NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1929, Page 8

NEWS BY MAIL.

BROTH FOR 5,000

IIAJLDOX, Yorkshire, October 16,

The kitchens of this nioorland village have been busier than usual to-day in preparation for the ..gypsy party to be held on the edge of the moor on Saturday. A huge cauldron of Buildon broth is being prepared. There will he two toils and a half of it, sufficient for •",000’people, and the first preparations of the meat and vegetables were carried out in all the kitchens of the village today.

To-morrow these ingredients will be carried to the oft.-deep cauldron, in which cooking will begin in the early hours of Saturday and go on for 12 hours.

Among the ingredients of the broth, which will be served from 4 o’clock, are 5001 b. of meat, 6001 b. of peas, 30011). of potatoes, scores of fowls, odo. of onions, and a quarter of a ton of carrots..

The gypsy party is a revival of the gypsy gatherings of many years ago. On Saturday processions of caravans will come over the hills from many moorland villages and hamlets. There will he the crowning of gypsy “king” and “queen,” a gypsy marriage, and sports and games.

' YONUG A lAN’S PLEA. BLACKPOOL, October 16. Love for a girl was given by Stanley H. TI urston, aged 19—described by the police as “the notorious Air Plummerton”—as the reason for a series of house-breaking exploits to which he pleaded guilty here iu-uav. The girl, Annie Hartley, aged 19, who was charged with receiving stolen goods, was discharged because of lack of evidence. Thurston was sent for trial. 'lnurston appeared in court in evening clothes. Air Derham, the Chief Constable, said that in houses visited by Thurston where telephones were installed hv invariable cut the wires. The total value of property stolen was £1.312. Thurston in a letter to him regarding the girl wrote. Forgive me, sir, for I really love Nanev and she did nor know that sri*, was accenting other people’s apparel. Her trust in me was above reproach, and was not infatuation but love. mean if possible to get work and then I shall come for Nancy. I know she will be waiting for me. Air Derham added that Thurston was captured in a house a few yards from Blackpool Police Station. Thurston : You know why I have been doing this don’t you? Air Derham: Well. yes. Because you love Nancy. The girl with tears in her eyes blushed.