“STOP PRESS” NEWS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16904, 1 December 1922, Page 12

“STOP PRESS” NEWS

fßeservoe! for ‘- 4 * r.exr* received e.ffor j-.-r,- ' —■- SHIPPING STRIKE. WELLINGTON, December J. The crew of the Tahiti gave notice of their intention to leave the steamer on arrival this morning. A new crew is being obtained. The steamer is expected to sail at its due time at 3 p.m. on Monday. WRIT FOR dggOUO. -'i ELKOURN.E, Ilecomber 1. Sir Robert Wallace Best lias issued a wrii for £SOOO against “The Age” in respect to an article published on Saturday. SCHOOLS' SPORTS. The schools’ sports, postponed from to-day on account of rain, will be held to-morrow, commencing at noon. SUDDEN DEATH. A well-known West Eyreton farmer, named John Robinson, single, aged forty-six years, was found dead in bed at the Harewood Arms Hotel, East Oxford, this morning. He had consulted Dr Allen on Wednesday, and was advised to go into hospital for treatment for heart trouble. The doctor having given a certificate that death was due to heart failure, an inquest will not be necessary. ANCIENT TOMB DISCOVERED. LONDON, November 30. Details have been received of an important historical discovery in the Valley of the Kings, the site of Ancient Thebes, on the left bank of the Nile, near Luxor, where excavations have been proceeding for sixteen years. The discovery consists of a royal necropolis of the Theban Empire, (situated directly below the tomb of Raineses t-lie .Sixth. The seals of the tomb were found intact. The tom!) contained three magnificent State coaches, gilt, and exquisitely carved, and a bed, beautlfully curve,], gilt, and inlaid with ivory and precious stones. innumerable boxes of wonderful workmanship bore gil, inscriptions. Some on which were painted huntingscenes. contained royal robes, hand, somcly embroidered with precious stones, and golden sandals. Tutankhamen's State throne has been discovered. and is regarded ‘as one of file most wonderful objects ever fomul. Another chamber contained many other beautiful articles of furniture and decorative art. Most of file treasures are fairly weli preserved. hut others are in a precarious state: but ifc ia hoped that careful handling will preserve nearly all of them. No doubt the collection is •cart oF Tntankliumen’s funeral paraphernalia. which was removed From flic original tombs to escape the depredations of thieves. The seals and other precautions suggest that inspectors, during the reign of Rameses the Ninth, entered and reclosed the chambers after robber attacks. The discoveries will enormously increaeo the knowledge of Ancient Egypt. There is still a third chamber to explore, where may be found T*utanother remains found are vast quantities of provisions, including trusset* ducks and haunches of venison, all packed in boxes: wreaths, still looking evergreen, and also rolls of papyrus, which are expected to yield a mass of information. Among the valuables is a heavily - ilt chair, with portraits of the King and Queen, the whole iucrusted with turquoise, cornelian and lapis azali; two-life-sized bitumenised statues of the King, worked in gold, holding a golden stick and mace. 'Hie statues have haoidsome feature?, and delicately carved hands, and the glass headdress is richly studded with gems. There are also four chariots, the sides of which are studded with semi-precious stones.

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