NEWS AND NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 September 1901, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The altitude of the Belgian Socialisty on the question of universal suffrage mas be gauged from a recent speech by M. Volkacrt, chief of the Young Socialist Guard. This person, who figured prominently in the Sipido trial, hut denied in Court having used inflammatory language, sail the other day at a local gathering:—“You know well that if you wish to realise Socialist reforms and put an end to the exploitation of the working man by capitalists you require (be arm of justice—that is, political equality in the form of universal suffrage. Within a short time Flemings and Walloons will unite in issuing their last ultimatum, and if satisfaction is withheld we shall go to all lengths in our struggle for this reform. Wo have sworn it. If within three mon hs tho Government has not yielded we shall say wc have exhausted peaceful moans, and shall again kite up our battle song of victory ‘aux armes, citoycns I’ (To arms citizens !”

To Eur. pa in four days without coal

is the claim of Mr Charles A. Kuenzel, an Amciican inventor, who asserts that

he has discovered a method by which steamships, kcomotives, automobiles can bo driven at a higher speed than is now possible, without the use of coal, utilising a new process, under which kerosene oil is mixed with compressed hot air, forming a non-explosivo vapour (says the New York correspondent! of the London Telegraph,’. This gas is made to How from perforated pipes, generating a heat so fierce as also to convert tho water into steam instantly. Tho inventor claims that a few barrels of kerosene wilt be sufficient to drive a vessel of the s’ze of the Lucania across the ocean in much less time than can be accomplished by the

present typo of boilers. The United States Navy Department is. making an official investigation into Mr Kuenzel’s claim.

A notition is in course of circulation in the Timaru district (says the Post), the object of which is to ask the Government to reduce the railway freights on eggs, and asking them to supply special crates similar to those used in Australia. It is pointed out that in the summer months there is a large surplus of eggs in this district, and, although they arc bringing far higher prices in the larger centres poultry owners cannot avail themselves of the market owing to the high freights and breakages.

The Nelson Co-operative Society recently sued the chief bail!lT of the Wellington Magistrate’s Court for £8 loslOd, for damages sustained by it through the non-service of a summons, and non-issue of a writ of arrest in May last The defence was that the “conduct mpney”sent by the Societ} 7 (£2) was insufficient, and that for that reason the summons had not been executed, but had been returned, it being too late to renew the proceedings, as the defendant had left for Sydney. The Wellington S. M. gave judgment for the Society for the amount, including costs £4 17s.

While passing through Danville, Illinois, U.S.A., with a load of cattle, William Richmond, a millionaire ranch owner, of Tombstone, Arisona. stopped at the Junction restaurant to buy a sandwich, and fell in love with Lizzie Shultz, a Danville girl, who had charge of the lunch counter. He was captivated not only by the prettincss of her face, but also by the excellence of the sandwiches, which, he said, were the best he had ever tasted. After disposing of his cattle, Richmond went back, proposed, and was accepted, presenting his fiancee with a cheque for £2,000 for her trousseau. The newly-married couple have started for their honeymoon in Australia.

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