GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1928, Page 6

GERMAN NEWS.

GERMAN TRAGEDY. state Minister and younggirl. (United Press Association —(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). BERLIN, September 24. Doctor Bruckner, the' Minister 'for Justice, of ' Mecklenburg, who was horse-whipped by his nephew on Tues day in the main street of Schwerin, in the presence" of a large crowd, was found clrowned in Schwerin Lake. Dr Bruckner’s brother recently married a widow with a daughter aged nineteen and a son aged .eighteen. Dr Bruckner invited tlie girl tq accompany him on a visit- to Switzerland. Her mother, not suspecting, jtgreed. During ; the trip the Minister and th.e girl fell in love. On their return, the girl committed suicide. Thereupon her brother horsewhipped Dr Ekuekner to vindicate the family honour. Dr. Bruckner, later left Schwerin, and liis body now Las been found in the lake. A

c£rjvjan u. boats. . A MEMORIAL AT KIEL. BERLIN, September 23. Inscribed, “Woe to the Vanquished,” a huge granite*tower has been erected at Kiel, in memory of the German submarine crews on the anniversary of the sinking of the British cruisers Aboukir. Hogue and Creasy, with the loss of fifteen hundred lives* The paper “Her Tag” says: This memorial perpetuates the tradition of the old Imperial Navy.