NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1923, Page 4

NEWS BY MAIL.

GERMANY’S HIDDEN MILLIONS. NEW YORK, Oct. LI. Rankers to-day are eagerly discussing yesterday’s revelations of the enormous German linancial resources in thi- country, and ot her huge recent purchases ol cotton and copper from the United States, which la-t year were as least as great as those ot Great Britain. While certain things about these resources. such as Germany’s posses-ion of £I(K),COO,Rif!) in dollar currency and hill, are known definitely, there are -till other, and hidden, .store- ol wealth that, cannot be accurately fixed. unless tlitit is. some form of pow-

er i- iu-talled in Germany with the iievi— ary iinquistorial authority. lint what i- known positively, in addition to her possession o' dollar currency and her huge imports ol raw materials, is Unit ever since the armistice the owner- of Germany'- went It have drained the country of every n-~ 1,.!, capable ol eonver.sio.t into gold: and dmi to baulk discovery and the possibility of being forced to make restitution they have ('(implicated ihcii bank accounts by constantly shilling their balances Irom one country to another and front one hank to another of each country. It is estimated ill banking circles that they have in one ioi'in or anothet ou this side of the ocean not less than JEl.kßO.RßiMffifh Immense balances have heen ae, ur,minted by German exports, consisting in large part of ingeniously contrived small objects, the proceeds ni which are kept abroad. American meat packers regard Gm • many a-, one ot thi- rounli.v - b.-i

EYE GY.MX A SIR LONDON, (hi. IT. l, been discovered that airmen who make bad lauding.- Mimetinifs -ulier from keterophoria- or a hidden -quiiit. For all ordinary purno-es ol sight lj u ,j>• (.yes may be perfect, but in hringina a machine to earth they tall victim-' to the un-uspeeted squint and mi-judge ihe di-lance from the ground. Flying oUioer- -u-peeted of having tlii- hidden squint are now being pul through a course of opt'onl g\tuna-tie-. With the aid of a delii ate iu-trumen t. | j,|, am'ilvo-eoiie. the muscles ol cy, - which. I brottglt weakiusw. are t’e- .. poll - I hie he il'll'erie! i i 111 Lig! Ill'll t of di-l.aili",'. are -t reiigt hi-ued and developed net if t In come normal and the - j;ii: 1 1 conditio", ili-appears. A - peeiali-t < ngagod a- an "eyi-lri:! in- 1 rue! or'' to the Royal Air l'ore'‘ -ei i yo i. nlay : The .■tmblyo-eope, through which patient- look, produce- in a subtle w ay l lie effect of mas-age oil the sell- ol the o’ e and gradually re aitie- what we call a condition ol impel'fort mu-ele balaneo. Sometimes a patient, conlnme- ’I • “exerci-c-'' lor a- long as 11 iris' weok--11 ha- been mil iced that alter a man ba- taken soeli a course lie r-iriiy make- a bad landing. XkYKI'esTOI’ RAILWAY. LONDON, Oei. I'"). The Rriii-h Kmoire F.xliibit ion is lo have a Never-Slop railway, which will 1,.- ill. -ce.aid ill tin- country, the first. ’ an experimental one only, being id On li e Never Slop railway, the priuejoi" ei which i- -iniilar to that ot lieaia'or. ti; i • ear- are aluav- to nto- | down o that pa • - 11 ;• <• i ■ ■ "".ei in or our with e.i.-e. The Never-Stop will e:..'11. el iho main pa rt - oi the exhibition w ith the ordinary railway -'tiln.ii- at Wembley. li will be capable of carrying 2il.0(lt! pa---,■!(.jet- p-r hour in «■ ai* 1 1 direction ami will i ii-L a boll! eI Ol 1.1!.' I! ! 1 o I . 11! - t!' 11C f . intervals of overv I tvo or three imuilred yards, anil for a third <3 it ; di-lam-e the railway will inn on the ground level, the remaining I w o-t hi rib being elevated. TWO COLOUR-; ON ONE ROOT. I ONDON, Oct. n. A -prig of outdoor ehrv-o in hem urn ha- ken -on* by Mr George Roit-e. ■ ta! i. nie.'is; er ai ('lligwell-!a lie. Loudon ami Nortli-Ea-iern Railway. D has .a,,...! bloom; of two dislinet edn-rs bright p.m'. and yellow. lie ha- oink and yellow vari-.-tie- in In-; garden, bui ibi. el.ml in some nty-tcri-iiu- wav has eemhimal 1 m varieties on olle i . d . TREK ALIM! A RET. I.ONDON. Oct. it. An alphabetical avenue e.l tree-', which it is said will be ilic only one o! its kind in the wo, 1,1, i- being" plan list ly G.i A iliutui ill G. arv at his Imiiv al O.miu Heath, Tunbridge, Kent. Tic e.lphld.'Vt is nia lo nil of the initial b'Uer-. of ihe liaii.e.- of ibe trees. Every letter : 1 1 the alphabet is represented. Only (lie letter A"’ has !ini'ii.'d Sir Wiiltam and ilie |iroles'•i mil iiorfieult ari-is who haw a-sisU'd him. V ibu i iiiini. t lie otic “V " t ree, was too -iiiitipy for iuc|u-iuit in i!ie avimiie. so !>;t; had to lie supplied by lines wreathed around walnuts and willow-. -Meal loiters of the aliihahet have two I or three tree- allotted to them -.Quince i- the only representative oi Q -soihaij the avenue when completed will consist j "I -bo tree-. The tree- to G and T I" Z 'un e already been plant e, I. a ltd j tn> ■ w ini' r it m I: ip. I to lini-ii the I alphabei with i lie intermediate section II t i >.

I \v I:ri.' i • < WJZARIHIY. I LONDON. 0,-i. 1-2. .'something in the nature of wir-.■ !>• ; Iv, I sirv Inis been in! is, lined int.i the 1 nightly broad • :i<ti program mt>s. i IV |l "' manipulation o| i-Iij iinipli- ; her-. :<oilier "gadgets” in t i u . t rail 1 - in i-- ii m room of ih,- British lirosol-n-itiii" Company on Savoy Hill the programme a! Aberdeen can be heard t>i! i lie -imp!e-t of receiving in--Inmient- a- far away as Cardiff. I', i- rp.iiu- simple. -aid .Mr 11. W. ! iti. the Oilginoei' on duty hist night. We rent two i ruck telephone lines I font 'snli station and tiie.v eome tight into tin- room, and by tmiidpidatiort «e aie aide to transmit a concert given in im-' part of tlie country to a town in another. At t!;o moment the Birmingham programme i- being reeeirod at Cardiff, (da-gotv. and Aberdeen, while .Newcastle i- li-teiiing to our London programme, which, of eoni-o. is heard at the same time by people in the London a tv a. lie added that the company's engineer-, are experimenting with the object of giving two programmes off one aerial. That means, lie -aid, that listener- will then be able to i hoo-e tlieir programme--either tin; local one or that from another station. | BRITISH TOYS- TUTS CHRISTMAS. LONDON*, Oct. IA. In packing eases stacked high in warehouses in all parts of the country are stored sources of laughter for mi!- j lions of children. British toys are to be tiro most popular tlii- Christinas, and British toys are best. A leading manufacturer yesterday said that the home toy trade is definitely beating the foreign. including the German, on all but the very cheapest lines. Manufacturers, wholesalers, retailors. and children themselves confirm it,

Hermany excels in tin trains anti other highly coloured articles made of flimsy metal, but the modern child prefers the sturdy British toy that tv ill not he broken or exhausted by New Year's Dav.

This year’s vogue is for wooden toys, and the wooden toy is the triumph of the British manufacturer. The demand. Im-.ed on last season’s likes aiul dislikes, is for toys that arc true to life and will do the work in

.■tided for them. Mere, again, ihere the British toy excels.

It is too early for manufacturers to to divulge vital their season's novelties will he. .Most o) the retailers do not know yet. because of the dnngoi of piracy. The fact, however, is that the ugly animal or doll type of tov is going out of lashi.m, although the (plaint face, ol sue!' (]Uaintness as is given by exaggeratedly large eyes, will he in we popular than ever. The scenic toy will be among the most, popular. One of the best comprise, a tanner, a fanner’s wife tall in metal), and cuws, slice!), pigs, cottages. bants, and other things which can ! e added at will. The large pieces cu-t .'id each and the smaller Id. and there are enough varieties for a child to create a whole countryside to hi' own taste, Kng-lis-ii villages, town life, and mountain life are among the scenes which can he reconstructed. BE MB'S ('ANA I il.-W JiliritK. .Mi t.YTB 8A.!,, Oi tuber 11. .Miss s'ariili Cook, sister of the Connie-:; o! Miu to, was quietly married hero to-day to the Km! of Haddington. Only the bride’s faintly and immodi ue friend' nere |uecut. Lord I laddington. who i- -U. is she rsu.-T ot - otic do. run acres in ( heshi a and I laddington. in the war lie served iii “the cavalry, being wounded and g'"U!ltg the .M.( . Miss (Volt is the daughter of .Mr 0. \Y. ( o k. ~f .Moat real, one of the wealthiest let-incs-; nan in Canada. Hot -isle; married the Karl of Miuto on • Irnun.} -Jl. SKl!.!. hit WORKKKS COIXC. AIiKO.M). I.ON lit ).\. Ctelnber 12 (irilish era ft smell. acknowledged to h • tilt* h.cs[ in tilt' world, are leaving : he ■ I'liuriy i " such large imniheis that employers ami l.abour leaders are deep|v oiia aiiK'ii. .Moreover, t lie depart lire i f eve;.v killed man means that more in -killed man are thrown on the unemployment dole. ITicmploymcni i- liiti ing' the count ry in two ways. While miliums of [a nodal"' being paid out iii doles largely to unskilled v.orket's -pr aliim.imt i- being, lowered by the exodus of the trali'ed n eii, «Im. in another count ry. a c exploiting what they learned in the homeland. K:oiu the Clyde. rile Tyne, and T.ar-io\\-iu-Kume-, hundreds ol clever poling, voiktucii from the steel works and the .••hi; building yards are carrying the pride el mail to the ITlited Stale?, "line these trained men are eagerly slapped up. Th.- same experience i--11 po: ted from She-(Held. where pmlonge I unemployment In, driven men of ambition and proved skill to sell tlieii iaheitt in the best market. .Mr .1. T. Brownlie. chairmaii of the Am iga Urn i.d Km .in- ers' Vuioti. says tla.i lb- I’niteil Slate- engiueeii'-g in: i-. aik-d a; inc.it h e-lii ji -V: loin, '• hirii i- unknown in Atumiea. tea led 1 nioii if Bunding 'I i.-.de Woi'eet -a vs I hat the t rail ■ wiiliili ihe thousand mail M the ('ailed States. b ::ini labourers are also lespauiding; I 1 a|>| 'll' ft ell! the I 'tilted Stairs. ( a imda. a.;: I Altai ralia, and always it i- the lie -1 emu visa are helving t 1" Bliti-ll liebb.. '! Im os.iiuy is i .-it .. readiK dram.-,! • i )t - hi -t uorli evil. pa 1 1 iealarly ill tlm.-e industries in which we have long ~V,. |l. Till MI'S KII.K TUill'lS. BAB IS. <M. 1.'.. i ther door and ilm two men i ante face man was found to he waring I.•'neat'; hi' suit, grey sjJlc tights, and in hi-pia-kets ui-re found a larg' l .won ment of skelmon legs and various forcing implements. W- incg ill, tiuh! • v. it h a haw k silk .-earf < run .•:>!ing his feat ms - and work ivwvlleu vde n Ills IV’t. he prowled ahull the i oriitlofs of fashionable lioteb-, and i night entered rooms and appropriated what naught his ftm-v, from large sums of money p> jewel Inly.