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COUNTERFEIT RUPEE DIES.

MEN CHARGED UNDER

FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT:

At Bow Street, London, last month, Edmund Clarenco Wheeler (35), handicraft teacher, of Graf- {

THURSDAY,

PEDALLING ACROSS THE OCEAN,

THE "MAGIC CANOE" LAUNCHED AT DOVER,

FAILS TO SHOW PACES.

SEPTEMBER

FERTILE LAND INVADED.

HORNED HORSES OVERRUN

SWAZILAND.

Driven from their natural habi- tat by drought, vast herds of "wildebeest" (gnus or "horn of wild. exen) are causing great horses." really a formidable kind.

land and to the south-east of the Tranavan) (any messages from South Africa).

ton Street, Liverpool, and Sylves- When "Carrie," the 12ft. craft tor Anstey (66), die vinker, of on which Mr. E. P. Tierney pro-havoc in districts north of Zulu- Albert Road, Handsworth, Bir-posed to pedal across the Atlantic, mingham, were charged on re was lowered into the dock at mand under the Fugitive Offen Dover in mall week, she Heeled der's Act, with conspiring to coun- dangerously over on her port terfeit coln and with being in pos side.. session, of Instruments for coun- terfeit coins,

pro-

Mr. Eustace Fulton, who secuted, asked that the two men might be sent to India for triál

The Magistrate inquired the actual offence against the twa

man.

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wake.

At least 30,000 "wildebeests" Mr. Tierney, who was on board,

are invading Swaziland, where they are destroying fine grazing. at once started to pedal but made

They crash down the farmer's vessel, was assisted by the small and grazing land, leaving de- almost ro headway, though the fences and pour over the ranchjar windmill contrivance fixed onstruction and disease in their

deck."

The Carrie was towed about It is counted as notorious, în the harbour by a rowing boat but these rich lands, that the "spoor" retained her list, and Mr. Tierney, of the wild beasts on trek may im when he came ashore, said shed part ailments to the more domes- was leaking badly, and he would tigated animals. I now await the arrival of his '86- years old Manchester friend. Mr. Matthewson.

Huge shooting parties are being organised with a view to reduc- ing the loss, and driving the in- Mr. Tierney, a Salford hair-vaders back to their usual savage dresser, proposed to cross the At- haunts. lantic in "Carrie," without steam or sails or cars.

Mr. Fulton replied that it was contained in a statement made by a man who come over to this country and actually saw Wheeler, and In a statement made by Wheeler himself. There was also a statement made by. Anstoy,

Anstey, when told at a die sinker's workshop that a wairan had been issued against Wheeler in India, said- have done several jobs for Wheeler and have. Mr. Tierney, who is a bachelor, made dies Tor him. He came to aged 30, was formerly a steward work in the Aquitania, and has earned see me when he wanted done, and brought patterns of four war medals in addition what he wanted made. The the Military Medal. He came to orders were given verbally and Dover and awaited the arrival of he paid me when he had the his "magic canoe," which, was, goods...

packed in a single railway truck. Wheeler on arrest said- have His navigator is Mr. Matthew- heard some persons are detaine: son, whom he described as "the in India.

youngest man engaged in the Crimean War and the oldest soldier aorying in the late war. Ho is an ex-akipper, said Tierney. and the unly man entitled to wear the Arctic medal. *.....

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Police Sergeant Hughes, of the Liverpool city police, said that on February 24, he went to a boy's industrial school where the défen- dant. Wheeler, was employed, and told him that he was making in- The boat, as described by Mr. quires about statements from Tierney, has a propellor worked Karachi lia) respecting cer- by a windmill. When there is no tain dies of counterfeit rupees wind, Mr. Tierney said, Mr. Maty from. England. Wheeler said he thewson' and I will take turns to Knew about the matter, and he work the propeller, either by our desired to state all he knew. He feet us on a pedal bicyle or by then made a statement which was hand as in the case of an invalid taken down and signed by him. chair.

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In the statement, defendant sdid' be had the dies made on the instruction of a man whom is understood to be a Government ofeinl. He had documenta relating to the instructions. They were all destroyed. ..Wheeler said he made the dies honestly, believing they were solely for the soap trade, for stamping the impression of 4 #upee on cakes of soap.

Sergeant Hughes, In cross-ey amination, said as far as he knew. Wheeler had never been in india

Speed of Nine Knots,

The pedal ship "Carrie," othe wise Tierney's Atlantic ship, is the invention of Mr. William Olt- bum,

Manchester motor mechanie, She draws. two feet of water, and has a beam of three feet.

Mr. Tierney hopes to reach New York inside of 50 days.

have heen torpedoed and have been in every port and every canal in the world, he said to a Daily Shutch correspondent.

Until to-day Carrio ad only been driven on the giver Wenver, in his life. He was born. in Eng-where she developed a speed of land and had been employed by nine knots. We are Carrying preservers some of the best firms in Eng-aluminium air-filled land. He had borne a good holding a efainer with a bottle character.

of brandy inside, so that. If we

If we meet with bad weather. we can clave down the top of the boat so that she becomes like submarine. We can get air from the centre of the hollow six feet

As regard Anstey, Sergeant meet with disaster the spirit with Hughes. produced statement save us from dramp. made by him in which he said Wheeler told him that he had been recommended to him. He did some work for Wheeler, which he said he wanted so a fastener for lids of tins containing soap, rast. that people buying the goods. A sack of biscuits, a few tins would know that the articles were of meat extract, and four tins of of Indian manufacture. He made bully beet are the provisions Mr. about 11 dies for Wheeler, for Tierney proposes to carry, for a which he received approximately possible 50 day's voyage. £33. This was no more than the Several other men were report- rice ruling in the trade at theed to be ready to accompany Tier- Lime.

The case was remanded..

METEOR HALTS.

RED ONE BREAKS INTO TWO GREEN ONES.

Paris: Astronomers are puzzled by an extraordinary meteor which was seen in the region of Saint Etienne (Loire Department).

The sky was clear and starlit when a red light in the form of

shooting star travelling at great speed was seen to cross the firmament. Suddenly the red light came fo standstill and

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ney, but when they backed out! he declared that he would make

Their natural habitat is the lo land of the Lebombo flats, south of the Barberton region of the Transvaal.

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OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Across

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3 Apart.

11 Appendages.

6 Secure. 13 Expresses negative. 14 Vigilant.

From here they are careering. in herds of 2,000 or 3,000 at a time, southward and westward, destroy ing everything in their path, in 16 Parts of faces. their endeavour to reach the 18 Stand for black-board. Swaziland rivers,

20 Scatter.

While the bunters are shooting | 21. Ruminant animal. hundreds daily, the natives-23 Paragraph. whose crong have failed through 25 Pole. the drought--are gorging on the 27 Domestic animals.

29. Defices.

carcases.

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appeared as a huge ball of blood- red fire in the wake of which was nebulous matter resembling a comet's tail.

After hanging immobile in the sky for two minutes the ball of re broke into two brilliantly sections. The luminous green green lights remained visible for another two minutes before they faded away.

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The meteor is also reported to have been seen in the Ardennes, near Charleville, travelling in, north-easterly direction.

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30 Make secure.

32 Vetch.

34 Pertaining to Asia.

36 Medley of foods.

37 Mature.

Pertaining to punishment.

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Narrow fillet.

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To carry.

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40 Riscs.

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Tenure by grant,

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50. Heap of stones.

Fasten.

52 Insects fooler.

68 Painful.

54 Shell,

56 Contention.

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Down.

Love to exc099.

2 Person sanctified.

4 Male offspring.

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Nutritious fruit.

7 White poplar.

8 Consumes.

9 Article of goods.

10 Turkish title.

12. Mammal allied to lemur.

15 Malign expressions.

17 Female sheep.

19 Snakes.

22 Inhabitants of Scotland.

24 Small destructive rodent,

25. Picce of timber that holds others,

26 Knocks.

28 Continued strife.

81 Nowt.

83 Mistake.

34 Ono who mimics.

85 Part of the neck.

30 Ono of the faculties.

38 Empty.

140 Tranquility.

42 Species of Willow.

44 Eaglo's nest.

45 Performances.

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47 Render insensible.

Grows on a tree. 49 Fetter.

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