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Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1926, Page 1

COFFIN OF SCUT OF GOLD. CAIRO, dan. I !. Since the magnificent gold coffin of King Tutankhamen was brought from the tomb ill Luxor and deposited ii. (he mu-emn In-re it has been inspected by ,-t large number oi tourists, who •have expressed surprise anil admiration at tin- 'splendour of the relics. I lie- gold u-ed m the eoliin weighs -Twt. and the question forces itself on thi- mind as to where the ancient Egyptians obtained such lavish supplies oi the precious metal as to he noli' to Use so much of it even for thiuneral obsequies ot a gud-kiug. There is little doubt, that it was “Egyptian gold"— .a term Wiiieh is still popularly used to denote gold of special purilv, The coffin, or niiimin v-ense, is indeed it gorgeous object, for it s not only hcaulilttliy chased with hieroglyphics and embossed with, symbolic figures, blit also 'hears the royal insignia of the ancient Egyptian Empire. It is iit once obvious that linking must have been of almost tliildlike stature, for the mummy-ease is only about oft. long, l>eiug of the traditional form which follows the outline of tho human figure. The first feature which srikes the spectator, after recovering from the magnificence of the dazzling object itself, is the head and face. which are perfectly modelled in the likeness of the king. The eyes are missing, and the empty orbits lend an uncanny air to the otherwise life-like fm-e. framed in the well-known headdress which closely covered the head, leaving the ears clear, and hung down on either shoulder. The arms are crossed, and in Unhands. which emerge from Pile plain gold of the case, are the sceptres ol Osiris, into whom, eat It Pharaoh was, absorbed in death. These are the crook and the flail. The crook is of goltl with narrow bunds of turquoise, and the thongs of the flail, three itt number. 1 consist, of elongated beads alternating with smaller round ones of gold and some black material, perhaps onyx. The golden mask which covered the head and shoulders of the mummy is in another case in the same room and is a counterpart of the head and shoulders of the mummy-case, but its eves and head are intact, lending it a still more life-like apjiearance. SKYSCRAPER FIRE. NEW YORK, l-'eb. 19. One of New York’s most famous skyscrapers—the Equitable Building, which on its 40 floors houses 10,000 clerks ami other workers—was the scene this, morning of a lire which blazetl for three hours. Some of the huge electric cables in the basement had short-circuited. The blaze stared up the main shaft until it reached the 35th floor, where it spread to the offices of the Guggenheim Company. The Equitable Building was the scene m 1912 of one ot the most spectacular fires in the history of New York. Many lives were then lost and more than £40.000.000 worth of securities were buried beneath its ruins. 1 Inexisting skyscraper took its place. Tho flames destroyed many valuable records of the Guggenheim Company, but a safe containing a cheque lor £14.000,000. the proceeds of the recent sale ot a copper mine, was unharmed.

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