cathedral.

SEARCHING FOR OWN “BODY” SEQUEL TO GIRL’S JOKE A girl’s search for her own “‘body” was the main feature of a strange tragicomedy on the banks of the River Crouch, near Hull Bridge, Essex, England, recently. It is said that on leaving a SouthendRayleigh omnibus at Hull Bridge the girl remarked: “Where is the river? I am going to drown myself.” The remark was reported to the police when the omnibus reached Rayleigh, and, an officer hurried to Hull Bridge, nearly four miles away\ To help in the search he asked a man and a girl whom he encountered on the way to go with him. He did not know that the girl was the one mentioned to him as “going to commit suicide,, and neither did the girl, who joined for some hours in a torchlight search for the supposed missing woman. Then her interest in “the girl who had drowned herself” prompted her to ask for further details. “Why thats me,” she exclaimed when told of the remark which started the search, and explained that she had spoken jokingly.