NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3629, 23 April 1927, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

While dancing in the Wellington Rooms, Hull, an 18 year-old shopgirl, Ruth Lambert, suddenly collapsed in her partner’s arms. He carried her to the side of the hall, and found that she was dead. A new depth record for the Pacific has been discovered by the Japanese survey ship, Mansu Maru, between the Bonin Island and Izu, where the ocean bed was sounded about 31,000 ft. below sea level. New Zealand lire brigadesmen were equal to any of the Old World, says Inspector Hugo, and the brigades were better equipped than brigades in similar towns anywhere in the world. Remarkable longevity was recorded in recent dealhs at Christchurch. Three such cases were an old gentlemen of 90, another of 94, and an old lady 83. The combined ages of the three totalled ‘273 years or an average of 91. There recently dropped in to pa'y her respects to Melbourne a woman who for 07 years has been travelling and now at 81 is on her 32nd trip round the world and still only desires to travel. The remarkable woman is Miss Celeste Miller, Chicago is her home town, but she describes herself as a citizen of the world. She is of independent means and lives in hotels and steamers. Pathetic interest was attached to a bottle of champagne opened aud drunk by burglars at L. Marks and Company’s premises, Auckland, last week, ft had been in the office for twelve years. It was brought there, by a friend of Marks, who had enlisted in the Auckland Mounteds. Mr. Marks had presented him with a saddle and bridle, and the young Diem! brought the champagne, which Mr. Marks refused to open unt.il the donor came from the war, but he was killed in 1910.