NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16379, 12 March 1924, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL

BILLPOSTERS ON STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. Hi.—The strike of L’oo billposters called by the International AlliVuiV-o of Billposters and Billers became m noon to-day. • V.:. WINDFALL OF £SOO,CCO. BULAWAYO, Jan. ,20. —A we Nknmvn local resident, Marc-rift- Peters, has just been notified of the inheritance of over half a. million sterling from an uncle in Texas namod Fisher, whom he has never seen. INFLUENZA EFT DEM It . LONDON. Ja.li. 20.—A serious rnidemie of influenza is prevalent in Worcestershire. Hundreds of cases have been reported, many of them of a virulent type. Whole families are confined to bed, and men have collapsed at factories and in offices, and have lead to be taken home in motor-ears. SIIACKLETON \S QUEST. . T understand that the late Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous ship, the Quest, has been sold to Norway again (says a S-tar writer). r l he buyer is Mr. P, Scholdrup, of dkaunkind, Sait-en, near Bodo, who lost bis valuable vessel!, .the Polamly (Polarfox) on the East Coast of Greenland last year, when she was smashed up in the ice.

U.S. POLAR AIRSHIP. TO COME ON TO ENGLAND IF SUCCESSFUL. R.M.S. A quit an in, Jan. 17.—The Duke of Sutherland, the Under-Secretarv for Air, who is returning to England from a visit to the United" States, states that when the American airship Shenandoah attempts a flight across the North Pole in the early summer it wilt go on from Spitsbergen, if it is successful, to Pulliam in Norfolk, and then make a series of exhibition flights in England. THE MORALITY OF LOTTERIES. VIENNA, Jan. 20. —The continuation of the- State. Lottery with small stakes, which has existed in Austria for 172 years, was again attacked at the,National Assembly as being immoral. To a large extent servant- girls, superstitious old women, Anti other persons of very limited means fry their luck, using “dream books,” or venturing such “numbers” is havo occurred to them in their dreams. There is a holy wee! in the woods close to Vienna, to which people" make"'pilgrimages. .especially on Sunday. They - throw stones into the'water, and in the rippled surface and- circles thus produced : t'hev see certain ; figures. on. .which theystake. £1,000,000 CLYDE SCHEME. LONDON, Jan. 19.—Announcements of plans for the erection of new works and the extcnsioriNaf existing factories in varioujs parts of..the country figured prominently amongMast..week’s develop-. ment-5 in the constructional industries, according to a review issued 'by the; Industrial Da.ilv News. " Among housing, developments are noted the placing of ar'bfjg "contract for 270 houses in Devonshire with a"London firm of contractors, and the placing t-o tencie - of contracts at W-rvxhairr?-50; Exeter, 45: Renfrew, 66: B!yt!i,-50 ) and - Newcastle, 70. ' Harbo-r works to*'be* put in hand include the £1,000,000' ShTeldhaß scheme, for’ which the Clyde Trustees are now inviting tenders. , .1.,.f. 'V. CHILDREN ILL FED BY; COMMUNISTS. THOUSANDS RUN AWAY. RIGA, Jan. 17. —Because thousands of children were fleeing from Communist children's homes weekly, tho 1 Soviet Child- Welfare Commission investigated the condition of tho homes. It was discovered, reports the Moscow lsvestia, that the children’s homes were extremely short of funds. The investigating committee , recommends an increased allowance of food,- clothing and boots, also educational equipment. In many of the homes the children had no playthings. The day’s routine was merely sleep, eat, and a short’- walk, taken with a nurse. Since one pair of shoes were needed to serve an average oi five children, they had 1 to stay indoors all da)y. It is significant that' when English and American relief organisations were feeding the inmaltes of these homes, the children did not desert. SPLENDID HERMIT. , CASTLE PACKED WITH TREASURES. ROME, Jan. 17.—The death of Count Gaetano ’Bonoris, who lived as a recluse in his castle near Mantua, has . given the public an opportunity Jo satisfy curiosity concerning the treasures contained in tho castle. Banknotes totalling several tens of' millions of lire were scattered in many hiding-places all over the house. One> , heavify padlocked coffer contained a great quantity of gold coins, while another was filled with exquisite jewels of i all kinds, representing enormous wealth, the total of which would be impossible even to guess. The count’s bedroom was 'especially splendid with its rich furnishings and beautiful and valuable pictures and tapestries. The. count used to give large sums to. charitable institutions. Recently hegave £IOO,OOO to an Italian waifs’ and! g strays’ society. IMMIGRATION FRAUDS. FALSE STATEMENTS'., / LONDON, Feb. 4,—“The tsnrgratifei depots in the Baltic States are fall of Jews who lmve managed,,to bribe Their way across the Russian frontier.. Many a ret seeking entrance into CanadY with papers showing falsely that |key are experienced farmers,” said Sir Peteival Phillips in the Daily Mail. Russia, according to- his account,,,is on .(fie verge of a national progrom of Jews who are blamed for much of .the misery- inflicted bv the Bolshevik regime. The tei rifled Jew's are’seeking safety beyond 1 ho-frontiers. The United State* mud .Canada take a - limited number, bWhoffa twentieth of those who wish t-o seek' refuge in those countries. For £lO a Je.v can get a. passport to get into Canada. However, -lie, must be a. farmer hint intend to remain one year in the Dominion, hence the false) papers of qualification.

Sir Percival’s account of conditions'w corroborated by reports which have leached London from Canadian immigration officials.on the Continent. There is one at Riga- and another at Danzig, from whom visas must be obtained before Russians may sail for Canada. They examine each applicant carefully. Jews do farm in Russia, and there have been a few Jewish agricultural colonies in Western Canada, although experience showed that the colonists generally drifted later into other work. The usual test made by Canadian officials when a Russian presents himself as a past and prospective agriculturist, is to look at his hands. Unless they are typically horny, the applicant has a poor chance, papers or no papers.

The first British emigrants to proceed to Canada uilder the [new agreement signed by the British and Canadian settlement authorities, will sail from Belfast to-morrow,, ini the person of a father, mot heir and nine children. Six children, being under 17 years of age. will bo transported free under one of tho provisions of the new agreement. Dr. O’Leary. Catholic archbishop of Edmonton, is in London on route to the Irish Free State, where i{ is understood; he will look into emigration possibilities.