News from All Quarters

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 213, 8 September 1923, Page 19

News from All Quarters

A salary of £ii 7."> a year paid to the head i teacher -if a secondary school was j described n= "monstrous" , at a meeting or j the Midilesex Education Committee. The "buffer bolt" is a norel Parisian j Idea to ensure dpcorum in the ballroom in | Vk form of a Li's'.t to he worn by the lady, j from which three small buffers protrude. j A single female l>lack-fly on its appro- j priate plant, tin: bean, produced ovsr 3000 j ofrVpricc m fourteen days, and a month ' saw a milli' n from each egg or insect that ] survived »!••• vinier. To re.i.' , ! tli" i*'lff edffo, from which she Jnmped to her death, Mrs. Harriett Spannor, w!f.< of a Slinuklla. Isle of Wight, j hairdresser, hinl to climb over or squeeze through five wire fence , !, it was stated »t the Shnnklin inquest. PRISONERS BASH FOR LIBERTY One of 'he prisoners being taken from Cardiff for trhil at Swansea Assizes recently escaped nt i.andore, where trains were changed. He slipped handcuffs, and ; diving Niivci'i] ''oupliiiifs of conches, reached [ho embankment, and cot clear awny. "MEDICINE- ALLOWANCE. ; Allowances of liquor which the U.S. authorities arc making under the medical of the crew IS bottles of wine and S bottles of spirits. To every 100 passengers four bottles of spirits. UNKNOWN MAN'S DREADFUL END. An unknown man sot unobserved into Abercarn tinworks and laid down among the kne.iling pots. AVheu a loaded pot, which had been taken whitehot from the fnrnace during the night, was moved, the man was found dead beneath it. BABY DROWNED IN PRAM. Left strapped in a perambulator in an orchard, near Ashford, Kent. Lily Moore, aged one year, somehow succeeded in moving the vehicle, although the wheel was locked. The vehicle whs discovered lying on Us side in the mill stream at the bottom of the orchard. The baby was drowned. FREE DRINKS. Liquor was free on the Red Star liner Belgenland. which arrived at Plymouth from New York, it was not served at the bars, as the Helgenland was a dry ship, but when the ships surgeon found it necessary to prescribe alcohol for his patients It was served as medicine. Accordingly, in keeping with the custom of that line, it was given free as medicine.

FRESH FRUIT BY AIR. Fruit pi.-kcfl in Holland in the moruing will be on sale in London the same afternoon when a new special air service, now being arranged, is running. The "fruit special." which will fly daily, is the response to many inquiries from Dutch frnit growers and from importers In HEAT INDUCES MADNESS. Deaths from sunstroke have occurred in many parts of France. A curious case is reported from Valenciennes, where a party of workmen engaged In cleaning stones in the cemetery suddenly lost their reason in consequence of the heat, and executed a wild dance before the monuments to the dead. Five of them were arrested. CRIME OF LIVING. A man has been arrested at Limoges <>n the unusual charge of having died 20 years. ago. The man has traded in the name of Veslan. btit the police assert that Vesian died In IDO3, and was duly buried. The alleged facts, calmly produced papers of Identification. ATTEMPTED DROWNING. Winifred Neal, a Canadian nurse, pleaded guilty at Folkestone recently to attempting to commit suicide by jumping overboard from the Channel steamer Biarritz. Accused, after her rescue and arrest, told the police superintendent she left Canada with 6000 dollars, intending to spend It in eeeing the world, and then commit suicide. IN THE DAY'S WORK. Police Constable Price, of Albany Street, dived fully dressed into the Itegent Canal and rescued a boy who was drawning. Then he resumed duty on his beat, and awaited the usual visit of the sergeant before reporting the rescue. One of his superior V officers said: "Price is the sort of man who would regard such things as part of the day's work." BRONZE AGE DWELLING. A hut dwelling of between the bronze •nd neolithic periods has been fljund by archaeologists engaged in excavation work at St. Brelades, Jersey. This is the first discovery of the kind in tho Channel Isl;inds. The hut is of beehive shape, and is roughly paved and raised at one end. Pottery of rare design has also been found. AMERICAN SAILOR'S QUICK WEDDING. An American sailor in a United States warship which visited Grepnock lost no time in finding a wife. He met an 18-year-old Greenock girl and four days later the couple were married at a register office. Hundreds of people followed the pair through the Btreets, showering them with confetti. The honeymoon lasted only two days, as the warships left. BACK TO LIFE AFTER FOUR HOURS. Artificial respiration carried on continuously for four hours saved the life of a man who was found hanging in a barn at Alderwasley, Derbyshire. The man, George BlackweJL a former, disappeared from his home recently. He was found by Mr George Cooper, a farmer of Alderwasleyi was cut down, and artificial respiration was applied, though there seemed to he little nope of saving his life. WHISTLING CRAZE. The dancing, washing-np, and staying awake records have given way to a new craze, the whistling marathon, and records ere as rapidly beaten in this feat as in others. A Itougiers (Tar) man named Trotobas held the record, having whistled for nine hours forty-five minutes. He was soon beaten by a M. Regnier, who. amusing himself by playing bowls, whistled away ten hours and a minute. He stopped occasionally to wet his whistle, and finished np with a fine flourish of the " MtrseUlaisc"

I , It was. stated at Birmingham BnukI ruptcy Court that 200,000 Austrian crowns, i "S.OOO German marUs, and 31.000 Polish j ! innrbs purchased two years ago for fISO i were now not worth Gd the whole lot. I Violent scenes were witnessed in the i Rpnnlsh Senate, blows being exchanged. i General Aguilera and Senor Jose Sanchez | : Ouerra came to grips, and a. deputy struck [ another with his stick. The latter drew ■ ir. STOLE HIS CLOTHES. Hy.it- majosrrufes <v«re waiting tv hear ; the ease of a mail accused of attempted I pulelJe, wben a message reached them that i the defendant could not be brought to the \ hospital and taken anay .his clothes. 1 CHILD BURNT TO DEATH ON THE SANDS. While a Mr. anil Mrs. George Richardson were preparing lunch a gust o f wind blew j the flames of R spirit lamp towards the j clothing of their child, which caught fire. ! The child was burned to death In a few 1 minutes. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, who J reside lit t'layton-le Moors, near Accrlngton, had motiired to St. Anne's for the day. " % GIRL MTJBDERED BY MINER. At Leeds Assizes. Frederick Owen (49), miner, Mexborough. convicted of toe murder of a 1.1 year-old girl employed on odd jobs at his house, was found Insane and ordered to be detained during His .Majesty's pleasure. The girl was found with her head nearly severed. Trlsoner, It was shown had been badly affected by a stink liomb dropped neor him. and since hail not been normal. A WARNING LABEL. ■In the event of my being found ill and unable to speak for myself, I take the precaution of making known in this way that I I am subject to attacks of angina pectoris." The above message, showing that she was subject to heart disease, and written on a luggage label, was found in the possession of Mrs. Alexandra Stuart, aged I f>4. of King Charles Road, Surhlton. who was knocked down by a motor car, and died from her injuries. A COURTSHIP TRAGEDY. Johann Jlcklls. of Riga, a single man, aped CO. shot Anna Demut. aged 30, and then committed suicide because of his disappointed lovp. He left a letter saying that he had courted the woman for 23 years In the hope of making her love him some day, but he had come to the conclusion that his case was hopeless. He'could not live without her. and was taking her ' with him Into another and. he hoped, a happier world.

COMEDY , OF TWIN SWIMMERS. An amusing Incident occurred at tno swimming gala held in Windsor Corporation P.aths liy Windsor County Bo.vs School. The twin brothers Prior, who had eDtered for the 70 yards race, and are exactly alike in height and build, struggled strenuously for the second place. When they Teached the winning post controversy arose as to which of the twins li.'id won. one on the bank was able to decide, but in the end the matter was settled, and one of the twins was awarded the palm. 5000 AT COCK FIGHT. A cock tight at Glasslough, County Monaghan, attracted a crowd of upwards of 5000 people. Many came in motor cars, while trains brought crowde from all the surrounding counties. A main of 11 Battles was arranged, and it is stated that n lot of money changed hands, fighting continuing! all day and well on towards dnsk, but the programme was not even then concluded. In addition to the main " sport," roulettes, dice, and various card games were provided for the visitors. There was no Interference by the police. EXPORTED ACTORS. Among the exports of Bolshevist Russia which are bringing large sums to the Soviet Treasury are stage celebrities A new shipment of these is expected to arrive in Riga shortly. A recent decree issued by the Soviet People's Commissars, the highest governing body in Russia, states that a number of prominent artists from the National (former Imperial) Theatre in Petrograd. have been granted permission to leave Russia in order to earn These actors undertake to give the Soviet Government half their box-offlce receipts. THE BEST MAN. A problem of a disappointed bride-to-bt was solved at a London registry office, j She arrived at the office, but found that her bridegroom was not there. After waiting for more than an hour she informed the registrar that the bridegroom evidently did not mean to marry her. The registrar, was about to sympathise when a friend 'who accompanied her to act as best man called the girl aside. After a conversation he stated that he wanted to marry the girl, who acquiesced. On being informed that another license or three weeks' notice would be necessary, they decided to give notice of marriage. EUNUCHS UNEMPLOYED. Two thousand eunuchs are homeless and without employment In Peking as the result | of the order issued by the ex-Emperor dismissing them from his palace. This action was the outcome of his discovery that several very valuable gold ornaments were missing from the palace. Certain eunuchs. | who were suspected, were ordered to be arrested and punished, but were protected by two of the ex-Emperor's concubines, who refused to allow the order to be carried out. The ex-Emperor thereupon Jeft the forbidden cftr, and set out for his father's palace, thus causing much political consternation, as it was feared he might leave Pekin altogether. Finally the order dismissing the 2000 eunuchs was executed, and the ex-Emperor returned. ALPINE HUMOURS. Mountaineering accidents, of which a number have recently been reported, are not without their humorous acpect at times. Mr. George Abrahams tells bow when returning from an ascent of the Gabelhorn his party found a s™up of excited tourists and guides gntbered about a crevasse in tie glacier. One of their party, a German in heavy kit, bad fallen into the crevasse, and none of them eeemed capable of doinsr anything to rescue him One of Mr. Abraham's guides volunteered to be lowered Into the depths, whence presently came a rumble of conversation. A long time elapsed, during which the conversation below cor.tlnuea, before the signal was given to haul up. It appeared that the guide had founa fallen climber with a broken leg. but " ting calmly smoking. He had refused to be rescued until he bad bargained carefully for the fee he woold have to pay *» service I