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Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1925, Page 2

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iCSTBAIiIAN AND N.Z. CADLE ASSOCIATION. NOTORIOUS FORGER SENTENCED. LONDON, -March 31. The Common-Sergeant in sentencing Owen Jennings, aged 23, to three years’ penal servitude for forgery, declared the ease showed a regular traflie m letters .stolen from mail hags and letter boxes anil from these cheques were taken for forgery in a factory. The •' Daily Express ” states '-■that Jennings is known to the underworld as •‘Throe Finger Jack.” He is probably the most skilful forger alive and for years the police have known of the existence of a forger working on a large scale; but Jennings was elusive and uncannily clever and escaped arrest. His outfit, was cunningly ged '•■i that it could ho quickly packcS up in an attache case. It contained hundreds ol dilierent pens and inks mill acids for eliminating the cheque crossings. Jenniug’s work always passed the closest bank scrutiny. It is believed he is responsible for ninety per cent of the forgeries in Britain in recent years. Jennings was always cheery and umipanioiinble and immaculately dressed, lie won the lnLitait medal and bar in the war. MADAME CURIE’S PARIS, April i. Mademoiselle Irene Curie, who is 24 wavs of age. has received the Doctorate of Science at the Sorbonue for a thesis upon the Alpha rays of polonium The text of the thesis is dedicated to Madam Curie hv her daughter and

her pupil. The examination hall was crowded with (professors and .students, ;wiho loudly applauded the young scientist’s success ■which is the result of ten years of research. Millie Irene has i been assisting her mother for ninny years. Her hands already show traces of radium action.

AY KM 81-EY Rli-Ofr.NfN'G. LONDON, March 31. The House of Ominous read for the second time the .British Empire Kxhib.ihition Guarantee Bill, by which II hundred thousand sterling is guaranteed. Mr A. M. Samuel, the mover, hoped tlie Exhibition would open it' the first week in May. SCOTSWOOD MINE DISASTER. LONDON. April 1. The consulting engineer at Scotswooil has abandoned the. hope of reselling any of the entombed men alive. It is4L estimated that it will take three weeks pumoiag at high pressure to eleai the pit. BAR 1.1 \MENT’S OPINION. LONDON, April 1. I n connect ion with the Seotswoo.i disaster the House of Commons on the motion of Mr Hirst, passed a resolution deploring the heavy loss ol life, and also the large number of now fatal mining accidents. The House reiordeil its opinion “that legislation should immediately be introduced to improve and strengthen the Coal Mines Aid. in order to secure the fullest protection for those engaged in this dangerous industry.’■ . , REPARATIONS MONEY. LONDON. March 31. The Dominions have received Irom the Treasury the lirst instalment of the .Dawes Reparations payment. Australia and Canada have each received fj 1.35, t’JO. FIRST LARDER BUDGET. LONDON. March 31. The results of the lirst Labour Budget. for the financial year which ed to-day show that instead of an os- * tincited deficit of C7,1)-!ti.000, and after taking into account the supplementary exenditurc, there is a surplus of C;Uk)B.SBI . Tliciv \wis n iu*l «loiTCii. w o in remuio* compared with 1i)23-24. It was £37,-.y~ pss. 7 for. decrease was chiefly due to a A, Killing i,lf in the runnmt* nod excise no eoiio. lift IT UN’S’ DRINK BILL. LONDON, April 1. P.rilaia spent £3!fi.(100.000 during ]!!21 on alcoholic liquors. This amount represents an expenditure 0f,115s per head for the year, compared with 112 s per head In 1i)23. The Exchequer secured £137,(’O!M«)0 as taxal ion on liquor. „ A QUEER WILL. LONDON, March 31. Alfred George, a London or. wlm died at the age of 33 years, leaving over one hundred thousand pounds, directed that three doctors should separately examine him “ after his supposed death.” and that one thousand sterling should he paid to any (••ir* of the three who should discover that lie was not dead, hut merely in a trance, and should so restore him to

BRITISH EMPIRE FELLOWSHIP. LONDON, April 1. The report on the Fellowship of the British Fnmiie Exhibition, submitted to the Prince of Wales prior to his departure lor South Atrica, states the membership of fund-on Ist November was 22.511 D einisistiiigs of groups, Em-

pire v. ide. The Eellowshin was assisting the exhibition to the extent of 0-7 and it had also founded a scholarship fund to which £2984 was paid mi Ist November. Knuds were allotted to various parts of the Empire,

proportionate to the number of Fellows enrolled therefrom. The amount due to Britain would he devoted to sending young I lomelumiers to be trained at the Agricultural Colleges of the

Dominions. SALE OF FOREIGN GOODS. LONDON, April 1. Reginald Wilson. General Secretary of the British Empire Union, slates the hoard of the union is so dissatisfied with the attitude of the Wembley Exhibition authorities regarding the sale of foreign goods that it has doeideil to make direct representations to \ the Government. ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL. LONDON, April ,1. Impressive incidents attended the r evensong in St. Raul's Cathedral, being/ the occasion of the last service under JC~ the dome prior to the closing of the" eastern part for the work of preservation. estimated to take six years. 'The service, meantime will he held in the western end of the nave and St. Dunstan's chapel. The organ is no longer win use, hut part, may he temnorarily moved and re-erected temporarily. I he high altar was moved to the centre of the nave. The Cathedral "ill now accommodate a thousand only, instead of seven thousand normally. FIFTH LARGEST CITY. TOKIO. April 1. The town of Osaka and suburbs has been amalgamated, resulting in a commercial city of two million idly thousand. It ranks as the world’s fifth largest.

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