GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association./ VICTIAI OF SCIENCE. LONDON, Sept. 14. A noted Manchester surgeon, and a specialist in anaesthetics. Dr S. RAVilson, was found dead, locked in his study, with a mask over his face. He is believed to be tho victim of science, experimenting on himself with # a new anaesthetic of his own discovery. KING AS AUCTIONEER. RUGBY, Sept. 13. The King and Queen and the Duke and Duchess of York on Saturday helped at a fete in the grounds of Balmoral Castle. For three hours tho King stood on the public stand of a stall in a flower tent and acted as auctioneer, receiving notes and silver from hundreds of people in exchange for flowers that had been sent from the Royal gardens at Balmoral, Sandringham and Windsor. The King appeared to enjoy his duties as Salesman, and passed jokes with his customers. After all the flowers had been sold the King proceeded to sell the vases and bowls (-but- had contained tlie blooms. GERMAN FLEET. BERLIN, Sept, 14. Off Swinemuende, President Von Hindenburg reviewed the first post-war German naval parade. The whole German Fleet, except the ships on service, took part. They consited of four armoured battleships, three cruisers, the First and Second Torpedo Flotillas, and three new destroyers. There were no seaplanes or submarines present, as the Treaty of Versailles forbids them.

Manoeuvres were carried out on linos of the Battle of Jutland.

RUSSIAN WOOL ORDERS. LONDON, Sept. 14. The Daily News says:—“All Russian Textile Syndicate announces that it is closing its Bradford offices on October Ist, owing to the rupture of Auglo-Russinn relations. It adds that all its contracts with Bradford have been completed, and that Russia in future does not intend to deal with Bradford, where it has bought millions of pounds weight of wool tops in past years. ft is transfering its dealings to the Continent, MYSTERIOUS TURKISH "PLOT . CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 15. A mysterious street siege occurred in tho suburb of Per:', Tlie police surrounded a house and demanded suirenler of four men suspected of being concerned in a conspiracy, the nature of which was not disclosed. The man replied with shots, killing one officer and seriously wounding two. Sharp fighting followed in which the conspirators were killed. A largo quantity of arms was discovered in a house indicating an important movement. DEAN INGE HITS OUT. LONDON, Sept. 14.

“The institution of monogamous marriage is everywhere assailed, and views are widely expressed, particularly fiction, undermining the whole basis of Christian marriage,” says Dean Inge, in an outskopen article in* the “Evening Standard.” “The theory of the popular novelist, and of a large section of society,” lie says, “is that marriage is only moral during the duration of physical attraction, ami that if love—or rather lust—is transferred to another object, the marriage tie can lie broken without scruple. The popular novels of to-day may twenty years lienee he completely excluded from decent houses. Their authors will lie rightly served if this oblivion overtakes theniv,. Aly on* opinion is that marriages between an W adulterer and his paramour ought not to be allowed, even by the State; bub I should hesitate to say that no misconduct, except infidelity, should be recognised by the Church, as sufficient cause for a divorce.”

SCIENTISTS’ CONCLUSION. LONDON, Sept. 14. The “Gazcttte” says that scientists, including Sir Richard Gregory, are anticipating a disastrous earthquake within a year, somewhere along the fault line, which, since the San Francisco catastrophe in 1906, has stretched across the Atlantic to mid-Europe, thence to Turkestan, and thence to Japan.

This is believed to he due to the earth cracking. Sir Richard Gregory says that formerly many shocks have been preludes to a violent quake. There has been an increase in the numbers and frequency of the shocks in the past two years, particularly in 1927, which increase causes the expectation of a disaster.

HUNTED FROM ITALY. ROME, Sept. 15. Hie Italian socialist leader Signor Turati, who is at present in France, was sentenced to ten months imprisonment by violating the Italian police laws by leaving Italy without permission. Five others were charged with facilitating his departure, and they received a similar sentence. One other was sentenced to thirteen months and five others were acquitted. Signor Turati lately made a statement that ho had been bunted from Italy by persecution as unworthy ns it was illegal. DOG RACING REVENUE. LONDON, Sept. 15. The Treasury is unexpectedly receiving about ten thousand sterling weekly from betting and entertainment taxes on dog racing, a source unforeseen last Budget.

A TRAGIC ENDING. LONDON, Sept. 15. Isadore Duncan’s death at Nice through a motor accident completes the tragic wiping out of the family. A motor-car containing her two children plunged into the Seine in 1913, both being drowned. Then her husband, r. Russian poet, Essenin, committed suicide in 1925. Isadora's most intimate companion, the dancer. Mademoiselle Desty, had a presentiment of tragedy and begged her not to go in the car. AN F.ARTHQAKE. MOSCOW, Sept. 15. An earthquake on Black Sea coast cracked the reservoir at Oreanda, the water escaping into the lake and eight hundred houses were defrayed. In Liman District a huge lammfark known as Napoleon crumbled to fragments.