IN DOUBLE ROLES. PULLED WRONG LEVER U.S. JUDGE'S WEALTH. REFUSES TO LEAVE. FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 306, 27 December 1928, Page 7

IN DOUBLE ROLES.

PULLED WRONG LEVER

U.S. JUDGE'S WEALTH.

REFUSES TO LEAVE.

FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY.

Actors As Scene Shifters In

Theatre Strike.

" BLUEBIRD" TOO HEAVY.

(Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 10 a.m.) PARIS, December 26. Actors played double roles on Christmas night, when the scene shifters struck for higher wages. The actors were culled upon to shift the scenery themselves during intermissions and the management of the Odeon Theatre was forced to substitute another play for the scheduled "Bluebird" by Maeterlinck, because the sccnery was too heavy for the actors.

Alleged Confession In Railway Smash. PORTER'S STATEMENT. MELBOURNE, December 26. The Board of Inquiry into the Kocweerup railway collision on Christinas Eve, in which 40 persons were injured, has obtained a statement from a porter, named Gow, aged 22 years. It is alleged that Gow admits having pulled the wrong lever, which caused the accident. Only four of the injured people now remain in hospital.

ESTATE £2,600,000. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 12 noon.) NEW YORK, December 26. Judge Elbert Gary, late chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, who died on August 15, 1927, left an estate of slightly under £2,600,000.

CAT ON STRANDED CELTIC. LONDON, December 22. The only living thing on th« stranded White Star steamer Celtic is the ship's cat, which refuses to leave the only home she has known, as she was bora on the vessel.

When the crew were packing up to leave she followed them to the ladder, mewing mournfully. She watched licr shipmates depart, and walked slowly back to her own quarters. It is hoped to induce her to leave later.

(United Service.) WASHINGTON, December 26. A message from Boston says plans have been put forward for the construction of a four-lane motor car highway from Boston to New York, at a cost of £100,000,000.