NEWS BY GABLE AND MAIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15956, 18 October 1922, Page 8

NEWS BY GABLE AND MAIL.

KING EDWARD'S ERIEXD. MARQUJS DE SOVERAL DEAD. LONDON. Oct. 9.—The death is announ ed of the Marquess de Soveral, who was at one time Portuguese Minister in London. He was a close friend of King Edward VIJ. The Marquess de Soveral was created G.GM.G. (lion.) in 1097, and G.C.V.O. in 1903. He held-many important political and diplomatic posts in the Pcxrtusuxse Government!, including Ministries in London, Vienna, Berlin, and Madrid. £49,730 IN SIX YEARS. £SOOO LIFE ON. £3OO SALARY. LONDON. Oct. 9.—ln connection with the remarkable story of em! ez/.lement and fraud: told by the Norfolk County Council, revcalin'i that George Harvcv. a farmer clerk in the aecoiMitanti's de oartment. at a salarv of £3OO a year. had embezzled £49.730, over a period o' six years, the frauds were actually only discovered on the dav of his death, when he shot, himself a<ter hcarinq- that a warrant find been i?sued for his arrest. Harvey was a prominent motorist and golfer, and a 'n'tr bettor. Hi«s extra<-a-'crant mode' of living caused the nnan r e ommit'cei of the fwncil to s"mmon him In explain hi" AVOO a rear life on a ?3 r 0 salarv. Far ,T ev admitted betting a Huh" and yielding to his wife's entreaties to [rive i*. tip, agreed to si"ti an "iidei'takirur to that o^f"I, -Subriequent.lv be. resigned from his situation.

"JOLLY BROTHERHOOD." ■pmvOF OF WAT.F" to sr-mtTC! LONDON, Oct. 9.—Fifty-eight special trains brought to the Alexantlia 1a.a.0 c. 0,000 Boy Scouts to welcome the Prince oi Wales- on his retain from his tour. The Luke of Connaught ,aud Sir R. Baden--I'owell were present. The Prin;e of uales spoko twite. The fust time he spoke to 17,CC0 Wolf Cubs, a:;d his voice was amplified by wireless. He advised the lads to do their best always in work and' in play. After this address the Duke of Connaught conferred on the Prinre of Wales the Order of the Silver Wolf. Fort.--li\e thousand Scouts then charged- and cheered', and sat on their Have* to listen to the Prince, who said that. as mom'-crs of a big and jolly brotherhood, they were preparing to be useful ■ iti/en* of Die nation, a*id the greater brotherhood of nations forming the Brit isli Empire. In the evening the Prince isnoke from lii.-i study toi Scouts, all over the world, t L words being broadcasted by moans of wireless.

IRISH DOMINION. A "DEVIL-MAY-CARE" PEOPLE. KING'S AUTHORITY. LONDON, Oct. 9.—J.lie tide State Parliament una auuj/ieo. a clause in u«. consul.ution declaring cxtvathe authority iu tie ve,stecv in tuc jxing. In intiruciauiiig tne clause, the Minister for Home Ahairs, Mr iv. u iiiggms, baiu iiiat tne re.cut negates reveaieu an attitude ot mind that wouid matte Ireland the salivi.ig-liorte for ail the Dominions, llie irisii jjcopie, iu seemed, were a. "qevil-may-uire" people, prepared to take risks when dealing with the destiny of their own country, and force the pace lor all the Dominions. There was, however, a more cautious view, viz., that they should aim at staling their position in .such a way)that any challenge, or encroachment, in Ireland, *..otild be a, challenge and enoroachmeai; en all the. Dominions, and would be. resisted collectively. As a matter of common interest, they should stand to the letter and spirit of the Treaty, so that if they were at any time challenged in the future they could reasonably look tc tho other countries! hi the British Com monweallh to regard it as a challenge to all.

An amendment toi eliminate any reference' to. the King was rejected without a divfsion.

"BRIGHT LIGHTS." WHY MARIE LLOYD DIED POOR. LONDON, Oct. 9.—Marie Lloyd, like /so many stars of the old musie-hah ;■< hool, died! in straitened circumstances, according to the dramatic critic of the ounday limes. Ho saya: "The most brilliant comedienne of our time, who earned more money than any actress who ever went 611. the English stage, died in debt, but mercifully, before trio poverty she dread «d pinched her." During the last few years, and before ihe died she earned £3OO a week, reaching' £SOO when she -was engaged on a profit-sharing basis, but her prodigal hospitality and indiscriminate generosity, coupled with her personal extravagance, forced her to sell her house recently. Her sisters provided a home at a nominal rent to prevent creditors makin:> her homeless. ''Bright lights brought Marie down." For weeks past she ate next to nothing, and on the last night, she sat huddled at a fire in her dressinr room, and 1 refused to abandon her turn.

Her powers sometimes quite failed her". She enme on the stage at till© Holbon Empire a fortniirhf ago, and became in coherent. The newer generation jeered and the old-timers wept. Later she appeared before the curtain* and said i> "When I first became a star I sang a song here, and'everybody sung it. It was not rrde. Ping it with.me now." She then Mng "Oh, Mistei-'Por. 'or." Marie Lloyd had been ill for a. lon< r 'imo. She'returned to the staee reeenfiH*. and appeared at the Edmonton Empire o-i O-foher 3. T he doctor stood 1 in the -i'lgs during- the nerformarKe, after which she collapsed, and' had tn- be driven to her liot\ «a."k rapidly.