MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1922, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

JUBTHALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATIONHUSBAND SLAYS FAMILY. TO TEACH WIPE A LESSON. PARIS, January 30. A farmer near Dinant, in France, drowned Ida four children, aged from eight years to 20 months, one by one in a pond near his farm house. He then jumped in himself; but when he realised that he was nearly drowning, he clutched an overhanging branch. When rescued, four hours later, he declared that he tad murdered his children in order to teach his wife a lesson. The family owned a prosperous farm. When the farmer took to drink ing excessively, the wife, fearing injury, took refuge in her parents home and refused to return. The day after the husband’-s crime she gave birth to a fifth child. She is not expected to .live.

FROZEN PIGEONS. LONDON, January 30

A small experimental shipment from New South Wales of frozen pigeons fins proved very satisfactory on the London market. The Hulk. iof then fetched Is 6d each, and a few were sold at Is. The Smithfield salesmen are pleased at the size and quality of the pigeons. They think that good business is possible, especially in the summer time.

INDIA’S NATIONAL STRUGGLE

LONDON, Jan 30. The Australian Press Association |yarns that latest British official tables Iron] India foreshadow serious developments, should the threatened civil disobedience campaign, due to start on .January 31st spread to other areas besides Badoli. Taluk. It is stated that the mass of inflammable native material in India is now s-| great, that the possibility of widespread disturbances in the near future crnnot be ignored. I FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. ! LONDON, Jan 30. There is now occurring in England one of the most widespread visitations of foot-and-mouth disease for many years. Over a hundred cases are reported from the various counties, including Cumberland, Durham Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Yorkshire and Cheshire. The Ministry of Agriculture has stopped the movement of cattle in eleven counties.

U-BOAT PRISONER

ESCAPES TN GERMANY. BERLIN, Jan. 30 Lieut Leitman, who was sentenced by the Leipzig Court for sinking the hospital ship Llandovery Castle, has escaped from Lemburg gaol, with the assistance of some of a gang of former U-boat officers, who recently helped Coldt to escape. Leitman enjoyed special privileges. After his warder had been bribed, lie scaled his prison wall, and jumped into a waiting motorcar. ' The German Government is offering a reward for Leitman’s re-capture.