MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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[Reuters Telegrams.] SOLICITOR'S I,OVK AFFAIRS. ;Received this day at fJ a.m.) LONDON. Sept. 21. Walter .Monrilyan, a solicitor at Richmond, Surrey, was found dead in his flat at I’litney with bis bead inside o gas over. The gas cooker clerk arrived at the flats and told the attendant that Monrilyan had not _ appeared at the oliice and had not replied to the telephone. The attendant climbed tinbalcony and broke the window and entered.

Mrs Monrilyan was absent visiting. She has since made a statement to the police. It is understood that she was recently married to Monrilyan, who was about fifty years of age, and has been thrice in the divorce court, the last time being in 1f)22 when his se(Ood wife’s suit was .successful. _ lie cross-petitioned alleging the misconduct of his wife with a young Egyptian. Prince Said Fazil. Ihe suit was dismissed; MOTOR RECORD BROKEN. LONDON, Kept. ’Jib Lee Ouiness in a Dnrrneq. won the two hundred miles light ear motor race at Rrookhimls. breaking the world’s record .irrespective of class. The time was 1 IB minutes DO 1-5 seconds, being an average speed of 102.2 i miles pur hour.

SOLDIERS’ PROTEST. I ON DON. Sept. 21. As a protest against the relusal ol the authorities to raise thirty-live thousand ex-soldiers to'full status in tin l civil service, they are arranging to hand in one hundred thousand war medals. some returning decorations carrying pensions. SKA PLANT. SINKS. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). (Received this day at 9.15 a.m.) LONDON. Sept. 21. The War -Ministry’s 151) horse power seaplane intended to enter for the Schneider Cup contest in America, sank in Felixstowe Harbour, alter a trial (light, owing to damage to the undercarriage. RUSSIA’S TSAR. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) BKRI.IX. Sept. 21. Grand Duke Kyric. the late Tsar's cousin has proclaimed himself Emperor of all the Rushans, lie has no immediate intentions of claiming the Thro'ne, hut is acting on the advice of eminent Russian exiles, who say the\ must have a Tsar, around whom all Russians who love their country, call rally

KNORMOI'S OIL KIRK. DELHI. Sept. 21. Burma Oil Coy’s tank at Rangoon eontrtning two million gallons, was set a (ire bv lightning. The Haines were visible for'miles. There were no means of cheeking the lire, which must ImiTi itself out. .TAI'ANF.SK emigration. TDK 10, Sept. 21. The Immigration Society has purchased :’.9.0(K) acres in Brazil for settlement. The Japanese Government will assist emigration. A DOCTOR’S CLAIM. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) TDK 10. Sept. 21. Kxcitement has been caused bv the claim of Doctor llantareof, of the Government chemical experiment station that he has discovered a method <>l transmuting mercury into gold cheaply, using I7R volts to break no the spectral and all lines of the mercury atom. Me states that lie thrice succeeded ill his experiments, lie promises to reveal the reeret to the world in Xovenihoi*, mid sulils thill tili? cover.v will have the gravest eir-.- ts m. chemistry and physic.

A SDANISH SUCCESS. MADRID, September 21. R-i'ael Guerra, a son of the ex-l’ie-I„iei- has been arrested. \ •ommoniqi’e .states that tbe SfauMi Hoops liave .ici-upied the Gorgues position, t !„is safeguai ding the surrounding pests dominating the height above T etunu, which otherwise is unsafe.