MAIL NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16091, 3 April 1923, Page 8

MAIL NEWS.

I’IR ED AMP EXPLOSION. Thirty-three Jive's were lost us the result of a terrific firedamp explosion which occurred in No. -1 mine of the Canadian Collieries, Ltd., at Cumberland, British Columbia, on February 8. The disaster is one of the worst in the j history of coalmining in the province. IRISH SENDING THEIR, VALUABLES . ACROSS CHANNEL. LONDON, Feb. 13.—Scores of. titled 1 Irish landowners are running a race with the irregulars in an endeavor to salvage a portion of their more valuable house Hold effects and taka them to England. ; where many refugees have homes. .Qtviij era of ancestral estates' !nrc loading 'many vehicles with the paintings, plates, rare furniture and other heirlooms for J which Ireland is famous, and making for the nearest ports. MILLION GALLONS OF WHISKY ", SOLD. LONDON Jan. 23.—The latest of the long scries of big do«Js l in Scotch whisky, which 'has just been put through, is.the biggest so far recorded. An old-established Glasgow and Leith house, Robertson and Baxter, which has | gone into voluntary liquidation, has sold j its stock of single whiskies, amounting Ito well over one million gallons, to a I syndicate, • which, • it is understood, ’ is composed of three or four of the biggest firms of proprietary whiskies. The price paid is not known. I As a result of this deal, a well-known distributing -house, which - drew its supplies from this stock, will also disap. I pear. CROSS-CHANNEL FLIGHT AT NIGHT PROVES SUCCESS. PARIS, Feb. 10. —An airplane flying through the darkness from Weber field at Croydon, England, made a success ful landing at Lebourget late last night. The plane followed a course marked out by special light signals and the aviator, reported ids progress by wireless. tele- - phone. i . " , ’ . When he arrived at Beauvais, 54 miles front Paris, where a fog forced the last experimental night flier to land, ihe aviator sighted the light on the Lebourget flying field whereupon he dropped a great flare. This was the signal for the illumination of the field, and the subsequent landing was perfect; It is expected that a regular night passenger service will be started soon between Croydon and Lebourget.