GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15056, 27 July 1912, Page 5 (Supplement)

GENERAL NEWS.

! TOO SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS. A bakk manager at Prague explained an j ingenious invention of a new safe-room door, costing £2000. After closing the door, however, it could not be reopened, and two clerks were imprisoned in the room. Five days' work were necessary be-, fore their release, and in the meanwhile the men were fed through tubes. : WHEN THE TITANIC SANK. Among the merchandisein the: hold of the Titanic as she lies at the bottom of the.' ocean are: - : . :,■;■.■;.■•".■■■■.• ! Cfcinaware, pieces • ... ...... 25,000 i Glass, pieces ... ... ... ' ... 7,000 . i Electro-plate, ' pieces ... ■■'; ... 26,000 I' I'lates and dishes ... ... ...I 21,'000 < ; Cutlery, pieces ■",. ... ... ... 5,C00 ■','•' j . ——— j ; A WONDERFUL FILM. i A wonderful and thrilling film, entitled : "Attacked by a Lion," has been secured by Messrs. Gaumont, and is now on show in London. A settler named Howard while riding to the rescue of some neighbours who are besieged by Arabs, rests his tired horse and snatches a little deep himself. But ho is soon awakened by the steed, which scents a lion. Then come some thrilling moments, Howard, withunerring aim, bringing down the springing lion at the very feet of the horse. It ie explained that the lion is no well-trained animal going through a performance, nor is there any trick photography. Indeed, the operator had a narrow escape from death. 1 VILLAGE LORE. J Village lore is most elusive. It is difficult to collect since, in the first instance, it knows no literature. It is the relic heirloom of a forgotten bucolic ancestry, which has descended to -us by word ofmouth alone. Hence, perforce, it is imperfect. And again, it- is fragmentary, and assuredly ere another decade has run its course, says, the Agricultural Economist, it will be more or less forgotten. To-day it is chiefly found in language, folk songs, and superstitions. Of course, rural lore varies with locality, since our rural dwellers are variously descended. The majority retain in some measure the characteristics of the Saxon settler of the fifth century. Others, preserve a Danish element, as, for instance, in the East Anglian coastal margin which was settled in the ninth century. : Others, again, as in. part* I of "Hampshire, are descended froni Jutiah, stocks. In every caa© some typical lan-J ;guag-a peculiarity has bisen preserved. ■ 1