A PLUCKY WOMAN.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1209, 26 November 1919, Page 6

A PLUCKY WOMAN.

home with licr daughter fruni ;i dance Mrs Uhoods, manageress of the Church of Kngland Soldiers' Institute at AldtishoL found a man without b wts and stcckug crouobitig in the kitchen. She grabbed him by the collar. whcietlpon he showed fright and appeared to be trying to gel his hand into his pocket. " Have you lircartus V she shouted, and the ii - trudcr said lie had not. Tightcuii g her hold. Mis Khoods told hoi daughter to call for help and open the door. .She then Innled the man nut into the stieet and forced him to walk towards the police station barefo »:»«?. She refused t<> allow him to -•i> back for hi- !)u:>t-. .Meantime her daughter had obtained poiiee assistance and the ii:hi was handed over to a constable. Mrs Uhoods is 50, and the mother of I '2 children. A considerable sinn had been deposited i" the institute that evening as proceeds >•! a sarden party given in ii of the Conn ales of the Great War. Mis Uhoods i- the wife of an old u.c o. of the We-t Kent Regiment.

Mr K. Scmple (sa\'s an exchange) vflio once hewed jewels in the form of black diamonds hut now produces jewels of oratory, remarked recently in the House that the miner did not work on pay Saturdays, when Mr R. A. Wright said : Why does he not work on pay Saturday? Mr Semple: If you worked under the ground for five (lavs \on would be pleased to crawl out on the sixth and Mav at home. Mr Semple also said he was prepared to put on the dungarees and go down into the mines with any member o< the House, and he was sure his opponent would be glad to cry a " go-slow" by the end of the week. Hon. A. M. Myers: And I will give a medal for the man who gets out the most coal. SLAV L\ UKi). The sjrea'e.-t uatge.* fur iutluutiza !.- it- tendency ly result m puciuuuiu. Tin- dancer ran be avoided if Chamber lain's Cough Kciucdy i- n-cd and the patient -My- in lie J until the fever >ti'.>--i.ii-. We have never know an attaek jf [iiil'ienzi t. result in pneumonia when L'hauihvrlaiu's Cough ilemetly has beeii takei'.—Sold Kvervwhere.