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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1938, Page 6

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' A YOUTH’S RUSE. SYDNEY, Nov. 26. A watchman lived a volley of shots at four youthful suspects at Liverpool early yesterday, captured one, but lost him again. Watchman Jack Kennedy disturbeu the youths near the premises of Frank Lock, in Scott Street, Liverpool, at 2 a.in. They jumped on their bicycles and rode off with Kennedy in pursuit oil foot. When they refused his com maud to stop, Kennedy fired six shots from his revolver, and one of them fell from his machine from fright. Kennedy pounced on him and was taking him-to Liverpool police station, when the youth almost swooned, complaining that he had been shot. When he declared he could walk' no farther, the watchman allowed him to mount his bicycle and was helping to push him along when the captive suddenly accelerated 'and broke free. THIEVES £6OO HAUL IN FLAT. SYDNEY, Nov. 26. Furs and jewellery valued at £603 were stolen at the week-end from the flat in Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay, of Mr John T. Davis, Sydney businessman. Mr and Mrs Davis arrived home early yesterday, and found that a piece of glass had been cut front the door panel. , Mrs Davis’s bedroom had been ransacked. Expensive fur coats, furs, and jewellery were taken. Tlie articles were removed in three portmanteaus. Detectives under Inspector Kennedy and Detective-Sergeant Young are inquiring. A PATIENT FEARS INJECTION. SYDNEY,.Nov. 26. Three 'nurses and a policeman in a motor lorry chased a pyjama-clad man for tw4> miles through Camperdown streets on Saturday. A patient at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the man had fled in terror of an injection.

He had been in hospital a week with an eve infection, and had been given several injections.

.\s the nurses approached him to administer another, he jumped from his bed and raced into Missenden Road.

He was nowhere in sight when the nurses readied the street. Mr G. H. Fisher, of Lucas Street, -Camperdown,. was driving bis motor lorry in Brodie Street when lie saw a

man m pyjamas running. OFF IN FURS UIT. In Missendcn Road, Mr Fisher saw three nurses and guessed they were after the man. Inviting- them into his lorry, lie set off in pursuit and overtook the man. The nurses pounced on the escapee, but lie struggled free and dashed off again, striking across Camperdown Park.' . Mr Fislier then drove to Camperdown police station, and with Constable. Moore drove back to the park. Children playing in the park .pointed . out the way the man in. pyjamas had gone, and he was overtaken again, but i again bolted. Exhausted, and with bleeding feet, he gave up a little later. JUMP TO DEATH. SYDNEY, Nov. 2(5. For no apparent reason Robert John Kingston, 32, leaped to instant death from the yighth floor Of the Mansion House Private Hotel, Elizabeth Street, on Saturday night. Kingston was engaged to be married to a young Bomb woman. They had had no quarrel, and were together on Friday, the young woman I told the police. . ] A wool-classer and in good health, Kingston had money in the bank. Kingston’s unusual behaviour before he dived 100 ft to instant death on the pavement has puzzled the police. Mention of Beer Returning from a trip to Manly with three men friends, Kingston sat in the lounge talking and joking. A bottle of beer was mentioned, and Kingston said, “Just a moment,” and left,

His friends thought lie had gone to get a bottle of beer.

Next thing they knew police were making inquiries.

Climbed Lightwell

Kingston had stepped out of the sixth floor room and climbed- 30ft up the light well, hanging to water pipes, the ligh-well, hanging to water pipes. A man in a neighbouring room, seeing Kingston, thought he was a catburglar. and called, “What’s the

game?” Kingston climbed on, and the guest informed the porter, George McKenzie. Dashing on to the roof, McKenzie saw Kingston outside the roof railing. Don’t Be Silly”. McKenzie called out, “Don’t he silly!” Kingston jumped. He struck the verandah anc! was practically unrecognisable when picked up. • His wristlet watch was still running, and was going all day yesterday. Kingston seemed a trifle depressed a few days before his death, Kingston’s companion, Mr R. Jones, of Mosman, told police. Tie had, had word that his mother in Orange wks seriously iIK

Sergeant Astiil, of Clarence Street, will interview Kingston’s brother, who will arrive from Grange"to-day.

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Two priceless stained-glass windows of-the Fullerton Memorial Church, Crown Street, City, were smashed by a vandal on Saturday night. “They were 100 years old,” said the Rev. George Cowie. “Ihere were originally four. One was partly broken a few'months ago. Now only one leutains intact.

“They were made in Belgium and cannot he replaced. Glass like that is not made now.”

The windows we're shifted 30 years.j ago from the old Presbyterian Church at the corner of Pitt and Hay Streets, when it was demolished. A woman living near the church has t informed the police that she saw a man smash the windows and stroll away. 1 Darlinghurst police are seeking him.