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Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1929, Page 8

NEWS BY MAIL.

GUNMEN RAID SYNAGOGUE. LI ,400 TAKEN FROM CONGREGATION. NEW YORK, April 20. A recent cartoon illustrating the thankfulness of the young man who hat been robbed of all lie possessed Ini. who escaped with his life finds vivic confirmation from Chicago, where, lat< last night, the First Rumanian Syn agogue was raided by gunmen, who obtained money and jewels valued at Ll 1.400 from the congregation of Simon and women. When the thieves had gone Rabbi Goldstein offered up a prayer ol thankfulness that no lives had been taken. The rabbi had a special reason for gratefulness, since the chief o' the robbers had returned him his money on discovering his identity. Tho congregation had assembled to hear M. Victor Phillips, oT Luca rest, described the preparations for the elehration of the tenth anniversary of “United Rumania.” to be held next month.

The address was rudely interruped by five gunmen who, with loud oaths huddled everyone against the wall.. With revolvers and shotguns openly displayed they made a leisurely. search flor money and jewels. One woman hid her jewels beneath some doughnuts she had in a box and as a gunman approached her offered him a doughnut. He refused seo nil'll I l.v and neglected to search the 'box. This is the first instance known to the police in Chicago of a place of worship being the scene of a holdup. COMEDY OF CAT HUNT. i. VEXTR.ILOQIJIAL TRAIN GUARD’S JOKE. LONDON, April 20. A ventriloquial railway guard caused a cat-hunt in a crowded District Railway coach hound or Larking yesterday. Only' an occasional cough or rustic rif paper had been heard until Guards -jOO, 108, 173 entered the carriage. Then a mournful “mce-ow” was heard. At first everyone beamed at the shopping basket of a woman passenger. hut she, embarrassed when louder “me-ows” attracted more attention to herself, divulged that it was vegetables she carried. , The distressful cries grow more and more plaintive, and jumped so quickly about the coach that just as people called “l’uss. puss” under one seat passengers at the other end neic bonding to cry “Puss puss’ under another. When 't became obvious that a cat could not be in six places at once a severe-looking man in a corner seat fell under suspicion as a ventriloquist but idenied it, red-faced when challenged. The proper guard of the coach gaic the game away. He asked the other three guards to produce their “cat s railway tickets.” Then everyone knew who the ventriloquist really was, and ifelt that the District Railway should keep him permanently engaged entertaining its passengers. OIL TO DRIVE CARS. BRUSSELS, April '2O. ]\L Lcbaoq, a Begian engineer claims to liaye solved the problem of burning oil fuel in motor-car and aeroplane engines. He Inis invented an apparatus which he states can he fixed without difficulty to any. motor, which will then run on' any kind of oil at one-tenth df the cost of petrol. Lcbaoq demonstrated Ids invention on a 10-vcars-old mothr-car, which had not been overhauled for four yearsTt is stated that with'the engine turning at 2,800 revolutions, instead of its normal 2/100, the motor did not become heated and the water in the ladiator was never more than tepid. The secret of the invention is said to he the method h.v which the oil is injected into the cylinders.