BOMB IN SCHOOL.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20610, 28 July 1932, Page 9

BOMB IN SCHOOL.

MERELY A TOT. (rsniu F&ESS ABSOOATIOBV-3T XJjecrUc rKLfGBAPH—COPTBISST.) LONDON, July The summ Tare diaijiistod against the brothers Maurice and Basil Davenport, old boys of tho school, awl sons of a former Mayor of Macclesfield, who were charged with placing a» explosive under the platform at St. School on June 18th. Counsel described the affair merely its a hoax. The so-called bomb was a poor, harmless toy containing a small quantity of stuff used to frighten h-orses at the Battle of Crecy. [The "bomb" was found under tiii platform at St. Bees, Cumberland, aftsr Lord Lloyd had distributed prize*. The incident was treated very seriouwyv Lord Lloyd was guarded, and Scotland Yard investigated, before it was discovered that the whole thing wa» a somewhat ill-timed practical joke. It was stated at the time that the w* fernal machine" seemed too well made to bo a fake.]

Since the installation of the Northcote (Auckland) water supply in 1906, the four-ineh mains in Lake road l®d Onewa road have done constant service in supplying the lower level® of the borough "from the reservoir at the top of Ocean View road. During this period corrosion had considerably Tflduced the capacity of the pipes. &od for pome time given rise to complaints of discoloured water. A length of 22 chains of four-inch main has been taken out of Lake road, and a length Of 45 chains of similar pipes has been t*k«a up from Onewa road. These mains were scraped and painted and the cleat" ed pipes were rclaid- The result has greatly improved the pressor* ,of th« supply to consumers, and eliminated the trouble of rusty water.