MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1924, Page 3

MISELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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TUBERCULOSIS. NEW PREVENTIVE SERUM. PARIS, June 20 Al. Calmette, sub-director of the Pasteur Institute, read a ]>;i]K-r at the Academy of .Medicine on the discovery of a method of innocuhition against tuberculosis which greatly interested the scientists. AI. Calmette has been experimenting with preventive serums for many years, and the result lie has attained is regarded as aii important discovery. It is emphasised that the .serum hits only preventive effects, and that it is not applicable to those actually infected with consumption. The vaccine is constituted by a special kind of Koch bacilli, which are socially at tent iitaod by 200 successive cultures in the flesh of a Illll-loi-k's head. With this attenuation the bacilli lose their power to provoke the formation of tuhereules. Experiments with caltes have proved that the vaccine is proof against virulent bacilli, sufficiently strong to kill within cght weeks.

THE EARTHQUAKE. LONDON. June 2d. A lost violent earthquake shocks are reported in several of the world centres. Facuzas, Italy, notifies records of the shock at Rcilams Observatory. It began tit three o’clock in the morning and lasted four hours. It nujx'tirod to have occurred seven thousand miles away. The quivering of the apparatus curried ofT the quills of the instrument.

Capetown, on June 2(ith. reports that a shock was registered at the Royal Observatory, which lasted for two anil n-half hours, beginning at J. 70 o'clock in the morning. Apparently its location was .A.OOO miles oil'.

A WKAIBI.EY INCIDENT LONDON. June 20. The “Daily Express" reports an incident which caused much excitement at Wembley. It says that Thompson, mounted on Headlight, otic, of the is-st broncos, used a large Australian saddle with a crupper over the tail. When it was found that the animal did not buck he dismounted ami returned tn the pens, indignant He said: “T cannot help it if these horses of theirs won’t buck when ridden with a crupper. Our horses in Australia will. I was told I could use the saddle, and the one I used won’t stay on any horse’s hack without a crupper."

Afr Tex Austin, the rodeo manager, said: “You cannot win money in a bronco bucking competition unless the horse bucks. None of our horses will buck with the emptier. Tlmy cannot possibly do it.” He said llmmp-am could ride the same horse with his saddle or any other without a crupper. A Ganadian-Americiin would vide the same horse with Thompson’s saddle, so there could he no complaint. Air Cochran said: “I don’t want Thompson to feed that there is anything against him. I am prepared to agree to have two Australian judges in the arena, during the further title or that the judging may he left to Englishmen.

The “Daily Herald” says Air Tex Austin said the introduction of the ■rupper was not anticipated, or a •lause would have been inserted against

Ultimately ATr Cochran offered CIOO if the three men concerned would ride again using Thompson's saddle without the crupper, but the suggestion Hits not adopted. Thompson was offered the option of re-riding ertipporless, but this he refused to do. and so he was di.squalitied. against which lie vigorously protested. CAI’E POLITICS. CAPETOWN, June 2i> The delay in the completion of the llcrtzog Cabinet is due to Labour not having yet made tip its mind. ATr llcrtzog is anxious to include Mr t'resswcll (Leaden and Air lioyilell in the .Ministry, in order that both parlies may lie represented in the Government. Air ilerlzog has decided to invite the I’rincc of Wales to visit the Union. The Johannesburg “.Mail” says it understands that the Nationalist Government intends to appoint a European Ambassador tor the I nioii, with headquarters in Holland. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. GENEVA. June 2A. At the League of Nations, when a special plenary session discussed the fact that many European States have not ratified the eight hours day, the German delegates made the declaration that Germany could not discuss hours control, v.diich would he an intolerable infringement ol sovereignity. This caused a mild sensation, and vgiuroiis replies by the workers’ delegates.

ANTHRAX .MENACE. LONDON. June 20

The Australian Press Associtii ions special cnrrespoiideiit at Geneva stales that the British delegates submitted a resolution to the Anthrax Committee recommending that the report of the Advisory Committee on anthrax he submitted to the next Labour l "ttfeionoo, providing that dangerous itool and hair lie disinfected in the importing country unless previously disinlectrtl.

Aii Indian resdutiou urges tlu- CcuiinilliM' lint to recommend that any nc-| Lion ho taken hy tin- r.inferoiuo in favour of tlu- profess now in operation ■ U Liverpool. It is stated t<> he oiler-! live. Inn rosily. and is only eapable .f ineilieation in Liverpool, and " * l h ; rertain classes of material, addle interferes with their use in industry- \ The Indian resolution concludes; “Hie CViniuittce considers there is no prospent of arriving at an international oil tin 1 question. j A review of tlu- situation indicates ihe possibility of a majority of about four for the Indian resolution. A vote Mill lie taken in the morning. The nuil ter i- really one between Britain smil India. The Australian delegates opposing strongly any suggestion ~f disinfect ion o: Australian wool

M ISSOI.INI. IMIMF. June ’-’.V A- a result of In- speech in the Chamber, the Majority I’arty has unanimously adopted a vote of ‘onhdoiic. in Premier Mussolini.

SECTI’.ITV OF FRANCE. LONDON. June 27

Tim latest statements hy Mr Mac11,iiinU1 and M. 1 lerriot are regarded a- disposing ol the story of a pact m the event ol Cermmi aggres-ioit. Aecording to Paris despatches. M. Herriot has explained that the Chequers Court conversations naturally Imre on the co-operation ol England a tut France in the maintenance of peace, ami upon a guarantee tor France in the case of aggression, hut lie did not claim that there had Keen any definite conclusion. IL' added that there was m, question of reducing the given to France hy tlu* \ cr.-atlies Treaty. Oermany must he disarmed m order that Europe ma yhreathe Ireely. \ declaration of promises would not It,Hice. He had found Mr MacDonald j„ complete agreement with tins point.

IT VI lAN CONFIDENCE. HOME. June The Senate unanimously expre-e.l confidence in the Covevnnmnt.

tAICNDSF.N'S I’LANs-. CHRISTIANIA. June 2,. Amundsen has postdated his nola ( ' expedition oM'il»U t ( ) t!IC economic mlh-. OdltiCSi '