BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1927, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[BY TKMiCRAPII- I'KU rttUSS ASSOCIATION.] London, May n. The New Zealander, G. S. Harcourt. was elected l.a( rosse captain in sii;eession to Boiiytliojn, of Adelaide.

wireless distress calls. LONDON. -May G.

The early compulsion of tin* adoption of distress auto-alarm on all mereliailtships was foreshadowed at tile annual meeting of the Marconi International Marine Communication Company who have devised automatical).'' picks up of ships distress calls to operate a special signal note summoning the wireless operator even when oh duty on whatever part of the ship.

ACUOSS-ATLANTIO FLIGHT. LONDON. May Captain St. Remain left the African coast on a trans-Atlantic flight to Brazil. A wireless message received later stated be was far out to sea and going well. He does not cari\ tbe official sanction of the French Air Ministry, because lie removed the floats. On the other band tbe Franco-Latin Association which made itself responsible for tbe flight declares it has every eon lidence in him. St. Domain declared before starting that he had entire confidence in the machine without the floats. Mechanic Mathies, who accompanied him to Marseilles, withdrew because lie regarded the trip as dangerous. Ho was replaced by another.

Captain Nungesser expects to start on Monday in a Bleriotin. Interviewed, he said the trans-Atlantic flight could fie commercially practicable only by establishing three or four mid-ocean stations, where machines could land and replenish. “ Aviation has not advanced to the stage which makes these crossings more than sporting events. Distance and weather are no obstacles, hut commercial trans-Atlantic flights must he preceded by numerous trials. Factors militating against commercial usefulness include fuel crowding out passengers and the necessity to foim a horseshoe of goods stations. There would have to be a number of large, powerful aeroplanes flying at a great height. These are very expensive, costing at least one hundred thousand sterling ones.”

DAVIS (TP. COPENHAGEN. May 5. Denmark by winning the first three matches of the first round of the Davis Gup tie against Holland earns the rigid to meet, in the second round the winner of the Britain-Swedeu match. DUN PNC lATION OF CRUELTY. LONDON, May There was a strong denunciation of cruelty, under the guise of sport at a monster meeting, under the auspices of the League for Prohibition of Cruel Snorts.

Dean Hereford said: “AYe must denounce with whole-hearted horror, certain aspects of fox hunting which are disgusting and brutalising.” Archdeacon of ’Westminster said:

■ The morbid desire to destroy life for sake of sport was ail unconscious survival of the savage age. Coursing, deer hunting and bare limiting were barbaric.”

Bernard Shaw in a letter states: “There is dissension in the Royal Family. Prince Henry says every artist should he a sportsman. The Prince of Wales promptly countered, refusing to attend the bull-fight. Certainly the artist who paints a bird in living colours and stalks a rliinocerous with a movie camera is a better sportsman than tbe malignant idiot who shoots them and gets photographed squatting on the corpse.” Bishop Salisbury stated: “On the whole, shooting, hunting and fishing did more harm than good.”

SPAHLINGER’S EVASION. LONDON, May 5. The “Daily Exercise” states Spah-

linger has had a week to consider tho ten thousand sterling offer. With exception of an evasive irrelevant quibble be lias carefully refrained from the slightest move, and refused to meet authorised representatives. There is only ouo conclusion that ordinary common sense people can draw,, namely, that Spahlinger lias no ease. We have no hesitation in advising the public to discount the Spahlinger institute by donation funds or otherwise. Sir Horden states: “There is nothing else to do in view of Spaldinger’s refusal. L cannot imagine why he should refuse, and it would have ended dcfitiiL. lv. the very unsatisfactory stale ■ I suspicion in some minds.”

DL I.'N CREW ARRIVE. LONDON. May d. The master and crew of the Devon have arrived. £IO.'2dO. L'7Bd() of which goes to the owners by the Admiralty Divismi. for salvage services for towing the Lastern Moan to Sydney, in May of last year. AN ANNOUNCEMENT. BARIS. May M. Ilcrri it announced the Government was informed that the secret of Nanking synthetic petrol was discovered. There are no further details. EM I)LX'S RECORD. BERLIN. May .7. The cruiser Linden reports that while voyaging from .Macassar to Nagasaki. Japan, it- took soundings of 31,120 feet, the greatest ever recorded.

SOVIET DKLLGATES. MOSCOW, May 5. The Mass Agency states that the Soviet’s Genova delegates report that the police conditions at Geneva deprive them ol elementary freedom and of the possibility of working. Indignation is expressed in Russian Government circles, which consider there are unprecedented chicaneries and humiliating restrictions, which are a proof ol the insincerity of the League of Nations’ invitation to the Soviet, indicating the creation of c iiiditions that mean preventing the Soviet delegation from joining in i lie work. The Soviet lias, therefore, instructed M. Ossin-ky. Leader of the Soviet delegation, t■ * demand (1) that the League shall agree to reasonable methods of protection, and to the abolition of humiliating police measures restricting the delegates’ liberty; C 1) ail assurance of equality of conditions with other delegations; and (3) equal participation in debates. Otherwise the Soviet delegation will immediately denari.

The Soviet also proposes to reconsider its participation in the League’s conference, especially those held in Switzerland.

I.OVL .MANIAC. BARIS. Max G

The death is just reported in Budapest of Michael Ivallosky. known for many years as “the madman who loved the wax doll." Kalloskv. a member of an arislocratie Hungarian family, fell madly in love with a beautiful Jewish girl, and proposed marriage. Her parents, however. refused their consent, on the grounds that Ivallosky was a Christian, and shortly afterwards the young Jewess married another man of her own religion. The wrecking of his dreams turned [Callosity's brain, lie rented a Hat in a house facing that in. which his lost love lived with her husband, and every hour of tho day ho watched her window fr.mi liis own.

One day a number of packing eases arrived from Baris, and were delivered to Kallowsky's. For several weeks lie mcked himself in his room and would not allow even his housekeeper to outer.

Finally the housekeeper, fearing for her master's safety, looked through the keyhole and saw him talking to the object of his dreams—the woman who lived opposite. She knocked at the door and was admitted by Kallowsk.v only to find that tho woman had disappeared. Jt \va.s some time before the police ascertained the truth, which was that Kallowsky, l>.v sending a detailed description and a number of photographs of the Jewess to a Parisian firm of wax model manufacturers, and had a lifelike model of her made. He dressed the wax mannequin in clothing like that which from his window lie saw her wearing.

Wlien. I lie object of his love 'became a mother, the unfortunate man had a wax doll made, and this he placed in the mannequin's arms. The police eventually persuaded M. Kallowsky to enter an asylum with his iwn wax models, and it was in that institution that lie lias just died.

ZULU CHIEF’S CLAIM. CAPETOWN. May 5

Solomon Dinizulu. the Chief of the Zulus, is suing the Natal Mercury newspaper for £.“000 damages, for alleged defamation.

The paper alleged that DimV.ulu had insulted the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his visit to Kshowe, when sixty thousand Zulus assembled to dance in honour of the Prince, by parading outside the perimeter of the gathering and receiving a Royal salute of the Bayete, the roar of the salute distracting the dancers and withdrawing attention from the Prince of Wales, 'flic paper also alleged that the whole affair was premeditated to show the Prince of Wales. 'flic Mercury pleads that the article was true in substances and in fact; that it was a fair comment; and that it was without malice.

It is anticipated that the case will last for a week.

PAPER OUTPUT. STOCKHOLM, May (i. The Swedish and Norwegian paper pulp industries have agreed to reduce this year’s output by 200 tons, in view of the present unsatisfactory state of the market. FRENCH MILITARY ECONOMY. PARIS. May C. The French Minister of Mar announces that there will be no Army Manoeuvres on a grand scale this year, owing to the lack of funds, but there merely will be minor military exercises lasting from two to three days.