GENERAL NEWS HEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18629, 9 February 1924, Page 3 (Supplement)

GENERAL NEWS HEMS.

a 9XiER'S HIDDEN WEALTH. '" Some coins of the reign of Elizabeth, James :L, and Charles I, were found v\ • an old Bristol warehouse. They are H "believed : to have been a smuggler's hoard. " The coins numbered over 2000, and were c varying denominations from shillings •;..'upward. • " BODY ON CLOT* LEDGE. '■'■ The lighthouse-keeper at Eastbourne, 400 yards out to sea, saw a bundle lying V on » ledge of the cliffs 100 ft. up from ; the srore and 400 from the top. He informed the coastguards, and after three ; descents by ropes the bddy of a woman was found. GLUT OF HERRING. Huge catches of herring have been landed at Plymouth and large quantities have been bought for Germany. Prices range from Is to Is 3d a hundred fish. , , Catches of pilchards also have been so large that the local curing houses have been unable to cope with the supply, and • the fish have been stacked three or four feet high on the parade. DEATH SENTENCE SHOOK. -• Mrs. Mary Hanrahrm, 25, of Waterford, died from shock of hearing the death sentence pronounced at Dublin on William Devereux for the murder of his sister-in-law with a hatchet. Mrs. Hanrahan, who was one of the principal witnesses at the trial, was seized with illness after the judge had passed sentence and died soon afterwards, V - £3400 FOR A BOOK. ■"•'A copy of " Milton," the poem written, ? illustrated, and printed by William Blake the British poet and engraver (1757-1827), was sold for £3400 at Southby's. London, the purchasers being Messrs. Pickering and Chatto, the book- ■ sellers. No other copy of the " Milton " with 50* leaves is known. Only three other copies of any kind have been recorded, two having 45 leaves and the third 49. BOOTBLACK'S PALETTE. \ 0n a of the bootblacks on the Paris boulevards uses a palette when cleaning fci'i women's shoes. The Parisian woman's V'i shoes vary so much in colour that he found it often difficult to get the right ■hue of boot cream to match. So on bis ■s palette ha put a number of different creams and combines them in varying proA portions according to the tone of the shoes he has to deal with. ; Judging by the number of hia women customers his plan is very successful. PRINCE HENRY'S DOG. '-■■■',- Mud-bedraggled and very crestfallen, '0 " Sim," the regimental pet of the 10th sf| Royal Hussars, returned to barracks at k Aldershot, after having been absent with- ! out leave for seven days. "Kim," a black-and-white wire-haired ftp terrier, belongs to Prince Henry, who is W. a troop commander in the regiment. He I was last seen playing with a wolf-hound on the barrack square. 15 After being " severely admonlsaed *' ?|t- " Kim was reinstated as pet of the Hf*! regiment. VANISHED WOMAN. ;0 v A handsome South African woman, ■V: Clara Whitely, who was bound over at Kewington Sessions, London, on condition 1 that she entered a nursing home, subsequently disappeared. The woman, who is th* daughter of wealthy parents, stole a §3 small sum of money from a man while und»r remand on another charge. : She started life with the brightest hopes. Her marriage at Capetown in 1915 was attended by prominent people, hat "she went alone to England and lured a Hatton-garden diamond dealer to her flat, locked the man in a room, and vanished ?: with gems worth £4000. She .-',..• underwent nine months' imprisonment v for the theft. The woman's parent* journeyed from Capetown to London and entreated her ii; to return, but she was deaf to their £■" appejils.

UNEMPLOYMENT TRAGEDY. Zjfc , After striving since the date of his def mobilisation in 1920 to find employment, f, daring which time he had only been em- ';-,:• ployed for a fortnight in all, Dennis Pat- ':{' rick Fanning, aged 40, of Kentish Town, r. ' was found drowned in the Regent's Canal. ;•; M the inquest it was stated that Fanning was formerly a labourer employed on the London and North-western RailU way, and served in the Royal Garrison Artillery in France during the later stages , t{! of the war. He was taken prisoner, and ' :: , was interned in Germany for six months. -■; Since his discharge from the service in 111 1920 he did only about a fortnight's work H altogether, although he strove hard to get ]S- employment. This worried him much, \," and he became depressed. A verdict of IM suicide while of unsound mind was reHJ; corded. ' | DISCLOSED BY EXCAVATIONS, Excavations which are being carried on I | at Bath are showing how great was the h r - extent of the baths in the town in Roman V-~ times. Evidence of Roman work dating from three distinct periods has been found. • ■ When one floor, formed of unmistak- ■ able Human mortar, was broken through, ;.': » perfect bath constructed of huge blocks of ilone, and evidently intended to be .; filled with water from the hot springs, » was discovered beneath it. Schoolboys from King Edward VII. I School. Sheffield, who are carrying out "xfavations on an ancient monastic site " at Beauchief, near Sheffield, have exposed a wall which is believed to be the ■ wett wall of the monks' chapter house, .;; an have found two 13th-century bells an a many fragments of mediaeval pottery. GIRL'S TERRIBLE DEATH. While dressing for a St. Leonard's fancy dress ball, at which she was to a "powder puff," Miss Violet . Stnfie, 19, of Hastings, England, went V Jo the window of her room to hail some "•ends in the street. Her costume, Wuich consisted largely of cotton-wool, caught fire from the flame of a candle, »nd she was immediately enveloped in "»mes. Her sister attempted to smother wwa, hut the girl rushed" from the room ?JJ.d down the stairs, collapsing at the j>oltom. Assistance was at one© given , h y others in fh© house, who tore off the darning clothing, one. woman's hands Wing severely burned, and Miss Sentie as conveyed in an unconscious condign to the Royal East Sussex Hospital, fj*? injuries were, however, so severe la£ she succumbed to them a few hours RED HAIRED GIRLS. ; That 94 out of every 100 red-headed z*'- ■ ft.m ■??* bow le S is the assertion of the W • : tt;e on artists' models of the disflushed Charcoal Club of Baltimore. " According to Mr ' John McGrath, the ; : C ln char S e of the examination, who '•£.. set a very high standard, " it £ a ° i. unusual amount of tact to th* V"J h emore "cry-beaded types with notE U £ Sran ? el y enough, they seem iquencTes dlscovered their °™ P h y-<*l ft^iremelv T ugh to tell an fex - P& varoiXf f h fd red y° un K woma n the unmSk *£?*' Bnd *• would not g° dollar? « SCCn ° again for one million .mdSUmi any yoilng man wanfcs to I foSSS my ?°L . of , view lefc him teil P ple^tT^ P g / rf S^ a is - With & oßfcL^i* 0 * - qmet he ou S ht to be ¥ - -, w. u? p,tal ln six weeks." With B.i piW ln six weeks." I chann Ttfu to add that the natural 4 3Stt?tSK red 'H ired girl more than g suw »* trifling misfortune spoken of.

BOUND AND GAGGED DOMESTIC. A domestic servant, Ann Lethbridge, who was found bound and gamed in the Hare and Hounds Hotel. Tarbock, near Prescot, Lancashire, was being questioned by the police, when she ran to a window and fell through it 15 feet to the ground. She was taken to the hospital severely injured. ; .;,. * TALL IRQM AS EXPRESS. Soon after the Scotch express had passed Doncaster early one morning en its, way to London, George Beck, 19, a railway-engine cleaner, of Selby, fell from a third-class carriage. u Beck , received a severe wound in the head, but was able to clamber up the steps of a signal-box and explain what had happened. He was removed to the Doncaster Infirmary. £12,000 IK A GARDEN. The alleged discovery of a large amount of Reichsbank notes in the garden of a house belonging to Dr. Dor ten, the Separatist leader, at Wiesbaden, was recently reported in Paris. A motor-car carrying £12,000 in such notes is said to have been stopped on the Frankfort road by men who passed themselves off as French detectives, and the money was seized. Failing to pass the notes, they buried them. BROTHERS' LOST FORTUNES. At a meeting of the creditors of Marcel Varipati in London, it was stated that he went to England from Greece in 1897, and in business with his brother made £50,000. In IS2O he lost £66,000 through speculations in grain. He estimated his liabilities at £40,000 and assets £25. j A meeting was also held of the creditors | of Claude Varipati, who said he lost £40,000 by speculating in grain and cotton. His only assets were a bank balance of 4s, and an interest under his late father's will, THE GIRL WHO LAUGHED. During the hearing of a case at Westminister County Court, there was a burst of laughter from one of the seats filled with spectators. Judge Sir Alfred Tobin ordered the offending person to stand up. There was i dead silence. Nobody rose, but when the judge said that all the people in that pari of the court must leave a young woman stood up. She was asked why she laughed. With downcast eyes, she replied in a whisper, " There were others who laughed as well as I." She was told to leave the court. STOLE FOR MOTHER'S PRESENT. An inquest was held at Stepney, London, on Arthur Thomas Mulholland, 18, steward, of Liverpool, who shot himself aboard his ship in the London Docks. '. j It was stated that money was missed from the coxswain's bunk. After Mulholland's death a letter was found addressed to his mother, in which he wrote: " I stole £19. I wanted to send you £10 at Christmas as from a mysterious person. The only means of showing my sorrow is by disposing of myself." The coxswain asked that the £7 found on Mulholland should be given to the man's mother. . GIRL THROWS VITRIOL. At the Reading Police Court Ivy Dora Cusden, 20, of Castle Street, Reading, daughter of a local printer, was charged with throwing corrosive fluid over Mrs. Mabel Elsie Jones, of Howard Street, who was stated to be in a critical con- j dition. j Sergt. Henderson, a detective, deposed that Cusden said to him: " She has shown me no pity. She has been cruel to me. I have been driven nearly mad by the worry. I thought it would not hurt her much." Later she said she was sorry. Reference was made to the condition of the accused, who was remanded, bail being refused. DOCTORS SWINDLED. Further complaints have been received by Scotland Yard about the suave Irish swindler who has become known as th« "medical Patsy." As & result of publicity is has been discovered that a large number of people, all members of Irish doctors' families, have been victimised for a considerable period.

The man apparently makes a study of the Irish names in the Medical Directory, and then vnuts the family of one of those selected with a story that seems true, j and he invariably gets aid. In some instances he has been offered crossed cheques, but he has declined to accept : them and has been successful in getting ready cash. LACE-MAKING AT 104. Donna Maddalena Dotti was born in Florence on December 10, 1819. To-day ! she is not Only still alive; she also attends to her correspondence, reads, and makes narrow bobbin lace, which was fashionable in her girlhood. | She had pneumonia two years ago. Less than four years ago she was operated upon for cataract. Replying then to a letter from Queen Margherita congratulating her upon her recovery, she wrote that if her hands were shaking it was because of emotion, not age. She married Count Vincenzo Filicaia, and had five children, of whom only one, a son now more than 80, survives. CHESS IN THE OPEN AIR. Chess in the open air is the daily pastime of the members of the Clapnam Common Open-Air Chess and Draughts Club. Undaunted by adverse weather conditions, the enthusiasts regularly sit down to their games under the common trees. The club has been in existence for three years and has a membership of 100. Even on the bitterest winter day some dozen players will appear, while in summer 30 couples can be seen. Asked concerning ill-effects from exposure, a member exclaimed, " We all feel splendid. The ' father ' of our club is 92. I am past 72, and am reckoned quite a chicken." Players from all over London take part in the competitions which the club holds from time to time. PALI. THROUGH A PORTHOLE. As the Canadian Pacific Liner, Montlaurier, the former Empress of India, inward bound, was passing Hook Point, on the south coast of Ireland, the alarm, " Woman overboard!" was given. The ship was moving at 16 knots, but two lifeboats were lowered, and in 10 minutes the woman, who was found to be clad only in a nightdress, had been picked up and was back on board the liner,, which had been turned round. lb is believed that the woman, a nurse, aged 30, had fallen through the porthole of her cabin. On the liner's arrival at Liverpool, she seemed none the worse, i and went on to London with relatives. MURDER OP A CHILD. At the Old Bailey, Alice Rose Turney, aged 20, domestic servant, was found guilty of the murder of her four-months-old illegitimate son. Dr. Morton, Governor of Hollo way Gaol, called for the defence, said that there were no symptoms of active insanity in the prisoner. She had the mental intelligence of a girl between 11 and 12 years of age. He considered that she was mentally deficient, but was sane in the legal sense. He could not say that she did not know what she was doing. The jury, after an absence of 25 minutes, found the prisoner guilty of murder, with, a strong recommendation to mercy. In passing sentence of death, the Judge said that the recommendation to mercy would fee forwarded to the proper quarts

The voyage of the Special Service Squadrpn. which will be of ten months duration, is .to . include, . a visit to all the British Dominions, India, the United States, and South America. The Hood is flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir' Frederick Fjeld, and the light-cruiser squadron is under the command of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert Brand, on the Delhi. As an example of the magnitude of the work involved in such a cruise it may be stated that for the voyage to Capetown alone no less than 150,0001b. of bread, 75,0C01b. of meat, 150,0001b. of potatoes and over 4000 tons of fresh water have been found necessary. Inset are portraits of Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Field (on left) and Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert Brand (on right). . , p