TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES

Otago Witness, Issue 3145, 24 June 1914, Page 28

TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES

LONDON, June 15. _ A fellow student writes: —The experiment of the Prince of Wales studying at Oxford as an ordinary undergraduate is entirely successful. Ho has won everybody’s respect and admiration. The death of the tango is officially confirmed. The president of the British Association of Dancing declared that the tango is unsuitable for regular ballroom dances. June 21. The farm labourers’ strike in Essex is extending. The Eev. Mr Maxted, Socialist vicar of Milty, is an outstanding figure after Sunday service. He uses a motor car, flying a large red flag, in which he drives to the villages, preaching Socialism. When he has finished he sits on the wheel sucking oranges, while the audience sings strike songs . The Daily Chronicle sought the opinions of people in many walks of life as to whether husband and wife should take an annual holiday ‘separately. The majority replied in the affirmative. NEW Y r ORK, June 21.

A 60-year-old pastor of the Baptist Church at Zanesville married a 'woman of the same age in order to escape the matrimonial attacks of 75 other women. OTTAWA, June 15.

The Calgary oil boom continues, and the Stock Exchange is thronged daily. The newspapers advise caution. The Regina, in a leading article, announces that it refuses to accept oil advertisements.