NEWS OF THE WORLD

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3443, 15 March 1932, Page 3

NEWS OF THE WORLD

TIGER NIGHTMARE.

DIES TO SAVE CHILDREN.

A 55-year-old widow told her neighbours at Naini Tal, United Provinces, that she had dreamed that a tiger had pounced on her. Some days later the widow, with two, of her children, was grazing cattle at the place seen in the dream, when a man-eating tiger approached. To save the children the mother ran toward the tiger, which mauled her to death. The children escaped.

MADMAN ALARM IN PARIS. INCIDENT AT ELYSEE. A sensational incident occurred at the Elysee (the French President's residence) recently. President Doumer had just entered his car, after the Premier and other Ministers had visited the Elysee to convey the New Year greetings, when a man flourished- a folded newspaper, threw himself upon the bonnet of the car and muttered some unintelligible words. The man was at once arrested, and has since been declared insane.

HARRY LAUDER AS "NURSE."

BROTHER RESTORED TO HEALTH. Sir Harry Lauder has nursed his sick brother Alec back to health. The comedian, who is devoted to his brother, turned his beautiful house, Lauderdale, into a very homely nursing home.

"Aye, I had a trying time wi' Alec, but I am thankful to say he is almost recovered now," Sir Harry said. "He has not been well for almost a year, and I had days and nights o' anxiety when he was laid up with a nervous breakdown. "I stayed at his bedside until he was able to go out, and when he recovered we went out together," added Sir Harry.

"He was a good patient, and he tells me I was a very good doctor. "I would do anything for Alec, and I don't grudge a minute of the time I gave nursing him back to health." So successful has Sir Harry been in the role of nurse that Alec is now fit.

DECORATED DOG HEROES. WONDERFUL ACTS OF BRAVERY One of the most interesting sections of a famous dog show which was held recently was devoted to dogs who had saved life and performed other acts of bravery. They were the dog V.C.'s. The canine heroes are of all breeds —many of them, in fact, are mongrels, unable to boast of any pedigree at all. Sometimes, indeed, the mongrel seems to make up in courage, loyalty and intelligence what he lacks in "class" and appearance. Among the recognised breeds with a reputation for bravery, the St. Bernards and Alsatians are probably unrivalled. One St. Bernard, Barry, saved no fewer than 40 lives during the time that he was rescuing wayfarers lost' amid the Alpine snows. As for the Alsatians, innumerable stories are told of their courage and sagacity during the war, when they were used as ammunition carriers and messengers, and on ambulance work.

BORSTAL BOY AT BAY. ' IRON. BAR AS WEAPON. A dramatic fight for freedom, with an iron bar as a weapon, was made by Albert Frazer, an escaped Borstal boy, who was recaptured at Castle Cove, Weymouth, England, recently. After an all night search had been made for Frazer, who had escaped from Portland Borstal Institution, the barking of a dog revealed his presence in fisherman's hut. When civilians held the door shut against him, he attempted to beat his way out of the trap with a bar of iron. Frazer, however, submitted tamely when a Borstal officer arrived and appealed to him to have no nonsense. The boy, who had eluded the police for several hours, was seen on Weymouth Bridge by a policeman. He wriggled out of his coat, however, leaving it in the hands of the policeman, who fell off his bicycle trying to hold him.

BEST MAN SAID "I WILL." WEDDING REPEATED. How a Gloucestershire (England) bride was recently nearly married, by mistake, to her bridegroom's best man has been revealed. In the church vestry, after the ceremony, the bride signed the register. "Now the bridegroom," said the clergyman, who was not acquainted with the parties. One of the two men stepped forward. "No, the bridegroom," corrected the clergyman. "I am the bridegroom," said the man. "But you didn't answer the questions during the service," said the clergyman.

"No," replied the groom, "we thought the best man had to do that." The astonished clergyman, realising that the bridegroom had not yet signed the register, got over the difficulty by repeating the ceremony in the church this time with the bridegroom making the responses.

LAWYER ACCUSED OF COINING.

SECRET PLANT IN VILLA.

Dr. Cornell Salaban, aged 42, a prominent German lawyer, and his wife, aged 33, were arrested in Berlin recently and charged with coining and circulating 30,000 two-mark (25.) pieces. The couple lived in a luxurious villa in the Berlin suburb of Shoneburg, owned a limousine, and employed a host of servants. Their alleged frauds were found out when, wearing simple clothes, they made purchases at various market stalls and paid with two-mark pieces. They were followed and seen to drive away in their costly motor car.

Detectives employed by the Reichsbank followed them home and, making a search, made a sensational discovery. After removing a heavy bookcase, it is alleged, the detectives found an entrance to a secret cellar, where they came across an up-to-date coining plant. Dr. Salaban denies that he manufactured 30,000 two-mark pieces, but is said to admit making 4000.