NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1923, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

ARREST AT AY I EM’S Kl'XEIi AL. L’.VRIS, June 2D. Till* funeral of a -Mine. Fusilier, wife ~r retired excise official, was stopped dramatically yesterday by the police of l.e Bom-get, near Haris, and her husband was arrested on a charge ot having killed her. M. Fusilier, well known at lilam-mes-nil, a village near l.e Bmirgcl, inlurmei! the municipal authorities lour days ago that bis wife had died of a heart attack. A doctor was sent to examine lhe dead woman, and gave a i erii'ieate for burial. • dusl before the funeral a nephew of tl u . dead woman rang no the police af l.e Riuirgci lo say that lie learned that his aunt bad been stabbed. An inspector arrived .at Blnnemesnil as the funeral procession wa~ starting for the cemetery, lie 'topped the funeral and detained M. Fusilier. The coffin was opened and the woman was found lo have been stabbed in the heart.

holidays rx gkrmaxy

YIEXN'A, June 29

The extent to which the mark has fallen even below Fite lowly Austtinn krone is illustrated by the tact that Austrians are now flocking to Germain for cheap holidays. It is calculated by Austrians that they can now enjoy their holidays in Germany for about a third of the amount they would require nnywliere in Austria. So great is tin* rush to Germany that unemployed men and women take their places in the queues which form overnight at the passport office in N icnnn for the purpose of selling their positions in the morning to newcomers, and from Js to os is gladly paid for such a place, which means that the applicant may be able to get into the passport oflie * after waiting only an boor or

The rush of Austrians to Germany

this summer is even greater than that of Germans to Austria last year, when the exchange conditions were reversed.