NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 5, 30 June 1911, Page 8

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

1 END OF THE WORLD. '■ The prophet Baxter, whose prophages as to the end of the world were more than once falsified by events, has a sue- • cessor in the person of Rev. H. C. Sturdy, M.A., who declared his confident belief ' at the Hoi born Town Hall recently that ' the world would come to an end in 1010. ■ Tne reverend gentleman told his audi--1 ence, which was by no means a large one, ; that he had come over 2(X) miles to deliver his message to them. Coming to his belief us to the impending end of all tilings, he said it was arrived at through a series of deductions made from various passages of Scripture. But beyond these deductions and the authority contained in them there were other signs, such as the Zionist movement, the Turkish upheaval, and many more events of important significance. The speaker also quoted several dates, tne earliest being 1915 and the latest 1931; but 'the date given nbor. was his own particular one, and he coneluded By enjoining his hearers that the lust day was at hand. SWALLOWS TOOTH-PLATE. One would hardly believe, said the Coroner at Battcrsea recently, that it ww> powble for anybody to swallow a toothplate without knowing it An inquest was held with reference to he death of Alice Dear, 51, whose hus- ' wife had suffered from a cougn, which die attributed to chronic bronchi is. She wore .falw teeth attached to a gold «te. She had,.over suggested ffi '">' as iI]„ PSS was due to swallowine »«r teeth She died suddenly. g ihe gold plate was produced in court and Dr. Robert S. Trevor, patholoZ '■ wV ♦ ? P T cnd of th « fi»Hct The nTat\ 0 ,l Thlch the left h °°k of the D ,nf T y ' lcavin « the Pi** loose. iS v oM "7° * nff «"«o» 'nm, acute KhVl i° ~' ° rcßult of the the ill* « Pat ° m::4t havo bee » « the gullet four or fj te days, nerhai* uiath was returned. DESTROYING HER BEAUTY.

Intense jealousy on the part of Lieut | an officer in the Austrian navy, made utterly miserable by her husband's baseless suspicmns, and at last she left him and began proceeding., for a divorce One day as S he was walking in the street, her husband met her. and begged her to return. She refused, whereupon hoL n n d a r olvcr and flred se^ t shots at her face, exclaiming that no other man should enjoy her beauty. 1™ wi Wd ,i ßaihorpd and th r«itened to Oneh the lieutenant, who had to take refuge in a house where he remained until he was arrested.