GENERAL CABLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1927, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.}OLD TRAGEDY RECALLED. y PARIS, Dec. 24. The embalmed body of -a Roman Catholic priest. John Southworth, who was hanged at Tyburn in 1654, lias boon entrained at Lille for England. It appears that a workman digging at Douai, on the site of an old convent, afterwards occupied as a barracks, which was recently demolished, felt his pick strike an unusual object, which proved to lie a lead coffin. On being opened it was found to contain ail embalmed body. Both hands had been out off and the vertebrae at tbe top of the spinal column lindlbeen broken. In vest isra&bms among ’Church authorities in France and England resulted in the identification of the remains, as those of Father Southworth, the story of whose career and martyrdom-, is chronicled. It was not unusual for the bodies of \ executed Roman Catholics to lie sc-c-retlv embalmed and removed from - the country. English Roman Catholic, authorities are convinced that this is Father South worth’s body, which was taken to Douai after the execution. The mummy has been re-embalmed at Lille and was handed over to Father Purdie, of St. Edmund’s College at Ware*. It is expected that the remains will be re-interred at Ware. A London message reports that the remains of Father Southuortlr have arrived at Ware.

TABLETS AT GLOZEL. PARTS, Dec. 23. Weeks of intense excitement over* the discovery of mysterious tablets; found buried at Glozel, about which skilled archaeologists were at once* doubtful, have now 'been suddenly pricked by the International Commission’s report, which shows that the* tablets have been buried since thewar. and do not Ik>l j- g to the. terrain in which tLey wore found. Sume nro* fakes, and others are authentic, but, not prehistoric. The Glozel finds consisted of about 5000 alleged antique objects in bone,, stone and pottersy. some containing inscriptions. Three scientists who championed the finds, describe tbe Commission's repoll as ridiculous.

RUSSIAN CARNIVAL. MOSCOW. Dec. 25. With the hulk of the Russian population dinging to the custom of celebrating Christmas in the old stylo a fortnight hence, the holiday season here is not greatly varied from that of the past few years, with the possible exception that no anti-religious: demonstrations occurred, although a weikers’ dub gave a carnival, with prizes for the best, anti-religious costumes. The winner represented Noah, with a placard: “God flooded the world, hilt the Americans want to dry it.” SACCO AND VANZETTI. LONDON. Dec. 23. The “Sunday Express” states that, despite detectives’ ceaseless watch, a secret film displaying as heroes Sacco and Vanzetti, whose execution for murder caused world-wide disturbances, has. been smuggled into London. Attempts made to copy it have so far hcen unsuccessful. police activity necessitating the film 1 icing moved from one house to another.

MINTING OF GOLD. LONDON, Dec. 23. No new gold coins were minted i» > Britain in 1920, states the annual rcport of the Controller of the Mint, lmt branches in Australia and South Africa added £14,20,000 loathe new Imperial gold. SALE OF PICTURES. LONDON, Dec. 23. Pictures from the collection of the late Marquess of Curzon were sold at Christie’s for £24,171. Romney’s portrait of Liul.v Milner, for which Lord Curzon in 1919 paid £2730, fetched £12.000. COST OF UNEMPLOYMENT. LONDON, Dee. 23. In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Mr H. B. Betterton, Under-Secretary for Labour, said that sines? the Armistice to December 10th. 1927. the total paid in out-of-work , donations was £02,448.000 and unemployment benefit was £310.870,000.

COUNTIES’ NAMES CHANGED LONDON, Dee. 25. The Forfarshire County Council has decided to revert to the ancient county name of Angus, following the example of Elginshire, which is now Morayshire and Linlithgowshire, which is now (Vestlothiau. FRENCH BUDGET PASSED. PARIS. Dec. 24. 'The Chamber of Deputies, by 393 votes to 125, passed the Budget, after many weeks’ debate ,during which M. Poincare, the Premier, threatened to resign if it were not passed before Christmas. MB LLOYD GEORGE. LISBON, Dee. 2-5. Mr Lloyd George spent- a few hours in this port aboard the steamship Avelonn, on route to Rio de Janiero. TENEMENT HOUSE DESTROYED. LONDON, Dec. 25. ‘‘Santa Claus is scratching matches.” cried a five-year-old hoy in a tenement house at Glasgow, when he heard crackling and saw tongues of flame spurt upwards. This gave a warning of a fire which destroyed a five-storeyed warehouse in a congested district in the city, an killed four firemen under falling walls. Fifty families had to abandon tlreir homes in the bitter cold of Christmas Eve. DOG RACING. LONDON. Dec. 25. Commenting on the Home Secretary’s statement on dog racing, the ‘‘Observer” says:—“Dog racing establishes a virtual equivalent to the roulette table wherever there is sufficient population io make it pay. It is not the children alone who require protection from this commercialised mania. The demand for intervention is general and spontaneous. Municipalities resent it as «' a veritable plague.’’

GANG OF COUNTERFEITERS. SOFIA, Dec. 25. The police have discovered an alleged international counterfeiting group, engaged mostly in making false Americar. bills. Tt is supposed to have, headquarters at Warsaw, with branches and agents in all the principal European cities. NAVAL LIMITATION. ANOTHER CONFERENCE LIKELY LONDON. Dee. 24. The description in the King’s speech of the failure of the Geneva Naval Conference as only temporary has not escaped notice Tt is believed that diplomatic conversations will shortly l-e renewed between London, Washington and other capitals op tht? subject of naval armaments