NEWS BY MAIL

Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1928, Page 6

NEWS BY MAIL

KOKCKTS IX A BDO.M lON. NICK, October 21. A woman from Yorkshire underwent a serious abdominal operation in London eight years ago and afterwards came to live at Venice, in the Krejich l{ iviera. She still felt pain, and underwent another operation two years ago, hut oh tained no relief. Taken ill last week, she was removed to Nice, where an X-ray examination showed that a large pair of artery forceps had been left in her abdomen Iron I lie lirsl operation. A third operalioi will lie necessary for their removal, I? ueter. A medical eorros|>oiident points out I fiat forceps are attached to the ends ol severed blood-vessels to stop bleeding uuring an operation. It is posible foi them to be overlooked and remain in he body when the operation is over. It is. howevr, customary for nursns to count, the instruments and sponges be lore handing them to the surgeon and count them again on their return. Til I*; ATI? K HR 10 IX (,) i 711 {Y. I'TXKRAL CDRTACK A MILK LO.NC. MADRID, Oct. 21. .fll<ll< -i: 1 1 measures are being taken li determine the cause of I,he fire which burned down the Xovedades Theal.n here during a performanee on Sunda;night, resulting in heavy loss of life. Authorisation has been given for nr rests to be made if necessary. The Council of Ministers are defer mined to prevent, similar occurrences ii •Ijilure, and to-day ordered the provision of additional means of escape ii case of lire at all places of public a; s e 111 lily. The newspapers publish 1.0-dav ollieia .figures-'slating that fit) people perishei in the lire of whom II have been idei tiliod and 172 were in,juried in tin panic. A public funeral was given the morning to 22 of the vicious, who wen buried together as they died together Other identified victims were Iniriei privately by their relatives. The Premier. Oenoral I’rimo do Riv era and other Ministers headed the pr< cession, which was nearly a mile n length. K INC! ALKOX-HO AT RKQLIKM. Tlie King Spain attended a Requien Mass yesterday morning at St. .lames ; Church, Spa nish-place. Manchester square. \Y., for the victims of the fin at the Novedades Theatre, Madrid Tin* King knell at a prie-dieu at tin left side of the altar. After the service King Alfonso drovi to Victoria Station and left by the boat train.

IMUNCICSS DIVORCE!). MARRIED THREE MONTHS. HEREIN, Nov. 1. The Princess Eliza bo Ili ol iSehaum-burg-Eippe’s marriage re Herr Uonevenuto llnuptmnnn, son ol Hor.r (»erliiirilt Hauptmann. the (Jernian dra.mjiiisfc. lias ended after three months. The announeeinent was made 10-day (hat it had been dissolved in the divotve court. No reason has been madpublic. The marriage took place on .'inly :H. Herr Hauptmann had been married once before, to and Englishwoman, and that marriage also lasted only a few months. The I’rineess. who is L’O. is the youngest sister of tlx* last reigning Princess of Selin umburg-Eippe. She belongs to the same family as Princess Victoria of Schaumburg-Eippc. the exKaiser’s sister whose* wedding with Herr Zubkoff created a sensation.