THE WIDE WORLD.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16722, 6 May 1925, Page 10

THE WIDE WORLD.

NEWS PROM EVERYWHERE. £i, 200,000 (jo nI r; a err. NEW YORK. Feb, 10.—A contract sighed yesterday provides for the erection within four years at u cost- of £1.200,000 of the nave of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at. New York. WORLD COURT. NEW YOI’K, Feb. 10.—Strong rep re sentiitious have been made by the Federal Council of the Churches, repicsenting 20,000,00 C Clmrrli members, and by the .American Bar Council, and many other bodies of all shades of opinion in support of the. United States taking pan in the. Permanent Court of International Justice. JOURNALISTS’ SWORD DUEL. PARIS, March 15.—A duel with swords took place in Paris to-day between two Italian journalists named Sarli and Piranzoli. Tho former was wounded in the right arm, and this ended the combat. The dispute arose over an article written by Sarli concerning the Decorative Arts Exhibition, which is to be held shortly in Paris.

SWISS SELLS SECRET OF EVER FRESH BREAD.

BULLY. Switzerland. April 4.—Jean Mn.tti. a local baker, has been paid-hand-somely by ail English milling company for his discovery of how to keep bread from becoming stale. Matti, hoWever, before lie concluded the sale, stipulated that he be. allowed to supply the, SwisK army with bread! prepared according to his process.

FISHER V EXPERT APPOINTED. LONDON, Feb. 10.—Mr A. E. lief- 1 ford, it. Sc., a. naturalist- of the'Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, lias been selected by the New Zealand Govern-; riient as a fishery expert. 'Five New Zealand fisheries are of increushig importance. They produced last, year ZOi,B72ewt., valued at £390,475. The fishing fleet includes 35 steam and 44 motor trawlers. HINT ON ALLIED DEBTS. NEW YORK, March 13'—Mr. Ravmond Bridgman, formerly a- newspaper reporter in Boston, who" died recently, bequeaths £2OO to aid France in repaying America. “I make this bequest,” says the testator, “in recognition of the duty of the United States, as T regard it. to cancel all Allied war debts on the ground that the > value, was received through tha Allied sufferings and losses for world civilisation which we were largely spared.” BIGGER CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. NEW YORK, March 13.-—Approxi-mately one-third of America’s 115.0C0. 000 population are members of the Christian Church and Jewish synagogue*. The number increased last year by three'quarters of a million, according to statistics compiled bv the Christian Herald. The popular 1 belief that the Chbrcli is losing its bold upon the people is controverted by cold figures, which show that, in the. past thirty-five years the churches increased their membership 150 per cent., against a population growth of 80 per cent. ELECTRIC LIGHT RADIO. NEW YORK. Feb. JO/- Within the next three weeks- New Y orkers will be able to plug into their electric-light sockets and; receive radio programmes from the central electric power stations over flic lines now carrying light- power; Thig wired radio will be offered for 8s per month through apparatus supplied to each receiver and owned by the public utilities companies. Tests 'of wired radio have been made in New York and New ■Jersey, and have, if is claimed, given results only slightly different- from aerial radio, except that subscribers will be limited to a programme delivered h\- tire ccntial power electric stations. ITALIAN BANK. A WRONGFUL FAILURE. ROME. March 24.—The expert committee appointed by the Government to iliquire into the causes of tin? 'hHltirn ol the fenea ili febrtto have presented their report. It states that the failure was wrongful. that the rtccPuiil's were honestly compiled, <ind that t lie declaration of tile list dividbnd was qffitc regular. The report has created a profound impression, because sortie 300,000 depositors And others.iv’ere ruined by this tironghfl failure, which, it is declared, was brought about at the- .wish .of Mm* Government in power at the time in order to favor other iinanchil houses. chances FDR- young men. BULAWAYd'i Feb. 55.-~.Sir dohn Chancellor, the Governor of Southern Rhodesia, opening the Agricultural Congress, said that favorable condition* pointed to the fact that jiow \vn-s the moment for Rhodesia do start a. bold policy of immigration and land sett lenient. Sir 7fohn added, amid applause -, “f confess that this time last year I should have hesitated to advise any young friend of mine to come to Rhodesia, ail'd start farming! I hesitate no longer. I am quite certain that in advising a young hum of the right Sort to collie here l should be putting him on to a. good tiling.” OPERA SINGER’S MISHAP. NEW YORK, March 13.—TDo evil •spirit which is pursuing the stabs of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, this season Scored again last night, when Cult Tauch’er, a German tenor-, plunged 25ft thtotigh aii opdn tiAp-tlbdr. btbke two fingers, and sustained severe brnisfes, 'during the pgrMninhce of “Siegfried.” Talvelier, dashiffg thVmlgh thfi ring of 'fird mirrounding the steeping heroine, Brunrihilde X'Dingcd into the pit opening from flm engine-room below, and only ’escaped death probably because bis fail tins broken by various ropes used for shifting scenery. Despite his injuries, the tehor continued his role to the and, Using his sword ns a support. It is interesting to note ■ that the meaning of “Tauelier” is “diver.” PLATINUM “BOOM.” SCENES AT JOHANNESBURG. .TOHANNESIiURG, March 13—Amazlbg scenes-, unequalled during thb f last' twenty years, occurred on the Stock Exchange to-day, when the market literally rose and rushed for platin'um shares. Transvaal , Consolidated Land shares dosed at 45s fid on Saturday, but after Exchange hours there tins keen bidding in clubs. ft is also stated that at a big social function in the evening eagerness was shown .t-o buy Transvaal Loll - Validated Land shares. During the Weekend, moreover, there were inquiries from Paris. , On the opening of the Exchange this rimming brokers rushed in. and 'Jransvaal Consolidated shares changed hands in enormous quantities. Other.,.pkßimpn

stocks were dealt in with almost equal eagerness. Tim public gallery was crowded by spectators of both sexes, scenting exciting developments. The scene on the door of the Exchange was comparable only to the “.Sally Boom” of twenty years ago. when (lie shares of t-ho Soulli African Land and Exploration Company rushed u,p to remarkable figures'. After “high change.” the excitement. temporarily subsided. lirniED CITY OF 10.000 YEARS AGO NEW YORK. March 12.--The Aim’ nan Indian Museum, which was founded bv Mr George G. Hcye, the banker, announce,, that an expedition ill elm go t>! M; Ilamnuton, a noted aieb.ieultigis*, has discovered in tin: Mobapa Desert of Southern Nevada a buried city, which is 10,000 years old, extending six miles along a muddy river. The city is stated to be tin, most ancient in America-, representing a pro Indian civilisation uf comparatively high rank.

Remains of arrow heads, unglazed pottery, basketry, and many skeletons have been .unearthed, ineluding the skeletons of a boy and a dbg buried together. There arc some indications, the. statement adds, that women outranked- men in authority. STEAMER WRECKED. CREW RESCUED OFF IRELAND BY BRITISH VESSEL. LONDON, March I.—Bound from Ayr to Rayon-no with a cargo of coal, the Spanish steamer Yiiln Sandino. of Santander, 1.158 tons register, and carrying a crew of 26 bands, met with a succession of gales. Heavy so-a-s swept tho vessel, with the result, that her cargo shifted and threw her oti her beam cuds. Her stokehold and engitm-room became flooded and the steamer’s fires were put out. Ori; Friday night signals of distress were exhibited, and they were observed by the English tank steamer British Chancellor when eight miles off Sbarpn'ess Point, Ireland. The oil tank steamer b'dl’rt down on the Snanish vessel. launched a boat, and rescued the crow, who were landed at, Falmouth. The Ville Sardina went ashore west of Biule and was submerged.

£60,000 SWINDLE CHARGE. WOULD-BE M.P.’s TO BE TRIED IN Cairo. CAIRO, Feb. 25. —Three Zaghlulist candidates in the eomitig elections have been accused of bribery and embezzling funds intended for the relief of victims of floods in Assuan. The ease will be beard next month, and promises to be among the most sensational ever beard in Egypt. Jiiaffir Falchry. brother of Faklirv Pasha, the Egyptian Minister in Paris, is alleged to have misappropriated £740 of the fund collected by him as bead of a committee, and the Vice-President- of the late Parliament is accoused of embezz iing £60.000. Faklirv Abdel Nour is aoeufccd of taking £4O as a bribe'from- a poor clerk to obtain bis promotion under the Zaghlul Government, which fell before the promise tins fulfilled. NEW WAR PLANE CARRIES- MANY i GUNS. LONDON. April 7.—British airmen have been startled by the report that Anthony It. G. Fokker, the Dutch designer, has developed an airplane which will carry bombs and many gUns through the air at a- speed of 18C miles an hour. This phantom ship is said to be- equipped with motors developing ICOG horse-power. Tim new Fokker model i,s capable of climbing six miles into the sky, so that it would become virtually invisible I'd anti-aircraft gunners-. Half-ton 'bo-nlbs and .several matching guns, tile -latter controlled by a single button, so that they could be fired simultaneously, make up the new plane’s armament. Whether Fokker lias disposed of the rights to his new ship is not- known. Several months: ago he, was designing planes in the United States. anti it may be tliat lie will ■sell them there. BUBONIC PLAGUE IN RUSSIA. THOUSANDS OF DEATHS. RIGA, March 13.—A bubonic plague epidemic is taking a heavy toll of the peasantry throughout' the Russian provinces. Tim Soviet Commissariat of Health lias just issued a report, which is published in the Moscow Pravda, giving details. During the past winter, in the Bugai die if district (the Kliirghiz Steppes), 9172 persons were Infected with the pla.gtie-, ami of titeSfi 9018 died.. In Astrakhan 13,210 died out of 13.526 eases; ill Turkectfiu 2200 died out of 2259 cases; and in the -Stavropol Government area 911 persons died out of 938 infected. The plague is now spreading and has iippenred in the Kuban and Don districts, lind several ea*e.s have been found in the Crimea, and even in Odessa. A Recent order'of life. Health Commissariat closed all provincial hospitals and recalled the majority of the physicians to Moscow, where there are at present 3500 unemployed dnetom. This explains the high death l’litfi. in the provinces.