GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2295, 28 June 1921, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

It has been officially announced that the Prince of Wales will visit India during the coming cold weather season, arriving at Bombay in November.

Those people who find pleasure in opening other persons' letters are to be deprived of this joy. A device has just been patented by which the gummed par! of an envelope is perforated in such a manner that it will defy. the opening of the envelope and resealing it without leaving a ragged perforation as mute evidence that it has been tempered with.

There is a remarkable glut of bunkering coal at present in the port of Wellington. All the hulks are full, and oversea liners are bringing their own bunkering*to New Zealand.

“Groups of men who strike without the greatest provocation are nothing more than industrial criminals,” declared Mr R. Semple, in the course of an address at the Empress Theatre, Wellington. Mr Semple emphasised one statement, and it was this: the Orongorongo contract which had been entered into by his co-operative workers would go through irrespective of any influence that might be brought to bear upon the men. The men were determined to keep their contract with the City Council —to keep faith with the people of Wellington. There would be no strikes and no “go-slow.” The death occurred on Thursday morning, at Wellington, of Mr William Bryant, of Manakau, and Into of Ohariu. The late Mr Bryant was one of the best-known farmers on the coast, and as stock agent for Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., he was brought into contact with people of all classes of the community, by whom he was held in the highest esteem. For several years he was a councillor of the Horowhenua County CouncilWilliam H. Grant was charged at

Invercargill on Thursday with violently assaulting a Chinaman and stealing £G2 and a watch. He was remanded for a week. The Chinarna'n, who was attacked on the street at night, is still in hospital, but his condition is improving. Accused was also charged' with escaping from Pbint Halswell Prison (Wellington Heads), and with stealing property to the value of £2O at the Lower Hutt.

Admiral Sims -arrived at New York from England on Thursday. Exeraordinary precautions were taken to prevent any pro-Irish demonstrations. The docks were closed to the public, and a thousandpolicemen guarded the approaches to the wharf.' Thousands of people assembled, including a big force of the Admiral’s sympathisers, who defeaningly cheered him as he was landing.

Some lurid remarks from an enraged deer-stalker were heard in a place less than a hundred miles from Shannon, recently. The cause of the hunter’s indignation was the sight of a fine stag’s head, apparently freshly killed. The stalking season closed three weeks ago. If the sportsman’s suspicions are not groundless, more will surely be heard of the matter. —Chronicle. One of the officials of the association for the recognition of. the Irish Republic in New York claims that Sinn Feincrs maintain two submarines in the Atlantic, and that De Valera and Daniel O’Callaghan (Mayor of Cork) travelled to England per medium of submarines and airships. A Melbourne cable announces the death of Claude Bantoek, the wellknown comedian. The deceased will be specially remembered as “The Rajah of Bhong” in “A country Girl.”

A call at Humphrey Island, a lonely spot in the Pacific Ocean, was made by the steamer Waiotapu on the voyage from San Francisco to Auckland (states the New Zealand Herald). They course taken by the steamer brought her fairly close to the island, and when approaching it Captain Barlow observed a party in a ship’s boat making towards the steamer. The Waiotapu was slowed down to allow the islanders to come alongside. They explained that no vessel had visited the island for many months, and asked for books and reading matter. This was immediately given, together with a supply of fresh vegetables and stores. Humphrey Island is one of the Mnnahiki Group, about COO milesouth of the Equator. It has about 500 inhabitants, who exist principally on eocoanuts and iish.

An amusing story concerning a now Hedged motorist is told by (he Thames Star. The motorist had taken the precaution of having a garage-with doors at either end. Until he had acquired some skill a's a, driver both doors were left open, so that when he entered the garage, if he did not- stop at the right spot no damage was done. Having become more confident, the driver on Friday attempted to enter the garage with the doors at the far end closed, hut, misjudging something, the ear carried away the doors ami a portion of the building.’ Those riding in the car at the time fortunately escaped injury. In a message to a meeting of delegates from the Dominion Council of Boy Scouts, at Auckland, Lord Jellicoe said: “I regret very much 11 at I am not- able to attend the meeting. I hope that those present may be informed of my deep interest in the movement, and of my .confidence that it is one of the utmost importance to the future of the Dominion and 1 the Empire, in that its object is to inculcate into the minds of the young people, in whose hands lie our future destinies, those principles of real citizenship, comradeship, duty, honour, and integrity which will fit them to carry on and lend them to peace, happiness, and prosperity.”