NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16671, 26 February 1925, Page 7

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL

FORCED LABOR FOR TURKS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 10—The National Assembly has voted a Bill for the introduction of th® Corvee or forced labor on the roads for all males between the ages of 18 and 60 during a- period of from six to twelve days annually. SOUTH AFRICA ENTERS TEAM IX DAVIS CUP. JOHANNESBURG, Jan. If- —The South African Lawn Tennis Union lias decided to enter a team for the Davis Cup this year. The Union has also issued invitations to the United States and Australia to send teams to South Africa in 1926. FAMILY OF 35 TO SETTLE IN CANADA. LONDON, Jan. 15.—A large family named Bradley, belonging to Ratford, Nottingham, is emigrating to Saskatchewan under the Government migration scheme. Tho family consist of thirty.live members and takes in three generations,' all having had- farming experience. HONOR FOR KING’S PHYSICIAN. OTTAWA, Jan. 16.—The University of Toronto has awarded the Charles Mickle fellowship to Sir James Mackenzie. Consulting Physician to the King in 'Scotland. The award, of a value of £3OO, is made annually to the person considered to have given the most valuable services for ten years to lhe cause of practical medical science. •THESE BITTER MOMENTS.” QUEEN OF SPAIN’S MESSAGE. BARCELONA, Dec. 27.—Queen Victoria of Spain celebrated her nameday yesterday. On receiving a basket of flowers from the Spanish Women’s Union she said-, “Tell the union that this token of homage at these bitter moments is a deep consolation to me.” The Queen was presumably referring to the attack on the Royal Family made recently in a book by Blasco-lbanez. BOLSHEMISM AND CAPITAL. PRIVATE COMPANIES IN RUSSIA. MOSCOW, Jan. 16— For the first time since the beginning of the Soviet regime a number of joint stock companies have been formed exclusively with private capital. Other companies have also been promoted, their capital being drawn both from tho national funds and from private wealth. Tho Government has ratified tho articles of two private commercial companies with a capital of 150,C00 roubles each. WAR GRAVES. LONDON, Jan. 16.—Major-General Fabian Ware, vice-chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission, observed in a lecture at Birmingham that, while tho war graves of the British Empire would be allowed to grow old gracefully, they would; be maintained with reverent care throughout the generations. It was the fundamental aim of the Commission that the cemeteries and memorials should be absolutely permanent.

ZULU LAND FARM FOR PRINCE. CAPETOWN, Jan. 16.—The Durban correspondent of the Argus states that a movement is afoot in Zululand to present the Prince of Wales with a farm in tho territory. The proposal was originally mooted last year, but fell into , abeyance when tho Prince’s visit was cancelled. It has now been revised with the approval of Sir Charles Saunders, Commissioner of Native Affairs. Tho Zululand Times points out that the cost of the gift will be £4OOO, half of which, the newspaper believes, will he subscribed by the native population. CREW OF BRITISH STEAMER ALL LOST. LONDON, Jan. 15. —All hands on board tho British freighter Cardiff Hail were lost when the steamer on Tuesday night during a heavy southerly gale struck the southern point of Seven Hoads, Clona-kilty, and immediately went to pieces, according to Lloyd’s Queentown correspondent, who visited the scene of the disaster. The Cardiff Hall, which was a vessel of 2540 tons and was hound from Buenos Aires for Cork, hit (lie rocks at 9 o'clock in the evening. BIG PASSENGER ‘AIRSHIPS. NEW YORK, Jan. 13. —A company with a capital of £10,000,000 for tho construction of passenger dirigibles was formed at Boston yesterday. Its plans call for the immediate construction of a fleet of twenty or more airships, to accommodate 100 to 150 passengers each and carry 50 tons of cargo. The work on the first two craft is to commence within a few weeks. It is said each will cost £400,000. The company officials believo that trips to the Pacific Coast will require two days Or less, and the same time will be consumed on the trip to London. Passenger and cargo rates are to ho the same as existing train and steamship fares. New York and Boston financiers are said to be behind the projectr A SHIP FOR 20 FRANCS. PARIS, Jan. 16. A vessel of the fleot of Louis XIV., sunk at La Hogue in 1672, sol'd for 20 francs—this is whathappened' at Cherbourg. The sale came about in this wise: When a deepwater port was in the making at Cherbourg, dragging operations led to the finding of tho vessel—or, rather, what remained of it. It was suggested that the proper place for the relics was the National Naval Museum. But the Minister of Public Instruction and Beaux Aits decided that, as Cherbourg wanted them for its municipal museum, its request should! be granted. Tilt matter came before the municipal council, which discussed the price that should he paid to the' State for the remains of tho vessel, and this was fixed at 20 francs. A STRANGE OPERATION. NEW YORK, Jan. 13—According to a Chicago telegram medical circles as well as the general public are showing much interest in the strange case of Max Peck, whose* heart was taken out, had a ville bullet squeezed out of it, and was placed back again, while its owner was peacefully slumbering under uu anaesthetic. Max Peck is still alive and recovering, slowly, but lias not yet given a satisfactory explanation of how he happened to place the bullet in his he,art. Tho operation was undertaken by Dr. Carl Meyer as a forlorn hope, but it appears to have succeeded) beyond expectation. The sac around the heart was cut through and the vessels emptied of the accumulated blood. Then tho surgeon lifted tho heart right out and squeezed the bullet out with his fingers, thereafter replacing the organ unj sewing up tho cute.