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Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1926, Page 4

NEWS BY MAIL.

-MURDER 6 YEARS AGO. BERLIN, April I t. Six years ago Herr Otto Doniier, a lawyer, of Nioderlossnitz, fi.ixoiiv, was found in a room of bis villa dead with a shot through his head, and it was supposed that death was duo to an accident. A short while ygn information was received by the Dresden police which made them suspect that there lmd been foul play. They learned that Frau Danner had had a love affair with a young g irdener, Otto Kronen, shortly before, (lie death of her I usband. Tlio.v arrested the limn, who was subjected to a .searching inquisition. Frau Douner was also questioned. The two gave such widely different versions of the (loath of Otto Danner thfit tho suspicions of the politic became stronger, and limy finally brought each of them to admit tliat tlie lawyer bad been murdered. Kronert bad gone to him and asked bint to divorce bis wife in order Unit ho himself might marry her. Met with refusal, be bad taken tbe rifle with which the lawyer was about to go out for volunteer drill and shot him.

! TO SAVE FRANCE. PARIS. April U. | The campaign for voluntary rub--1 script ions to a national fund to save tbe franc opens to-morrow. ’! be French 'treasury is receiving a volume of lei tors containing bank-notes and cheques. In many eases women have sent gold and jewellery, while one non-ooiiimissiom-d ofiieer has scut bis year’s payment warrant. There was an -amusing .scone at the Qnai d’Orsny yesterday, when _M. Francois Binet. tho new Minister of Agriculture, was ini reduced to the Cabinet meeting. M. Briand rose to meet him, blit, stopped him on the threshold of the Council Room with tile words: “Before you tail join the Cabinet von must consent to write a cheque for 5,01)0 francs,’’ which is the. minimum sum which Ministers have pledged themselves lo give t : > the fund. M. Francois Binet -at once wr.it;> tho cheque. BANK PANIC STOPPED. NIDV YORK, April I I. A sum of £7.01:0,000 in American currency was shipped last night I y the Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta, to Key West, Florida, whence it was convoyed in a war vessel to Havana (Cuba), to-day in readiness for the opening el business to-morrow.

This spectacular step is the result of a panic which broke out in Culm yesterday owing to the circulation of erroneous reports that the bank had suspended payment and that tho Government. was about to declare n moratorium.

At the height of the panic President Machado drove to the scene accompanied by Secretary for Justice AVorlvS Carlos Afiguol de Cespedcs. Ostentatiously he deposited £20.000 in the Royal Bank of Canada, and then, addressing the crowds tilling the streets, he announced that his personal fortune was -at Die disposal of the hank, and, if this was not enough, Hie national Treasury would deposit £8,000,000 in the Canadian institution.

The effect was magical, and the people began to disperse.

WOMAN BARRISTER AS ACTRESS. PARIS. April 12. Mile. Alice Pufrene, one of the most brilliant of France’s women barristers, has given up the gown for the stage. She made her debut yesterday at the Odeon Theatre in the comedy, " On lie bodino pas avoc I’amour.” and scored an immediate success. , The famous theatre was packed with judges, magistrates, and former legal colleagues of both sexes. Among the bouquets handed to the actress at the end of the play was one from a man in the gallery who had pinned to it a note saying that Mile. Du frolic’s eloquent pleading had once saved him from a long term of imprisonment. and that lie had come to see her stage dehut to show his gratitude. Mile. Did relic, who is a. daughter of the late -Mme. Blanche Dufrenc, who was Sarah Bernhardt’s favourite pupil, was admitted to the Bar five years ago and Uploaded brilliantly in several society divorce eases.

ALPINE GUIDE’S FEAT. ZURICH, April 12. A terrible experience befell a Heidelberg scientist named Tomasoheck, who with the guides Knudel and Biner was on a scientific expedition on a mountain on the Italo-Swiss frontier.

The party was crossing a glacier when Herr Tomaseheek disappeared down a crevice, dragging Knudel with him. By degrees Rimer, tlie last on the rope, was also pulled to tlie edge of the crevice, hut hy an almost superhuman effort lie managed to support the other two suspended in tlie icy chasm until help arrived. Knudel was seriously injured by .a block of ice, but Herr Tomaseheek sustained only minor hurts.

DETECTIVE STUDENTS. LONDON, April 12. Detective “ students ” are now nightly parading the A Lay fair district. * Except detectives on special duty, tlie night policing of London has always been carried out by uniformed men, but recently it was decided to place on duty in the AVest End young detectives in charge of senior officers: 'These men have been working in groups, and the result has been that while young detectives aro .learning -i .

much of tlie ways of the West-End crook, the crooks themselves have paid a heavy penalty in the way of arrests. Many burglars have been caught recently in the act by members of the new patrol, who crept on them, unawares. Since these detectives began their all-night duty there has been a record number of arrests in the area covered from the Vine-street police station.

A COURT SCENE. LONDON. April 12. A red-haired girl, wearing a smart green costume that emphasised her attraction, complained that her old sweetheart, with whom she had kept company for nearly three years, was so jealous of his rival that fie had beaten her, and lie threatened to give her a good hiding every time she met the new lover. “Yon don’t want him sent to prison* ” suggested the magistrate. “ Indeed I do.’’ retorted the girl.

“My life is not safe while lie is at liberty, and 1 want to meet niv new young man without being beaten by the oilier one.’’ An officer undertook to warn the rejected lover that the cave-man business would get him into serious trouble. “You will need a big policeman; lie’s a terror!” said the girl, a note of pride struggling with her resentment. AN AMBITION FOILED. LOXDOX, April 12. 'Patrick O’Brien is a small and insignificant looking Irishman who has an ambition to move in high circles. Less than a week ago be arrived in London with Cll in his pocket, and in four days lie was almost penniless. But lie was a man of large resource and small conscience. First he went to the High Commissioner for Newfoundland with a story that lie bad been born at St. Johns. The High Commissioner declined to have anything to do with him. but Patrick, undismayed, rang up the Sailors’ Home Trust in the East End iind announced that he was the High Commissioner for Newfoundland and that be was sending along one Patrick O’Brien, who was a deserving ease, and please would they supply him with money and an outfit? Later in the day Patrick O’Brien arrived at the home, drew os and a. suit of clothes, and was making himself at home when another inmate remembered that lie bad beard Patrick tolepoliniug bis orders from a post office. So Patrick pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody. ROME'S BIRTHDAY. ROME. April 22. Rome to-day celebrated its 2,G70t1i birthday, which coincided with Labour Day and Colonial Day. A feature of the celebration was a. review by Signor Mussolini, the Premier, of all the Fascist forces in Rome, including many thousands belonging to the. Fascist trade unions. The Premier was •welcomed by the public with great enthusiasm. This afternoon was almost entirely dedicated to sport. The new racecourse at Capannolle (G miles from Rome), said to he the most perfect in Europe, was inaugurated and a football match between Italian and (Voiko-Slovakian university teams was played at the Stadium. Regattas were held on the Tiber. BRUSSELS. April 22. The Belgian (lovcriiment has expressed regret to the Italian Embassy lor (!•>■ n'-ideid in which some young Socialists burnt an effigy of Signor Mus'.' l'iii during a. So -in list, demonstra-tion.--Exchange.

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