DISTURBANCE AT BALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1947, Page 7

DISTURBANCE AT BALL

(Rec. 3 p.m.) CAPE TOWN, Feb. 19. The police and military authorities intervened to stop a spectacular disturbance which started in Cape Town’s City Hall last night as the Royal Family was leaving the civil ball, says the Associated Press correspondent. The trouble began when the women cloakroom attendants left their job to watch the Royal Family depart. Some women, impatient at the delay, helped themselves to their own cloaks. News spread quickly through the ballroom and something like a stampede began. The disorder lasted two hours. Women guests overran the cloakroom, which was still unattended, and helped themselves. As more women arrived from the ballroom, the confusion and excitement increased until women were grabbing coats regardless of ownership. Women slapped officials trying to intervene. Some husbands joined the fray before police and soldiers quietened the crowd. The police are looking for at leas,, one coat said to be worth £5OO.

BOWLING: PAIRS FINAL ENDS IN DRAW (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Playing brilliant bowls under trying conditions, V. Armstrong and H. B. Key (Shirley) and W. R. Hawkins and E. P. Exelby (Frankton Junction), both one-liters, drew 22all in the final of the New Zealand championship pairs and set out to replav the final immediately. A strong northerly blowing straight down the green at Khandallah made each delivery a matter of rare judgment. There were some brilliant and sensational deliveries, including a maximum to Exelby on the fevenlh. head. The final end v • •nosi d>-; mainwhen Exelby had his la. t bowl to play, the state of the head was such that it was a measure for shot. The players failed to agree as to which was the shot bowl, but the umpire decided in favour of Kay, thereby making the score 22 all. In the pairs game to decide the third and fourth positions, Reid (Masterton) beat Williams (Edgeware) 19/18.

SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT NELSON (P.A.) NELSON, This Day. The national swimming championships were continued to-day in perfect weather. Results: — 220yds Men’s Freestyle—First heat: C. Sell (Otago), 1; B. Clinch (Auckland), 2; T. Logan (Taranaki), 3. /Time, 2min 37sec. Sell was the only one to qualify for the final. Second heat: L. Barry (Nelson), 1; R. Hatchwell (Canterbury), 2; W. J. Jarvis (Otago), 3. Time, 2min 30 4-ssec. 100yds Ladies’ Medley—First heat: E. Britain (Canterbury), 1; E. Marslin (Otago), 2; N. Cameron (Otago), 3. Time, 83 3-ssec. Second heat: O. Hobson (Canterbury), 1; J. HodgCb (Manawatu), 2; R. Johnston (Otago), 3 . Time, 813 sec. , 880yds Men’s Freestyle.—First heat: Blomfield (Auckland), 1; C. Chambers (Canterbury), 2; T. Wilson (Otago), 3. Time, llmin 34 4-ssec. Second heat: L. Wilson (Otago), 1; R. McKay (South Auckland), 2; F. Clow (Taranaki), 3. Time, 12min 33 l-ssec. SCOTLAND YARD AND BLACK MARKET IN GERMANY (Rec. 3.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 19. Detective Inspector Tom Hayward, a Scotland Yard expert on financial frauds, will fly to Germany on February 22 to take charge of the Criminal Investigation Department squad, which was formed as a result of the outcry in the House of Commons when it was stated that the British taxpayei had lost. £20,000,000 through blackmarket deals by British troops in Germany and Austrial.