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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7085, 6 December 1929, Page 2

Thor© is a railway station in Essex which, has no name, no station master, no poster, no tickets, no ticket office, only one. platform, and a waiting-room about 12 feet long. This Alice-in-Wonderland station, which is so shy that it even refuses to be named is at Feering, on the “Crab and Winkle line,” as the Tollesbury and Kelvedon Branch' Bailway is irreverently known. The station has eight trains a day, and sometimes as many as 40 passengers.

The airship which, was recently threatened with seizure for debt in ...America would have provided some of the-British bailiffs with the sort of work, they enjoy. Members of the fraternity have made some strange “captures” in the course of their duties. One famous case occurred two years ago when the Hackney High Bailiff seized a London County Council tramcar. His own idea was still more spectacular—he wanted to seize a fireengine, but he was told the tramcar would do/ On a.previous occasion the same: bailiff was instructed' toi distrain on the French and British Exhibition at Shephord’s Bush for non-payment of rates. He was then acting for the borough of Hammersmith. He seized the “Flip-Flap,” a favourite amusement. But it was a' diflic,ult thing to remove, so he put his assistants in charge of the turnstiles and carried on. until ffie . thought he had taken tnough to cover, the debt.

There is a likelihood of Chevalier House, one of the many show places of Exeter, being sold to a multiple firm. Chevalier House is a quaint old building, occupying a prominent position in one ,of the main streets, and is much admired by visitors. The building is one of the most beautiful seventeenth century houses in Exeter, which is noted for its wealth of ancient houses. At one time it was the headquarters of. King Charles 11. when Prince of Wales. The matter is being considered by the City Council, who will try to preserve the house from demolition.

Broncho, the famous veteran jumper, is pining for his former owner, Brigadier Malise Graham, who died on August 14 as the result of a kick from a horse received at Dublin Horse Show. For many years, the brigadier, and the horse were inseparable. The understanding' between them was the talk of every show at which they appeared and it enabled them to win many triumphs. The most notable of these was achieved only this year at Olympia, where, they led the British team to victory, tho performance on that Occasion. bringing the whole audience to its feet. There is now a proposal to remove Broncho to Melton Mowbray Remount. Depot. Here he would live in the cavalry atmosphere to which he has been acustomed, and enjoy the companionship which, it is thought, would revive his spirits.