BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 February 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

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BLACK LIGHT. LONDON, Feb. 19.

John Baird, of Glasgow, a leading research student in connection with television has announced that in consequence of widespread international in terest in the discovery, including that in America. Germany, >.ind France, be, is constructing a, full-sized model of bis black light, which consists of a powerful ray like a. searchlight, invisible in tho darkness and yet brilliant l.v illuminating '.inything on which it i.s thrown. Tt even penetrates a fog.

Mr Baird says be will bo able to pick out aeroplanes over London at a height of 5009 feet.

MARCONI COY. LONDON, Fehuary 19

A statement has been issued on bo half of .Marconi’s shareholders. ft points out that the board of directors have agreed to accept all the Advisory Committee's decisions when formulated, but the Shareholders Committee hue demanded the right to accept or reject the Advisory Committee decisions, if it thought lit. The Advisory Commit! tee has therefore refused to act.

The Shareholders Committee is preparing its own proposals for the general meeting. The “Financial Times” :*iys: “It is officially announced by .Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Company that the Advisory Committee, consisting of Lords Ashfield and Buekland. Sir Hugo Hirst land Mr Szarvasy. are not now prepared to act in that capacity, the Shareholders’ Committee being unwilling to accept it as a cardinal condition that the recommendations of the Advisory Committee should be supported by the Bail'd and by the Shareholders’ Committee.

BRITAIN AND Rt'SSIA. LONDON. Feb. 19. Referring to the known difference existing in the Cabinet regarding the “Reds.” otherwise the Russia policy the Daily Chronicle’s political edrrespomlent says he understands that the Cabinet last Wednesday considered the whole question, when Sir Austen Chamberlain threatened to resign if tho Cabinet forced him to take a course which be believed would make bis task as Foreign Minister impossible. The correspondent adds that the “die hards” afterwards climbed down, but evidently more will be heard of the question.

SIJBM Alt IXE UP HE A V AI.S. CAIRO, February 29.

British destroyers on the way to China report big submarine upheavals in the Mediterranean simultaneous with the earthquake on Feb. 1-ttli, convulsive seas and mountainous waves in opposite directions impacting over the deck with a tremendous roar, as the cruiser “ Dauntless” entered Bolt Said. Sailors rushed up on deck owing _o an inrush of water. The liner “ Adriatic ” was tossed for two days outside Alexandria. GLOBE TROTTERS. LISBON, February 20. A German. Enos Kliemek, attempting to win a thousand gold marks that the German Government repeatedly offered, accompanied by an Austrian, Franz Kapcltal, collecting notes for a book of a world tour on horseback, started from Flensdurg in May. 1925, He traversed Czeeho-Slavakia. Hungary. Austria, Italy. Switzerland, Belgium. France and Spain, where one horse died. The travellers alternately riding the other arrived at Oporto dining the rebellion and a shell killed the remaining horse. Accordingly they took train to Lisbon, embarking for Canaries. They have already covered 12.700 miles and intend visiting Africa, America, Australia, Asia to Russia. YOCA LIST’S SUCCESS. (Received this day at S a.m.) LONDON. Feb. 20. Miss Gladys Moncrioff had a wonderful reception at Daly’s Iheatie when taking the place of Elizabeth Pecliy in the leading part of “Blue Mazurka.” Her singing charmed the audience, who. loudly applauded every n umber.

A SUCCESS AC HIEVED. (Received this day at 10.15 a.mA LONDON, February 18. The “ Daily Express ” critique of Miss Moncrieff in “ Blue Mazurka,” states, though managers for the year have been searching* for stars, here is a fine .stage presence, and magnificent soprano who was not thought worthy of attention. They have just been wondering on Saturday night why a lady, who came thirteen thousand miles, had been spurned, who looked beautiful aiul sang divinely. ATTEMPTED MURDER. A JUDGE’S STRICTURES. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Fob. 20. There was a sensational scene at Nottingham Assizes when Edgar Smith was found guilty of attempted murder of police constable Dainty, who overtook Smit.Ti when motoring, and was shot by him. The Judge said: “You shot this unfortunate man three times when he was doing his duty. There is only one penalty I can inflict, namely, penal servitude for life.”

Smith reeled in the dock, while there was a gasp in the- Court. Presently Smith recovered and said: ‘‘Cannot you have mercy, if not lor my wife. This is a terrible sentence.” “It is a terrible sentence,” remarked the Judge, “but you have done a terrible thing, and it is only hv the mercy of God that you are not charged with murder.”

Then the Judge recalled Constable Dainty and said: “No one could have blamed you, if, seeing he was armed, and having one bullet in your body, you ceased to try to arrest him, but nevertheless you took two more shots into your body l>efore you ceased to do your duty. This is a record of wihich any man might be proud.”

TN THE AIR. ' LONDON, Fob. 20.

Bert Thinkler is making plans to fiv in a light aeroplane to Australia. He intends to use a two-seater light aeroplane fitted with a CO h.p.-engine. News conics from Praia (Cape Verde Islands) that Do Pinedo, The Italian, intends to fiv from that point to Port Natal. He expected to start at 11 o’clock on Saturday night. ROME. February 20. Do Pinedo was unable to take off at Praia owing to the plane being overloaded. He will make another attempt to-day. ROME, February 20. The Uruguayan aviator Larrnbordes has departed from Pisa for Malaga on the first stage of his trans Atlantic flight. A COUNTRY TRAGEDY. .Received this day at 8 a.ffi.l PARIS. Eob. 20. An appalling story of country folks superstition comes from the village of Ballot, where August Guillot, aged 78, I become suspected of sorcery. because he did not attend Mass; also because horses and sheep stampeded at sight of him. Finally he fondled a baby which died of convulsions next day. Enter he was crossing a field where sheep stampeded and the shepherdess cudgelled him and knocked him down. Her brothers then joined in battering him, and they left Guillot apparently dead. Next morning Guillot crawled to another farm .house and begged attention to his injuries, hut the farmer’s wife savagely attacked him, gough-

ing out one of his eyes with a pitchfork, smashed his nose and pushed the unconscious man under a hedge where he was found three days afterwards. Guillot lingered for three months and lias just died, a physical wreck.

BILLIARDS. LONDON, Feb. 20. Lawrence Steeples, of Yorkshire, won Ihe amateur billiards championship, beating 11. Coles, of Cardiff by 20'X) to 2119. A TRAGEDY. LONDON, Feb 20. Mrs Gc'- ge Jones, a money-lender's wife, of i i.crnoul, visited the undertaker : a' range for the funeral of her so: . The body was left in the husband''! are, and when she returned she I anal her husband and two younger children dead, with their throats cut. EXECUTIONERS PAY. PARTS. Feb. g). The idleness of executioners has became an affair for the State. Three executioners are paid each £25 sterling per annum plus fees for each execution. Init- there was only one job among three in the last eight months, whereas before the war there were at least one or two each month. M. Poincare promised to consider the men's grievance and said that if there was nobody to guillotine, the executioners must not starve.