THE WORLDS NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1632, 26 December 1912, Page 5

THE WORLDS NEWS.

ITEMS FROM ALL, SOURCES. The following items have appeared in the Sydney "Sun's" spwjal cable service: CAVE MEN IN ENGLAND. London, December 18. Speaking before the Royal Geological Society the discoveror o£ the palaeolithic skull which was found in fcussex said that it was the first evidence of an ancient human type. The skull had a steep forehead like that of modern man. Tho

neck was the 6amo shape as that of the ape, and the brain capacity two-thirds ot that of present-day humanity. The mandible differed remarkably from that of modern man, and agreed exactly with that of a young chimpanzee.

His general conclusion ivus that the oave-man was a degenerate offshoot of early man, and had probably become extinct, while the surviving modern man might have arisen directly from the primitive source represented by the discovered skull, LOST CONTINENT FOUND. 1 London, December 18. Herr Frobenius, an explorer, who recently returned from Africa, lectured before the Kaiser to-day. He developed the theory that the lost continent of Atlantis existed to-day in Nigeria. FRENCH "LOYALIST" STAMPS. London, December 18. The Royalist party in France has issued millions of stamps bearing the portrait of the Duke of Orleans (the descendant of the Houses of Bourbon aud Orleans, and claimant of the throne of France), and other stamps bearing caricatures of President Fallieres. The inscription on the stamps is "Long live the King." The idea is that Loyalists should stick these stamps on letters besido the Ropublican, stamps. The Government considers that the Btamp3 are dangerous to the Republic, and has ordered postmasters not to deliver letters bearing them. WOMAN'S DELIBERATE SUICIDE. London, December 18. An extraordinary suicido is reported from Woking, in Surrey. The best-known crematorium in England is in. that town, and yesterday a lady drove to ttis door of the building, and left a letter with the portor, giving' instructions that it was not tt> be opened within the next hour. She then drove off in her taxi-cab to an adjacent wood, and took her own life. When the letter was opened it stated, that the writer was suffering from can- ; cer. She did not believe that she would live until Christmas Day, and she asked that her body should be incinerated,, and the ashes scattered to the winds on that day. BRIGANDS IN PERSIA. London, December 19. A grave situation is developing in Southern Persia. , . Modern rifles are said to be as common as blackberries among the_ Persians there, and ammunition is available in huge quantities. Robbery has become a national profession, and the faot that no punishment has been meted out has led to open outrages being committed. A number of lands live by plundering and lawlessness, and everywhere local government lias collapsed and is incapable of restoring order.

CLAIMS OF FRENCH SEIGNEURS.' ". Washington, December 19. The members of the ancient Seigneurial Court of Canada, which consists.of the direct descendants of the original French feudal lords, has presented to the State Department a petition begging America to intervene and make Great Britain submit their claims to the consideration of the Hague Tribunal.

They hold that they are the seigneurs of vast properties in the border States of Canada, of which .they were unlawfully dispossessed by swarms of English peasantry which "overran the country after Canada was ceded to England. ; .

PROFESSIONAL SUICIDE. London, December 17. A man was rescued from an apparent attempt to commit suicide in the Seine, Paris, this morning. He was pulled out of thß water,, and ths sympathetic "bystanders were about to take up a collection for him when he was recognised by a man as a person who made a comfortable living by pretending to drown himself and then receiving money from the charitablehearted who saw him rescucd. The oro'wd became infuriated at being duped, beat the deceiver, and flung him back into the river, leaving him to rescue himself. He proved himself, to be an excellent swiiiimer. WHITE GIRLS AND CHINESE.. Vancouver, December 17. ' The authorities at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in response to an agitation which originated in the* Labour Council several months ago, have induced all white girls employed in Chinese restaurants to quit their positions. The Chinese are strenuously protesting and threaten to invoke the aid of the law., BOYS' FAVOURITE BOOKS.. London, December 17. A report issued by the County Council gives some interesting information on. the books .which are most popular with boys' in London. The most favoured bocks are: Hans Andersen's "Fairy Tales," "Kobinson Crusoe," "Tom Brown's . School Days/' "Grimm's Fairy Tales," "The Old Curiosity Shop,". "Tanglewood'Papers,"'Lamb's "Tales' from Shakespeare," and "Little Women." •