THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 30, 4 February 1913, Page 7

THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

News comes from the United States of an appliance that wiil automatically convict motorists who exceed the speed limit. The apparatus consists of a small tin box, surmounted by a miniature weather vane with an appliance which sets in motion a loud-sounding gong as soon as a predetermined speed has been exceeded. If the motorist does not slow down immediately, brass disci bearing the registered number of the car are shot' out of a box into the roadway, w\.ero they can be picked up at leisure by a policeman. ’ 1

The following was cabled from J.ondon on the 11th inst., ‘to the Sydney Sun:—-A travelling show romance, in which two Australian cotVboys figured, ctilfninated in a dramatic incident at Colchester. The two cowboys were both head over ears in lovewith the lady rider of the show, Mile Bonita Dressier. Ihe lady herself was as much in love with one as with the other, and found herself in the most embarrassing position of being unable to make a choice. Finally she suggested that there should be a race on horseback to decide which of the suitors she should give her hand to. The race came off recently, and was an intensely exciting event. A large crowd witnessed the contest upon which so much happiness depended for the winner. It was a close affair, the winner getting home by just a heck ahead of his rival.

Absolutely valueless official maps were responsible tor the terrible privations of two Russian students who led an expedition in t'ljo Siberian forest between Akmolinsk and Grctcnsk (writes the Central Ncjvs St. Petersburg correspondent). The two set out from Akmolinsk with four natives in August last. ~T|hey were provided with a horse each, [provisions for a couple of,weeks, and/a compass. Relying on the official ordnance maps for finding the whereabouts of footpaths, mountain passes, and rivers, theV penetrated fdr into the vast!,Sin berian forest : but they soon found that the maps were misleading in every particular. Roads which they had expected to'find-Were non-existent,' and the travelled*• lost their'' way. To make matters worse, ‘tlibir compass broke, and were (juite unable to find their way 1 back. Their provisions soon gave out, ahd earljl Winter setting in the unfortunate mCh had to kill their horses for food. In a short while they were Starving, and, moreover, suffering terribly from the intense cold. Expeditions that were despatched by their friends failed to find them, and they were left to struggle back to Akmolinsk on foot, unaided. More dead than alive, they reached Akmolinsk on November 21st.