1918-05-15 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

The Million Half-Crowns, Towards the million half- Crowes Lord Koutaford saks for on behalf of the London Hospital 330,000 have now been receivNI. In addition to that cumber 18.000 have been soboribed in responsS to the Lord Mayor's appeal.

Vicar und Author.

The Rev. Arbar Chembara, antbor of several well-known theological works, died recently at Brockenhurst, of which pariah, he had been vicar for nearly twenty years. He was previously acurate at Bow and Stepney.

Lady Brog's Mald-Drowned.- The body of Mrs. McMahon, lady's maid to the Bon, Lady Byng, wife of General Sir Julian Bing, has been found in a pond in the grondsof Thorpe Lea ken Hall, Eur, where Lady Byog lives, Mrs McMahon's husband is on military service,

Rubbish Worth Stealing.

mooib's, imprisonment was ordered at Marylebons for Thos. Hy. Contalic, of Aldenham-strest, Easton road, for being concerned. in atealings esck of waste paper awaiting collection. Be bad besa previou ly bound over for stealing waste paper.

Actor Arrested at Theatre. Borace Wheatley, an actor, who was performing in the drama "His Last Leave," at Nottingham. was arrested at the theatre and charged before the magistrate -with being an absentes from the Army. He was remanded for so escort.

Dick Barge's Military Funeral. Sergeans Dick Barge prociv military funeral, the Rev. Dr Mverison, Vicar of Marylebone, officiating at Marylebone Parish Charrb. The inoureers included the Duke of Manchester, the Harquis of Queensberry, and Led Athlumney.

A Visit to Hull. At Altrincham, Simon vɛD Willgens, & Dachman, of Hale, Ohechise, was oberged ander the Defence of the R-alm Act with refusing to answer; questions as to his whereabouts during the week. Prieoner bad been to Hull, sad adimitted this. He waS zem aded for further inquiries as to his ohjot in going to Ball. A Problem in Appraisal, Pointing out the tremendous. task which would be involved in appraising the nation's wealth, to determine the basis for the mach-liföussed "tex levy on capital,"

en English banker remarke that "in 1969 s Bfart 'wan' made to wize land alone, * and now in 1918 the tank ban 201 yet been finished, sad we under- "atand that the resal.sat taxes hardly cover the cost of valua tion.

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Absurd Protest from Ceylon,

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New York, Karob 21-Usere of platinum for industrial and other The memorial of the Ceylon purposes, who hawa wondered of Reform League ginst the sp. the increase in price in the war pointment of Mr. Gollas to be the period from £36 to $105 an ounce, Attorney-General of Ceylon has will be interested in nugget equal absurdity. We now learn reproductions which were placed that about a week ago the same on publio view yesterday in the body despatched a cable to the gem hall of the Museum of Secretary of 8ste in the nature Natural History. of a protest ag-inst the possible appointment of Sir Bugh Clifford ge Governor of Ceylon. Time of Ceylon,

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aiscellaneous uses scoounting for the remainder of the supply. Total sales of platinum to be worked into jawellery may have reached 1,000,000 ounces, bus from two-thirds to three quartere of thie quantity is turned back to refiners for use again.

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Open work in modern orna mente of platinam is more delicate than lace. Public spirited efforts have been made to restrict the use shortage, due to the elimination in jewellery in view of the present of the Bassian supply, normally constituting more than 90 per ent, of the world's production. Dr. Kansasya the Russian supply bad shown signe, before the war, of approaching dimination or exhaustion.

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for the manufacture of nitrates, Bassis, but work there is irregular Just as the Bosect of Agricul.

and the slightly increased output ture has rediscovered the value of by all the belligerenta,

When Hr. F. W. Draper arrived bas done little toward making the pig as a consumer of waste producte, so it is likely to revoke here in December with 21,000 good the Russian loss. He urgen its suggestion about the wholesale Opoea of ore that be bad obtained that earnest and, diligent search cypression of poultry. In etrik in the Ural Mountains of Ragia, for platinum be made, suggestion ing contract to our own Food the Government commandeered possible reward in the black his stock and sent it to the Aessy ands of the Pacifio Coast. While Production Department, the Office to be refined into metal and this field may not have been pro- American authorities have pro hibited the killing of laying hens span into fine-wice olosh for th mising, he says, when platinom Ordnance Bares of the War was selling at from $10 to $15 sa before May, and in this waJ pom fra million dos of eggs D.partment. The Assty Office lousos, satisfactory retorne may will be added to the food supply gave the museum opportunity to be expected with the price at from of the United States. The reproduce some of the sugges

$100 to $115 an ounce. Americans are half a century Dr. George F. Kars, head of

"The marvellous ductility of abend of as in poultry farming. Tiny and Co. and gem expert, platinon," Dr. Koos writes, Farms with 18 000 head of laying has printed in a Government may be conceived when we know hras ars pot uncommon, but it is balletiu data concerning the that out of a single troy annae. it in the, rearing of chickens for discovery sad utilisation of would be possible to tasks table that their enterprise is most platinum. Enropean knowledge slender wire that would reach marked, and a single incubator of it dates back only 10 1736 from Statiago, Chili, across the másy bold 50,000 egg: No doubt According to Dr. Korz's figues, continent to Rio de Janeiro, a England will wake up one day to the gusa'ity of the metal so far distance of 1,800 miles. To draw the possibilities of poultry pradooed may be estimated at out platicom se fice it is covered alate Mesawhile those with 4000,000 ounces, of which one with a thin layer of gold; the new fowle in England will do well quarter is in this country. wire is drawn to thinness of the

to carry on na long as they find He distributed its uses se former one and the gold is dis thear prefilable. None out of follows: Aan converting agency solved away. After this process

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