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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1931, Page 3

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EASEFUL DAYS. EX-KAISER-’S LIFE' AT DOORN. LONDON, October 8. The ex-Kaiser spends - most of his time reading theological works, treefelling and motoring, according to the Rev. Llewellyn Thomas,, a Welsh’ vicar, who has returned after;, a; two days stay with him at Doom House, Borland. “I had long chats with the . exKaiser,” he said, “b.ut/he made no reference to Germany or, to the throne. He was convinced 'England’s. financial troubles would soon pagg.” to > Mr Thomas added, that.; the ex-Iyaiser } once a notoriously heavy : smoker, -now had only an occasional cigarette, and lie drank only lemon juice. ~ * ‘•PUT ON THE SPOT.”, . .... ' UNDERWORLD “FIXER.;! £> NEW YORK, October 8. Frank Fuze, a florist and an underworld “fixer,” was “put yn the spot” by a customer with a liking for red roses. A stranger ordered the flowers and offered to ride with Fuzo to make delivery. The florist noticed a sedan following, and put on a burst of speed, then stopped suddenly and leaped out to seek shelter in a doorway. The customer grabbed and delayed .him until the gangsters arrived, j-Four shuts killed .’Fuzo. The, police believe that Fuzo failed to fix a case after jbeiiig paid for tliis service. . : 'NEW state"INDUSTRY. SOVIET RABBIT CULTURE.- d-‘ LONDON, October 8. Renewed efforts are being made by the Soviet to create a State rabbit industry at Kazan, says the, .Riga correspondent of “The Times."' A new ‘State ■ farm has been stocked with imported l pedigreed rabbits. The farm ig- , adopting new methods of “Socialist rabbit: culture.” It is hoped to secure- from 1933 an annual suppjy of “70,000 kilogrammes of the most nutritious meat aiur 200,000 of the most precious,skins." The Kazan farm is intended to serve as a nursery for developing rabbit farming by the peasants throughout Russia. GOLF AND DIVORCE. 1 i _ .. < WIFE SCORES T\YO,UP. j CHICAGO, 'October 8. Ida Truppe uoes not like 1 golf, nor anyone who plays it—and that includes her former husband, Joe -Mc^ellis-i Two years ago Ida /became a goj» widow, winning a divorce and alimony from Joe, and then she met and married Jim Truppe. He, too, turned ; out to be a golfer, hut worse was to follow—he met- Mcjvellis. ; . Husband number two invited husband number.one to live in the- sarne house, and finally Truppe charged Ill’s .wife with undue familiarity with Me.yell is. . . , But.that did not,break up the,inascu-- . fine friendship. Both men left home. /I,'hey .silf together every Friday and Saturday, but-both will be paying ;• l iinouy following her second divorce, . which she won. - DARK. FORTUNE. NAUTILUS ADVENTURE, j •. .. NEW YURKyDotolffr 8. Back after bravely- • facing death jrt the submarine 1 .. Nautilus on her attuript to reach, the North Pole, 11 members of the crew who accompanied Sir Hubert ■Wilkins, told many tales of the darn fortune .which beset them on their trip. Ice floes cluttered their way. Sometimes they were compelled to sail on the surface, sometimes beneath the ice, N Suddenly the rudder snapped., Gallantly, Frank Crel-ley, known as; the world’s greatest diver, dived to save the lives of those aboard. All day he divh'd, came, up, and went down, again, filially he made repairs, ...sufficient to permit ofthe Nautilus being steered. --' ■ The body of. the submarine was not punctured, but the vessel:::> was! jhaufy crippled, so, despite the leader’s ; own courage and the courage of the crew,' the Nautilus was Turned back 290’iniles from the Pole. All aboard had gladly suffered the cold and discomfort, and had ’faced unknown hazards in the hope of being the.first to reach the North Pole in an epoch-making journey. To-day,’ the II lightly jested at their battle: against death. All said they would- gladly go again, but demanded a different craft. Ralph B. Shaw, the chief engineer, declared that the worst-going'was ' from Province Town to London. BREVITY IN WILLS. TWO SENTENCES. LONDON, October 8. The queerest will in Somerset House consists of a sheet of notepaper let;t by Sir William Hart Dyke. On it he{ had written in neat characters : “I leave everything of which I die possessed vo my wife.” " ‘ :r> ' Lady Dyke, who died, a few days after her husband, merely added : “I renounce my interests in favour of my'son. Sir William Dyke, who was a nonagenarian, first became a member for Kent in 1865, and in 1885-86 was Chief (Secretary for Ireland. At one stage of h :, s political career he was, chief Government Whip for Disraeli.