GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2109, 30 March 1920, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Among the unique occupations recently brought to light in London is that of a man who makes a speciality of talooing dogs with their owners' names and crests.

The village of Zabrze, Upper Silesia, whose name was changed during- the war to Hindenhurg, now desires by a majority of 20 to 16 in the village council to return to its old name.

Fifty men armed with sword* evicted caretaker Hurley from a farmhouse near Skibbereen, Ireland, and reinstated Hayes, the former tenant. No. arrests were made.

The employees of Mrs Carlo dc Heredias, of New York, recently gathered for the funeral rites held for Hyacinth, a £I,OOO cat, - which

died on Mrs do Heredias’ estate at Lon The cat's body, embalmed, was lukon to New York in u special metal casket.

Emma Mary Tradee, aged SG, of South wold Road, Hackney, who suffered from a weak heart, died a few minutes after she drank a cup of tea in bed. Dr. Kecraan staled at an inquest on the Amman that tea drinking was a common cause of the stoppage of a fatty heart, “in the majority of such eases," lie said, “I have found that- death Avas immediately preceded by drinking either tea <.r coffee.”

Over 50 years ago Mr \\ illiam Busline!!, an American farmer, planted a waJnvil in one of his Helds for ihe purpose of raising a Iree to furnish (he lumber lor Ins cniiu at ins death. Al the expiration of 50 years —just three, years ago —he had the rroo cut down and .-.awn into boards, winch were placed in a dry shed and nllowed to season for three years. When the crdlin was completed, Mr Bushncll wrote: “I now have the coffin in my home, and it is a nice piece of furniture, something I have been looking for for the past 70 years.” A short time ago Mr Bushnoll avus laid to rest in this eofiin, a striking illustration of preparedness.

A small fores! avos recently felled at Tullybraek, Co. Cavan, Ireland, 300 trees removed, and the limber distributed among the neighbouring cottagers —all in a few hours. The

ner of the forest did not knoAV til!

afterwards. This is something now in the way of a raid. —even for Ireland. Dn a bright moonlight- night some sixty persons visited the Klniay Estate, Avhich is under Iho control oil Urn Land Judges’ Court, Dublin. They avovo armed veil h crosscut saws and ha (ends, and accompanied by carls. r i lie raiders’ proceedings were most businesslike. 1 1 was not until 2 a.m. that the police arrived on the scene and captured two men. A fusdade of stones and much cheering and. hooting followed, and then the rest oi the raiders decamped. The police later searched several houses in the district, where some of the freshly-cut trees were found. The cottagers merely explained that the timber had seen left by neighbours!