NEWS CURIOSITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 72, 27 March 1937, Page 4 (Supplement)

NEWS CURIOSITIES.

A puppet show on the lines of the famous "Punch and Judy" is the method chosen niv a Munich school to demonstrate "safety lirst" methods to children. Charles R. McJunkin, "fi years old, signed an entry for the American Legion boxing tournament. McJunkin, a retired printer, challenged all comer* between the ages of 70 and 100 in the feather-weight division.

Two coaches of a train were derail? by a man's wooden leg at Saky. in S.ovakia. The man. Ludwig Pelyl. aped >' committed suicide 1 >>* throwing Inn:*®' in front of the train. Hi< wooden leg caused the coaches to run off the line.

An angler in the Lundi River. Southern Rhodesia, recently caught an eel scaling 2111-.. This is believe.l to be the h'? h< £ authenticated weight recorded in tqf colony. There seems, however, son.etliing of an eel invasion of the Hhoflesian rivers in progress, for nnslciv in various rivers report that ccN are freely taking baits intended for other tisli. and several peculiarly large eels, for fresh water, have been landed.

At the first performance of 4 theatrical touring company at Lobenstein, Thuringia. the leading actor ffl the first scene was waiting impatiently for his sweetheart to appear. "I h e#r her steps—?he con es." he exclaimed a' footsteps were heard. "You're wrong, sir."' replied a gruff voice, and the local carpenter walked on to the stageHe had left his tools behind and returned to fetch them as he needed them for his next iob.