GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 297, 8 May 1913, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

ALL ABOUT NEEDLES. j ENGLISHMAN SENTENCED IN JAPAN. (Sydney Sun Special). London, April 26. Mr. Wheeler, v. British subject in Yokohama, luu been sentenced to ionr years' imprisonment on a charge of fraudulent intent, lie is said to have ] sold knitting needles of an obsolete j pattern. Mr. Wheeler was representing the GemvWheeier Co. in the Japanese city, > and he obtained so many orders for knit- j ting needles that deliveries were behindhand, and eventually he was accused of fake pretences. His firm complained that the Japanese authorities had actui in a high-handed manner. RAISED HIS OWN SALARY. SPY EARNEdTos A WEEK. London, April 26. A clerk named Kohler, employed at Breslau, Germany, has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for selling secret plans to agents of the French and Russian intelligence departments. Kohler had been employed at Breslau 5 for a month at a salary of 15s a week. ' WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING. LAST WORD IN SKYSCRAPERS. London, April 20. President Wilson yesterday opened in New York what is now the tallest building in the world. The new structure, which will be known as the Woolworth Building, rears itself to a height of 750 ft. TREASURE-SEEKERS FAIL. COCOS ISLAND PARTY RETURNS. London, April 26. The party which went to Cocos Island, in the Indian Ocean, to hunt for a supposed secret treasure store, has returned ,to Sheffield. They spent seven weeks on the island but did not succeed in locating anything of value, and the net result of the foolishness of the travellers is that they are several thousands of pounds poorer MODERN RIP VAN WINKLE. . A SLEEP OF 77 DAYS. London, April 26. A man named Jean Cobler, living ir Cherbourg, the French port, has jus! awakened in the hospital after sleeping for 77 days. He was extremely surprised to find s number of doctors at his bedside, anc had no idea that he had been asleej more than a few hours. He is in excel lent health. COMMANDER EVA BOOTE A SERIOUS ILLNESS. London, April 20. Miss Eva Booth, commander of thi '■ Salvation Army in the United Statos, ii ■ reported to be seriously ill at Cleveland ■ Ohio. She is suffering from pneumonia, he; illness being due to overwork. Commander Eva Booth iB the seconc youngest daughter of the late Genera Booth. She has successfully commandec the Army forces in America for manj years, and under her able administra tion striking progress has been made She is recognised as the greatest womai ' orator in the Army, and by many out side authorities she is believed to be th greatest in the world. BIOGRAPH MEN COMBINE. BRITISH FILMS FOR BRITISH i SHOWS. , London, April 20. ; The picture show proprietors an I about to form a combine. For this pur pose an agreement is being drafted un ■ der which the parties will pledge them selves to produce only British films ii this country. The combine already comprises a thin of the biograph showmen operating ii Britain. The promotors expect to have a bij market for their films in Australia. GAOLS TOO COMFORT ABLE. London, April 2(5. Crime in Egypt ii on the up-grade, ant 1 judges and police are discouraged. Juvenile crime has increased four-fob I during the last decade, and the refor • matories are insufficient to accoramo . idate the youthful offenders, who havi have had to be put in the gaols. It is noticeable that the growth i I largest in Cairo, and it is suggested tha ' the gaols are too comfortable. i PRICE OF NEWSPAPERS. . 1 ' London, April 26. , A writer in the Daily Mail, referrini ! to the constantly growing cost of pro , duction, says proprietors of halfpenn; t papers will in the v future be compelled , ike the Americans, to increase the pric of their papers to Id, while the penn; journals, will have to be sold at 1 '/id. I CARGO OF BONES. j London, April 26. t If there was ever a phantom ship i should be one which will leave Sai Pedro for China next month. It wil a carry one of the most gruesome cargoe ). on record. d The vessel will be loaded with tli 0 bones and earthly remains of nearl; • every Chinaman who has died in South ern California during the last fifty years Nearly a year ago the Chinese Consoli t dated Benevolent Association began t< i collect the remains from the church yards all over the country, but the pre • parations were carried on so quietlj : that no public interest was excited. The bones of about 6000 Chinamen have now been recovered, wrapped up i? . pieces of soft cloth, placed in boxes, anc . carefully sealed. 1 The "remains will be re-interred ii China. i BABY COMES TO LIFE. San Francisco, April 26. A terrifying experience, which causec the death of an old woman, befel tht parents and friends who were taking part in the funeral ceremony of a babj in Butte, California, yesterday. A funeral service was being held ovei the body of the three-year-old son oi Mrs. J. Bumey, and the mourners wen kneeling round the tiny coffin, the lit of which had not yet been screwed dowr when there was a movement, and tht body rose into a sitting position. Tht wide-open eyes of the child gazet straight into those of his grandmother Mrs. L. Smith, who was eighty-one year: old. The shock was too great for the oh woman, and she dropped dead. \ The terrified mourners could not move for several seconds. Then the chili sunk into the coffin again, unconscious A doctor was called, but the child dieti within an hour. „,,