STOP PRESS NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18011, 23 November 1926, Page 1

STOP PRESS NEWS.

XiXNER IN’ TROUBLE. ‘'VICTORIA (British Columbia), November 22. With her fuel completely exhausted in a battle with a storm in the North Pacific, the liner Yoseric lackay, from Queensland for Vanouver, with sugar, limped into 'ictoria to-day, with expiring fires t her furnaces. The vessel ran ito a terrific gale on November 13, -hicli continued for a week with windling force. Owing to the unsual demand on coal it became neessary to augment the supplies vitji the lumber kept for repairs, rhe ship was not damaged. SOCIETY DIVORCE CASS. LONDON, November 22. The Countess Hardwicke, formery Miss Nellie Russell, the New Zealander, t>btained a decree nisi on ,n undefended petition, on the round, of Karl Hardwicke’s misonduct. The marriage took plaee n London in 1911. The only child, a girl, is now fourteen. The husband began to associate with other vomen in the war time, for which, petitioner forgave him. In conseluenee of his behaviour, she left iim in 1920. The Earl suggested eparation, admitting that he alone vas responsible for the trouble. The petitioner tried to induce her lusband to return, hoping he would reform. The Karl did not return, uid was found to have stayed re- . jently with a woman in a London Hotel:Y AUDITOR'S CEAXK. 4 WELLINGTON, November 23. Before Mr Justice Alpers, John Francis P. Yeatman is claiming '667 from -the Education.- Board, dating that-he had been instructed io audit- accounts o’involving \ 250 schools. * The -work • took-706 J hours. The Board had paid him £75 on ac-_ count, - and he claimed the balance of £667, at £7 7s a' day of seven aoursi ' .«* » « *!•; The defence is that • plaintiff applied for w.ork and was . engaged at t reasonable sum, t«j be determined the chairman; but not to exceed E 75, the amount paid to audit the IVLR D. KIRKWOOD, M.P., PINED £25 FOR SPEECH. LONDON,' November., 22.. . Mr D. Kirkwood, Member o f the louse of Commons,i who - was proecuted by the Home - Office on a barge of making a speech in collection with tlie miners’ strike that was calculated to create a coal shortage, was fined £25 and costs. EX-KAISER VERY ILL. LONDON, November 22. It is reported from The Hague (hat the ex-Kaiser is suffering from fever. Ilis condition is serious. RESCUED AT SEA. AUCKLAND, November 23. Off Colon, the steamer Colae, which arrived here this afternoon, picked up four survivors of the Joseph Whitaker, which capsized 200 miles north-cast of the Panama port. The mate and cook were drowned and the men who were rescued had been adrift for three days, for two of which they had neither food nor water. The Colae landed them at Colon. - 11 " " J - ~ m STOCK EXCHANGES. AUCKLAND, November 23. Sales on ’Change.—Moanataiari Is lOd; Lucky Shot Is 4d, con. la 3d; paid; National Bank £7 Is. Sales Reported. — Moanataiari 4s lOd and ss.