British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 October 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

[eLECTIUC TKLKGIIAriI, COri'IUGHT. | LI'ER PKESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) WONDERS OY RADIUM. London, October >). Dr. Frederick Treves states that Ihe quantity of i'adium at the In-

stitute, of four grammes, is valued at £80,000, the greatest amount in the world. t It is discovered that the gas emanation from it has exactly the same properties, and is as efficient for curative purposes as pure rad-

nun. The emanations, therefore, are being stored in hollow plates or glass tubes, and forwarded io medical men in any part of the country without the radium decreasing.

I'adium impregnated with water is also producing astonishing results on sufferers with certain afllictiins. Remarkable effects of radioactivity in cases of rodent ulcer, carcinoma, sarcoma and keldoid arc being , shown in photographs. (Received This Day, 0 a.m.;

EAST BATTLESHIP. London, October *i. The Queen .Mary battleship attained a speed of -!5.T knots. LABOUR UNRUST. The Operative Spinners' Amalgamation withdraws strike pay front the Beehive employees oh Monday, and strongly urges resumption of work. Hitherto the local leaders have acled on behalf of the amalg'ation. Continuation of ihe strike rests with the Bollon Association, which is one of the richest in the' country.

AfOYED O.N. Amazement prevails af the action of the New York authorities in deporting as undesirables Marie Lloyd, the actress, and Bernard Dillon, a jockey, because they were cohabiting. The London Daily Telegraph states that the New York inspectors acted on the strength of a London cable produced by a reporter on the l'all Mall Gazette, and describes the incident as an eccentric operation of the hite Slave Act, and one thai illustrated the sensihveiicss of public opinion in the I'mfcd States on matters which other Governments leave to individual judgment. (Received This Dav. 11.10 a.m.)

NEW YEAR SENSATION. New York, October 'A. A gallery collapsed in. the Jewish synagogue during the New Year celebrations, and one hundred persons were precipitated, screaming , with panic, on lo (beheads of those beneath. Only four were seriously injured, but many were shaken. DEMENTED ALl'llDEltEU. Dui'iny the inquest on the woman Amuolku , , body was recovered from ihe rivur, cui to pieces, ISclimidt became enraged, anil flung a crucitix, which he wore around his neck, at the newspaper men. The jury .found him guilty of murder. iiuuilmls of ia.-itioiiably dressed people attended the inquesi, to which, admission was by ticket.

"LOVED J NUT ILU2s'U UR MORE." Berlin, Uctober u. A sensation has been caused by Ernest, sun of the JJuke of Cuiiiberiaud, having refused the. Kaiser's demand that lie should reuiiuiicc his claims tu the throne ol: Hauuver. Ernest lias declared that iuve only came "after" hon(iur, and the JJuke said las son's marriage had nothing to do with politics. (Chronicle Aote. Ernest of Cumberland married th.c Kaiser's only daughter.] St. Petersburg, Uctober U. The Minister for _Conmiu mentions lias visited V ladikavka/, whore the railway accident occurred. The passengers asserted that the oti/eial account regarding bandits was an invention, and that rotten sleepers caused the disaster.

AIRSHIP ACCIDENTS. London, Uctober -li. Major George Charleton Merrick, of the Central J/lymg School, turned turtle and fell .[OO feet and was killed. This is the first fatality with the Shortt biplane. Berlin, Uctober 15. When the Zeppelin airship lauded at Potsdam shed 200 soldiers were unable to hold it. It shot iij> for one thousand yards with terrific velocity, and several soldiers were injured.

The Distress Limitation Bill, introduced by Mr Hindmarsh, M.P. (a Labour member) is to be taken up by the Government and piobably will be mode law. On Thursday evening last over twenty members of the Y.M.C.A. Junior Department journeyed to the Boys' Training Earin, and found Major Burlinson had arranged lor them to occupy the commodious gymnasium to play various games therein. The visitors, having with them six sets of ping-pong and other gear, it was not long before the association boys were trying to defeat the Farm boys, with varying results. When nine o'clock came a halt was made, for cocoa, cakes and fruit, served in the spotless diningroom, after which the manager said a kindly word or two. Thou, under the guidance of Mr Rupert Burlinson, those present, inspected the chemical fire engines, electric light plant, and other points of boyish interest, and felt deeply indebted to the manager and stafr' for having arranged one of the best nights this session.

■ have stocks of Arsenate of Lead (Swift's) for oodlin moth; iiluestone (best); Hellebore fur Cherry Leech; Quassia Chips for Rose Aphis; all at the lowest prices and of tfte best quality. F. C. Remington, Chemist, Levin.