MISCELLANEOUS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1922, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS

AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION LONDON, July 2(5. At the Egypt inquiry, a supernumerary officer, French, deposed that Captain Carr handed him a revolver. Without using it, ho managed to make room in one boat for all ,the women passengers he B aw. The Purser, Burrows, gave evidence that forty Lascars crowded his boat. He did not order them out, because he was doing other things.

Brown, the third officer related a thrilling adventure. He went into the flooded engine room of the sinking ship and when descending the ladder slipped and fell to the bottom in dee]) water. He' managed to struggle to the centre line oT tho ship where the water was only four feet deep. Ho thus found the ladder again and escaped.

Returning to deck he found six to eight passengers would not attempt to get into a. boat though it was quite possible to slide down the side of the ship We pushed them into the boat. Personally lie was in the water an hour and a half. BLAKE’S FLY. LONDON, July 20. Blake telegraphs from Quetta: — During repairs to machine at Si hi, the heat was so intense several workmen collapsed. We are standing the temperature very well. On Tuesday morning wo left for Amhala. hut all three petrol pumps gave out soon after starting. We landed and decided to proceed to Quetta and made the journey over the mountains pumping all the time to maintain the petrol supply. The.engine is now being overhauled. We hope to reach Amhala on Thursday. PRICE OF COAL''. LONDON, July 20. Coal rose os at Swansea to-day, as a result of the demand from America. Anthracite is 05s per ton, a post-war record. INCINERATED. MADRID, July 20. An aroplane on Casablnnca-Touloise service caught fire and crashed at Guadix. The pilot and two passengers were incinerated.

When swallows nestle ’lieath the eaves And faintly stir the autumn leaves, There waft to me as night-boats glide Sweet songs of love at eventide.

'hill winds blow keen across the bay ,s twilight slowly wanes away, ,iid that brings i'ear of colds, he sure, rid thoughts of Woods’ Peppermint Cure.