NEWS BY GABLE AND MAIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16074, 10 March 1923, Page 2

NEWS BY GABLE AND MAIL.

DEARTH OF HOUSES. ILL-FATED FLAT SNAPPED UP. LONDON, March 2d--So. great is the dearth of houses in England that there have been 20 applications for a flat in which a husband murdered his wife and two children and then committed suicide. BOXER DIES AFTER FIGHT. ILL BEFORE HE ENTERED RING. LONDON, March 2.—Alf. Humphreys, the Stepney boxel’, was in training only for three days for his bout with Fred Archer, after which he died- His widow told the Coroner at the inquest theft, he had been ill for some time previously. The police witnesses said that Humphreys went down for eight seconds from a blow on the jaw in the thirteenth round. When he was again hit- on the jaw.he put out his hands. Archer assisted him to a comer. A doctor said that death was due to concussion and hemorrhage, the result either of a blow or a fall. Archer was present in Court, but was not questioned. MEAT 3000 YEARS OLD. BEAUTIFUL CANDLESTICKS TAKEN FROM TOMB. LUXOR, Jan. 23.—1 n Tutankhamen’s tomb to-day there was discovered what is believed to be the oldest meat in the world'. It is 3350 years old’, and while not wholly palatable, is in an excellent state of preservation. The meat is embalmed in receptacles elliptical in shape and 'resembling huge Easter eggs. In all 40 of these eggs were removed'. Mr Carter emerged l from the tomb with four bronze candlesticks of unexampled 1 beauty, one containing a perfectly preserved candle.- Three of the .candlesticks, which are about a foot high, are in the form of the familiar allegorical Egyptian Key of Life. WIFE’S ADMISSIONS. FIVE BOTTLES A DAY. DANCER IN THE CASE. LONDON, March 2. Alleging drunkenness, drug-taking, assaults and misbehaviour, Mr- Tom Furness, of Lord Furness,* is suing his wife for divorce in the London Courts. The wife denies the allegations, and seeks a decree of restitution of conjugal rights. It was stated that the parties had run through a fortune of £120,000 in three years. Two West End doctors, called as ■witnesses, claimed medical privilege, but wero over-ruled by the judge. Both testied tb the drinking and drng-taking habits of /Mrs Furness who, one said, drank five bottles of champagne and bi-andy daily. ( _ Mrs Furness testified and admitted the drinking, but- denied the drugtaking since her marriage. She denied misconduct with a dancer. Her counsel asked for an adjournment to take the evidence’'on commission of the dancer, who is abroad. BIRTH CONTROL CASE. JURY GIVES DAMAGES: JUDGE OVERRULES VERDICT. LONDON, March I.—His book attacking Dr. Marie Stopes for her work in furtherance of birth control was not written at the behest of anyone connected with the Roman Catholic Church, Dr. Holliday Sutherland declared in his evidence in the case in which Dr. Stopes, the well-known scientist and author, is suing him for libel. ' The alleged libel is contained in the words: “It is amazing that a monstrous campaign of experimenting with the' decent, helpless poor should be' toleraqted by the Home Secretary. Charles Brhdlaugh was condemned to gaol for a less! serious crime.” Two doctors and Mr. G. H. Ro'berts, M.P., gave evidence in favor of Dr. Stopes, and Dr. Sutherland then' testied that ho wrote the book after a meeting of the Medicolegal Society, where Professor Mcllroy denounced plaintiff’s method of contraception. Defendant believed plaintiff’s campaign to be monstrous, both from medical and moral viewpoints. LONDON, March 2.—Damages to the amount of £IOO were awarded by the jury tb Dr. Marie Stopes. The jury in its verdict found that tlie words complained of wero defamatory, but true in substance and in fact, yet not fair comment. 1

Legal arguments followed. Emphasis was placed by counsel on the statements in .the book that the “poor 'Were the victims of experiments,” that the Slopes’ method of contraception was very’ dangerous, and that “Bradlaugh was sent to gaol for a lessor crime-” . • • These, plaintiff’s counsel contended, wero defamatory expression of opinion, but the Lord Chief Justice held that they wore statements of fact. His Lordship said that nobody denied the ability, sincerity and honesty of purpose of tho plaintiff. Also there was no real evidence of ill-will on the part of the defendant. The jury had found that the words complained Of were true in substance and in. fact, and therefore it it was impossible to depart from the ordinary rule. ' The only courso open to him was to give judgment for the defendants.

The Lord Chief Justice gave 'judg ment, for the defendants with costs. He granted a stay of execution with the view of an appeal.

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