NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1930, Page 6

NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

ruin, then prison. _ o An ex-Deputy of the Erencli As«eiMr*; bly, M. Marc Doussard, was recently*. t! ordered to pay £4400 damages to two»r persons he had injured in a motor ear smash. He ruined himself bv paying £44':.b; and as he could not find the remaining £4oo.he had to go to piison. HOUSE DERAILS TRAIN. When an excursion train from Liver- ; pool to. Newcastle carrying 300 passengers ran into a stray • hor.se at • Seaham, the horse was killed and two; bogie wheels of the engine were tie--railed. The passengers had toi-be, taken forward by special train. FELLED THEE AS TRAP. n : tvtj Dr. Rintelen, the Governor of Sty-, ria, Austria, had a narrow escape- when ... driving in a motor car at night. His, chauffeur, just in time, noticed a tree across the road. Foul play was sqs.,- : pect-ed. An investigation led to the , arre'st of two young men. of the work--class, who confessed to having placed, the tree at the spot... • « y. ; CAPONE’S SCAR “Sfcarfaee” Al Capone, the “reiir-. :nl” .Chicago gangster, finding the 4- ( inoli so*ir,on hiy.fnce <1 social diawl>cicc now that, he li/is Joined the; millionaires, lm,s decided to, have it removed. He is. said toJig flying from Florida to ,New York to •yndergo ...treatment at the hands of a beauty specialist. , FUGITIVE CAUGHT BY CROWD.’,, While a prisoner in charge of a police sergeant was being taken to a taxi cab outside Liverpool Street station,, London, he made a sudden dash 'for liberty. Instantly there were cries of. “Stop'that man,” and the sergeant and other people rushed in, pursuit. The 'fugitive, was ..caught before he had gone iiibre than. 120. yards.! ‘A struggle, ensued,! but with the help of the crowd the man was handcuffed and restored^ 'to the police, sergeant’s charge. . A RICH BEGGAR. . 'A‘ man convicted, of begging at Ryde recently..admitted that lie had a motor.; car, had written the police a. cheque for £3O to bail himself out, and, '->wiied local, property.. He said he was also negotiating a £SOO , deal. i, AN, AUER BEEN UNCLE. .... ... An appeal in. the House, of ..Lord--.related to a claim to recover £2OO, lei-1. by air Aberdeen uncle to a nephew-. , l( •< .~T Reth lender and boriowg. are..now dead, the parties to the lit--, -•gaoiqh being the executors .of- tile -.two. OmiH, The, executor . seeking,,tu recovjeih to s.uni failed.-umler the .Statu e offu ; itnU Rations. . • "■■ A' s'* 5 '* ~..u. - - WbeiUthe Alnrqftisrof Tffa suniiiioiied -,at St. ivesj-.-Hunts. rece fit -i- V ;*-for driv-big -a ear to the danger of" the public at Fen Station, Constable - illfvan said the car was a speed of 35 to 40 miles am hour.vjjliej; arquis: You did not time me? stable Sullivan: No. That is Any opim: ion. The Marquis :.. Yoil have a right' to yoiu; opinion, 'but I have a speedometer! I-was-doing 22. l'op; t J ie e " fence it was .pleaded'..that' it" was the marquis’ first offence,-and lie was fined £5. '•* s SKELETON FOUND. f]it !! An!,iliquest is to he. ; hel||f.feu-a>Aiun!an aTXiitim!- (Beds!.; The -skelbton Tv keOci'cir’to he that of a man. and, the teeth weic in .a f«wd state of \we~--Touclied • W here’ tji e;' d isfo made was once; an Allotment, 'but' is’Jiow part of the grounds of ftie .cocoa and'jehocolatc iiactory of t|'e 'Wholesale >etvy Mffe' believed that the skeleto?|> | is many years old.

' COFFIN SNAPPED IN TWO. Misfortune overtook the work of removing an -early British stone coffin found at Beddington, Surrey, from the' trench in which it was discovered. While being lifted out by a crane the coffin, estimated to weigh 26cwt, hrh'ke ‘m two. The pieces were removed to a .building belonging to the Urban District Council, aivaiting decision whether the'coffin shall go to the British Museum or be kept in Beddington I Church', where’ there is already a, ( Calien coffin. There .was no inscription on the coffin, but fragments of Ph ; o'en-, ( icmn printed ’ glass drinking' vessels, were found inside.