MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1924, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALIAN AM) N.Z. CAIJI.E ASSOCIATION. POISONED FOUR WIVES. LONDON, February 8. The “Daily Express’’ Geneva correspondent says that Jacob Zeller, aged ninety, has been arrested at Stuttgart, and charged with murdering liis first it er wives with poisoned champagne. He married altogether six times. Ilis liitli wife hanged herself. Zeller married only n month ago. a beautiful oigli-t(on-year old girl. Three days ago sivc reported tit the Police Station that he husband had given her champagne from which a vapour arose. When she complained that ii tasted bitter. Zeller attacked her and tried to make her xv. allow a gja.x -ftil. but the young bride escaped. After making a statement at the Police Station, she collapsed and igh taken to a hospital where she was found to be suffering from sulphuric acid poisoning from which site is recovering. Zeller, "hen arrested, admitted poisoning his lir.-i four wives, and he cynically added. “1 have led a comfortable honourable life. Now I am too o! 1 to ho sentenced to death for the ciintes.'’ Zeller lived in luxury in a Ida villa. AVIATION SECRETS. PARTS, February 8. A French engineer and a young Russian woman employed by an aviation company wore at rested late to-night, and charged with stealing secret documents relating to the construction of new aeroplane engines, which are ltnilei consideration by the French Government. It ix alleged that both the accused have been in communication "itD accomplices in other aviation works and that there lias been a widespread scheme to secure the documents with lhe vie" of selling them to a foreign power. Further ano-dx are imminent. RECORD FORGERIES. LONDON, February 8. Scotland Yard is tackling the biggest lorgery case ot4 record. When Ml Cl.as Robinson leturned from a tour he found that £ DM,Off) had been withdrawn from lux account. A .scrutiny of the die.pies disclosed that i he signature was a forgery. DODGING TAX ICS. LONDON. February 0. .Major-General Sir W. Smith. Lieut. Governoi of the Island of .Jersey, where wealthy people are ilorking to live for -ix months and a day in order to evatii English taxation, lia.s resigned, on account of the I ..hind's reiusal to cont! iti ule to the British liupciial Exchequer. The tax on Englishmen U £l7 j"i head, am! thal on the inhahilaids ei Jersey Island B xi\t> seven .shillings. I.TON ESCAPES . PARIS. February 9. Ait escaped Iron was killed uetn Guei.s. Htiligci compelled it to emerge I'rejm thu woods, it was then allot dead. The escape occurred in a storm, ike Rouxs cage, belonging to a menagerie, being blown from a ra:!wa\ tine!: between Puget and L tiers and v>.; cßDuiic-d. The lion escaped Warning c a ■ issued that all children he kept indoors. Gendarmes, armed police, and vyc lists assisted by peasants searched i lie disti l l fruitlessly until nightfall. It is feared that the lion lias escaped to the woods, and its capture will !- a difficult matter. SPANISH AIR PHANS. MADRID, February 8. Following on practical tests. the Sjanish naval authorities have decided in adopt a British type of aeroplane. A Commission is proceeding to Loudon <o make tile lii.xt purchase of a dozen brmbing machines. GALLIPOLI GRAVES. DARDANELLES, Fob. 9. The Australian Premier, Mr Bruce, landed at Gallipoli from the warship ■‘Calv; so." He visited various cemeteries in tile south ot the Peninsula] whore lie himself, served ill 191.). Although the armed has changed, he rcmixed tiie ] laces where he pai ticipat-

cd in the lighting. He identified tin g!lives of a number ot old comrades and found that good progress is boimj imuit by ('oloncl Hughes and an efficient slalf at all the cemeteiies which are uniform in design, and are simple, substantial and dignified. GERMANY AND CHINA. J'ilK iX. Fehriini’y 8. The “Daily Now-," learns, (lennnny has made an agreement witli China, paving her 100.000.000 dollars war indemnity. TO 11V TA.KII’T POLICY. LONDON, February 8. The Daily Kxpress says the Conservative shadow Cabinet, including Mr liaidwin. Lord Bailout’. Lord Birkenhead, and .Mr A. Cluimblain, will on Monday at a meeting of the party, recommend it to drop the general tariff policy, to maintain the .SafeguardProiereTice •’witli limits laid down "by ing of Industries Act and Imperial the Imperial Conlerenee). also the Me Komin duties, and an anti-dumping plank in the party platform. HERMAN SEAMAN REST ME. LONDON, Fehruary 8. Negotiations in conet inn with the strike of the (lermaii seaman in British ports have been successful, and the strike has been declared olf BRITISH DOCKERS. LONDON. February 0. The dock strike is less threatening The employers now oiler an additional ■■hilling per day and they also promise sympathetic consideration of the demand for the guarantee of a week s work for the remedying of the irregularity for employment, which is the docker's greatest source of hardship. STRIKERS IN NORWAY. CUR IST CANT A. Fehruary fh '' A dockers strike against the reduction of wages has been in progress during the past fortnight, and is now developing seriously, the employers having decided to loclt-out thirty six thousand men. The employers threaten to lock-out a further twenty-four thousand if an agreement is not reached within a week. The National Association of Trades Fnions has retaliated by declaring a strike in the paper pulp and celluloid industries, involving thirteen thousand employees.