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Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1930, Page 2

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JELL 1 COB “ON THE MAT.” STILL HAS STEADY AIM. LONDON, July 10. “The more politicians cut us down, the greater the efficiency needed among those left,” Lord Jellico© told the Bisley naval prize-winners. He practised his own preachings in a contest with Admiral Uushton and Sir Lionel Halsey, scoring 31 of a possible 35 at 500 yards. ACROSS ATLANTIC; ON A FLOATING BARREL. LONDON, July 10. Edward Jackson, an Ulster-born American engineer, who said that he spent considerable time at engineering and architecture in Australia, : will attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to America in the Strangest motor boat ever built. It consists of a little open 75-feet cylinder, with a deck attached. He describes it as “a floating barrel, with excrescences.” women win. fashion avail PARIS, July 10. Frenchwomen lntvo won a campaign against fashion dictators. 'Tlie president of the Dressmakers’ Organisation, M. Gerber, admitted, in an interview, that the long dresses criticised at Ascot and Auteuil racecourses, were not adapted to such occasions , and were mostly worn by mannequins. They were really theatre dresses. Dressmakers now realised that Frenchwomen’s afternoon dresses will bo worn about a loot from the groundFOR SOAP. CATS AND DOGS BOILED DOWN. LONDON, July 10. “Dont waste dead cats and dogs—the Soviet can use them,” says the Moscow newspaper “Pravda.” “Soap must be made from them. A boileddown cat gives five ounces of fat and a dog provides over a pound. Rats, mice and marmots can be used for preparing toilet soap. Boiling animals instead of throwing them away would yield 5000 tons of soap a year, releasing an equal amount of edible fat for the workers.” An official circle urges the peasants not to drown puppies, but to keep the entire litter for a year and sell the skins and carcases to the Furs Syndicate, says the Moscow correspondent of the “Daily News.” KING OF SPAIN. CAK COLLIDES WITH TWOSEATER. RUGBY, July 17. A motor-car in which King Alfonso was being driven collided to-day in Hyde 'Park with a two-seater driven by a woman. Part of the glass of the King’s car was broken and the small car was damaged, 'but no one was injured. King Alfonso alighted, enquired as to the llady driver’s safety, and shook hands with her. He then proceeded to Buckingham Palace where he lunched with King George. He returns to Spain to-morrow.