GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2281, 26 May 1921, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

“Inkoos,” the only pure white monkey known to be in existence, arrived in Loudon recently on board the Armadale Castle from South Africa. “Inkoos” is the Zulu salute to a king. The monkey was found by an exploring party dwelling in the kraal of a chief in the heart of Zululand. Ilis black owners held him to be sacred on account of his colour, and much persuasion and influence had to be brought to bear before they would part with him for it high price. He is covered with silky white hair from his crown to the tip of his extremely long tail.

The governor of the prison at Bellinzoim, Geneva, was obliged recently to ask the aid of Ihe police to expel an Italian burglar named

Movnro, who had been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment followed by expulsion. The prisoner refused to leave his cell after the expiration of his term, stating that ho was perfectly comfortable where he

was, and did not want to change Ids (jiiarters and seek work. Gendarmes transported the burglar across the frontier, but he laughingly told them that lie would return shortly, since he liked the prison at Bellinzotm. He is not the only man who

lms been impressed by the leniency with which prisoners are treated in Switzerland. A thirteen-vear-old milkmaid on a Sussex farm, anxious to prove that she was a better milker than (lie ordinary cowman, added water to the milk. The sequel was the withdrawal at Croydon of a summons against Mr J. E. Gallop, farmer, on payment of live guineas costs. The milk was consigned to Croydon in Mr Gallops’ name from another farm, and was found to contain 58 per cent, and 28 per cent, of added water. The town clerk said that the amount of the adulteration was so ridiculous that intentional fraud could not be conceived.