MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1923, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A MINE TRAGEDY. LONDON, June 1-3. The inquest at Froinc revealed a shocking underground mining tragedy, a collier suiciding because he had accidentally killed his mate. A blaster named Berryman fired a charge in a lonely part of the workings, which accidentally killed Button, who was working with him. Distracted with grief, Berryman took a battery forty yards from the dead man, placed a detonator in his own mouth, and exploded it. The tragedy was revealed by a note in Borrymnnfs handwriting to the colliery manager—.“l met with misfortune with my poor old pal. Not knowing lie had a cable connected. I connected a cable too at the end. To cause no trouble 1 take my own life. 1 can truthfully say it was an accident. All my belongings go to my wife and children. God bless them all and forgive me.—B. Berryman.”

THE RIFE'S VIEWS. LONDON, June 15. The ‘'Daily Express” Ttmgiers correspondent says Abdul Ivritn, Chief of tlie Riff is now fighting the Spaniards at Mellila. In a special interview lie said for two years 1 sent delegations to Paris, London and elsewhere, appealing for help in my peoples struggle for independence. I appealed to the League of Nations’ deaf ears. I appealed to the world through diplomats living here. Now I am forced to repeat Keimil’s words. We leave the spoken word and pathos of diplomacy and rely on the sword and justice of our cause. To that end wo will depend on our own strong right arm to sustain our cause, and obtain our independence.”

A DUTCH LOAN. LONDON, June 15. “The Morning Post” says underwriting is proceeding in connection with tic Dutch East Indies loan of six million, five per cent at ninety two. v. fitch corresponds with a similar loan floated in Holland which was many times over-subscribed. The new loan will be paid by 1963 by a sinking fund. 101 POLITICAL PRISONERS EXECUTED. HELSINGFORS, June 15. Russian papers state one hundred and sixty-four political prisoners, of whom seventeen were priests, were executed in Lubianko prison on Friday night. AIR BONAII LAW'S HEALTH. LONDON, June 15. The ‘‘Daily Chronicle” says Air Bmutr Law’s friends are gravely come; net over his health. FRENCH AERIAL SCHEAIU. LONDON, June 15. The “Chronicle's” Aeronautical correspondent- says a gteat aerial scheme will shortly be submitted to the French Parliament, whereby the naval air service will be increased trom the piesent few squadrons to lii teen hundred naval airerntt. with two great air bases at Dunkirk and Cherbourg, while by 1925 military planes in commission will number two thousand, with reserves ol i lice thousand. TREATMENT OK CONSUMPTION. •LONDON, .lime 15. A more important ailvame in the treatment of consumption and other forms of i nhereiih'.sis was announced lix- Professor Dioyer, of Oxford l niversi lv, bet ore the Institute of Pathology "research. Tile subject is highly technical, the basis of the method being an immensely mote efficacious system of innueulating. Rut colloquially, ecerv germ, In.wever minute lias a coating containing :t substance picveuting the natural delensive mechanism of the human body trom destroying it. D ivy it has succeeded in reducing the germ coating, rendering it amenable to inoculative treatment. Sixty cases tteatment in London hospital by Drover's method and, under observation up to a period id five years, show the improvement in nearly ~11 cases, although they had shown little improvement under Kochs tiibeieuliti.

an unique inspection. LONDON. Jm’-K U 5. An iiwident. unique in the history of the British Army is reported. General 11iggiiisoii. aged ninety-seven, the lather of the Guards, inspected the Grenadiers at Victoria barracks. The General who was. very active, walked from his car to the parade ground. FLYING .MOTOR CARS. LONDON, June 16 The "Dailv Chronicle’s” aeronautical correspondent says:—Tiny motorcars with wings, capable of whirling the owner and driver at the speed ot an express train, with only as much power as is required hv a motor cycle, have reached such a practical stage that numbers of orders are being hooked. It will be possible to house t |.,. m in an ordinary motor garage, o> even, as an expert suggests, in a chicken run. . The motor garage proprietors will »c asked to provide smooth-surfaced landing fields, marked so as to be seen from above. A WONDERFUL AHDGET. LONDON, June 16. A tiny monoplane named "Tim Wren,” fitted with a three horse newer engine, attained •' ° fiftv-three miles an hour during at' Mr Ministry tost at Ly'.ham, in Lancashire. It also climbed to an altitude u f -2300 feet, a record for thi« class of machine. Although K was n the air for eighty minutes, less than a gallon of petrol .price two 'hillings) was consumed. PARTS, June 15.