LATE CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1932, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS

GIFTS FOR POLICE,

ROME’S GRATEFUL CITIZENS,

ROME, January 6,

In recognition of the indulgent moderation with which police interpreted the new year night introduction of the order prohibiting blowing of motor horn« between 3 a.m. and <3 p.m., Roman motorists to-day publicly presented new year gifts to the traffic police. As they passed the points-men on the main crossroads, they dropped packages containing a bottle of wine, a cake, sweets and cigarettes, until huge piles accumulated. The girts were accompanied by notes of sympathy for the police and admiration for their efficiency and courtesy. "HELLO GIRLS.” THEIR WORK IN LONDON.

LONDON, January G. After months of exhaustive training on a dummy exchange and on probationary wages of 10s a week, London’s 7000 telephone girls now handle 200 calls an hour. They keep 17 calls each going simultaneously and memorise 200 official replies for every conceivable emergency, which must be delivered in an attractive voice with pronunciation in accordance with regulations. Their maximum wage is £2 18s Gd for a 48-hour week, and in view of their limitless patience and invariable politeness, it is no wonder that their marriage rate is one a day. LARGEST AIRSHIP. CONSTRUCTION IN GERMANY. LONDON, January 7. Germany will commence immediately the construction of the world’s Jar- ■ gest airship, twice as big as the Graf Zeppelin, says a, Berlin message to j the “Evening News.” It will be filled with the non-in-flammable helium gas, which hitherto has been an American monopoly, and has not been used in Europe. It will be driven by Diesel engines of 4000 horse-power, using non-inflamm-able heavy oil, and will carry 52 passengers and eight tons of freight. It will he more than 750 feet long and will have lounges, reading rooms and a. dining room and promenade decks. It will take a year to buildBURGLAR PROOF SAFE. JEWELS OF PRINCESS ROYAL. LOXD OX, Ja nua ry 9. It will take six men four days to transfer from Chesterfield House and install in the house in Grec-n 'Street, to which the Earl of Harewood and his wife, the Princess Royal (Princess Mary), are : moving, the, burglar proof safe ill which the Princess keeps her (jewels. The safe, which weighs 6. 1 , tons, is of case-hardened steel, and is capable of holding six men. Besides jewels, it contains plate and other valuables worth many thousands of pounds. Only the Princess Royal knows the combination which "works the lock. She always opens and closes the .safe and keeps it in her bedroom.

The floors at the Green Street House, ■which was bought by Que n Mary last year, have had to be strengthened to bear the safe. SHOT AT WEDDING. BRIDEGROOM'S ••JILTED* - LOVER.' LONDON, January 9. Mile. Thirion, who is alleged to have been jilted, tired thrice at -Leon Dosn , while the registrar was marrying him to a charming blonde, Mile. Marie Simone, states the Paris correspondent of '.he -Daily Mail.”

As Dosne was being takwi to hospital, he ealied'to his bride, -Do not go away; i! will be back in a few minutes.” He had a bullet removed from his shoulder, and then • rushed back to tint registry, where the ceremony was completed.

OTTAWA CONFERENCE. PREPARATIONS IN HR I I AIN LONDON, Jan. 7. In an official message concerning the forthcoming Empire Economic Conference at Ottawa it is stated that Britain's preparations are far more extensive than anything hitherto attempted. As an example of the tremendous amount of spadework, an investigation of one minor commodity has resulted in .‘lll typewritten pages o' notes. The Government is more than ever convinced that even a substantial interImperial agreement is only to he achieved by the most intensive preliminaries. intailing frequent discussions with the Dominions.

Several Dominions have accepted invitations to the conference, but they point out they are not yet ready to confer. It will he necessary for “'ich to deal with individual commodities, not merely in relation to exports to Britain, hut in relation to other Dominions. Further evidence of the comprehensiveness of D'o prenu ra Lions is the •ej, that vital currency and exchangi preliminaries so far have not Immi investigated.