NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1926, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

CAMELS LADEN WITH SILVER PARIS, Jan. 25.

Heading a caravan of camels and mules laden with £100,00f) in silver, the white-robed ( aid of the Beni Ruriagliel, ono of the most influential of the Moorish chiefs who went over to Abdel Tvrim, rode into Fez. (capital of Morocco) yesterday to make his submission to the French. I lie treasure was the Caid’s entire fortune, which he had inherited from his father. The Caid’s men constituted the hack, hone of Abdel Krim’s army.

SIGNALMAN B.Sr. LONDON. Jail. 25

Until informed by a. reporter. John Dillwyn Llewelyn. 48. it Port Talbot signalman, was unaware that lie was a. Bachelor of Science of London University.

He was tin external student and submitted papers for the degree. He had no secondary school education, and studies in his spare time, specialising in science an philosophy. Ho declared that for the present be would earn- on as a signalman.

DANCE AT THE TOWER. LONDON, Jan, 25

AYliat is believed to lie the first dance held inside the Tower ol London in modern times will take place on Thursday next. Tt is to he a- semiprivate one, given by the officers ol the' Coldstream Guards, who are now in occupation of the Tower. There will Ibc only one partner for each officer, and there will be no other friends or guests. The dance will he held in tho officers’ mess, with a regimental hand providing tho music.

RACE WITH DEATH. LONDON, Jan. 26.

Hastening from India on hearing by telegraph of his wife’s serious illness, ■Sir Lancelot Sanderson, Cliiel Justice of Bengal, arrived at his home, \\ aid House, Eliel, near Lancaster, on Saturday night just in time to see his wile before she died. Sir Lancelot reached home at 10.00 p.m. and Lady Sanderson died at 8.10 the following morning. POLICE POSE AS SHOPPERS. LONDON, Jan. 26. Detectives from Scotland A aid's Flying Squad, posing as shoppers in Oxford-street, W., yesterday frustrated an attempt by three men who had planned to smash a jeweller’s shop window and run away alter Hie raid

.For 21 hours detectives had kept watch on the shop, information having reached them that an attempt was to lie made. Shortly helore. 1t.30 a.m., when the street was crowded, three men approached the window of Messrs |i. \Y. Fans and Company’s shop. A crash was heard as a brick was burled through the window. Tho waiting detectives pounced on the men, and alter a desperate sliugglc. in which the detectives were helped he passers-by, took them in a police mo tor-ear, which was waiting in a side street, to Tottenham Court-road police station. Later in tho day at Marlboroughstreet Police Court. Frederick Rynies, 37. gardener, Cyril Bucking, 21, kitchen porter, and Charles Cyril Delaware Hoxsill 17, sak'smniK <*l New lvin«x smaVl Fulham, S.W.. wore wit.i breaking into the shop ;Oid stealing therefrom a single stone diamond ring value £248. , Detective-Inspector William Keen, « New Scotland Yard, said that 80x.,11 smashed the window by throwing a parcel containing a brick at it. ■' nil ora tilled the ring and was arrested. 1! vines was very violent and was carried into the shop with the assist,nice of a civilian.

STEEPLEJACK’S BOOK. LONDON. Man'll 25.

" A rot lot i coping, a pull ot wind. . . a loose brick or a decayed piece of ironwork —any of these may easily spell death fur the men who earn thenliving by climbing. Yet I can honestly say that I would not have lollowod other occupation lor the world. So says Mr William. Larkins, the best known of living steeplejacks. Describing a light with a madman at the top of a 150 ft. shaft at Deptford on a very hot summer day. Mr Larkins writes: Just as I was about to give orders to down tools for dinner the assistant nearest me looked at mo with a curious glint in his eye. ... "This is a dog’s life, Air Larkins, lie said, querulously. " It- certainly is not all beer and skittles working in tnis heat,” 1 10 ~ joined consolingly, “But never mind, old chap, we’re just about finished with the job.” Scarcely had I uttered these words than he clasped his hands above ni\ head in the action of one about to dive and bent towards the mouth of Lhe reeking chimney. A terrific struggle ensued. . . and that battle in mid-air will haunt me to my dying day. . . He fought like a wild eat to carry out his maniacal act, and it. was fortunate indeed that he was at length overcome by the Limes. Backwards and forwards we swayed on the narrow lodge, every minute expecting to lie hurled to death. Mr Larkins attributes bis good nerve to having been a total abstainer and non-smoker all his life.

SOCIALISTIC FAILURE. BERLIN, Jan. 2S,

An experiment of running a gigantic industrial undertaking by the State comes to an end with the liquidation of tho. Deutsche Werko. which was finally carried out last night by the hoard of directors. The Deutsche Werko consisted of tho arms and munition works of the German Reich and the whole comern was far greater than Krupp's. Under State management .since 1919. 27.000 workmen have been dismissed, and the State.', finally decided to cut loose from the concern when it was found that it owed £500.000 to the Ministry of Finance. The various factories of the Deutsche Werko will continue to run under tho auspices of private companies.