GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2019, 23 August 1919, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

“The word dove;' occurs sixty-one times iu u letter written by the wife to the co-respondent,” said Mr T. Bucknill in conducting u Sheffield divorce case recently.

The jam of tourists entering France in spite of stringent travel regulations has brought a mighty rush for souvenirs. It got so bad that British army salvage men at a shell case dump near Bailleul put up a huge sign: “We are NOT souvenir merchants.” “I am consulting the Admiralty regarding the possibility of; publishing that part of the evidence which was given in camera at the inquiry into the loss of the Lusitania,” said Mr IV. C. Bridgeman, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, in the House of Commons recently.

Mr G. J. Bhmn, who was ordered to pay £l2 damages to Mr J. AY. Brady at Birmingham recently for allowing a house to he in such a had state of repair that it had become a public nuisance, alleged that it had been vacant since 1902 because it had the reputation of being haunted.

The recently-formed Middle Classes’ Union is' making steady headway. Correspondence on the objects of the union and applications for membership have been exceptionally heavy, mid numbers of local committees are being formed all over the United Kingdom, including Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bournemouth, Brighton, and Southend. The union will accept an invitation to send representatives to .pul the views of the middle classes before the Royal Commission on Income Tax, and is submitting to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Home Secretary, and the Ministry of Labour a resolution asking that steps may be taken to stop the abuse of the out-of-work

The medical marvel of the war is Lieutenant W. Malhmdain, of the Fusiliers. None of the doctors can understand why he is alive, and you may share their amazement when you learn that not only was he shot through the head, hut through both lungs—and through the heart as well! And with that series of disasters behind him he holds himself erect and moves as smartly as the keenest Guardsman.

'The world’s overseas transport record was broken in May, when 3.70 ships, with a total of 335,000 American soldiers, sailed homeward. The previous record was in September of last year, when the figure was/ 309,000. During June 3-30,000 Americans were shipped homeward, leaving only 200,000 L.S. troops ii| Europe.