BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1926, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

I Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] PECULIAR DOUBLE TRAGEDY. LONDON, Sept, 24. A labourer walking in an nnfrequcntocl Bedfordshire lane camo upon a man and woman with their clothes aflame seated in a blazing motor car in a ditch. The occupants were Lindsay Marshall, forty-five, a prominent market gardener and his wife Eva, one of the leaders of Bedford society. Both were dead. A revolver with one chamber discharged was found oil the road some distance hack. Tlie car and bodies were totally incinerated.' DANGER TO EMPIRE. LONDON, September 27. The “News of tlie World.” commenting upon tlie effort which it understands will be made at the Imperial Conference bv tlie Irish 1' roe State, supported by South Africa, to establish the independence of the Dominions in foreign affairs, says sucli a doctrine cannot be applied to the British Empire without exposing it to tho danger of disruption. VANCOUVER, September 25. J. H. McDonald, chairman of the British Columbia Division of Canadian Manufacturers Association, in a long newspaper article appeals to Canadians to stop quibbling over the CanadianAustraliaii treaty, to sink political differences and instead to press tlie Imperial Conference no longer- to delay a full measure of preference between the. Motherland and Dominions. NOTABLE CRIMINAL. SAN DIEGO (California), Sept. 25. Messages state Piacide Joseph Ducrest, who -on September 16th was sentenced to eighteen months penitentiary for smuggling aliens into tho prison, but lias been taken to San Francisco, for questioning in connection with tlie bullion robbery fro*ni.'-the steamer Sonoma in 1921. His identity was established by finger prints, J description and signature. J MAIL ROBBERY. (Received ‘ this day at S a.m.) LONDON* September 20. The most daring mail-van robbery, involving an unknown hut certainly a large amount of diamonds and cheques, occurred in Hatton Gardens, the diamond centre of tlie world. Tlie contractors vail called at tlie post office, where the postman took bags containing registered letters and placed them in the van, which was then driven to Smithfield Post Office. Here the postman signed for a further consignment and returned to the street, where liA was astounded to find tlie van and driver had disappeared. Police stations throughout London immediately warned the whole force to be on the lookout. The van was found in a quiet ■street off Gosswell Road. The mailbags were gone. It is ascertained that the bags were transferred to a private car, which drove off rapidly. The packages represented practically the whole week-end correspondence of Hatton Garden. The usual practice of Hatton Garden merchants is to despatch stones of great value /at tlie week-end. Tlie “ Daily Express ” states it is estimated that the value of tlie mailbags was at least £BO,OOO. The police were scouring London last night. Tlie _ driver secured the post in recognition of his services during the general strike. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. LONDON, September 25. Tlie whole County of London is declared a restricted area owing to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. BODY FOUND. (Received tin’s day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, September 25. At Southgate tlie body of a. motorcyclist, Stanley -Dalton, aged twentytwo, was discovered after thirteen days’ search, concealed in a lonely * wood, near Humshaugh, ■Northumberland, the circumstances pointing to murder aiul robbery. His machine was ‘■previously found abandoned some miles away. THE NEW FASHION. LONDON, Sept. 25. “Dressing Down” is' the new art of fashion. Tt was demonstrated at a West End mannequin display to-day. Tiie process is best described as a violent reaction from the previous fetisli of an ensemble wherein the same colour scheme was repeated in every aecessnrv. ’ i

Under tho new scheme, with the C a “rainbow” tailor-made, it is different. Nothing matches. Women literally drosses down, beginning a light-toned hat, then a fur coat, and a skirt successively darker in shades, and finishing off with black patent leather shoes. With the present fashion the eyes invariably travel downwards, and interest centres in the ankles, instead of in the faces. Under the new scheme, the eyes travel upwards from the shoes to the lightest shade worn, namely the hat.

WOOL SALES. LONDON. Sept. 24. At tlie wool sales there was a good miscellaneous selection. All prices were very firm, Yorkshire taking tlie link of slipes mid scoured cross-breds. BAND CONTEST. f LONDON, September 25 / At tlio annual band festival atCrystal Palace, 125 bands competed. St. Hilda won the championship. SERIOUS OUTBREAK. LONDON, September 20. For the’first time in many years, a foot and mouth outbreak occurred at Southgate, London, where Doctor Corner’s valuable pedigree herd of 59 head, which have taken 25 years to build up, has been destroyed. Dr Corner says he was upon tlie point of important discoveries which he believed would solve tiie vital question of breeding for milk. He supplied locally 40 to 50 gallons of milk weekly, 75 per cent above required standard. PROFESSOR SUICIDES. VIENNA, September 26. Professor Paul Kammerer, a famous biologist, has committed suicide.