"By Independent."

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 February 1913, Page 2

"By Independent."

Cabled News From Abroad. (Sydney Sun Special.) . fc--mi had notes von hju»j-:,s. LONDON, January 2(>. Apparently representing ;, value rf CO, a iminhei , of haidc not<>s won.found in a pie. sent in to one «f t!i» prisoners in a Madrid giaol. The money was evidently meant foi- lu-iIjGH for tho wimU'is. who \v(>in vei-y indignant when they found th-.it the notes wore counterfeit ones. HOMELESS PAinSiA.WS. PARIS, .laimary '2<6. The question of finding accommodation for tho 120.000 people who »\-i!l he evicted from their dwellings owing to tho salt , of the fortifications of Paris to tho municipal authorities by tho French Oovonunont. is now occupying tlio ;ittontion of tho citv corporation. Tlicre arc 21 mik\s of wall enciivling tho capital, and it is the intontion oP tho municipality to convert tin's space into public parks and rocreation grounds. Tn the course of time thousands of ramshackle houses, mostly occupied by tho poorest of the working classes, havo boon put up on the. rnniparts. Those now havo to como down, and where to put the people is tho prohlom. The same difficulty occurred when the remodelling of other parts of Paris was being carried out by Napoleon 11T.. wind ttarou Haussmann 50 years ago. ADR TFT OX AX ICR-FLOl'!. O'ITAWA, January 20. Fifty fishermen, comprising half the male population of tho fishing village of Littfo .Sturgeon, on Lake Michigan, wore swept out on to tho lake yesterday when a large ice floe from which they wove fishing broke away from the shorn. i c ?r>mc' of thorn ivoro rcsonofl Tiy small boats, others managed to swim ashore, but two men remained on the floe all night. They made bonfires of their nets in order to keep themselves warm.