NEWS BY CABLE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3774, 13 July 1926, Page 49

NEWS BY CABLE.

ZINOVIEFF LETTER. MOSCOW, July 8. Sergius Diuzhelovsky has been arrested on a charge of forging the famous ZinoTied letter. FIGHTING IN CHINA. PEKING, July 10. The allied general attack on Kuominehun was launched. Severe fighting is reported. The gunfire ie to be heard in " Peking. BRISTOL UNIVERSITY. LONDON, July 6. Sir George Wills has given £25,000 to Bristol University to supplement the £IIO,OOO which he presented two years ago. MOTORING RECORDS. PARIS, July 8. Miss Cordery, driving an all-British car on the Montlhery track, broke the world's record for 4000 and 5000 miles, her speed averaging 70 miles per hour. RIFFIAN CHIEFS EXILE. PARIS, July 9 The delegates have decided not to send Ab-del Krim to Madagascar, but to the island of Reunion, so that he will be as far afl possibly removed from Moslem contact. ARAB STOWAWAYS. PARIS, July 8 Six men, who were charged with the manslaughter of the Arab stowaways were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and fined 600 francs in addition to costs. One was acquitted. MASSACRE BY RIFFS. RABAT, July 8 Riff tribesmen swooped down on the market at Beni Zuiel, in the Targnist district. Amidst terror and confusion, they butchered both friendly natives and Spanish soldiers, who were peacefully shopping. VICTORIAN POLITICS. MELBOURNE, July 7. In the Victorian Assembly, a want-of-confidence motion in the - Government, _ based on general charges of maladministration, was moved by Mr Hogan, Leader of the Opposition. BRITAIN’S UNEMPLOYED. LONDON, July 6. The unemployed at the end of June numbered, 1,638,000 which is ah increase of 334,000 compared with the number a year ago. The figures exclude the idle coal workers. THE HOUSTON MILLIONS. LONDON, July 4. The Jersey Royal Court, after hearing the medical experts, rescinded its former declaration that Lady Houston was incapable of managing her own affairs. DELUGE IN JAPAN. TOKIO, July 7 A disastrous rainstorm in Southwestern Japan inundated 1000 houses. Three hundred dwellings were -washed away bodily. The railway and telegraph services are badly damaged. Thirty deaths are reported KENYA COLONY. LONDON, July 6 The first shipment of six tons of butter has arrived from Kenya, the Government of which intendts to establish dairying in Kenya and Tanganyika modelled on the methods adopted in New Zealand. It is obtaining experts from New Zealand. EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. ' WELTEVREDEN, July 6 A new heavy earthquake is reported from Fort de Kock. Many buildings were severely damaged and the population became panic-stricken. The total dead so far reported in connection with the earthquake numbers over 400. GENERAL LUDENDORFF DIVORCED. BERLIN, July 9. The wife of General Ludendorff has been granted a divorce on her plea that General political activities caused him to neglect her. The case was heard in camera. The court declared that both parties were to blame. The genera] withdrew his original petition for a divorce when his wife brought a counter-petition. ARCHBISHOP MANNIX. NEW YORK, July 10 Archbishop Mannix was formally received by Mayor Walker at the City HalL He responded saying: “Australia wishes to stand well with tne United States, and 1 think we do. There is a mutual understanding between the two countries.” A groat demonstration of welcome by IrishAmericans is announced for Archbishop Mannix on Sunday night at Toronto. FIRE IN JAPAN. TOKIO, July 10. As a result of a fire which commenced in a match factory at Aomori, North Japan, over 300 houses, four large timber yards and one rubber factory were destroyed, and 20 persons injured. A GIFT FROM THE GODS. LONDON, July 6 The Cologne correspondent of The Times reports that a ship laden with wins cap-

sized. * The crew were rescued. Barrels of wine were washed ashore and a number of the inhabitants partook so copiously that four died and 13 were taken to hospital unconscious. ARCHAEOLOGY IN EGYPT. LONDON, July 6. The Daily Express states that Sir Flinders Petrie has decided to abandon archaeological work in Egypt and transfer his own efforts and those of his staff to South Palestine. He has adopted this course owing to the high-handed action and the impossible regulations of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities. INDEPENDENCE DAY. NEW YORK, July fi. Two hundred deaths are reported from various parts of America through accidents during the Fourth of July celebrations. A most peculiar death is reported from Davenport, in lowa. A large fire cracker thrown by a boy landed in the mouth of a speaker at a public meeting and his face was blown off. THE FRENCH NAVY. PARIS, July 6. The Chamber of Deputies approved of a Bill providing for the laying down by June 30, 1927, at the estimated cost of 11,000,000 gold francs, of one cruiser, three destroyers, four torpedo boats, one submarine cruiser, five first class submarines, and several minor craft as part of a general building programme covering a period of years. BRITISH KINEMAS. LONDON, July 8. > A ballot of the Kinematograph Exhibitors’ Association of Britain and Ireland on the question of the abolition of the blind booking of films resulted in 1704 voting in favour of abolition and I£B against. This was a 71 per cent. poll. The council of the association will i.ow confer with the film renters to secure sooperation in stopping blind bookings. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. LONDON, July 7. The elections in Canada have again focussed attention on the possibility Af postponing the Imperial Conference. Canadian circles in London assert that it would be impossible for the new Prime Minister to leave Ottawa so soon after the election to attend on the original date, though a slight postponement would be favourably considered. FIRES IN MOSCOW. MOSCOW, July 5 The city is suffering an epidemic of incendiarism. A huge railway depot at Kazan, stocked with chemicals, oils, and other inflammable materials was gutted to-day. Last week a wooden bridge over the river was destroyed and a three-storeyed home for invalids was consumed with lightning rapidity, cutting off many of the inmates who jumped out of the windows, some being killed HINDU-MOSLEM RIOTS. DELHI, July 8. A serious inter-communal situation has» arisen at Pabna, 200 miles from Calcutta, following a clash between Hindus and Mohammedans over the desecration of Hindu idols. As a result the Mohammedans looted the Hindu shops and houses. The disturbance spread to the outlying villages. The Mohammedans surrounded the police and attempted to rescue coreligionists, upon which the police fired, wounding some. Indian troops are going to Pabna. DIAMONDS IN DEMAND. LONDON, July 5. Theie is an enormous demand for unset rough diamonds, resulting in the entire depletion of the stocks at Holborn Viaduct, which is the headquarters of the diamond syndicate, and hea-vy purchases from the Continent, mainly because in times of .economic crisis diamonds are still the most reliable form of portable wealth. New offices are rapidly being constructed on behalf of the syndicate to accommodate more conveniently the demands, which experts declare will increase. SCIENCE AND STATE ADMINISTRATION. LONDON, July 10. The Prince of Wales’s presidential address at the British Association Congress at Oxford on August 4 will deal with science in relation to the State and the community, particularly the manner in which scientific research, specially since the war, has become closely identified with State arbitration in directions the public did not fully realise. Fifty distingushed scientists are expected from the dominions, the United States, France, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, and Germany. SAFETY IN FLYING. LONDON. July 6 The trustees of the Daniel Guggenheim fund of £2,500,000 for the promotion of safety in aeronautics, have issued a report declaring that the landing speed is far too high, the run after landing too long, the gliding angle too flat, and the angle of ascent too slight. The trustees are organising an international competition in, England and are are awarding 200,000 dollars in prises order to attract the best designers and manufacturers throughout the world. The experts of many countries will be consulted to frame rules and regulations.

AN ASSUMED RANK. LONDON, July 5. 'A of suicide was returned at the inauest on W. S. Turner. Witnesses denied that there was anj threat of exposure in connection with his assumed military rank. A brother gave evidence that there were financial difficulties. Leslie Wright, who has just returned from New Zealand, said that Turner discussed with him the possibility of going to Victoria to start fruitgrowing. The coroner remarked tha? he had heard nothing but praise of the deceased. TROUBLOUS PORTUGAL. LISBON, July 9. The army is demanding the resignation of the President, General Da Costa. It is reported that a committee of three generals and two admirals has been charged with organising and forming a Cabinet, which is to include civilians.— A. and N.Z. Cable. The Da Costa Government has been overthrown, and General Da Costa is a prisoner at Belem Palace. A new Cabinet has been formed by General Carmona. AMERICAN PROHIBITION. WASHINGTON, July 7., Mr Lincoln Andrews (Prohibition enforcement officer) has sailed for England to effect a treaty allowing the United States more freedom in apprehending liquor ships flying the British flag, after which he will endeavour to negotiate with other European countries. He will give the staff final instructions on returning on August 11. He is- then expected to resign. In the meantime the work of organising the new Prohibition army of 4000 will be continued during his absence. A petition for a referendum in Illinois on the Volstead Act has now received <k,v,ooo signatures. NEW ZEALAND RUNNER. LONDON, July 7. Rose’s indifferent form is ascribable to the fact that he was not used to running in large fields and that he had to make his own pace. Further, he was not familiar with cinder tracks, on which he had to get a foot grip; consequently he was unable to adopt his usual outstriding finishing effort. M'Holm is confident that Rose, under tuition, will adapt himself to the new conditions. He did not compete in the four miles on Saturday, as it was only two events before the mile race. So far he has not heard anything of a meeting wit’ Nurmi, whose whereabouts are at present unknown. MURDER IN CHINA. SHANGHAI, July 8 After the murder of Philips, the British gunboats Tarantula, Moorhen, and Robin were sent to investigate under Commander Fitzmaurice. On their arrival at Wu-chow the authorities, on various pretexts, refused to assist by furnishing pilots, Commander Fitzmaurice, after waiting nearly a fortnight, blocaded Wuchow from June 24 to early on June 25. The Wu-chow authorities then furnished pilots, and the blockade was lifted and the gunboats proceeded upstream. The Canton Government has protested to the 'British Consul-General, demanding an apology, an ‘idemnity, and the dismissal of Commander Fitzmaurice. UNABASHED CORRUPTION. LONDON, July 9 The House of Commons read for the third time, by 278 votes to 83, the Board of Guardians Bill. The Labour members strenuously opposed the measure, and complained of indecent haste in making a great constitutional change. Mr C. R. Attlee warned Sir Austen Chamberlain that this sort of thing was done before by the notorious Judge Jeffreys, who came to a bad end at Wapping. Mr Attlee declared that the measure meant the extension of class war into the field of local government. Mr R. C. Wallhead said: “This Is the worst form dictatorship outside Italy,” and added that it was a new way of finding jobs for younger sons. EVOLUTION OF MOTORS. BOSTON, June 28. That radical changes in motor-car manufacture are imminent is the conclusion of the Christian Science Monitor, which publishes the results of the research work of American motor-car laboratories. The paper declares that in the near future a car will be made which will travel 450 miles to a gallon of petrol and lu,ooo miles to a quart of lubricating oil, and that 100,000 miles will be the Tifq of the new tyres. Bodies will be made of papier mache. It is asserted by the writer that the average engine now obtains only 3 per cent, of the energy which will ultimately be extracted from petrol. CHARGE OF FRAUD. LONDON, July 7. Susannah Hughes Bevan, who was arrested in New Zealand in February last, was charged at Bow street with obtaining by conspiracy and fraud from the Prudential Assurance Company £2BBI, about June, 1922. Detectives testified as to reading the warrant to her on a train from Southampton and telling her that she would probably be further charged with manufacturing false evidence for the purpose of misleading a judicial tribunal and obtaining money by false pretences. She denied the charges and told the detectives that she was glad to come to England to clear herself. The accused was remanded for a week. ♦EMPIRE MARKETS. LONDON, July 8. At a mass meeting in the Queen’s Hall under the auspices 'of the Empire Industries Sir Robert Horne

moved a resolution in favour of the widest extension of the policy of Imperial Preference and the safeguarding of home industries. Sir Ha mar Greenwood ,seconded the resolution, which was carried with enthusiasm. Sir Robert Horne said that the country was in the grip of a crisis which was paralysing its activities. Only an audacous nu n would claim an immediate cure, but mitigation could be found in an extension and development of the markets of the Empire, the development of the raw materials within the Empire, and protection against foreign competition. HOUSE OF COMMONS. LONDON, July 9 Arising out of recent scenes, a number of Conservatives have tabled a motion regretting that the recent constant defiance of the traditions has impaired the dignity of the House of Commons and promising loyalty to support those responsible for guiding the procedure in not deviating from an application of the rules, which are the result of many generations of experience. Lord Hugh Cecil tabled an amendment to a Labour motion on the subject of Ministers and directorship. The amendment declares while willing on suitable occasions to inquire into tne established rules and practice governing the subjects which all present Ministers always strictly observed, the House declines to accept an enquiry as a concession to an organised campaign of calumny and insinuation which the facts do not justify. MEAT PRICE WAR. LONDON, July 6. Cautious statements made on behalf of large firms importing Argentine meat suggest that the time is approaching when the price war may be terminated by agreement. The Daily Mail says that the firms have sacrificed millions sterling during the past year. The imorters contend that the public has been benefiting through the cheapness of joints but sooner or later the senseless competition must cease. The fight has been really between Vestey’s The Daily Mail states that well-in-formed sources assert that the AngloArgentine meat war preludes a fight involving the interests of the Empire, since the Americans, if they defeat the British firms, will dominate more than half the world’s markets. Britain will then be at the mercy of the nation demanding the highest price for what she consents to supply. TEXTILES FROM GRASSES LONDON, July 11. Doctor Narfji, of Birmingham University, in collaboration with Dr Patton, of Bristol University, has evolved a process which is being patented throughout the world, for the treatment or reeds, grasses and weeds which will enable them to be made up into a wide variety of textiles. This will be accomplished by using existing machinery. If present hopes are justified it is claimed that cotton, artificial silk and linen will be ousted by the new and cheaper textiles which will create an industrial revolution. A TEMPORARY VICTORY. LONDON, -iilly 5. Tbe railway companies, the Government, and Mr Baldwin were bitterly attacked by Mr Dobbie, president of the National Union of Railwaymen, in a speech at the annual conference of the union at Weymouth. He said that the general strike had roused the class consciousness of the workers, whose spirit on the ninth day of the great fight was better than on the first day. The railway companies were determined to make the rail way men pay the penalty of their strike losses, but before long the men would demonstrate that the temporary victory of the employing class was only a prelude to a great working class triumph. Mr Dobbie>denounced Mr Baldwin as a dangerous hypocrite, saying that he talked of his rural contemplation of the pig, but he appeared to have learnt more from the fox, gaining his ends by posing as a friendly-disposed opponent. MENACE TO INDIA. DELHI, July 8 Convincing evidence of the reality of the Bolshevist menace in India is furnished by Colonel Saunders, Director of IViilitary Intelligence in India. Colonel Saunders states that in Afghanistan the Soviet has given subsidies for arms and ammunition. Russian engineers are constructing rail and telephone lines and roads. The Afghan Air Force has 'Russian pilots and mechanics. The main aerodrome is at Kabul, from which the frontier stations can be bombed. Kabul is now an important propaganda centre for work in India. The Afghan Government sees the danger of Soviet penetration and of being foroed into war with Britain at the dictation of its Soviet friends. Colonel Saunders also states that penetration is going forward on the borders of Burma. The movement generally is a serious menace to peace in the British possessions i»; the East, and if the Soviet policy continues he fears war during the present generation. DESTRUCTIVE HEAT WAVE, NEW YORK, July 9 The United States is in the grip of a heat wave which is taking toll of life, particularly in tho large cities, and the thermometer is still mounting. At Nogales, in Arizona, it is reported that the temperature is 112 deg, while New York, with 91deg, and a high humidity, saw much suffering, particularly due to the congestion of the subways owing to the strike. Thousands are Bleeping in the parks end crowding the beaches in an effort to get relief. Three persons are

already reported dead and hundreds are prostated. At Chicago it is reported that there are 93 degrees of heat. Ten persons are dead and many prostrated. Tlie heat in many places in the Middle West is accompanied by tornadoes. A storm swept through Indiana and Southern Michigan resulting in six deaths. The New England States have also suffered much from the heat, 98 degrees being reported at Srpingfield, Massachussets. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION. SYDNEY, July 9l Owing to the incidence of the Worker’s Compensation Act it is announced that the coastal freight rates will be increased from to-day. SYDNEY, July 10. Owing to the increased expenditure as the result of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and the increase in the cost of coal, the price of gas is to be increased from July 17 by Id to 5s 8d per 100 U cubic feet. From Monday fiext the price of the 21b loaf of bread will be increased a helppenny, making the cash over the counter price 6jd. The increase is due to the Compensation Act, the increased price of fuel, fodder, and flour, and the/ rises in the men’s wages. MELBOURNE, July 8. The effects of the Workmen’s Compensation Act in New South Wales will be felt for the first time directly in Victoria to-morrow, when the wholesale price of Newcastle coal will be increased by Is 6d a ton. It is estimated that the operation of the Act will increase the pithead costa by Is per ton, and an extra 6d will be added on account of the increased wharfage rates. BRITISH RAILWAYMEN. LONDON, July 7. The conference of the National Union or Railwaymen carried a resoluton pro. testng aganst victimisation by the railway companies. Mr C. T. Cramp said that the assurances given by the companies had been flagrantly broken. Mr J. H. Thomas said that nothing could be more dangerous and more ruinous to the future of the country than to engender in the minds of the men the desire to “get back.” * A resolution demanding the resignation of Mr Thomas in relation to the National Wages Board was overwhelming defeated. LONDON, July a The National Union of Railwaymen'* conference at Weymouth adopted a resolution that only the representatives of trade union papers should be eligible to report the proceedings, despite a speech bv Mr J. H. Thomas, who declared that such a resolution would only make fcho conference ridiculous. Mr Thomas added that the press representatives were as good trade unionists as the mover and seconder of the resolution. Every press representative left the room after the adoption of the resolution by a show of hands. RAISED SUBMARINE. . NEW YORK, July 8. The wrecked submarine S6l, which wai rammed and sunk last September off the Connecticut, coast has now been raised am 1 towed to the Brooklyn navy yard and dry docked. The first task will be to cut through the hull with acetylene torches and remove the bodies of the officers and crew, of whom between 15 and 20 are believed to still be in the submarine. Divers who examined the wreck while she was on the sea bottom state that they saw the bodies of several of the crew, who obviously had died at their posts. The wireless operator was still at the switch. Similar conditions were found in the engine room, where the men had died at their posts. The bodies of two men were lying near the valve. This indicated Ihta they were trying to shut it off when the disaster befell the submarine. PLOT AGAINST ALFONSO. LONDON, July 5. The Daily Telegraph’s Paris correspondent states that Ascaso and Duratti, when interrogated by a magistrate, denied that they intended to kill King Alfonso. Duratti said he came to France to kidnap the king. He hoped to hold sp the train with the help of anarchist friends and hide the king without doing him bodily harm until the report of his death waa widely accepted. The idea was that many officers in the Spanish army were in sympathy with anarchist ideals, but they felt* { bound by their oath of loyalty to the king not to take part in overthrowing the dictatorship Ascaso stated that lie was unaware of the attempt on the king. He was only smuggling arms over the Spanish frontier. Both admit possessing false passporte and that they received money from French and Argentine anarchists. AUSTRALIAN WIRELESS. SYDNEY, July 6 A number of prominent business men are considering a scheme by which New Zealand listeners-in will be enabled to participate in Australian wireless broadcast programmes. It has been suggested that in order to overcome the difference in time, as a result of which New Zealanders are at present retiring to bed just when the Australian musical programmes are commencing, one or more broadcasting stations in each State could devote one programme each week to special broadcasting for New Zealand. To eliminate any haixlship which otherwise might be caused to the Australian public, the New Zealand Government could earmark a percentage of listening-in fees to defray tne cost. This suggested creation of a common interest would do much to bring the two countries closer together,

And help the people to know one another .better. EMPIRE PREFERENCE. LONDON, July 6. In the House of Commons, at the report stage of the Finance Bill a Labour motion for the deletion of the clause providing for the stabilisation of Imperial Preference for 10 years was defeated by 1&27 votes to 114. Mr Churchill, in opposing the motion, eaid they could not bind future Parliaments, nor was there anything in the Government’s policy which would prevent any of the taxes which were subject to preference being repealed. All they said was that, so far as they had power to direct affairs, the will of the present Parliament was that there, should be continuity and stability. He expressed the opinion that any House of Commons with the slightest sense of responsibility would be very chary of being in a hurry to reverse a declaration like this made by a previous Parliament. Therefore the dominions would be justified in taking the fullest advantage of the preferences and doing their utmost to develop the different forms of production which they covered. CANADIAN ELECTIONS. OTTAWA, July 7 It is understood the Liberal Party will make the constitutional issue the keynote of the election campaign that it has two proposals in view if it is returned to power—first, to hold a session of Parliainent in the fall for voting Supply; and w secondly the appointment of a commission %• examine the constitutionality of the R-ts of- the Meighen Administration. The Liberal headquarters issued a statement on Wednesday declaring that Mr Meighen ‘constitutes now all that can be designated as fie Government of Canada. In whatever pertains to Canada’s domestic, inter-imperial, and international affairs and responsibility, in so far as the Ministers are sworn to administer the eeveral departments of the Government, be ; s the entire Cabinet and the sole executive. Either there is in Canada no government which will he recognised as such by British constitutional practice or a one-man Government is carrying on with such expadients as he himself is de vising ” The date of the election is unlikely to be announced for 10 days. ATTACK ON MINISTER. . LONDON, July 8. In the House of Commons in reply to a question, Mr Baldwin admitted that Mr Neville Chamberlain ’(Minister of Health) was still a director of Messrs Hoskins and Son, Birmingham, but said it was a private concern, and therefore not affected by the rule requiring Minis.tera to resign directorships when they assumed office. Mr Neville Chamberlain, in a personal statement, said he understood that someone employed experts to search the official records to see if anything could be used to discredit Ministers. He was the third au.nister who had / been attacked. He 6aid that th« House debated the rule in 1900 when Mr Lloyd George quoted the flame company in his amendment to the 'Address-in-Teply which was defeated hv a large majority. The House had never laid it down that a Minister should not hold shares in a company which might from time to time have contracts with the Government. He had not taken an active •part for years In jthe company’s adminis tration, but was really a trustee for iamily interests. He did not know of any Government contracts, but when he was actively concerned in the business it waa mostly concerned with shipbuilding. So far as he knew there had been no change since then. Tf there were any Government contracts they were trifling. Mr Baldwin said he would give a day to a discussion on the matter. Mr A. Henderson (Labour) promised to table a motion. AUSTRALIAN LABOUR. SYDNEY. July 6 Senator Barnes, the General President of the Australian Workers’ Union, who decided to recommend support for Mr,Bruce’s referenda proposals in defiance of the •Australian Workers’ Union’s decision to oppose them, has been called upon by the union to explain his attitude and sign a ’ manifesto advising Labour to oppose-the proposals. If he refuses he will be relieved of office and probably expelled. , July 7. Senator Barnes signed the Australian Workers’ Union manifesto arid announced bis intention of opposing the referenda t proposals. ! Claiming that it represents a majority of the unions using the Federal Arbitration Court the Commonwealth Council of Federated Unions has issued a manifesto supporting the referenda. ON FORGERS’ TRAIL. LONDON, July 6 Detective-Inspector Addison, of the City of London police, has started on one of the longest trails in the history of crime. Ac- . companied by a police matron, he is travelling 25,000 miles to investigate forgery committed bv a city man and woman, who it is suspected were recently located in the backblocka of Western Australia. * Inspector Addison sailed by the Mooltan. He expects to be back for Christmas. THE ABERDEEN SMASH. | SYDNEY. July 6. The Railway Commissioners have appointed a departmental board to make a •©arching inquiry into the Aberdeen accident. .SYDNEY. July 7. Mfs Annie Luck McDonald, of Ashfield, has succumbed to the injuries she received in the Aberdeen railway smash, 'bringing the total number of deaths to . five.

ROMANCE OF DESERT. PARIS, July 10. The romantic marriage of a French explorer and an American girl in the heart of the Gobi desert was revealed in the divorce court by the suit of Count de Lesdain for the dissolution of his marriage with Mabel Bailey. Lesdain in 1904 left Pekin at the head of a mission to explore Tibet and Mongolia. Miss Bailey, disguised aa a man coolie, attached herself to the caravan and only revealed her identity when they reached the wilds, where Lesdain learnt for the first time that sho was a woman member of the expedition. Lesdain, who was 23. was so impressed with her courage and beauty that he proposed marriage. The ceremony was carried out by two Belgian missionaries at an oasis in the Gobi desert. The marriage was later notified to the French C-onsul at Pekin, where a child was born. The union was happy until 1918, when the husband entered a suit of nullity on the ground that the French Consul should have actually performed the ceremony, or, alternatively, that he should have been married in accordance with the customs of the country, which means that the Gobi desert bride should have been kidnapped or purchased. The court decided that the marriage was null and void, but that Miss Bailey and her child were entitled to the civil advantages of a regular marriage, as the bridegroom regarded the union as legitimate at the time. CARRIAGE OF PRODUCE. LONDON, July 8. Professor Art Woods, addressing the Sanitary Congress, pointed out the many hygienic and commercial advantages of chilled over frozen meat and also the many disabilities operating against transporting chilled meat long distances, such as • from Australia. The Argentinian methods of chilling and transportation, he said, were nearly perfect both scientifically and mechanically, but they were somewhat neutralised by, inefficient handling and transport after reaching Britain. This was obviously equally applicable to Australian exports receivable under similar conditions. The general impression created by Prntessor Woods was -that frezing deterioated meat whereas chilling preserved the essentials. Therefore chilled meat must ultimately supercede frozen. LONDON. July 8 Mr Franklin Kidd, a member of the Cambridge low-temperature research committee, who with Dr West and Dr M. N. Kidd, investigated the transportation troubles of Australian apples and oears, suggested that the ideal procedure would be to ship unripe fruit, using low temperature during transport without freezing, and subsequently allowing the fruit to ripen at temperatures of 60deg. *to 70deg. Fah. He could clearly foresee the time when the conditioning of warehouses and stores equipped with the -means of controlling, the temperature would be universally employed for scientifically maturing fruit subsequent to transport instead of during transport, as a result of which it often arrived unripe or overripe but rarely at the best possible quality.