News from All Quarters

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 239, 6 October 1923, Page 19

News from All Quarters

■Women are the cause of the trouble. . It Iβ rarely the men," said Judge Parntt In fSerkenweU County Court. Thirteen million motor vehicles In the tTnited States will need six billion gallons Of gasoline this year. One of the babies entered for the Isleworth (Middlesex) Baby Show was the nineteenth child of Mrs. Mary Ann Hearne, of Mill I'latt Avenue. Ther* "were 55 entrants, sod the baby, a girl of six months, failed to secure a prize. In 1921 Mrs. Hcarno wns nwarded a. prize for her eighteenth child —a boy. TRAGIC RETURN FROM FAIR. When motoring back to Waterford from KUmacthomas Fair, four men were violently thrown out through a back wheel of the car coming off. and one of the party, named Mulllns, was Instantly killed. PETROL LORRY ABI.AZE. A motor lorry laden with 50 tins of petrol caught flre in Battersea, and though there were several explosions, and battered tins were scattered In all directions, the driver eßcaped, while his vehicle was practically destroyed. 2 LIVES FOR 2 TOYS. Beaching from the pier steps at Lee-on-tte-Solent for a toy balloon, Wilfred Cyril fjtpscombe, aged 5, fell into the water and Vas drowned. A similar fate befell Reginald Bradley, JL while he was swimming to recover a toy boat at Hayllng Island, Hants. ENGLISH LAST BOBBED. One thousand pounds' worth of Jewels belonging to Lady Cuningliame, the 'Wife of Sir Thomas A. Cuningbame, formerly British Military Attache at Vienna, have been stolen from her bedroom In Baron Rothschild's castle at Enzesfeld, near Vienna, where Lady Cuninghame has been •taring. UNITED IN DEATH. In the village cemetery of Baslow, near Sheffield, Eric Eadon, son of a Sheffield artist, was buried in a grave adjoining that of his fiancee. Miss SwindLn. Mr. Eadon on the pillion, collided in a moorland mist with a char-a-banc. Miss SwUidin died from her Injuries soon after the accident, and her lover survived only flre days. KBOtED ON HIS WAT TO 'WORK. "Accidental death" was the verdict at a Hammersmith inquest on a Shepherd's Buib engineer. Thomas Bowen (33). It was stated that Bowen was crossing TJxbrldgo Boad on his way,to work, when he slipped on the tramway line, and his head ■truck the front wheel of a motor cycle Which vaa passing. BABrnrAL absentee. A fourteen-year-old boy who was found •Oder the seat in a carriage of an express train from the North, was charged at Camberley, with absconding from St. Joseph's Industrial School, Manchester. An official of the school stated that the key had escaped from an industrial school at Bath 23 times In four months, and was (hen lent to the Manchester School, from which he had absconded 12 times In a short period. On this occasion he escaped In the middle of the night, walked to Chester, and secreted himself on the train before the authorities missed him. STRANGE TRAIN MISHAP. A passenger on a train from Grimcby to Bkeston (Derbyshire) bad a, nai«u»w <ccape torn death. As a goods train daabed past, cfi.ie of metal projecting from one of tt» Atggons was driven with tremendous forte through the door of a passenger coach as*} struck a man in the body. The passenger was in great pain, but refused to be taken to hospital, and continued the journey. His life was undoubtedly caved by the carriage door breaking the force of the blow. BLACK CAT MOURNER. A wonderful Instance of animal fidelity was observed at the funeral of Mr. W. Greenwood, who for 40 years was caretaker of the AldershOt Borough Cemetery. An old black cat, of which he had been fond, sat by the coffin after his death, and followed the funeral to the grave. Th« animal then climbed a tree overlooking the grave and mourners, and shortly before the end of the service feacended and scratched at the earth at the graveside. WORSE'S LINGERING DEATH. Alter living 79 daye with dislocation of the neck, sustain eel In a motor-cycle smash, Winifred Marmont, a twenty-four-year-old nurse, died in Oxford Infirmary. At the inuuest it was stated that she was tittins on 4he pillion seat of a motor-cycle ridden by Leslie Oliver. When near Shipton Cross Roads there was a broadside collision with a motor-cycle ridden by Viscount Tarbut, a student at the Boyal Military College. Oliver euetained a eoinpound fractured leg, tout Viscount larbut was not seriously injured. In returning a verdict of accidental *>ath, ihe jury exonerated both drivers. HIAWATHA AS A DRAMA. " Hiawatha," as a drama In the tongue of the Ojibwaye, Is about to be presented In the Hiawatha country, Near the shores of Gitcbe Gumee, Near the shining Big Sea water. Near the coast of Lake Superior, All the players will be chosen From descendants of the people. Whom the white men first discovered ] By the shores of Gitebe Gumee In the period of the Tudors. Here are extracts from the playbill:— Baiwatha „ Zhach, aged 20 Kwasind Mukwa, strong OJibway Chibiabos Taitbabbuudung, great Ojibway tenor singer. Minnehaha .... "Wabunosa, daughter of a hundred chieftans. One Shawano, an Ojibway noted for his taradiddles, Is to represent lagroo, tue Boaster. PROHIBITIONISTS PRIZE. A practical joke with a bottle of whisky was played on Mr. Benjamin Spence, one •f Canada's leading prohibitionists, while he was crossing to Liverpool by the Canadian Pacific liner ilontcalm. Mr. Spence won the first prize for decfc sports, and when the prize, in a brown paper parcel was handed to him with due ceremony he opened it, to find a bottle of Whisky. The bottle was promptly opened and poured across the deck, to the dismay of the jokers. When Mr. Spence arrived at Liverpool he was full of his favourite subject. "If Great Britain wishes to remain supreme among the countries of the world,'' he said, "she must adopt Prohibition. But I have no fear of the future. It is only a question of time for this country to be as dry as a bone."

Witness at Wlllesden Police Courts My uncle struck at mc with the tones, but ! fortunately he missed mc and hit my wife. For plnnlns a cat down with a pitchfork, Benjamin Green, a publican, waa fined £3 at Newark, Notts, and Harry Southern, a boilermaker, who broke the animal's necS with a shovel, was fined £3. "The most abominable case of cruelty I have ever known," was the magistrate's comment. At Lincolnshire Agricultural Show prizes were awarded to labourers with large families. The first prize went to a man who was father of 17; the second prize was taken by the father of 12. Seven pairs of parents in this competition had 88 children among tnem. SCHOOL BEIX FAUS ON GIBX. A girl of 13, Lizzie Pickering, was sent to hospital In a critical condition, as the result of a strange accident. She is a pupil at the village school at Gwernaffield, Wales, and the bell, which was being rung to summon children for afternoon school, fell and alighted on her head, fracturing the skull. FROM SOCK TO ALTER. An assistant gaoler at Marylebonc Police Court asked that the case of Anette Lennoir, a young Belgian woman charged with theft, might be heard first, as she had arranged to get married at 11 o'clock that morning. The magistrate smilingly agreed, and allowed the woman out on ball. RACE RIOT. Trouble over the association of white girls with Asiatics is said to have led to a fierce fight in Newport, Monmouthshire. Several windows were smashed In a Chinese laundry, the panels of doors were kicked In, and the proprietor—an Oriental— Is now In hospital suffering from serious head wounds. The arrest of an Englishman Is reported. UPTON'S SHttHNG. "Last time I went across to America," said Sir Thomas Llpton, "I made some money, and I am hopeful I may make some more this time. I was promenading the deck when a passenger came along, gave mc a shilling and asked mc to place a deckchair In a shady corner. "I obeyed, but ever afterwards that passenger ran when he met mc. Maybe he thought I wanted another shilling." POLICEMAN BY PROXY , . When the traffic was at Its height at Lincoln, the policeman on point duty at Stonebow, the busiest part of the town, was called away. A newspaper seller promptly stepped Into the breach. The makeshift constable directed the traffic with the coolness of an old hand. Passers-by who bad crowded to watch him gave him a hearty cheer when he was relieved by the retain of the policeman. LEAP FROM WINDOW. An exciting chase and straggle with a man found at the till to the North Eoad Baths, Brighton, was described ait the local Police Court. 1A well-dressed man, giving the name of John Found, was charged with the theft. Seen In the baths, he waa said to have made a dash, for liberty by Jumping oat of a window. He refused to give any account of himself, and was remanded for Inquiries. TRIED TO CUT THROAT. Frederick Westcott, •Kβ* 08 i • storekeeper, living at Balhatn, was charged at the South-western Police Court with attempting to commit suicide. Police-constable Ogilvie said the prisoner came np to him bleeding from a wound in the throat, saying: "I've tried to do myself in, but the knife wasn't sharp enough. I'm down and out." A man in court having offered the man employment, the magistrate discharged him. BITS OVER FORTY FEET CLIFF. {Passengers on a motor-bus running between Ilfracombe and Combe Martin (Devon) experienced the thrill of being suspended over a cliff. Near Watermouth Castle, where the road runs along the .top of the cliff, something went wrong with the eteering gear and the bus crashed through a fence, the fore part projecting over .the cliff edge. Luckily, the hind wheels being caught by the fence, prevented the bus falling Into Watermouth Bay, some forty feet below. No one was injured. SLEEPY SICKNESS DEATH.' After returning from the seaside a boy of fourteen, named Boby. of Brlerfleld, Lanes., fell into a sleep which lasted six days, dying at the end of that time. Prior to bis death the medical officer had stated that sleepy elekness should not be confused with sleeping sickness, a disease familiar among West African natives, and characterised by a fever and wasting. The cause of sleepy sickness was unknown and first came under observation during the war. The germ Is conveyed by dust and the disease Is infectious. TRAFFIC IN PARIS. Paris fcas learned to regulate her traffic At congested points like the Place de l'Opera a mounted policeman in the centre of the Place directs the ■unmounted men by Mowing a whistle, and the "hold-ups" and delays ere much shorter than they are in London. On the boulevards and the busier central etreets, there are more frequent police stoppages, but on the whole transit i« (rolcker. The iFrendh chauffeurs, and particularly the taxi-men, appear to drive With quite appalling recklessness, bat they are amazingly expert and street accidents are comparatively rare. GIRI/S DEATH T.BAP. In dread of consumption, which was said to be baseless, Dorothy Balm, a chiswick servant girl, threw herself under a train at the Chiswick. Park station. , At the inquest the coroner read a letter left by Miss Balm, in whicn she said:— "The doctor told mc I had glands, and the only thing to do was to go to a hospital for an operation. That, of course, is the start of consumption, which I nave always feared. Please don't worry. No flowers. 1 am so sorry, but I really cannot help It." The doctor referred to said there -was no suggestion of consumption In the girl's case, it was not even discussed. DEATH DUE TO GLANDS. Dorothy May Newell, a fourteen-year-old school girl, of Willesden, died suddenly in the street, when walking in Paddlngton. The girl was seen to suddenly fall backwards on the pavement. A passer-by who went to her assistance found her unconscious. A doctor was called, but too late. The post-mortem examination showed the thvmus gland bad been enlarged to three times its normal size. The thyroid gland was also enlarged. Death was due to dilatation of the heart, accelerated ly the enlarged glands. _ A verdict of natural causes was entered.