NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1928, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

FINGER PRINTS BY WIRELESS. A remarkable instance of the use <>i wireless occurred in Loudon when, from Scotland Yard, finger prints of a man detained by detectives the night before, were wirelessed to the Chicago police. The prints were wirelessed back with the addition of a request- that the man—who was wanted by the police of Chicago—should he sent to America. This will he carried out, by the police authorities in duo course. The authorities are satisfied with the success of the experiment, and it is a notable addition to the methods available for the apprehension of criminals.

BEQUEST TO QUEEN. An interesting will which contains a bequest to Queen Mary was made by Countess Sophie Torby, of Cambridge Gate, London, wife of the (fraud Duke Michael of Russia, and daughter of Prince Nicholas of Nassau, who left unsettled English property of tin) value of £17.084. She directed that the pearl necklace which she was in the habit of wearing daily should be sold and the proceeds used as a primary fund for the payment of death duties. She bequeathed all other property to her husband, and on bis death "To her Britnnie Majesty Queen Mary, in grateful and devoted remembrance, my ruby brooch with ruby pendant given to me by my brother-in-law and originally chosen for the Empress Alexandra.”

HOBBS OR' PRINCE? “The Prince was dressed like a soldier. only he had a .sword, and shook bands with some men, who wore top bats like real gentlemen.” Some amusing impressions (of which the above is an example) of the visit of the Prince of Wales to the Black Country were given in essays written by school children who saw his Royal Highness. Another boy. whose uncle was one of those with whom tho Prince shook hands, had evidently bragged of the fact to his school companions, and he records that “Sid was jealous because he didn’t have an uncle shaking bands with the Prince, and he says he has uncle who knows Jack Hobbs personal well, and he thinks that’s as good.”

POOR. SCOTLAND. “Wily did tho horse stop?” “He was from Aberdeen, anil had his foot on a shilling.” This, said Sir Alexander Roger recently. is the best joke about Scotland he has heard. Sir Alexander is president of tho London Gordoninns—old boys of Gordon’s College. Aberdeen—who held their dinner, which is noted for its annual exchange of jests. One was: “Have ye hoard the latest joke alnut your country? The other night when the lights went out in the House of Commons every Scots member buttoned up his coat 1” During the dinner some disappointment was felt because the conjuring entertainment did not include the trick of turning a three-penny-bit. into a ' half-crown. AVlien a telegram was sent to an old colleague the president pointed out that it numbered exactly 12 words.