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FIJI HURRICANE.

OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF THE FATALITIES.

people, including four Europeans, pertshed in the hurricana on Fobru ary 21.-Reuter,

[Earlier reports placed the death roll at 230, and later at "over 100", Suva, Mar. 2, It is officially announced that 160 including Ave Europeans.)

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LIGHTNING FLASHES A MILE LONG.

PROFESSOR TYNDALL'S

LECTURE.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1931.

THREE YEARS FOR POLICEMAN.

THEFT AFTER RAID..

MR. HEARST AND A SUIT OF ARMOUR.

WHAT MILLIONAIRES PURCHASE.

C. Andrade v. Sothobý and Co. This was a dispute concerning the sale of a suit of armour, orl- ginally the property of an Aus trinn "count.

Two Metropolitan policemen Electric aparks several foot in were at the Old Balley recently length. from million volt teans- found guilty of theft, and one formers were referred to by Pro-was sentenced to three years fossor A. M. Tyndnil in a lecturo | penal nervitude. They were: at the Royal Insitution. Illustra-

Samuel Futter, acting sergeant, tiona were given of the types of who was found guilty of larceny discharge, they produce on the aur- from a house and sentenced to

The plaintiffs, Messrs. Cyril Andrade, Hanover-square, W.. face of wires, or through the air, three years penal servitude; claimed from the defendants,

ver the surface of insulators

Richard Thomas, who pleaded Messrs. Sotheby and Company.. In a storm of rain.

guilty to simpan vestoned on Now Bond-street, wo tract to pro- But Nature, it was remarked, whom sentence was postponed.

alleged

of contract to pro elforts of man in The Recorder (Sir Ernest. Wild) cure the purchaser of certain ar- caps all tho lightning. The general appear-summing up, and it was suggest mour to pay 10s. in the & on the anco of a lightning flash waa ed that after a burglary the purchase price, and damages for copied by a brillant spark eight officers stole articles which they alleged detention. The defence feet long over the surface of some thought would be laid to the was a denial of lability. gli wallpaper..

charge of the burglars.

or

In lightning we have electric sparks a mile or more in length paasing either from a cloud to the round or from one part of a cloud to another, Benjamin Franklin first showed the electrical stato of

thundercloud by a flying kite. But nowadays the investigation of lightning has reached a quantita- tive basis. The voltage of a light ning flash can be estimated by measuring the induced charge that is set free on an isolated portion of the ground when a flash passes at reasonabe distance from

Discrediting Force. Passing sentence the Recorder said both men had brought dle credit on one of the finest police forces in the world,

He believed that Thomas would not have yielded to temptation ad he not seen a man who was at that moment his superior officer helping himself to goods which it was his duty to guard.

It was stated that Fuiter was found with articles worth £130 taken from the house, and Thomas with articles worth 138.

Before the police officers went

Mr. Rayner Goddard' said that bought Mr. Cyril de Costa Andrade, Count Trapp, an Austrian. In a suit of armour from 1928, Mr. W. R. Hearst, the American newspaper magnate, with a Mr. R.. Bartel, visited Mr. Andrade's galleries, aw the Br mour, and offered £4,000 for it. Mr. Hearst did not fulfil his part of the bargain, and it was cancell-

શર્તે.

In 1929, the armour went to Messrs. Sotheby's to be sold. Mr. Bartel was supposed to be bidding on behalf of Mr. Hearst, the ar- to the house it had apparently our being knocked down to him been robbed of jewellery and for £5,000. No deposit was taken other properly worth nearly £900. as it was understood that he was

Johnson said, that in

Detective Sergeant Williamcing on behalf of Mr. Hearst.

Later, Mr. Hearst repudiated Mr. Futter's Bartel's authority to bid for him.

possession were found five cases

In America the surge, sot up in a model power transmission line when a flash passes nour it, is used to produce a Lichtenberg figure on a photographic plate. These figures produced by sparking over the surface of a sensitive

Messra. Andrade said that the plate are very beautiful Hlustra-

of cutlery, three dressce, three defendants should have insisted tions of the ramifications of elec-pairs of adfest shoes, ties, silkapen a deposit of 10s. in the £ bo- stockings, a teapot, a fan and a ing paid by Hartel on the purchase bottle of wine.

price of £6,000, and they now claimed £2,500 from Messrs. Sotheby's.

trical discharge.

A thousand million volts la n not uncommon voltage in lightning Ashes. Such enormous voltages require enormous concentrations of positive and negative Irons in different parts of a cloud. Experts differ in their opiniona na to de- talls, but it seems clear that a production of ions and subsequent separation can be produced when water drops are broken up either! by convection currents or by elec- trical distortion.

To illustrate the fact that rain is electrifled, the lecturer sprayed a fine jet of water over a sensi- tive electroscope and obtained a mcusurable deflection.

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Inspector Oliver said that he found a tie, a pair of braces and a shaving brush in Thomas's over- coat pocket.

Considerate Burglars.

"The Markel."

Mr. Cyril de Costa Andrade, Futter, giving evidence, said: giving evidence, said: The mar- "I took the things home with the ket for these kinds of goods arises intention of depositing them later when the American millionaire at the station as property found. come to this country for the shoot-

"I was

and visit concerned about my ing season

museums, wife's health, and drank a large galleries, and other places. quantity of whisky. As a result my

I could not concentrate, and

Asked by Mr. Miller why he did not sue Mr. Hearst, Mr. Andrade mind became a blank. Later replied: "Because I have nothing. had three parts of a buttle of to do with the matter. If Mr. champagne found with the pro-Hearst la willing to carry out his perty."

bargain, I shall be willing for Mr. Percival Clarke: What made Sotheby's to have their commis- you drink champagne in a house sion." which had been burgled?—I was feeling worried.

Dia the burglars leave the champagne out for you?-Yes.

drunk.

We

Mr. Justice Rowlatt-You have been living in the hope that Mr.

The total energy dissipated con- tinuously in lightning Bushes is of the order of 2,000 million horse power. Evidence of distant thun- derstorms is obtained from the atmospherics which trouble us In

Hearst would take this armour?— broadcasting. Special methods of

Not in the hope-he had the right And the glasses?——No, counting have led to estimates of drank out of the bottle.

to take it. as many na 200 atmospherics per

Major Felix Walter Warre, of Mrs. Futter, who elected to the

defendant second by day, and 3,000 per give evidence,

company, WH3 said that when cross-examined by Mr. Rayner second by night, coming from dis-Futter came home to breakfast Goddard, who asked: There have tances of 20,000 miles, and ori- she noticed that he was. "very ginating in lands where the time and season is summer afternoon.

The lecture concluded with a brief consideration of the many problems of lightning protection, both of machinery and of build- ings. The final experiment was.a replica of the famous electric BIG BILL FOR BRANDY. 2 eage experiment of Faraday, who showed that an observer with de licate instruments Inside the cage wan completely protected from all electrical effects, such as those of sparks to the cage from electrical machines outside it.

MR. JUSTICE EVE AND A RICH WIFE.

EXTRAVAGANT; DETER- MINED; and SELF-POSSESSED.

Mr. Justice Eve commented on

"I told him to pull himself to- gether, and pushed him out. of the door to go back on duty."

EXPENDITURE ̄ ̄ ̄AT ́ ́AN

INSTITUTION.

The consumption of alcohol ut] Romford Institution, Excx, was criticised at n meeting of the Essex Public Assistance Commit-i tee recently.

It was stated that from April 4, 1930, to Dec. 15 there were chased:

648 bottles of brandy;

246 bottles of wine:

042 bottles of beer.

The cost was £497 168. 9d.

pur-

In the last month's account there ΚΟΤΟ items of £10 8s. 6d. for

been occasions when Mr. Hearst repudiated bids. You had rensou to suspect him? know Mr. Hearst lind "cried off" before.

Giving judgment, Mr. Justice Rowlatt described the case as an unfortunate one, which arose out

af unfortunate happening. Although Messrs. Sotheby may ur may not have done absolutely the right thing, it could not be sald that they did a wrong or negligent thing. Therefore there were 'no damages and no breach of duty, and there would be judgment for Meaars. Sotheby with coats

NEW “FOREST” ON MARS.

CAPRICIOUS GROWTH OF

VEGETATION.

A new forest area has been noted.

extravagance in a judgment given Christmas beer and 647 for brandy. on the planet Mars by several aa-

in the Chancery division.

Mrs. C. B. Alderton sold these figures were 30 times as high as-in any other institution. The use of alcohol to this extent was ngainat all modern medical opinion.

Mrs. Rence MacCaw, of Cado- gangardens, S.W., had claimed from her husband, Captain Guy Hardy MacCaw, an account of moneys and investments belong- ing to her which had been received The chairman, Mr. Alfred by him. No dishonesty was im- Brooks, said everyone agreed that puted, but she wanted an account, it could not go on.

Mr. Justice Eve la 1 and his

The medical superintendent, it

judgment was read. In it he re- was statech would submit a report.

ferred to Mrs. MacCaw aв "po- sessed of intelligence, self-posack- sion, and a determination much above the average, and quite rap- able of transacting business mat ters," but, like many others of her sex, not inclined to devote any extravagant attention to them." He added:

"Both husband and wife know perfectly well that they were liv ing at a rate largely in exceas of their joint Income. Both wer of extravagant habits.

NOTTS CRICKET.

CARR TO CONTINUE TO ・ CAPTAIN THE ELEYEN..

tronomers.

This planet was at lis nearest to the earth for a period recently of rather more than two years, and has for this reason been receiving the special, attention of planetary observers.

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"The new growth," Dr. W. H. Stephenson, who recently retired from the Directorate of the Mars Section of the Royal Astronomical Society, explained "is an extension of the development round the 'Lako of the Sun, which was noted, by astronomers In 1928 and 1928--the dates of the two last oppositions.

"It may be supposed that the growth of vegetation is to some ex- tent capricious in the same way that a temporary spread of under growth may follow a wet season on the earth.

Dr. G. O. Gould, hon. secretary of the Nottinghamshira County Cricket Club, announces that the

"These areas on Mars sometimes captaincy of the club in 1981 has been offered to Mr. A. W., Carr, who look green. But through a small "The husband, more alive to tha has accepted It.

telescope, their apparent colour is Inevitable result of living beyond

This statement clears up what apt to be affected by the red colour their means, protested from time had been a puzzling situation re- of the surrounding desert, and this to time, but without much suc-garding one of the most popular of would tend to give a green appear- cess, the wife endeavouring to ox- the county cricket teams. "Towards ance to any dark area. Through o tepuate her folly by asserting the

the the end of December it was report large telescope, however, many of undeniable truth that

od that, a a sub-committee had aug- these areas appear as a faint grey. one could gested to Mr. Carr that he should only be Young once."

The

question of colour is by no With the exception of 357 and 2000 Mr. Justice Eva It was further stated that Mr. Carr will be nesessary before it can bo ption of two items resign on the ground of ill-health. means simple, and a lot of work held that Mrs. MacCaw voluntari refused to do so, as he felt himself finally cleared up." ly approved of the use made of to be quite fit, and moreover, ho did The name "Lake of the Sun"-- to forsake "sinking "lacus solis"--was given to this her capital by her husband. Judg not wish mont was given for her for thoan | ship."

aren in the days before astronomers suma, with Interest at four per from an inese, greatly regretted panses of water on the planet. In Mr. Carr, who had recovered realised that there are no large ox-

cent.

Counsel said that since the Irial that there was any question of bls any case, real lakes on the planet it had been found that a further continuing to lead the Notts eleven, would not andear permanently dark, £500 had been spent by Captain but he made it clear at the time as do these areas, but light or dark, MacCaw, who agreed that this that the discussion of the subject according as they happened to re- also should be repaid to his wife, then was premature sad unofficial., flect the sim's rays or otherwise.

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