BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.)

THE CHILD KINO. BUCHAREST, Sept. 26,

Extraordinary precautions are being taken to guard King Michael, the child King of Boumaniu, from an epidemic of infantile paralysis which is sweeping over a wide area of Europe. The young King is examined daily by the Court physicians, who are also paying special attention to his food and exercise.

Afore doctors have been employed on the Hungarian, Czecho-Slovakian and Jugo-Slavian border, strictly examining all the children crossing from Ronmnnin. The schools have been closed.

RIFLE MATCH. LONDON, Sept. 27. The Empire miniature rifle match resulted :—London 2878, Edinburgh 2769, Toronto 2757, Melbourne 2738, Sydney 2737. TKATX DISASTER. BOME. Sept. 27. A .disaster at Eisnek River, overwhelmed a relief train going to the flood devastated area, the train he ing precipitated into the river. A mechanic and one workman were saved. It is believed the remainder were drowned like rats in a trap. ARGENTINE CORN. VANCOUVER, Sept. 27. For the first time Argentine corn is passing through elevators at Owen Sound, Ontario for distribution in Eastern Canada. Forty thousand bushels have arrived. The low' price of South American corn, compared with that grown in United States and Canada, is the. cause of the importation despite the long carriage.

CHINESE’ DANGER. HONG KONG, Sept. 27. Swatow is now controlled by the Beds and the situation is apparently developing worse. Looting has broken out and anti-foreignism is feared. British and Japanese warships are standing by, the latter having landed armed parties. XORAVEG rA N AY HA LEI? S. ADEN, Sept. 27. Two Norwegian whalers, Star Nine and Star Ten have sailed for New Zealand. ATHLETICS. TOKYO, Sept. 27. In the exhibition 800 metres relay race at Nagoya an American team established a world’s record of nine minutes twenty-eight and four-fifths seconds. Japanese were second and Australians third. FLOOD DEATH ROLL. GENEVA, Sept. 27. The flood death roll in Tyrol is increasing. Austrian troops are using pontoons to rescue villagers from house tops where they have been marooned for two days.

PR TOE OF GOLD. LONDON, Sept. 27. The price of gold is 84s lid per ounce. AVOOL SALES. LONDON, Sept. 27. At the wool sales there was a moderate supply of merinos, and greasy crossbreds, and good selection of slipos, with good general competition, prices being unchanged. FATHER. JKRGKR. LONDON. Sept. 16. Father Charles Jerger, 57, of the Passionist Order, who was interned for two years in Australia during the war and subsequently deported, died in a London nursing home of penumonia, following an operation.

Father Jerger, after liis departure from Australia, was sent to Holland and America. Thence he transferred to Ireland and Inter resided at Herne Bay, where lie was very popular with all classes. A Requiem Mass was held at Highgate Hill.

CYRIL MAUDE. LONDON, Sept. 10. Air Cyril Maude, the famous English actor, who played “Grumpy” in Australia a few years ago, will marry his old friend Airs Trow, in October. Cyril Alaude, whose wife died in 1924. is 65 years of age. He is a native, of London. For many years he was co-manager of the Haymarket Theatre, and later became sole manager of the Playhouse, which he built. EXPLORER’S WIFE SURE. LONDON, September 10.

An engineer named Courteville, who has just crossed the Alatto Grosso Plateau (Brazil), according to an Exchange Telegraph Company report from" Lima (Peru), declares that he saw the South American explorer, Colonel Fawcett and his son, who have previously not been heard of since they set off into the Brazilian wilds a collide of years ago, living in good health, 109 miles from Dinmentino (Mat'to Grosso). The Nice correspondent of the Daily News, states that Colonel Fawcett’s wife, who is living at Beaulieu (France), says that she believes the report that Courteville had seen her husband and son Jack, who were probaby living with a people who practise telepathy, to enable her husband..to study that science, in which he had always been interested. Her husband had had communication with experts at San Francisco and in New Zealand, said Afrs Fawcett.

“I have received four messages during the past .year from those persons,” she said, “and I expect another letter shortly I have not lost confidence in my husband’s safe return, hut believe in keeping up my courage in order to help him to keep up his. “Although physically we parted two and a half years ago, we have not been separated mentally. I have always known that he was well and happy.”