WOMAN PIPE SMOKER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22607, 26 June 1935, Page 8

WOMAN PIPE SMOKER

Mrs Mary Collins, an 89-year-old Hull widow, was severely burned recently through stnoing a pipe in bed. Her niece was sitting downstairs in the house when she noticed a smell of burning. She went upstairs and found Mrs Collins sitting up in bed. The bed was smouldering and her aunt's clothing was alight. Mrs Collins explained that she was lighting her pipe when the match slipped from her fingers to the bed.

Edicts promulgated a thousand years ago were the grounds on which a finding was made that gave a French miller of Denain a verdict of 1,200,000 francs. His claim was against the Government for the loss of water that had kept his mill idle since ISOB. The case, which has been in progress for almost a quarter of a century, was recently decided in his favour. The finding was that the miller was justified in bringing suit, and awarded him 600,000 francs damages, and 700,000 francs interest for the period since 1911. when the suit was first filed.