BRITISH & FOR THE ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1922, Page 2

BRITISH & FOR THE ITEMS

VUSTRAHAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. GERMAN SCIENTISTS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) , * CAPETOWN, Aug 13. The German - scientists, Professor Klein and Doctor Fischer, who are carrying out experiments in cures for sleeping sickness in Northern Rhodesia have obtained promising results on white men, natives and animals. Two days after treatment the blood showed no traces of the disease. Klein, is continuing experiments until satisfied the cure is permanent.

ARMADA TREASURE SHIP. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Aug 13. Guns, swords, and other relics are being secured from the Spanish galleon Aim ir ante de Florencia; th<? treasure ship of the Armada, sunk in 1588, in Tobermoy Bay, Argyleshire. It is' suggested that the whole ship iiiay he raised. Portions of the treasure have been recovered. Salvage has been proceeding since 1661. The ship has been several times lost in the mud It was rediscovered in 1910 under 60 feet of slime.

ITALIAN FANATICS (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Aug 18. A Rome correspondent reports peace does not yet reign in Italy, though for the moment there may be only a battle of words. D’Annunzio has come into the limelight again. In a periervid declaration he says: “I feel I am Italy, that I am the legitimate expression!, of the hopes, faith and will of all our people.” „ Legionaries replied hailing him the first President of the Italian Re- \ public declaring: “The road to Rome is open. Legionaries are yours, vour orders.”

Massolini the Fascistic leader, also talks of a march on Rome. A coup d’ etat is a possibility. INFLUENZA RESEARCH. LONDON. Aug 13. The “Daily Mail” states recent investigations by Doctor Mervyn Gordon at St Bartholmews Hospital into influenza, raises the hope that- the scourge may soon he successfully combated. He confirms the American and Japanese view that the o: ganisatiopr are so minute that it cannot be caught, in the finest filter. British Medical Research Councils are so impressed by his investigations that it decided to form u team of scientists to attack the problem. Influenza in 1918-19 destroyed more Jives than were sacrificed in . the whole war.