NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16878, 5 November 1925, Page 10

NEWS BY CABLE AND MAIL

SCOTLAND HAS BEST HARVEST FOR YEARS. LONDON, Septi 28.—The gathering of the Scottish harvest is completed. The crops this year aro tho best in many years. Borne of the' Scottish' farmers hold thanksgiving services in tho open fields on Sunday. KRUPPS SELL VIRGIN COAL LANDS TO FRANCE. COLOGNE, Germany, Oct. I.—Tho Krupps have* sold to a French industrial group, headed bv the Dmvcndel Corporation, coal fields in the left Rhine' district of Moors, of an area, of' 7500 square miles- These coal fields have never been worked. £500,000 FOR A NEW PEACE PALACE. GENEVA, s'pt, 23.—The financial committee of the League of Nations Assembly to-day decided to sell the present quarters of the League at Geneva, and to build' new offices, including a conference hall, for both of which a sum of £500,000 was voted. SIXTH WIFE. COMEDIAN WEDS AT 68. NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-De Wolf Hopper, the leading American comedian, who is now in his 68th year, has mar-' vied for the sixth time, his latest bride being Lillian Glazer, who is 29 years of age. LEADERS ARRESTED. PORTUGAL REVOLUTION PLOT. LISBON, Sept. 30.—Warned by the French police that foreign agitators had proceeded from France to Portugal on a revolutionary mission, tho Portuguese authorities have uncovered in Lisbon* a revolutionary concentration and have arrested four leaders. Other arrests aro expected to follow, and the Government is taking prompt measures to expel all alien suspects. ENGLAND OVERRUN BY REDS. LADY COWAN’S VIEWS. NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Lady Cowan, president of the British Women’s Patriotic League, and wife of Sir Henry Cowan, inter-parliamentary Union, delegate, said that British Communists have established Sunday schools throughout England for the purpose of undermining, the faith of children in God and the Government. Communism, sho said, is stronger in England' than, in almost any other European country. DUKE REGAINS HIS CASTLES. BERLIN, Sept. 11.—Charles Edward, Duka of Saxo-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Albany, a grandson of Quotin' Victoria’ whoso properties, iii the Duchy wdro* seized in 1919, has won them back in the Federal Court after' sevah years fruitless negotiations with the State. The Court have returned his castles, shooting-boxes, mansions, a library, a museum, and large tracts of land, valued at millions of marks. The Duke is* a. brother of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. FILM OF ANGRY BEARS. MONTREAL, Sept. 23. —Pictures of enraged Polar beasts have been obtained by the cinematograph Operator attached to Captain Bernier’s Arctic expedition, which has just' returned to Canada. Numbers of ravenous bears approached the ship seeking fresh meat: The crew* opened fire at fifty yards," Wounding several hears, which became wot furious. The pictures are said to be the most" and' terrifying photographs of savage* animals yet' produced. HOME.OWNIN'G MILLIONS. Eleven million families in’ the United States out of a total of 24,350,000 own their own homes, according to’Mr. R. G Dahlberg, of Chicago. “This is only 45.6 per cent;,” says Mr Dahlberg. “There would seem to beno sound reason why the percentage of home-owning fanriilies should not be much greater in- view of the fact that our t otal ' national wealth is now £64,000,000,000, or close on £6OO a head for the entire population. forged Notes at wembley. FIVE MEN DETAINED IN ANTWERP. LONDON, Sept. 23. —In connection With the circulation of spurious Treasury notes at the British Empire Exhibition recently, five men have been detained in Antwerp by tlie Belgian police. 'it is said that an international gang of forgers has been conducting operations ’on an extensive scale, and detectives who examined the .counterfeit notes passed at the exhibition have described them as among the cleverest forgeries that have come to the notice of the police. POLITICAL CRISIS. SOUTH AFRICA’S POSITION. CAPETOWN, Sept. 20.—Important political developments are expected' shortly. It is rumored that General Hertzog. the Prime Minister, is embarrassed by the growing indiscretions of the “diehard” ■ secessionists, led 'by Mr Tielman Roos, Minister of Justice, and the Socialistic demands of his Labor supporters. It is added that the Premier contemplates the formation of a Moderate party of both races, thereby hoping to secure tile assistance of the present Opposition. Meanwhile the Socialists are torn with dissensions over the appointment of one of their number as a new Cabinet Minister. The position of Mr Crcsswell, the Socialist leader, is becoming more untenable. His views are said to be insufficiently advanced to please the Socialists, and his authority is openly flouted. f. AMERICA ON BRITISH LAND SYSTEM. England “The spoilt child of HER TRIUMPH.” , NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Discussing Mr Lloyd George’s land proposals, the' New York Times, under the heading, “The English Road From Ruin,” says: “There is no material reason why England should not' produce most or all of the foodstuffs and timber which slid now imports to tho amount of two billion dollars a year. The crisis is undeniably grave; and the remedy is self-evident; the only question being its feasibility, in sober fact, England is the spoiled child of her own industrial triumph of tire nineteenth century. Lands that in France, Belgium, Holland, or Denmark Would yield rich returns are occupied sparsely and tilled hy tenants caught in

the (oils of an aristocratic tradition elsewhere obsolete.

“To work out. Mr Lloyd George’s plans as outlined would require amenability to system, detailed* a'dministi'a,lion, and a patience to submit which is inot familiar in the natural character. Yet, with all its muddling as to its immediate concerns, British statesmanship has lield a pre-eminence in intelligent foresight which is nbt always recognised*.” FOUGHT PYTHON IN .SHOP. j STRUCK LIKE LIGHTNING. LONDON, Sept. 2(1. —An exciting struggle with an 18-foot- python, resulting in serious* injuries to one man, occurred at a livestock dealer's establishment* in Tottenham Court road. The snake, which weighs over 115 pounds, had been taken out of a’crate ,for inspection by a representative of the Lyons Zoo, and was being held'behind the head by an employee named Edwards. G. Bruce Chapman, tho proprietor, had hold of the next “section," while the French visitor and a (chauffeucr dealt with the hinder portion. Owing to its enormous strength the snake succeeded in wrenching its head from the man's grasp and, striking with the rapidity of lightning it scizoc* tho victim by the wrist. Describing what followed, Mr. Chapman said: “I hoard Edwards shout, ‘Ho's got mo!' and, looking up, I saw that the .python had not only got the man’s arm in its'jaws, but was struggling to throw a coil around him. “At the same moment the two other men, alarmed at tho situation, let go and rushed away, so that I had no help in dealing with the monster. “By almost throttling the snake 1 .managed to got Edwards’ arm free, and dragged the man froip the room, shutting the door behind mo so that the python could riot escape.” Edwards was sent to the hospital and detained there.