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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 July 1924, Page 2

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SYDNEY, July 9.

Considerable public outcry has been aroused concerning the doings of an airman who performed a number ot daring evolutions over the' city. He circled the higher buildings and flew so low at times as to cause thrills. Over the harbour he descended so low in the ferry boat zone that captains stopped the vessels and sounded warning syrens. The police are taking action to stop such displays as dangerous.

LONDON, July 8. There was a distressing disclosure at the Westminster Coroner’s inquest on Mrs Sylvia Pearson, aged 62 years. She and a male old age pensioner occupied a tiny room at Mayfair. Both .Were ragged and dirty and unable to pay the rent of 16s weekly. The landlady kept them for a year, after Which the rent was paid weekly. They lived on potatoes and scraps of food supplied by the landlady. They were virtually hermits, no one being allowed to enter the room, which was in the filthiest condition. It is believed that they never undressed or Washed. They regularly received letters from Russia. The letters were heavily crested and addressed to Princess Orloff. The woman was highly cultured. The coroner, in returning a verdict of death from natural causes, said that deceased was obviously a Russian aristocrat living in the most horrible circumstances.