NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1924, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

WEALTHY GERMANS. MARIS. March 5

Genuine alarm is being shown all over France at t It.• huge purchases which have been made during the past few weeks 1 1 \* German hiisines- men who have raided many ol the Flench textil** and luxury markets. Report* have reached Maris from chambers of commerce all over the country pnillt-

ing out that tin'll* i* m prog res.* ai. ini,ucn*;* nun haring c.nunah'n inr-

ri"ii "tit L; German*. The Alarm i- bdt bee.iie* m some i*:i*(*.* -locks which have h.*i*n -old out with the franc at a low late will he hard to replenish. Tie* German., far from being poor, an* aide to pay tan,".' price* lor all they want, and are buying with -telling or with dollar*. Hies taking advantage of the fall in 1 lie Irani-.

At Bordeaux dining the oast mouth there lur.e been liu fewer than ‘J II G.-r----imui agent- purchasin'.: huge stocks ol vim. A British traveller who lias just retiirncd from a purchasing camoaign 1 lirollghoill. the wine districts i f Fiam e said, this morning, "\\ liere-cvi-r I went I was up against the same hand of Gorman-, who were inlying all the lies! wine, and sending the prices mi:i ling.” It is slated Imm ofl'ieial .sources that 1 nil. IK 111 hol'cs have keen ex ported from Krai me since the beginning of Ihe year, ami it is climated that tally SIl per edit have gone in Gvrnmiiv. DK.'.TI I AT I I. JOIIANN'ESBPKG. March A Mid Jas, a native living on a larni I'ea.a K rooiistad. has just died at. wlmt is believed to be the age ol 121. Free Stale olllecr- who were eoni-iimodc.-ring native drivers for the ihisiito war in lsti'i exempted him ns being over tin* age limit ol t.th

RAGS. RERUN. March

In order to go suitably attired hjst nighl to Ihe stylish Berlin "Hag,yd Ball," a wealthy Berlin hanker and hi-, family put on their oldest clothes, torn appropriately lor the occasion.

11l their absence their new servant, dressed in her mistress’s most elegant tilings, had no dili'inlty with the help of : x l:i oel in < Paring the house of eivrv article of clothing and linen. Leaving the place in the evening, nod ordering all the boxes lo he placed in a ,xivah, she easily passed herself Oil lIS her mistress. When the banker and his family returned they discovered that they had nothing hut the rags they were wearing. BOYS WHO HFN OFF TO SKA. LONDON, March 1. Rear-Admiral Sir fitly Oauut. -'leaking at the Mansion House yesterday ai the annual meeting of th« Rovai Allied Aged Merchant Seamen’s Institution, praised the spirit that prompts hoys to run away to sea. He said:

The hoy who is going to sea cannot he stopped. It is a very good tiling he doe, want to go to sea. It is the sort of spirit that has made our great Empire what it is. I started with a master in a sailing ship. I rail away from home, but was rescued by the police and brought back again. I left the sea in good enough time to • •vt (> l it*