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Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1931, Page 2

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ACROSS THE WORLD. ' FAMOUS /AIRMEN TALK. . ' / ‘ NEW YORK y July 17. . The • flyersy,. Harold Gatty' (Tasinania), and T.' Wiley Post (U.S.A’.), went to Schenectady to speak over the/short-wave radio to AirCommodore. Kingsford Smith and Mr C. T. P. ;Ulm, in Australia. ' > NO NEW DANCES. jjj * QUIETER/11101 SEASON. LONDON, July 16. .*! No new dances. will be introduced during 1931, according to the decision of the dance ball managers’ .official boards of control of ballroom dancing. Santo's* Casani, a: leading manager, has'announced that he is concentrating on popularising the waltz tango, an<*T/ is specially featuring the Vienne?©’ 'waltz. Freak dancing will not be allowed in English ballrooms. SERIOUS CRIME. MORE PREVALENT NOW. t . . | ij : i ; : ' LONDON, July 17. * Serious crime is greater to*day than lit any time during the/last 60 years, declared Mr Justice McCardie, charging the grand / jury at the Birmingham Assizes. The worst offenders, he said, were either unknown or could not be arrested. Criminals to-day were more ingenious and more astute than those of a . generation ago ; but he thought that "-unduly short sentences imposed by the Courts were also responsible. engineer’sJerror, j LONDON BANK /RATE ALARM. LONDON, July. 17./ An extraordinary mishap caused the news to; be: telegraphed 'to many:. counr tries that "the. bank/rate had., advanced,:: causing unnecessary' consternation ,in .the,*ciiy ‘and elsewhere. ‘ ' : " ;. S It appears that' erigmeera testing the,< 1 electno' sign 'at the ’'. Stock Exchange : left ,the ■ indicator in. Mie' wrong po'sition/i When. the news wlta received that the sign t intended, tet^indicate ‘No ■flashed■ >FdUT '-'par./‘cent.This caused', terrific excitement,: and, cheers . of;: relief! greeted/ the alteration a * few min-; utes’later. , «*?',-• "" i*-- -•* ■. • ■ • v.V; iurnmm ' LONDON, July 17. The Indian Government, in the Ta«t two or three years, had; ceased to a great extent W function, -said the Burl of Inchpape, at the annual meet-, ing of the P. and 0. Company. It had pandered to a wretched, seditious fanatic, who, / after his release, from , prison, had- set himself to turn out the Europeans and usurp the -Viceroy’s’"plaice. , 1 : “ ■ . 1 He added: “Let us hope that the Government will; now revert to. its previous position, govern firmly aind keep, order. If it does not/ thete . will be :i disaster which will break up the Bri-' tish Empire. I am certain , that no British Parliament/Will ever give up India or agree to - the unfortunate • suggest-; ion' of/Dbminibn status.’-’ "-V: -v„ WOMEN IN TROUSERS. / FRENCH DESIGNER’S ALMS, / ’ ■. - , r •/- • "{. : . PARIS, July 16. . M. #aul Poiret,. the famous, dress designer, who recently retired, is rer entering the fashion, business, - because ho says he feels that it needs, his guidance. ‘ ’ ’ /q/'//:.. . “I have revolutionised fashion twice,’ and I/shall do" it ‘again,!’•;he, declared.; M. Poiret intends’,to put all, women introusers. “But yoa must not; call .the, (divided garment -by* that; : name.', women , * !•, He Says. i, “They . do. v.not > like it, but/they will wear then)/ just the /same when they see /the creations that only. I know how to desigii,.’/ . ;; KINGS DIFFER. < / / . ; TIME OF NATIONAL ANTHEM. f LONDON, July 16./ The King’s attitude to the National j JAntbem is revealed in the reminiscences of the great conductor/ Sir Landon Ronhld, entitled “Myself and Othe; a/’ published by Sampson. Low., , . ; , Sir Landon recalls that • after > con-' cert at Albert 'Hall, at which he con- 1 ducted,. he wrist summoned .to .the Royal Box, and the King, ■ sohieiwhat perturb. ed/artd • not addressing .anyone .in particular said: “I do wish j mqsiciahs would; not- play; ■b ; quickly. - t To me/'it means/ a grerit deal, I "rbgard it' dltnost.-as; a/Hyinn:” ' Hurriedly .the King added, as if he felt thrit, he/might , hurt; Sir.. Landon’s feeling, T dm not referring, to ■ anyone specially, biit. am' .sppakihg : -generally, particularly- of military -bandmasters/ whoshould know.;better: ’’ /," / Tlie -next/day; Sir / Landon •,conducted at‘-.ft f .M6lba./ concert. ..and the King summoned' him. a hid'shook Lis hand, and' said: “, ‘God Save the .King’ wds .▼cry, well ■ played, to-day..” ; Bir Landon explained .'that formerly bo <had: played it quickly owing to" iKipg . EchvatcVs; wish that he should

FRILLED LIZARDS. LONDON ZOO’S ACCESSION. "/' LONDON, July 16. V The most valuable recent addition to the London Zoo,. says the special zoo- ( logical correspondent of “The Times,” consists of three frilled lizards . from Australia. The zoo has not possessed a ‘ speciment of these lizards since 1895. J CARICATURE OF TOLLEY. £SOO DAMAGES ALLOWED. LONDON, July 16. ■ After litigation extending over two years between the former amateur, golf champion, Mr Cyril Tolly, and Messrs. Fry, chocolate manufacturers, a King’s Bench jury, awarded Mr Tolley £SOO damages, ■At the original suit the jury awarded £IOOO damages, but the Court of Appeal and also the House of Lords took the same view,, with the result that a second jury reduced the damages to £SOO. The-case arose out of an advertising caricature of Tolley, then amateur golf champion, Used by th§ firm Of Fry’s THE MODERN RfilNC^ NEW MONSTER MOTOR. LONDON, July 16. The Prince of’ Wales’ enthusiasm and dash were again illustrated by the manner of his arrival at Walton Heath golf course. - • His aeroplane alighted half a mile from the course,in a field where the landing was difficult owing to the uneven surface, which Was covered with thistles. Within 15 minutes he was practising mashie shots. He carried a vividly checked bag, containing at least 50 balls, The Prince has acquired a new motor car—a huge black and red monster, (tr'.is steamlined according to a design by. Sir Dennistoun Burney, with the roof running in a semi-circle from the front of the chassis to the tail/’Almost the whole of the top and the front'are made of glass. It resembles a prehistoric animal, the likeness being increased by two eye-like lambs in front/ but.it is the embodiment of comfort and luxury, .its furnishing including a lunch or writing table. ■■ ' ■ J ' ■ GOVERNOR ILL. ' . ■ V MAY NOT RETURN. ... '-1..' '/-v. . CALCUTTA, July 17. There is. doubt whether Major-Gener-al Sir Frederick Sykes, who went home on special sick leave in Aprilj will be i ■.AhlS'tp retiirn and resume ofship of Bombay on August 21, in which cttHo the Governorship will autonmtitjftlly lapse, Sir Frederick Sykes, never robust, fejt the strain of the political agitation severely. .He has been .in a nursing . home and reports are not too encouraging. He was appointed in 1928, and has two and a half years of office to go. A special act ctf Parliament would be necessary for an extension of leave if..he.returned eventually. In the meantime, Sir .Ernest Hotson is continuing to act. . .. / ;././, / SWAPPING OF WIVES. RENO’S NEW. FAME. : ';'/'V./-/- /•; RENO, July 16. Reno is fast becoming known as America’s front-page city, since Corn- ; elius Vainderbjlt, jun., exchanged wives with Peter Arno, a cartoonist. . Palph Modjeski, a noted bridgebuilder, opened, the. week by divorcing his .wife of 46 years and immediately marrying .another who Had been divorced the day before from a Hollywood film director. Monday was extremely hot, with the thermometer at 94 degress, - and exactly that number of divprees. were turned out, including the wives Sf four physicians and a rabbi, two"; .musical-comedy stars .and four millionaires and heiresses. / .' ■ . itoiciAL" sarcasm; : / , .IRISH JURY’S VERDICT. '/. * ' !'V. /‘ LONDON, July 17. When vSeain Russell and Michael -Price/wcre charged at Dublin with assisting, in the formation of an illegal military force, a detective gave evidence of ’ finding in Russell’s house a dummy mirror concealing a secret /chamber, in'which were 183 military training books and a large quantity of Republican literature. The jury returned a verdict of not 'guilty. The judge remarked that forl.'tnnatoly the jury Was not obliged to •'gh'e . feasons; for their verdict like a /judge. ; :. .' " ./ ■ .. /'Several jurors Who declared that {they shared. LUo defendant’s Views were ordered to stand down; . . .. .. : yv - ’ ' ’’ AIDING UNEMPLOYED; ; RAILWAY;,EXCURSION FARES. ' ’ Ji LONDON,' July 16. A 'The-London Midland and Scotland raitway. is /providing special facilities during the* ho'idays to enable unemployed/Harwich mills' people to travel ■ f o thp seaside on the dole without losing- the., benefit; . Tick&ts arb to be issued whereby the bolder can return daily to Harwich at considerably less than the excursion .. rates in order to sign the books at the labour exchanges. , *, •

CANADIAN SCANDAL. HINT OF GRAFT. OTTAWA, July 16. A huge scandal has occurred here over the Beauliarnois power project, the organisers of which are alleged to have bought their way through official and Government opposition three years ago, sweeping aside the present electric power interests of the city cf Montreal. The project threatens a division of the entire flow of the St. Lawrence River. It is suggested that the highly influential Senators Wil-red Laurier McDougald and Andrew Haydon pushed the plan through, in return for a promise of the Beauliarnois Corporation to pay £200,000 for certain rights which the Senators appear to have acquired in the St. Lawrence Basin. Invited to testify before the Parliamentary committee that has been investigating these allegations, Senator McDougald has declined, on tive ground of the immunity of members of the Senate, and Senator Haydon because he has a weak heart. SAFER RACECOURSES. POLICE DRIVE AT HOME. LONDON, July 16. Bhllies, pickpoeketC-rs, and wblsliers IIaVC ttlindst disappeared ftoiu facecoUfsCs .throughout Britain, according to the “News Chronicle,” which attributes the change to the activities of the Jockey Club’s police force, consisting of : 40 ex-policempn and exservice men, enrolled in 1925. Race gangs that were terrorising the courses have been broken up, and suspicious characters driven off. Bookmakers declare* that the rings to-day are like drawing rooms, and that women are now able to patronise the cheaper enclosures in perfect safety. FABULOUS SALARIES. VARIETY ARTISTS’ “CUTS.” LONDON, July 16. “Business has never been so had,” said the secretary of the Entertainers Protection Association, confirming the news that vaudeville salaries were to be, cut drastically. Though some salaries over £l5O a week, are to bo halved, it is unlikely that the most highly-paid of variety artists will agree to such slicing of their income. Among those reputed to draw the fattest weekly cheques are Sir Harry Lauder (£1000), Gracie Fields (£500), and George Robey (£500). ; A WIFE’S SPHERE; „ ~v „ IVOMAN ARCHITECT'S, VIEW* LONDON, July 18: “Housekeeping is quite as interesting as bridge building," declares Mrs William Fleming, the only woman Associate of the Institute of Civil Engineers, formerly Miss Dorothy Buchanan, who did intricate mathematical calculations and drawings for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. She gave up a brilliant career to be married last year, and thinks that housekeeping is a fulltime job. “You can’t run a house and work outside as well, she says. “If you do anything well you get absorbed in it, and lam very interested in running my home. “X ha.ve taught myself to cook and control the household. I knew nothing about-, it before. I often "design my own clothes, and I decorated the house myself. My husband is an engineer, and I still keep touch with the profession and watch new tenders, but only as a.n intersted onlooker. When I was a child my hobby was engineering. Now I have mad© work my hobby. I think that is the right way to look on life.” Catalan charter, t MEASURE FOR MADRID. MADRID, July 17. The Catalan Charter, which is to be presented to the Catalan Assembly and is expected to be passed; demands the restoration off Catalan unity, with independence with the Spanish Republic, and the abolition of military service in the interests of peace. It reserves control of penal legislation and admini. stration of public works and civil Courts, but relegates to Madrid the control of foreign affairs, Customs, the army and indirect taxation. The proposals. are regarded as endangering the Spanish Republic. WITNESS’ SUICIDE. q. CRUSHED UNDER TRAIN. NEW YORK, July 16. Subpoena in hand, .Traugott Keller, a witness in, a civic scandals inquiry, (leapt under the wheels of a subway train {and; Was crushed to death. For three days Keller, chief engineer •of the city’s docks, had been grilled in the* witness stand. Until Thursday afternoon he kept- telling Judge Seaburv ho\V" mean it was to connect hua with large thefts. '" This morning he knew that he would '■he accused of being the factitious Frank Baxter, who collected a £SOOO fe.e for obtaining a £50,000 pier lease. His salary was £2OOO a year, but auditors found that he collected .£IB,OOO a year during the last*three years in levies on dock customers.