GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2259, 5 April 1921, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

! In the will of Mi— Jessie Henrietta Goddard, of Faringdon, Berks, who left £10,308. -lie wrote: —“I should like W. Crimdell to come and [ put to sleep my pony Kitty and my j dogs, Jill- and Gem (and Jasper if: jhe is -till here), i should like Jill and Gem to lie buried with me." i A fortune of. 500,000 dollars

j (,€11)0,000) has been deft [o -John i Wagner, a moulder in West Mihvan- | kee, U.S.A., by Sirs Olio Burling- ; iiame, of Buffalo, who died a short 1 time since, for having saved her , from drowning 3(1 years ago. 'Wagner, declares his memory has been : impaired by sunstroke, cannot re- : call having saved anyone front drowning, and therefore does not ; intend to accept the bequest’. Rei latives .-uni friends of Wagner state ; that they remember the life-saving : incident. i Some of the activities of the ZepJ peiin factories :c published in the ! German technical press show that these undertakings are being kept in

: running order as far as possible for | future use in their old capacity. The . factories of Friedriohshafen have Milken up theiiiaking of engines and ■ spare parts for motor cars, and are now working in double shifts, with , orders enough to keep them going for a long time. j A man who said he had lost the capital he pul into his business I asked the Highgate magistrate to | aid him in obtaining the employment ■contribution. Magistrate: But you i are an employer, not' an employee. ‘ Applicant: Having lost all my eapi- | tnl, lam now out of work. Magisj Irate: Yes,.but. 1 can’t say you arc j entitled to the unemployment alj lowance. Applicant: The Labour | Exchange was satisfied, and gave me a paper, and fold me to ask you to sign it. Magistrate: 1 think you had better go and explain the full circumstances to them.