GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 266, 2 April 1913, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS.

GERMAN WAR SCARE. MONEY MARKET'S STRINGENCY. (Per Australian Service). Berlin, March 18. The stringency of the money market shows no signs of abatement, despite favorable outside influences. The hoarding of money by the German public, and the difficulty of making collections in commercial circles, are particularly noticeable. GERMAN LEADER'S WARNING. London, March 18. The precise incidence of the new German defence taxation is not yet known. Herr Heydebrand, the Conservative leader, has informed the members of his party that the times are the gravest the country has ever known, and they would be guilty of having betrayed the Fatherland if they refused to bear the sacrifices demanded of them. WOMEN IN THE FORCE. "CONSTABLE MARY JONES." London, March 18. Legislation is shortly to be introduced in New York providing for the appointment of 20 women to the police force to do duty in the dancing halls, in the parks, and at the biograph shows. It is considered that officials of this kind will be able to do a groat deal to uphold the moral tone of the city, and will be able to step in where often the imere uniformed man would fear to tread. TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC. ANOTHER BALLOON FLIGHT. Berlin, March 18. Mr. Joseph Brucker, the German-Ame-rican aeronaut, has almost completed his plans for the" flight across the Atlantic that he intends to make by means of his dirigible balloon Suchard 11. Starting from one of the Canary Islands lie proposes to embark on his hazardous journey some time between April 12 and 14. The balloon is the largest in existence, and has a diameter of 80ft. Mr. Brucker will be accompanied by two assistants, and he will take with him a three weeks' supply of provisions. He expects to land first in the West Indies and afterwards on the South American coast in from five to ten days. " FROM MANGER TO CROSS." RELIGION IN A MUSIC HALL. London. March 7. Just as the biograph film entitled "From Manger to' Cross" was about to be shown at the Buxton Hippodrome, a music-hall, the vicar of Buxton. Rev. Seott-Monericff. went before the footlights and told the audience that the picture would place them in the gracious presence of their Saviour. He asked thpm not to smoke, eat, oransres or •laugh. Immediately and cigars were put out. and the vicar requested his hearers to stand up. He then offered up a fervent prayer, and the performance proceeded.