NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16458, 17 June 1924, Page 5

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL

HEAT WAVE IN EAST. mSTRESS IN INDIA. CALCUTTA,, June 5.—A beat wave is passing over Eastern India, causing severe distress to human beings and animals. Last .Saturday the shade temperature was 115 degrees, and it is now about ICO. The nnri.vai of the monsoon is anxiously awaited. LADY ENGINEER’S FATHER. CAPTAIN DRUMMOND’S DEATH. LONDON, May 30.—Short sight caused Captain Drummond, a Perthshire laird, to stumble on the railway and. break his leg. He died from the injury. * He was the father of Miss Victoria. Drummond, the first British woman marine engineer, and the lady who made a voyage in the engine room of a steamer' to Australia some time ago. FEATHERS FOR QUEEN. PURCHASES AT WEMBLEY. LONDON, May 31.—The Queen and. Prince George spent seven hours at the Wembley Exhibition, and enjoyed the scenic railway, with its hilarious tumbles and thrills, as well as the various sideshows. The Queen, with girlish ' delight, made purchases exceeding £3OO. She herself clipped feathers from several ostriches in the South African section, and said, “They will make a nipe hat.” BIG RAILWAY SURPLUS. five; millions for, year. OTTAWA, May 30.-The head of the Canadian National Railways, Sir Henry Thornton, was the recipient of a dramatic vote of thanks by the Canadian Parliament, for the splendid improvement lie had made in the railways. Deficits had marked the enterprise for so long that many Canadians believed that thai situation was hopeless. The statistics presented l to-day showed a. net operating surplus of £5,000,000 during the last year. ■ , ■ ■■ t r MACDONALD’S WAR RECORD. DISCUSSION IN EDINBURGH. * LONDON, June s.—Mr. Ramsay MacDonald’s war record has been heatedly discussed by the Edinburgh Council, which finally passed a .resolution, by 30 votes to* 20, to grant him the’Freedom of the City. It is unlikely, under tho circumstances, that Mr. MacDonald will accept. . 1 • s Mr. Gregorson, a member of the council, pointed out that Edinburgh .was. about to offer the Freedom of the City to Burgomaster Max., and asked, “Would they place Mr. MacDonald’s name next to that of the Brussels hero?” * HEALTHIER WOMEN. EFFECT OF DRESS REFORM. , LONDON, June 2. —Most doctors agree that modern young women, despite cigarettes and excessive dancing, are far healthier than their mothers and grandmothers. “Undoubtedly the health of women has improved enormously,” says a London doctor. “There are more men in my waiting-room than women.” The great, decrease in chlorosis among women in Britain, America., Australia and -Switzerland is attributable to sports, • outdoor life, better food, hygiene and freer dress. Most doctors consider that dress is a most important factor. GERMAN MURDER PLOT. CRITICISM OF VERDICT. V LONDON, June s.—The acquittal of • Dr. Grande! and Lieutenant Thormann, who were charged' with plotting the mur- • der of General von Seeckt, revealed an extraordinary feature of German criminal law. • , . ■/'" ; • The Judges found, says the correspondent of the Times at Berlin, that While it was clear that both the accused intended that Seeckt should be- murdered, they plotted with persons who did not have that intention. German law lays' it down that all persons to a plot must show -serious intent to carry - it through, whereas Tettenborn and Kopke, whom Grandel and Thormann tried . to' : induce to murder Seeckt, were never serious about it. The newspapers severely criticise the verdict. FUN AT BOXING BOUT. , GREY-HAIRED CONTESTANT. ~ LONDON, May 30.—Jack Rloomfiefd knocked out Dick Smith, the British'” heavyweight, in the fourth round tonight. There were constant appeals to lithe audience to restrain its -uproarious laughter during this contest. Smith'sage was given at. 38, but- he looked nearer 48. He is grey-hadred and heavy, and his labored breathing resounded—through the auditorium. Bloomfield in the fourth rpund -protested against con- - timvping the! fight, and pointed to Smith,who was swaying and staggering. However, the fight, was ordered- to- go on, and Bloomfield finished the ex-chamnihn with a light, lady-like tap on the chin. Frank Goddard knocked out. .Stanley in the seventh round. >1; „ GIRL WITH A GUN. THEFT FROM A BANK. * FARMINGTON (Illinois), May 31. Norma Anderson, a young mother of 18. held up a bank with her. baby in her arms. Possessing a baby, but no money to buy milk for it, she entered Steenberg bank, and. balancing the baby on one arm, pulled a handkerchief oyer her face, presented a gun at he surprised cashier, and demanded money. ;•* -v For tbs moment the cashier believed that the girl was joking, but she pushed the gun closer, and quickly convincing him, walked out with 50CO dollars,' equal to nearlv £IOOO. She used tlie same gun to force a youth tc drive her in his motor car into the suburbs, where police easily traced and arrested her. AMERICA AND PEACE. CONGRESSMAN’S SATIRE. WASHINGTON, May 31. ” “You exclude the Japanese and then order a lot of new fighting ships. What kind of a peaceful nation are you, anyway?” asked a- member of the House of Representatives/during a discussion on’ the proposal to construct eight new cruisers and to recondition six battleships. The House, however, voting 166 to 138. agreed to the Estimates for £30.000,000. Tlie vote was a. close one, many Congressmen fearing that the proposed ex- * pansion of the navy was eßoeeding tho limits agreed unon at the Disarmament Conference. Mr. Butler, the chairman of the Naval Committee of the House,: hinted that tho now ships,might never .be. built, but at any rate they would provide a- good argument for the next disarmament conference. “Yon all know.’-’ Mr. Butler said, “that another naval limitation conference will ha called within a year. Last time Britain said she had 400,000 tons of these cruisers building, and she got many concessions because of it. ,Tho United States was at a- disadvantage because she had none in hand. We won’t be caught that way again,” ' , ....