BULLFIGHT SCENES.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 June 1922, Page 1

BULLFIGHT SCENES.

I J’AHi IS, .April ii. | Terrible accidents marked tlie openin „f llio bull-lighting season in the south ‘of France :it botli Mines and Toulouse. At Kimes, after two bulls had been disposed ot without difficulty, a, thiid—a much more vigorous -and excited animal—resisted all efforts of- the toreadors and finally leapt over the barriers between the ring and the spectators, caught a young compositor named I’ierre Vssort ,gored him several times and tossed him in the air. When Vassort was picked up unconscious and dripping with blood, it was found that one of the bull’s horns had perforated his right lung, and lie was taken to hospital in a serious condition. 'flic meeting was abandoned. At Toulouse, shortly after a third bull entered the ring a banderillero named Alfredo Gallego Mora to was fiercely attacked and gored, an artery being punctured. NEW YORK MKW.EY. 1 . NEW YORK, April 11. There are 4,294,029 foreigners living in New York .City, according to an. analysis of the 1020 Census figures, published to-day. The number of native New Yorkers is only 1,104,834. There are more Russians in New York than in Warsaw, the total being 994,550. The Italian population of ibe city exceeds the population of Naples by more than 100,000. The Irish come next on the list of foreign races, with a total of 37.744. There are well over 500,000 each of Austro-Hungarians and Germans. The Russian population lias registered an enormous increase since 1910, when it was far behind the German element with a total of only 29(5,000. The number of Russians in New' York Cifcv is now only about 170,000 less than tho entire native American population.