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Hokitika Guardian, 21 April 1931, Page 2

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FALL TO DEATH. GIRL ACROBAT KILLED LOS ANGELES, Aril 10. Miss Acezvo, a girl acrobat at a bigcircus in Auroria, plunged 50 feet to death in front of hundreds of spectators. She was swinging by her teeth in a sensational aerial act when she lost ltei grip. IN TROUSERS. STARTLINC D ALVARE2. MONTE CARLO, April 10. Spain’s gay Senorita Lili d’Alvarez liv.ed up to her reputation o>t startling her public with something new when she appeared on the tennis courts liere in ft creation of her own. It consisted of long white silk trousers and a sleeveless tunic, which were suggested to her as ideal tor tennis, she says, by the split evening skirts which wore in vogue last winter. HUGE GAS PIPES. TEXAS TO CHICAGO. CHICAGO, April 10. Chicago housewives will soon be coon ing meals with Texas gas. The world 2 largest pipeline is nearing completion to carry the fuel 960 miles. The last section consists of 150 mile of 24-inch main. Th total cost of the project exceeds £10,000.000. The line supplies Mindrods of centres cn route, DIPLOMATIC C.T.’S ARGENTINA'S WHEAT. BUENOS AYRES, April 10. The Argentine Government has instructed its diplomats abroad to turn themselves into wheat salesmen. Lhe Government, acceding to a requisition of the Argentine wheat pool, has issued orders to its representatives in Britain. Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, and lt.nl,'. <•’ along these lines. Tlie Argentine pool has ii* n v- '.nested that all official representatives of the country he supplied with large vain pies of export grade's ol wheat and has asked that the Foreign Office commercial attaches be made conversant with details.

REAL DANCER, VOGUE OF HIGH HEELS BERLIN, Apil 10. High heels formed the central phase in a big claim for damages against a railway company. A dressmaker caught her heel in a defective metal trend on the Hanover station steps, and the High Court awarded her a life pension. The Supreme Court, however has now quashed the verdict, the Bench pointing out that the woman’s . heels, whidh were three inches long, were dangerously high. “While there is nothing culpable in wearing high heels, and the railway company ought to reckon with tins popular but foolish custom, the plaintiff should have descended the stair with greater care, because her high heels increased the danger of falling down,” declared the Court, in its judgment.

CHEAP MONEY. NEW YORK STATE LOAN. NEW YORK, April 9. New York State has raised a loan of £7,000.000 on an interest basis undei 3) per cent per annum. “DINKUM” BATTLE. AUSTRALIA V. AMERICA. NEW YORK, April 9. “Dinkuin,” according to Dr Frank Vizetelly, world-famous lexicographer, was a word of purely Australian origin and accordingly he entered it as such in the “Standard Dictionary,” of which he is editor. But Mr Willis Johnson, the noted American writer, and a collateral descendant- of Samuel Johnson the early English lexicographer, disputed the word’s source, saying that it was American. The death of Mr .Johnson recalls the controversy in which he and Dr Vizetelly engaged as to whether or not “dinkum” was Australian. Mr Johnson produced from memory instances of the word’s use in times immediately following the Civil War in the United Stairs • Mr Johnson was foi 50 .wars with the New York “Herald-Triber •■. ’ and for the last 17 years has also been a monthly contributor to “The North American and a regular contributor to the London “Times” and “Spectator.” He was a lecturer at several universities, and wrote many political, biograhical and historical works..

MICE AS PETS. WOMEN’S LATEST HOBBY. LONDON, April V. It will soon ho uso loss for small boys to cry “mouse,” hoping to scare their sisters. Women have so far overcome their fear of mice that they are matting a useful proiit out of the breeding them. ;is proved bv the special mouse show at St. Alban’s Market Hail, to bem tit hospitals. Women visitors were at first timid, but eventually handled the mice as boldly as the exhibitors. Airs K 1). Blowers, president of the London and Southern Mouse Club, has thousands <d mice. Hospitals and research institutions are purchasing them in large numbers at 4s (id a dozen. The mice are also valuable tor show purposes. One of those shown is worth .{.'1.(10. BANDITS’ NIGHT OUT. BANKER’S HOME “CAPTURED.” CHICAGO, April 10. Four young bandits took charge ol the home of Michael Mott, cashier of the State National Bank, at Mundelein (Illinois) and held everyone until morn mg. when they forced Mott to accompany them to the bank, and took £2OOO. The bandits had a considerable quan tity of liquor, and made ft night of it. First, they cut the ’phone wires, and then entertained iliejnselyes with a radio concert, Two slept soil nelly while the* others watched. Early in the morning they cooked bacon and eggs, and while one guarded the family the others accompanied Mott, and opened the vault when the time lock lapsed. AMERICA’S SUPER-RATS. THRIVE ON “DEADLY” POISON NEW YORK, April 10. in New York rats cause an estimated loss of £150.030,000 a year. 'Hie authorities months ago invited outside help to iitl the city of the menace. Two famous doctors, authorities on rodents, estimate that the rat population oif downtown New York is between 12,000.000 and 20,000,000. A new poison, deadly to the ordinary rat, was fed to some of these superrats, which are as ferocious as small tigers, and they thrived on the diet. Health experts declare that if a serious flood invaded Manhattan and Long Island, forcing the army of rats to the surface, a great plague would follow. EASY MONEY. GERMAN WHO USED H|S HEAD BERLIN, April JO, The German .State Railways are fighting the claim of a passenger, who 25 years ago alleged that while travelling round a sharp curve, lie was Hung so violently against a window frame that he received head injuries affecting him permanent’y. Since then he has been steadily drawing compensation from the railways, which has reached the total of £21,000. When lie demanded a filial payment o<f £7500 the railways reopened inquiries, and discovered that shortly before the alleged accident he was prosecuted for fraudulent bankruptcy. The railways promptly censed payments, and the Public Prosecutor is investigating the affair.