NEWS BY CABLE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3525, 4 October 1921, Page 40

NEWS BY CABLE.

CHURCH TICKETS FOR DANCING. Tickets for a dancing class will in future he handed to worshippers leaving St. Catherine’s Church, at Nottingham, on Sunday mornings. The names of the acceptors will be registered, and their attendance at the church will qualify them to attend tho classes. The vicar, the Rev. J. M. Lester, says: “We are not bribing people to go to church. The object of the tickets is to provide dancing in wholesome surroundings, for which we are applying a strict test." 7 GRIPPED BY A BEAR. An exciting incident occurred in tiie bear pit cf the London Zoo, as a result of which a nine-year-old boy was seriously injured, and probably will lose an arm. The lad climbed the barrier unobserved. and aticmpied to stroke a Polar bear. Tiie fatter turned round and buried its teeth in the boy’s arm, and would not relinquish thegrip despite visitors’ blows with sticks on the head, but it released its hold directly it wits ordered by tiie keeper. The boy was taken to hospital. The hones of the arm were badly crushed. A VALUABLE CONSIGNMENT. Piofcv or Su.fldv arrived in London from t'zeulio-Slovakia with two grammes of radium, v. hieh ha',-e been lent to Oxfo.d University for 59 years. At the end of that period the uulium will be returned to (' v.e ‘he S!o\ ak ia. r I lie •• mi in?!}, which \\ valued at £70.000, is the biggest and fo-iiiest consignment over moved. The Envoicu Office v. i’l take custody of the radium until Pvofos-or s'oddv removes it to Oxford, where it will be us* d for experimental purposes. PLOT AT TEHERAN. Persian advices state that the discovery of a. plot at Teheran to murder the Prime Minister and the Minister of War resulted in a. number of arrests. including the former keeper of the Holy Shrine at Mushed. A member <>f the Ministry is implicated. lie is taking refuge with tho Shah at the summer palace.

STORMS IN JAPAN. A typhoon killed several hundred people in Central Japan. A tidal wave wrought extensive damage on the island of Hondo. A destructive storm occurred in Western Japan. Extensive damage was and there was much loss of life. The Ashing fleets suffered very heavily. Hundreds of bodies have been washed ashore. ■CVT.VATIOMSTS IN CHINA. 1 he Ne -. York's Globe’s Peking correspondent states that the Chinese militarists are alarmed tit the activities of the Salvation Army on account of their parades, in which uniforms, banners, and bands are used. General Wangitek has asked the Foreign Office to approach the Legations and ask them either to consider the disbanding of the Salvation Army or to force it to cease using military equipment and to abolish military titles. Tile protest alleges that the Salvationists are a military organisation, using religion as a subterfuge. ARABIAN lIORSE TRIALS. In. the Arab Horse Society’s test of endurance and fitness over a hilly course round Lewes, horses carrying 13st were ridden 60 miles daily on five consecutive days, with two halts of 30 and 10 minutes respectively. The winner was 11. Clarke’s Belka, which covered the distance in 37hr 38min 48see. Eight horses started and two finished. Belka was placed third in the previous year’s test of 50 miles daily for five days. TROUBLE IN SUDAN. A small local ri.-ing is reported in Darfur, Eastern Sudan, where an agitator named Abdullah attacked a post at Nyala, killing a British officer and a British civilian engaged in the Sudan Civil Service. The incident is stated to have no political significance. GENERAL ITEMS. The South African loan in London was oversubscribed. The testimonial fund for G. H. Hirst, the famous Yorkshire cricketer, amounts to £650. The Belgian Chamber rejected the "Women’s Suffrage Bill by 89 votes to 66. Southern California experienced a series of earthquakes during the night and day, but no damage was done. The official normal time in Britain will be restored at 3 o’clock on the morning of October 3, when the clock will be put back to 2. A Ceylon loan of £3,000,000, bearinginterest at 6 per cent., and issued at £97, has been underwritten in London. Ex-servicemen at Chepstow (Monmouthshire) broke up a Communist meeting. They ducked the Red Raggers’ secretary in a pond. The explosion of an oxygen reservoir in a nitric acid factory at Klein Laufenburg destroyed the works. Many persons were either killed or wounded. The British Bankers’ Association has approved of the addition of The Hague Conference recommendations to all bills of lading after January 31, 1922. Mr J. L. Cope, who has returned from the Antarctic, declares he made important discoveries. He expects to return to the Antarctic in December, accompanied by his wife. The inventor of the Temple rock drill claims that he has perfected a tool similar to the pneumatic hammer, in which, by means of a noiseless, unrecoiling explosive powder, a Jin drill can bo driven into steel plate. Several refrigerated steamers, which are usually employed in the Australian and River Plate trades, are being sent to the Pacific Coast to bring Californian apples to London via Panama, also to carry dried fruits in cold store, and possibly hops. A meeting of the Scottish W bolesale Co-operative Soviet v disclosed that it had made a loss in conjunction with the English Wholesale Co-operative Society which was estimated at £1,000,000 to £1.750,000 on rubber and tea plantations. The Scottish tweed manufacturers are proposing to form a combine in eliminate the London wholesalers, contending that in this way they can halve the prices of suits. A Spanish communique reports heavy lighting near Alo'illu. '! he rebels finally refloated. Spanish aeroplanes dropped tons of expl sites on the retreating enemy. '1 he losses on both sides were heavy. The first soil in the Trent Navigation Canal connecting Nottingham with the sea was cut on the 29th. The enterprise is onlv partly being undertaken at present owing to the need for economy, but ultimately it v, ill he a full waterway, 250 ft hr ad at the Nottingham end with docks. Advice- from Galicia state that a man fired three revolver shots at Marshal Pilszudski. the Polish Chief of Staff. He missed Marshal Pilszudski. and wounded his companion (Count Graboski). The assailant was prevented from committee suiside. and was arrested. Mr Meighen, Canadian Prime Minister, in a speech at Portage La Prairie, intimated that a strong protective tariff in Canadian interests will be made the issue at the coming campaign. He declared that cue nation could not compete with a neighbouring nation which enjoyed such protect ion. The London magistrates a v e besieged with applications under the new Act enabling hole’s to serve drinks with supper niiti' midnight. The new law will operate from to-night. Nearly all the hotels, espe- < - :!lv in the West End. are preparing for the return of London to its pre-war gaiety. A record audience which filled tile Albert Hall (London) to overflowing welcomed Madame Tetrazzini, who was wildly encored. She sang nine times. Huge pyramids of flowers filled the stage. Madame Tetrazzini left wearing a wreath of laurel-, which was ; i ted lo the Queen of Song. Thou-and- of excited admirers obstructed her car. 1 • Foreign Office announces the King's a< eptnnee of an invitation to the Prince of Whs to '.is,t Japan during the second '• ek in Ain u -■ m I lie understanding that th" Prince'- Indian tour mated M pci , i: endian Prime Minister) ' i anncuii' ! that he would submit a reci a nice Jn | uu- to Lord f’yng (GovernorGceee'l) p ,-e live Parliament, and that should be held during the first v e k in December. Replying to -a deputation of South African civil se. vmt . who protested against t!..* v, ithd; ip. a! of the cost of living allow, litres. Gtte id Smuts declared that the fp. uri d po ition was infinitely worse than ia M y li t. Further taxation was riot f a dale and he was compelled to ask the fchil servants to share the general sacrifices.

The National Assembly at Angora conferred on Mustapha Ke trial the rank of Marshal and the title of Gliazi, which indicates the fighter of infidels. Mustapha Kemal replied that he would not lay down his arms till the last Greek had been driven from Turkish soil. The King and Queen were represented at Sir Finest Gasset's funeral, which was conducted by a Rental Catholic clergyman. Queen Alexandra’s wreath was inscribed: ‘Tn sorrowing- memory of the kindest and most gnerous of men, who was a great personal friend of my beloved husband.’' It is understood that Sir Ernest Gasset's estate will amount to £10,000,000. The Public Trustee will probably be the executor.