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Evening Star, Issue 18834, 8 January 1925, Page 4

“ I was rushing home to save my pet bulldog, Lucky, from death,” was the excuse given by L. T. Refer, a Californian publisher, when prosecuted for speeding. “My wife phoned me that he had cut his forepaw on a piece of glass. He’s a prizewinner, and will show you bis injured paw.” The judge dismissed the case. “Lucky owes his life to two Boy Scouts,” said Hofer. “ They gave him Scout first aid, or he would have bled to death before I reached home.” Dame Janet Stencomb-Wills is commemorating her year of office as Mayor of Ramsgate (a popular watering-place on the east coast of England) by' presenting to the town over fifty acres of land for a recreation ground, and £I,OOO for its laying out for football, tennis, and cricket. She has also given her official salary of £lO5 to the Publicity Committee for a new pictorial poster advertising the attractions of Ramsgate. Her previous benefactions to the town include modern fire-fighting equipment, £7,000 to the hospital, the layout of the Winterstoke Gardens on the east cliff, and a statue of Destiny us a war memorial in Albion Gardens. Roger Bacon, who lived and wrote seven centuries ago, predicted “ machines for navigation without rowers, oars without draft animals, flying machines.” _ Because of this statement he was adjudged a scorcerer, and thrown into gaol.