BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18656, 11 September 1922, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

FALL OF NINETY FEET. HEAD EIRST INTO WATER-TANK. Press Association—By Holograph—Copyright, LONDON, September 8. , While he was repairing the highest chimney-slack in Glasgow. George Armstrong fell a distance of 90ft, head first into a tank of water. He completely missed the stout iron bars guarding the tank, which were set a yard apart. Ho is suffering from concussion. His condi-i tion is serious.—The Times. LAST OF THE OPHIR. - LONDON, September 8, The Ophir, on which the King toured the Empire, has been removed from tho Clyde" for the purpose of being broken up. —The Times. SEVERE MOTOR TEST.: . BERLIN, September 9. . Two motor-cars have completed a nonstop run of 300 hours backwards and forwards over a 14-mile stretch of ordinary road. The object of the test was to ascertain the wearing effects of continual > running.—A. and N.Z. Cable. MRS HARDING SERIOUSLY ILL. NEW YORK, September 9. (Received Sept. 10, at 5.5 p.m.) Grave concern is felt over the illness of Mrs Harding, who is suffering from hydronephrosis. While this morning the White House physician announced that there was no cause for alarm, to-night’a bulletin, announces that critical complications have developed. Other physicians , have been summoned. The latest bulletin announced that the patient’s recovery la not yet assured. Dr Charles Mayo, the famous Rochester specialist, and Dr John • Finney, of Baltimore, have been summoned to Washington.—A. and N.Z. Cable. SLENDER HOPE OF RECOVERY. WASHINGTON, September 9". (Received Sept. 10, at 11.5 p.m.) Mrs Harding’s condition continues critical. , To-day did not bring any material improvement, though she had a fairly good night, and the complications which produced the crisis were less threatening. This morning there was a rise in her temperature, which gave additional cause for concern to the President, his friends, and the physicians at White House,, whose inmates admit that her life hanga in the balance. Hope has not been abandoned, but it is realised that the' physicians in attendance are battling against great odds.