LATE CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1930, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS

CIVILISATION’S AGE.

EGYPTIAN STONE 'DRILLS.

LONDON, November 24

Civilised man existed untold centuries ago,” said the Rev. Dr A. H. Sayce, the noted archaeologist, delivering the Huxley Memorial lecture. .“At a time which cannot be measured, even in millenniums, he made very great one of which was language, and became a, first-class artist.”

Dr Sayce described his discovery in Upper Egypt of rock drawings, chipped with flint tools, of elephants, giraffes, and ostriches, all, of which had ceased to exist in Egypt when hieroglyphic script was first known in its present form. Over some drawings had been cut hieroglyphic inscriptions of the lltli Dynasty, 4000 or 5000 years ago. These were as fresh as if they had been engraved yesterday. Sir Flinders Petrie, the Egyptologist, had found the huge granite blocks used in the Great Pyramid had been smoothed with tubular drills fitted with hard stone points. The world had waited till the Mont Cenis tunnel (between France and Italy) was built before similar implements were employed again. After referring to recent discoveries in Babylonia and India.. Dr Sayce said that the archaeologist, like the geologist, had to leuve catastrophic .theorising to the literary amateur. A millennium was hut a day in the life of civilised man,

ALCOHOL ON LEGS

STRANGE DRUNKENNESS CASE

LONDON, November 24

“T rubbed my feet with brandy. It must have gone to my head,” pleaded a Sydney postman, who was charged with having been intoxicated. There would be sufficient alcohol in artificial silk stockings to turn anyone’s head, but it has been converted into acetic acid, said the Victorian Agent-Gener-al. Mr Lsitcli, after a visit to distillery works at Hull. He said that he learned that a quarter of. the weight, of artificial silk stockings consisted of acetic acid and molasses imported from Java. The acetic acid is made from alcohol extracted from the molasses, and is used to break down the fibres of wood into thread for artificial silk. Mr Leitch suggested that the processes might be applied to Queensland molasses.

PROSPECTORS SLAIN. DRAMA OF CANADIAN WILDS. VANCOUVER, November 27. Carl Fredericks has been arrested and charged with the murder of two German : companions in the wilds of Northern British Columbia in July, With Herman Peters and Jan Marks, Fredericks left for the northern, mining Country in the enrly summer, and returned alone at the end of July. He sold his outfit and left the distict, Because . Fredericks’ companions failed to turn up in the autumn, the police, who kept a record of every prospector operating in the north land, sent an expedition to search. With extraordinary luck, they found the bodies in a new grave. Both had been shot through the back of the head. Meanwhile, the police had traced Fredericks nnd arrested him in Eastern Canada, HER WEDDING GUESTS. DOWN-AND- GUTS INVITED. LONDON, Nov. 27. In order to celebrate her marriage at the same church at a later hour, Miss Peggy Nuttall, of Folkestone, gave a surprise wedding breakfast to 120 derelicts, who had soent the night in the crypt of St- Martln’s-in-the-Felds, Trafalgar Square, which the rector has for years' kept open as a refuse of “down-and-outs.” Many of them thus enjoyed their first square meal in weeks. Miss Nuttall gave them cigarettep, too. GANG BUTCHERY, ROADHOUSE SHAMBLES. CHICAGO, Nov, 27. “Hands up! This is a stick-up!” said a gruff voice at Harry Goetz's suburban roadhouse in the enrlv hours of *thq morning. The bandit leader went on*. “Get over and face the wall!” Ten seconds later the light went out, fnvl there was pandemonium. Harry Mikes, a special constable, 'em ployed to protect the roadhouse, drew b»« gun nnd fired in the dark. ' The eight band'ts returned his fire with a do7.'>n volleys from shot guns. Tables were 'overturned, glassware crashed. A great Dane dog, owned by the proprietor, became excited, and added to the confusion by running amok and gashing a dozen people including probably two of the bandits.

Of the 15 persons in the room at the time, three women entertainers were killed and several patrons were wounded. Jt was the elimax of the worst week-end for crime that even Chicago had ever known.

DOCTORS DIFFER

SWORDS SETTLE DISPUTE,

LIDIA (Peru), Nov. 27

Fighting a duel with sabres, Dr Julio Tello, famous archaeologist and authority on the ancient Incas, killed Dr Caceres Gaudet, who recently denounced Tello before the Revolutionary Tribunal. Tello challenged Gaudet, and the duel occurred in daylight in the grounds of the Cantogrande Estate.

SENT TO THE “CHAIR.”

KILLER’S OWN REQUEST

CHICAGO. Nov. 27

An echo of the murder of Jack Dingle, the Chicago “Tribune’s” crime specialist, was heard in Court when two men were sentenced to electrocution for killing Christ Pappas, a,gangster.

Frank Bell, who with Richard Sullivan, both self-confessed robbers, was charged with murder, told the coroner that Sullivan killed Pappas while trying to collect his share of the pay-off for killing “Jake” Tingle. Sullivan, hearing this in Court; was so incensed at his former pal that lie exclaimed: “I’d gladly die in the electric chair if Bell dies with me.” The judge granted this request and sen tenced both to electrocution.

WORD OF A BOY

KIDNAPPERS SENTENCED

PITTSBURG. No’y. i’T

With a child victim beside him, swift justice was meted out by Judge Williams. On the judge’s desk sat five-year-old Ignatius Arena. Before him stood three men, who had pleaded guilty to kidnapping the child and trying to obtain £2OOO ransom. “He gave me candv and took nm in his ottermohilc.” said the boy, pointing to Frank Fililoue.

Judge Williams pronounced sentence of 25 to 50 years against Fililonm “T'nat man drove the car.” lisped Ignatius, pointing to Tony CVaparota.

“Twenty to 50 years.” said the judge again, and. he administered tbe same sentence to tlm third accused, who owned the automobile. All three convicted men had lawn? families of then- own. Eleven children kissed them good-bye at the prison gates.