NEWS OF THE WORLD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 19 March 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD

SIR JOSEPH WARD AND THE HOUSE OiF COMMONS. LONDON, March 10. Sir Joseph Ward is credited with a desire to secure nomination for a seat in the House of Commons. PARIS, March 8. By the arrest of two eor.ers' of the American mails and another notorious character, the police believe that they have at last put an end to robberies which have baffled them for ten years P By the tedious process of elimination amoflg 200 sorters, suspicion was finally centred on a man named Dupont, who was seen to secrete a package in one of his pockets. As he left the post office he was met by another sorter named Roux. and the pair were joined by a wellknown receiver of stolen goods. The trio went to Eoux's lodgings, • 1lowed by the police, and when the receiver left- the premises he was arrested, and a large number of American cheques were found on him. The sorters were then taken ii'to custody, and Roux confessed. FRENCH CADDIES TO BE CAKED FOR. PARIS, March 10. 'France's premier golf duo, t v e Soc>*.s de la Boulie, has establishe'l en organisation among the caddies, to raise them from .the ranks of and to do. rway'with the evil of casual labour. The caddies are ensured a steady wage md a hot dinner every day; theyare to be taught a trade, and given scholastic instruction, and a boy scouts' company, will also be formed for them, while a gymnasium and baths are being fitted up for their recreation and eomfor:. SKATING ON STRYCHNINE. STOCKHOLM, Marcn 8. Remarkable results were attained in the skatino- races at Stockholm recently,' when over the 5000 and 10,000 metres distances, a Russian named Appoliiov beat the world's champion, Matheson, a Norwegian, from Helsingfors. The Russian's victories were due to the fact that he took strychnine before aach race. The poison affected his energy ind power to a remarkable degree, the iflect lasting long enough for the purpose demanded of it. Immediately afte r the events an instrument that recorded the" blood'pressure' registered 148 in the case ot the Russian, and 106 in the Norwegian. TRAGEDY IN RUSSIAN TRAIN. ST. PETERSBURG. March 10. A passenger in a train that was nearing the main station atvWarsaw dropped a bottle of benzine on £b" the, floor of one )f the big carriages, which wascrowded. The bo:tie broke, and the fluid came nto contact with the burning end of a-, igarette. There was a terrific explosion. The doors and the window's wewe blown nit, and the occupants were bathed in ire. While the train was still moving -everal of them jumped out and extinguished the flames by rolling on the jround. The train was stopped and the carnage uncoupled, and it was discovered hat a_baby had been burned to death and.thirty people badly injured, four of them fatally. SECRET GOLD MINE. CALCUTTA. March 10. A rich gold mine has been discovered under very remarkable circumstances in Bombay. As a matter of fact, its existence has been known for years to art old woman vho, instead of revealing'her find to anyone, quietly set about working the mine herself. - She carried on her secret operations for many y»ars, and won enough gold to ceep herself provided throusrhom. that with all the necessaries of life Rpcentlv. .Jiow-pver, sho was induced >y the gift of a beautiful silk shawl to '«close the whereabouts of her mine A -rial shaft was'sunk, and the stuff that. vas brought ur> was found to yield 130 to the ton.