GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10528, 16 December 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

The following items have appeared ia the Sydney Sun’s Special Service. ELECTRICITY AS FOOD. Paris, December 5. Professor Borgouie, originator of the theory that the human body can be nourished by means of electrical currents, has communicated to the Academy of Sciences the remarkable results of some experiments that he recently carried out. The case described by the professor is that of a patient who had become a physical wreck, and was unable to assimilate his food. This man, whose weight ■when he was taken in hand was 107 lb, was subjected to a series of 40minute applications of a high frequency currency, with the result that he continued to put on flesh until now he weighs over 1381 b;. £He has regained his normal strength, although he eats much less than He did before the electrical treatment was entered upon. Professor Bergouie declares that the day is. not far distant when it will be possible to cure completely all troubles arising from malnutrition. SAWDUST SUGAR. Loudon, December 4. Speaking before one of the learned societies, a well known authority said that though wood, in its natural state, contained no sugar, sawdust, under conditions, "did. Placed in closed retorts with a weak solution of sulphuric acid, and subjected to a pressure of six atmospheres, sawdust produced 25 per cent, of sugar. It was claimed that the product was valuable for feeding horses, cattle and sheep. It had [been tried upon the ponies and horses attached to a Durham colliery, and had kept them in hard condition. TOO MUCH LAW. London, November 13. Lord Rosebery, speaking at the first~meeting of the Greater Glasgow Council, said that if ever he joined any political league it would bo one for the suspension of all new legislation for a period of two years. UP-TO-DATE FARMING. London, November 13, A Warwickshire farmer has produced remarkable evidence of the valuable effect of artificial manures, which are not greatly used in England. He declares that where 50 bullocks formerly grazed, 250 are accommodated. This success is likely to have an important effect on local farming methods. ANCIENT MONUMENTS. London, November 18. The report of the Select Committee of the British Parliament, which was appointed to inquire into the preservation of ancient monuments, has been supplied. The creation of a special department of the office of works is suggested by the report, and it is also advocated that all structures which might be regarded as national monuments might be freed from probate and death duties. The consent of the commissioners should be obtained before the owner of an historical building made structural alterations. AN EXCITING BOLT. London, December 3. While a company of the Grenadier Guards in Berlin was marching from the barracks to the exercise ground to-day the horses attached to the transport waggon belonging to the airship battalion took fright and bolted? The maddened animals dashed right in among the men, scattering them everywhere. Four of tiie guards were killed and three others were seriously injured, UNRULY - STUDENTS. London, December 3. A Christian Science meeting that was held in Belfast last night developed into a very lively affair. Among the audience were a number of students, who kept up a running fire of interruptions, which they varied by blowing toy trumpets and by discharging electric snuff. The police eventually had to be called to eject the disturbers. PROTECTING SHORE MAGAZINES. London, December 4. In the House of Commons to-clay Mr Churchill, First Lord -of the Admiralty, announced that steps were being taken to safeguard shore magazines against attacks by airships, Mr Churchill stated that the trials to which the new airship Willows had been subjected had proved satisfactory, ANARCHIST ACTIVITY. London, December 4. One of the Paris papers, the Matin, reports that in consequence of the recrudescence of anarchist meetings,' and the appearance of anarchist posters in the city, the police authorities are energetically prosecuting inquiries in the hope of discovering the leaders. i