News From All Quarters

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 67, 18 March 1916, Page 15

News From All Quarters

COW AND CIXBCrY. . 'While a cow which was being driven from Dyffrn to Tatear'nau 'was passing through Harlech something frightened it and it rushed' towards the railway statitfh. The , rector of Lla'nfari, the Rev. William D. Roberts, was on the road with his bicycle, and ' w.as charged and thrown violently to the'; ground. .Further on the cow' met and chargeij the Bey. William Jones. Weilcyan minister,.'of Harlech. He was' also'thrown dotfn.''/Eventually the animal became entangled in the railway crossing gates, and ite'horns w?re broken clean off. '• V FIRE TS AN ASYI,T7M. ■While the, inm.ates'of M<?rningside Lunatic Asylum, Edinburgh (one of the largest in Scotland), were asleep fire broke out .in wards four and flve.foccupied by' females. When the nursing staff; mustered they found -the , patients «a|mtyi sitting on the edges of their beds-taking a childlike interest in the stjr caused by ibe operations to'subdue the flame*.- The nurses found no ' difficulty in getting, the inma-tes to safety. Under eisjjlar circumstances a company of sane women would quite posr etbly have lost their heads and caused a panic The fire'was'got Under after part of the roof had been destroyed. CURATE HA MAN TRAP. • A few days ago a curate of Seedham Market while on a botanical ramble- near the plantations of Barking Hall, was caught in a man-trip. Bis cries; attracted some persons to the spQt but. they were unable to release him,'aad he remained in the trap tor an , lour and a-half until a gamekeeper came nlong, unlocked tie trap, and-set him free with a badly lacerated leg.- The setting bfa mim-trap. or permitting it to be set, is an indictable otteace for -which..five years' peaal servitude may be awarded, and in this case it seems clear that the! trap • was not intended vermin, since, the victim, even with assistance, was unable to release himself. EXTRAOKBINARY TRAM CAB ACCIDENT. Fifteen, persons were injured in a tram accident at Dudley, Worcestershire, on Sunday, January 13th. A double-decked car, with thirty passengers for the Wednesbury direction, was started from'the Dudley terminus without the driver at .We post, and travelled about a quarter of a mile before it was noticed that the driver was not on the platform. By this time the car had attained a good spedd on a slight gradient, and before the conductor could get to-the brakes from the inside of the car, where he was issuing tickets, the vehicle jumped the points, tore up the roadway for tea or a dozen yards, and then overturned. Fifteen persons were taken to the Borough Hospital, and sis were detained. WOMEN BIGAMISTS. ' At the Liverpool Assizes Mary Elizabeth Morgan (42), was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for having;-a't,Liverpool,' on August -16, ' blgamously . married Samuel Elsie, an "electrician,, whilst her legal husband, TCilliqm'James Morgan, to whom, she was- married, in-I$N), w.as For •bigamy at Brescot qn February -19, .1.912. Margaret Owemv or.Roberts,, was sent to prison for seven. ..-..> .-,. v« \X. remarkable" ;<&cp'E%, to"'a. charge, -of bigamy iras offered: by : .Edith Kate Bunker, aged 24, fit fie-ath.. Blrbeck! Road, Leytoifstone,. Essex, at Stratford Police QnuAU .was stated -that, the woman ,'marriSd two soldiers;. private \ Bunker, -KPy.al. ftarrlson' AtttUery, and on December Kenocth Bandaii,' West-' Kent-yeomanry.. Db te<;tiTe : that tiened'the woman-about"' W .separation allowance.drawn-' under.'-pie name , of' Busier. She adnjitted"-thatVshe had married Randall. 'Ste tbrea-tonee'to kill'me," she said,' '"and forced me;ihto ; I iad been married .before." .A:remand wtfs ordeicd>td-allow -Banker to itteud the court,'-taU,, being aUbwcd. ' ; ; Ai 11-/3.' 1 ; .■ are. going , to "fie cheaper' thaa eien the optimist. has. flared nope. ' The London Prescrlbe.d Officers have gpt to wprt i.at the .KoyalrGourta of rfosticg,. and, under favourable icircumstances,' cap " now offer persons" the beneflts" of the Divorce Court at a. cost.little .mote than the family Siiriday ■ J'oiht. .They recently.. effected' a Loedon man's divorce tax. the total sum of 11/3!" It was-a rimpie, matter. . The applicant,'wrote a letter'to.:the.eecretary, who sent him- a. wiite r form • with au officriali printed .enyelopV.enclosed:;_ 'Duly filled ip, this form a- solicitor, who reported" tliat.Uie man' Ijad a legitimate ease, and. was "entitled to sue -as a poor (The r^guiitlbnvprovide that a po»r peteon muetVe 'B'ottt' iese thau £30, ciclnding clo,tu'es and tools of thie trade.) TWs appiicapt in respect "of •tfte" solicitor assigiied \a -the case. _ A; solicitor way . charge expenses. This one-was a -Islndly Samaritan;'^did not charge : h|s *cierls r s:.time' or the -case,-; but merely clai'med- 'the- eftjt , of "the necessary form's. Witnesses,"tog;"were near it hand; were-'ali"«te" : ejpensee th^y-Incurred. CoUiieiil,' 'ae-ls always I 'tie casetirqugh't^eQon9pa[ PrefcTlbei\Offlcerß, gaye l Ws;-ser.yiceST--att4' 'inan-:)eit the ocQiiTt njinus "an iuepjyenlent wife 'fdr tlie '< •: ' ' i" , * *vj - BAmr. \ Details- have transpired '0.f..a remarkable at>d' prottatilySchool, Ityis, el»cc t^je-^ar, began an Unceasingly ,\j^rniy : disposition.has been/noticed aijaong the elder •tioys. Oi»e of ..them .-recently . ran away to London, to escape,.-;punjjhitent for'«sstineulshlns .public...limns; ,vj!r* jtff others hay.c beep ibefete the '■■. paaglljtrfitea '•'■ for', misW iavio,ur...',Tl»e.T. headmaster. Sir WllUim Dawe,. who...ls> niembler of .tie Bath CUj CoGn<;ll, and Vas'.been' la- charge ■of th< school over ' forty 'yiare, ijiis" had- occasitra recently ;to .draw public J atlejjttpn tS'tiu \of;.tl»e boys ot the dis t'iict;:'who."seem ;to ihave" resented theii master's , attitude.' l The-smouldering; 'Arei ultimately. , !bto\ts out-'.' 16 the '.afternoon school, when \ -hjajf a :dozen lids openly re belled.. After being reproved one lad threw iok\ at :the -'niasjteV-ei , face," another iung. an iiikjjot at him, a third 'seized a poker in a menacing •way, ap'd others flght. Mt Dafwe, immediately sent "for the r-o-i.ee and tackled the unprecedented pcsii.ion so firmly that''when the local constable arrived, the storm was over... and six dejected rebels were drawn up" in line -with their faces to the wall. The patents -of sonic of tjie mutineers were fetphed, and in the presof the police the beadmaster -addressed the wioie scjiool, pointing opt. to the boys'fhat ho "had 'taught their fathers and elder brothers, and that thle was the most painful, incident of_ .his . career. Uis words bad a profound .effect, and drevr an !.'immediate, apolosy from the lads conI e'erned. Ue "then frankly forgave them.

PXA.3UE AMONG CATS. A mysterious disease has broken ont iinqng the cats at Withain, Essex, and caused : over I<X> deaths in January last iVheu first detected it was thought thu :ats were Being poisoued, but the deaths if cats were reported all over the towu simultaneously, and It lias now'heen estaV isbcd that some highly contagions disease s -the cause. In one small distffc-t thirty ■ats died in a day." So great lias been the oss of cats that those owners who liave k> far preserved their pets at Witbahi are lowtaking measures to isolate them from Ither cats. A curious feature of tile disiaee is that ali the known cases, have proved fatal, there having been no relovexies when, once the cats have been iffected. ' . ' FIXE TO WAEK ALICS.' ■ Evidence given at inquest on Emma Alice May, agea two, da-'ih-t'nr of a greengrocer carrying on business in Bagsho't Street, Otd Kent Hoad. London, showed that she and her four-year-old brother were left' asleep in 'bed, but some', tiaie later the room was found full of smoke. The boy was sitting under a table laughing, and when the baby was picked up it ; was discovered that nearly all her flannelette clothing had- been burned off, and that the bedclothes had been set on fire. The little boy yas the only one in the room besides the baby, and the • servant asked him, ' "TrtiateveT have you done, Freddie?". He replied that he had gat some matches from an adjoining room "to warm Alice." A verdict of x "Accidental death" was recorded. '. ■" UNITEAVENIiY TWXKSa' Ebcneier Albert Fox, one of the notorious Stevena.se twins, was sent to prison ' for six weeks at Hitcnin for stealing fowls at Christmas. Both twins are now in prison. ■ .Ebenezer 'Albert "Fox and Albert Ebeuezer Fox hare been convipted more than a hundred times for Game Law and other offences. The likeness be.tweea Bbeiiezcr Albert and Albert Ebenezer is so extraordinary that except when they are together, no one can tell which •is which. The twins themselves mate the most of this resemblas.ee; and the twin in trouble would always declare that, the police had made a mistake, and that he was suffering for his brother's misdeeds.' The last time the twins went to prison together was in July, 1913, and on that occasion the mastetralte, addressing, as he thought, Albert Ebenezer, found tliat he was dealing with Ebenezer Albert, who then explained, quite cheerfully; that he had served his last conviction for his brother, who was away at the time. As the summons was servei on him, he did a. week for his toother. The latest conviction of the twins is a sad lapse. Only a. few months ago it was announced, that they had tamed over a new leaf, and were: engaged in helping' to build a mew county police station. FOIICEWOMEWS WOBK. In its Teport for 1315, the Women foUre .Service is able to record much good work, chiefly, of bourse, among °women" and children. Most of its uniformed members act as' "serai-official but. some have obtained paid pasts- in ' ttie police forces at Foikstone, ;Hnll.' Grantham. Wimbledon, and ' Kicbmond,' whera'. they work under the direction of the chief constable or superintendent ; of the; district, and are"mairitaitie'd out "of the*" rate*;' like policemen. Typical examples of• pollce.'women's'work are quoted. One* Jo as fpi- ■ lows:—A , serloas'fight' was taking place tween two drnnk,e'n soldiers who have 'Ibeen in camp. The raen ha'a taken off their coats to flght'. The: pQU'cewomea ' cleared .the-crowds separated V'thc. fighters, persuaded -them •to put on their coats, shake .'hands, and'retmn; to. camp.. During an East Cioast Zeppelin, raid .poitpearonjen were'asked to. assist-in keeping orSer,, in the-streeto--• An. excited- little: • crowd ,ot women -and tired .children at qna street corner ..could not it first be. go. home when' raid was .over,, because atjn- suspicious, light which- remained In the sky. . The. policewopen calmed theinj.-, explained that light had. nothing tode with Zeppelins,:;but was merely the pla.net Venus, and sent the crowd quietly; home, PBEPOSTEKOTJS! ; xbthißg. could nj'iistraje more- effectualiy the-absurdity of certain of the new Uqjiot regalations than the touviction wnlcl) is et : the "Old Sireet" Police Cpuit, says the "Globei", An unfortunkte mail / wis engaged at 2.15 In tie'crilhinal oeiqnipdtion of Innchins upon bread and cheese a.nd; a- glass of beer. Called;awas* telephone at 2.25 : he, toeing perjiuafied." of ttie "devil,;' $fi' inoet' falsely and maliciously leiye his "beer unconsijm'ed against ;tl?e- lira .the'Kijis,. hiSrfCrown, and' : dignity. : Moreover~D* catried 'the bread ;-aßd cheese away "witti .him. ijhereti'y clearly' finishing his" "mesty" "and, like a false"'traUor, did to the" counter'to finish' Ms' beit "after" sjcted iqijr of 2.30-h'ad-strucW. ■ Wlieir*ff>Xe this sinner-is convicted,-and-:not r only jje"but'the'landlady, ; .wi'e > > lt : eeerae,' eliomd haye eeized'upon' ; t^e;monjent v! t6o h-jlfjjiour _sbucded -Mid have emptied^.4t ai);*"n the' sink. ■; This' >is '• iitet- a. :<wm i iopeW; It ■ isbottoaied fact;'-and it happened in tUts'-lion-dpn of burs. ;.Xiie •'magistrate, we; ijqagiie, cbuW -conic .to no, other decision ' thip 'he difli arid '■ we' applau.d/ v him" • fpr"-'having iwaided the! li|btest^penal.ty. ; in. h45 powej. But' wliat'a not to speak-'of: Justice,. thing >>»! BCETR TO £60,000 DIES IS T3B that "a. man ; who."died Ja pauper ; wjs. heir to an^esta'te r of. over £60,W- . KecenQy there afipeared- in,, .a ; Hastings,.: PSPe" , :^ 11 aayertfefeoentin. which the soficitors .to.the Public Trustee, ; ofXSp«Hi Austwl,ia; ; .saye notice that: beneficiaries-.under f^' e ?*f of -Alfred. Samson, late of Mount, Torrens, South Australia,,*^. send theirqla ins, m writing to Adelaide .Before -vest April U ;Samson -a nephew, who died at the age of fifty-one in -the Hastings Workhouse Infirmary in. July. 19C9. Born of a, r.e=pectabje Hastings family, this man was apprenticed to a local grocer, but subsequently became a ne'er-do-well, wandering ahoiit the conutry and refusing to work—except to earn a bed in a casual ward.- Ills uncle once wrote asking him to go to iSoutii Aase J t;alia. but he declined. The liext-o'-Kln - ; are several cousins, "one ,of whom stKI re--sides at Hastings. Another, a Miss Arty n J Crouch, well known locally a few sJas a vocalist, ls'beliaSeU to he la !.on3oii. c ; The estate was worth £60.053 lii 1357, s but its value is said to have si'.k-e Increasoa .1 ' considerably in the' har.fls oC the l'ubltc ;- Trostce; vrho'is now emfowcred to ai'iu'rj*