NEWS OF THE WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7299, 28 October 1933, Page 5

NEWS OF THE WORLD

EXPRESS IS STOPPED DYING MAN PICKED UP 'A Bristol-Paddington express was stopped at Southall, England, recently, to pick up an injured shunter, W, Amor, of Lawn Avenue, West Drayton. The train carried Amor to Paddington, and he was taken to hospital, where he died later. His injuries were caused through •lipping and falling under an engine. SPEED LIMIT AGAIN IN ENGLAND? AUTHORITIES ALARMED BY ROAD TOLL Agitation for a 30-miles-an-hour speed limit in towns has been growing in England. Several more borough highway authorities. urged by their chief ” constables, have suggested to the Ministry of Transport action to counteract the increasing traffic fatalities (states “Chiltern,” the “News Chronicle” motoring correspondent). Feeling is so strong that an interim report by the Ministry on street fatalities for the six months up to June JO is almost certain to be published shortly after the reassembly of Parliament. KILLED BY BUFFALO NATIVE ORDERLY’S COURAGE The death occurred in the Nairobi Hospital recently of a young officer of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, attached to the 3rd Battalion King’s African Rifles. He was Lieut. W. F. Kiddle, aged 27, who was attacked by a buffalo while out shooting. The buffalo had been wounded by a hunting party some time before and was apparently lying in the bush when it heard Mr Kiddle approaching. It waited until he passed, and then sprang out and_ gored him. Mr Kiddle was accompanied by a native orderly, who courageously seized his master’s rifle and fired five shots, thereby diverting the animal’s attention to himself while Mr Kiddle crawled into cover. The buffalo disappeared and Mr Kiddle, in great pain, walked nearly a mile before collapsing. A doctor flew 200 miles from Nairobi to Mr Kiddle’s camp, and be was taken to hospital for an operation.

BOY’S PLUCKY ACTION DIVES INTO CANAL WHILE MEN STAND BY It was stated at an inquest at Tipton, Staffordshire, on an 11-years-old boy who was drowned in the canal while bathing, that several men saw the boy fall into the water from a canal boat but took no steps to rescue him. Arthur Henry Forrester, aged 12, was asked by one of the men if he could swim, and on replying that he could was told there was a boy drowning. He undressed and dived into the water and found the boy, but was unable to lift him from the bottom. A man then walked to the spot, which was shallow, and took the boy out, but he was dead. The coroner warmly commended Forrester. A verdict of accidental death was returned. HORSE FAIR WITHOUT HORSES TRADITION SURVIVES For the llrst time there were no horses or carts for sale at the annual horse fair which was “cried” open, according to ancient custom, at Great Harwood, England# recently. On this fair day horses and carts, sheep, and cows have the right of way in the town, and precedence over all vehicles. No summonses for obstruction can be issued. Promptly at 9 o’clock in the morning “Joe the Bellman” appeared on the town hall square, attired in frock coat, silk hat, and white waistcoat, and issued the proclamation: Oyez! Oyez 1 Oyez 1 The Great Harwood Council do hereby strictly command all persons assembled here to-day to keep his Majesty’s peace. Should any dispute arise between the buyer and seller they must acquaint the council or collector, who will settle the same God bless his Majesty the King, the chairman of the Great Harwood District Council, the crier and the buyer, and all gradely and Recent folk beside.—Amen.

MAN REFUSES HOSPITAL TREATMENT IS AGAINST HIS PRINCIPLES At a Lewisham inquest recently on Matthew Henry Hoad, 51, a bank clerk, of Forest Hill, England, the widow said that in May her husband was assisted home and said he had been knocked down by a bicycle. He refused to go to hospital on the grounds that it was against his principles. He also said that he had no pain—it was one of liis principles not to have anj' pain. They found later that his leg was fractured. He did not have the fracture set, but just lay in bed. In July he had pneumonia, and to please his wife he went to St. John’s Hospital, Lewisham, where he died.' A verdict of accidental death was recorded. STUDENT FOUND DEAD STUDYING HARD FOR EXAMINATION An 18-year-old law student who had been studying hard for an examination was found dead in his bedroom at his parents’ flat in Queen’s Road, Bayswater, London, recently. He was John Thain Davidson, only son of Mr Thain Davidson, member of the firm of Messrs Thain Davidson and Co., solicitors. The discovery was made by Mrs Davidson, his mother, who saw her son lying on the floor in his pyjamas. A piece of rope was round his ankles, a strap was round his waist, and another strap was tied round his neck. Mrs Davidson screamed for help, and Mr Joseph Francis, who works in a garage adjoining the flat, rushed in, A doctor was called, but artificial respiration failed.

"John had been studying very hard for an examination he was to have taken next month,” Mr Davidson, the father, told a “Daily Mail” reporter. “He was eventually to have come into the business with me. I can offer no reason for the tragedy, “On Thursday night the hoy went out with some friends in the West End and returned about 11 p.m. He was then in his usual good health, and went to bed ouite happily.” A friend of the boy said; “John was a very studious but happy young fellow. I am afraid that he has been rather over-studying. I have never known him to read any sensational fiction. He always used to read students’ books and looked forward to a career in the legal profession.”

TWO GIRLS SHOT WHILE BLACKBERRYING OBSCURED FROM VIEW BY BUSHES Two Gravesend girls, Annie Layton, aged 11, and Rene Denne, aged six, her niece, were treated at Gravesend Hospital, England, recently, for _ shot wounds received while blackberrying in a field at Lurstead Court Farm, Meophnrn, where they had been staying on holiday. They were obscured from view in a hedgerow and were wounded by pellets from a sporting gun, the movements of the children having apparently been mistaken for those of a rabbit. The girls had leg injuries. Pellets went right through one of Rene’s legs and she also had a head wound. CHILDREN BLOWN OUT TO SEA LANDED ON LIGHTSHIP Four children in a sailing dinghy were rescued by a hopper when drifting out to sea off the Isle of Wight, England, before a heavy south-westerly wind recently. Two sons of Major and Mrs Coates, of Bcmbridgc, Isle of Wight, with two playmates, a boy and a girl, set off m the morning and were missing for five hours. The alarm was raised, and the Bembridge lifeboat was about to be put out when the coastguard reported that the hopper had landed the children on the Warner lightship. They were later brought ashore by a motor-boat.

DEATH THROUGH SWALLOWING A RAZOR BLADE MAN WHO OFTEN SHAVED IN THE STREET The death of a man who swallowed a safety-razor blade was inquired into recently by Mr Ingleby Oddic. a Westminster coroner, at an inquest on Charles Edward Turnbull Postle Williams, aged 60, of New King’s Road, Fulham, London. Mr Henry John Gilliers, also of New King’s Road, a brother-in-law, said Williams, who was unemployed, was in financial trouble, but he was a sober man and valued life too much to commit suicide. When he saw him in Charing Cross Hospital Williams said he was trying to have a dry shave and that he put a safety-razor blade in his mouth while he took out a handkerchief. He added that he became faint, and when he revived be found that be bad swallowed the blade. Mr Ingleby Oddie, remarking that it was a curious case, said he had been told that Williams was so fastidious about being clean shaven that he often scraped his lip in the street with a blade. Accidental death was entered. LOST GIRL FOUND IN THEATRE FATHER’S SEARCH ENDS IN STALLS A search for Miss Barbara Lilley, aged 19, of Arlington Road. Teddington, Middlesex, ended dramatically in London, when she was found in a West End Theatre by her father, Mr Edgar Lilley. _ It was the publication of a description in the London “Evening News” that led to her being traced. Mr Lilley went to the theatre following the receipt of a message that a girl resembling his daughter was staying at a hotel oft Russell Square. When he and a friend arrived at the hotel they were told that the girl had left for the London Hippodrome. They immediately went to the theatre and explained to the manager their mission. While the performance was on they were allowed to search the seats. Mr Lilley recognised his daughter sitting in the stalls, and a message was sent asking her to go to the foyer, where there was an affectionate reunion between father and daughter. Miss Lilley returned to the hotel to collect her baggage and her father then took her to a relative’s house for the night, as it was thought better to defer her meeting with her mother till the next morning.

BUFFALO KILLS OFFICER SUDDEN CHARGE IN AFRICAN WILDS Charging suddenly frpm cover in the dense African bush, a buffalo, maddened bv an old wound, recently attacked Lieut. F. W. Kiddle from behind and inflicted fatal injuries, writes a correspondent of the “News Chronicle.” The lieutenant, accompanied by a native orderly, was taking a walk from a lonely military outpost at Meru, in the heart of an area infested with wild beasts. He was carrying a rifle, but had been struck down before he had a chance to use it. His orderly bravely opened fire and sent five bullets into the buffalo’s flank. .The beast ceased goring Lieut. Kiddle and whirled about to charge the new enemy. During this respite the officer staggered to a stream, and after refreshing himself, managed to cover the m>le back to camp. A Nairobi doctor dashed by air to the wounded man, who was later conveyed by road to Nairobi, where he died. It is believed that the buffalo had been wounded some weeks before by other hunters.

BOYS CHARGED WITH WANDERING PREFERRED STABLE VAN TO COUNTRY Two nicely-spoken brothers, aged 12 and 10, whose mother had died a month before, .were charged at Woolwich Children s Court recently with wandering. It was stated that the younger boy, when-found in a stable yard at Greenwich, told an officer of the L.C.C. that he and his brother had slept in a van there for a week. It was explained that the boy’s father has been unable to find accommodation for them. He has no home of his own, but he had provided the boys with food. In reply to Mr J. 11. Harris (chairman of the Bench), the elder boy said they had been quite comfortable in the van and liked it. Mr Harris: Would you like to go into the country? The elder boy (sobbing bitterly): Oh, no. I would rather go back to where we were. The younger brother said that they had never been in the country. Mr Harris: These boys have done no wrong. They cannot go back to this van, and I do not want to send them to the remand home. They were remanded on ball for a week, and arrangements were made to give them a few days at a home at Brighton.