NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1923, Page 1

NEWS BY MAIL.

CHANNEL SWUM AGAIN

CROSSED IN RECORD TIME

LONDON, August 15.

The Argentine swimmer Sebastian Tirabosehi, who entered the water at Calais at 8 p in. on Saturday, reached Dover soon after midday yesterday, having swum the Channel in 18 hours 33 minutes. He was enthusiastically cheered by a big crowd when lie walked out of the sea between the Admiralty Pier and the Shakespeare Cliff. No one has perviously swum the Channel from the French side.

The swimmer was only three miles from Dover at 9° a.in. and travelling well, and it was a problem whether lie would be able to get near enough to the shore to prevent him from being swept up the Channel by the flood tid,e. Swimming very quickly he gradually surmounted the danger and by noon lie was safe, -lie covered the last half mile in 33 minutes and did not appear very fatigued when lie reached the shore.

After ho had received the attentions of his trninei- dressed himself and returned to Calais in the tug. The pilot of the tug said: “Tirabosehi had a. good swim throughout and he did not look like at any time of having to give up the attempt. AA’c did not run into any had weather.”

Last August Tirabosehi gave up half a mile from St. Margarets, east of Dover, after swimming for eighteen hours. PICKPOCKET AYIIO REPENTED.

BUDAPEST, August 13

The police have been surprised at the number of persons who within the last few days have surrendered themselves on the plea that they were kleptomaniacs. They did not know how they had come by tlio complaint, or for that matter the objects which they found in their possession. Some light was shed on the matter when a journalist. Ilorr AA’ilholm Korvanvs, who had been riding in a tramway ear, suddenly found that on , a hitherto bare waistcoat a heavy gold chain was dangling, and at the end of the chain was a handsome gold watch.

Afraid that he would be accused of robbery, but cretain that he had not been inside any jeweller’s shop, Herr Korvanys repaired to the police. They handed him to the police doctor who placed him under observation to learn if he were not insane.

As lie gave no other signs of mental disease, an investigation was carried out. his ease was linked with that of the self-accused kleptomaniacs, and finally it was learned that a former notorious pickpocket, Dror AA’olff', having successfully speculated on the Stock Exchange, was reversing his methods. Repenting of his previous misdeeds, he was now presenting instead of purloining watches and cases of banknotes to unsuspecting strangers. PARADE OF JEAYEI.fi. BRUSSELS. Aug. 13. Hundreds of thousands of people ol all nationalities watched a wonder! ul procession of jewels through Antwerp this afternoon. The procession, which had been arranged by the Antwerp diamond industry to illustrate the history of ' diamond.--. pearls, rubies, and oilier jewels, was 2.'. miles long, :uuL2,o(!o persons, in addition to horses, elephants and camels, took part in it. The costumes worn were authentic, having been obtained from the countries concerned, such as Persia, Tndin. China, Africa, Tfalv. and so on, and of the Off groups in the procession 14 were

huge ornamental cars, each representing some historical episode ol the world’s jewel industry. L-Tho chief figure was a woman, resplendent'' in jewels, holding a hornshaped receptacle, iroin which a dense sliower of precious stones roll to hei feet. A remarkable group was that of six Persians carrying the cloak of the Shall Madir, from which the precious stones sent out shafts of brilliant colours as they caught the sun. Elephants in gold and diamonds, Chinese with,frightful dragons, delightful little Japanese girls, Arabs, Turks, LI in dust—all found a place in some part of. the procession, which was witnessed by King Albert.'. ARCTIC .-’PHONES. STOCKHOLM. Aug. 14;' ’ Telephone lines are to be laid to the most northerly portions of Lapland inorder that the nomad tribes of Lapp|. may be given-meteorological- bulletins,; and information of snow contlitiofy|;J when they make their spring and/iIUTU. uirin jnoves, ,

The Lapps are scattered 'over;: ike; north of Sweden a’ud. Ncil'way auid itke, north-west of Russia.;. Most of them, are found-north of the. Aictsc.-. f irc]o. They live hv-’fishing and on the produce of reindeer herds.' ; Ye" ' SUN BUR N STOCKINGS. DEAUVILLE*.’ Aug-. 14. Deauville is having a record season.Seventy and 80 francs (17s Gd to £l)' a night is asked for the most modest accommodation; Usually an “extra” is charged if meals are not taken on the premises—and everyone .wants to lunch and dine out in Deauville. Bills also have a small taxe de sejour (visitors’ tax), and. in the better hotels, a taxe fie luxe in addition to the tips, or the alternative ona-tcuth of the total for service.

Even so. people are clamouring to stay in the neighbourhood, and even milionaires arc abandoning efforts to find rooms in Deauville, and arc patronising the slightly faded sister-town, Ti ouville. There are more English and Americans than over. Sunburn is, as usual, enormously popular in Deauville. Ochre is the only powder for face and neck, and “suti-

burn” the only shade for stockings,;? The _ right tint for hosiery is not 'Uige, mulatto. The stockings arc specially mm chosen to match complexion burnt arms,' so that it-is difficult to • tell ivliothor a woman is wearing stock-'.Ci .;;. ; ings or not. The no-stocking erazoY, still persists,(too. •. Jewels arc’ another, craze. V ; Aj)ar;UV. r SUiYU from pearl necklaces of, “skipping-rope length,” Imuglcs aio.the mode of thV ' numient; and. no' uHra-fashiounhlp, Ye- Ay-'U] minine'vistor to; Deauville-, can be truly ■ happy- without a- fouf-inch . depth , on botlrarms oU “all-round”.diamond and • sapphire- bi-acoleisJAf; counted pue- woSaau's bracelets, ATem > '.‘U: on pile, n.niy twclyc piy-tlto uj-hm-U ,y; ■-V e,. ,y