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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16377, 27 June 1927, Page 8

Under unusual circumstances, Thomas Young, who was arrested at Morvinsvillo on a charge of theft, escaped from custody, and, although the countryside has been .scoured by the police, no trace of him has been found. Young w;is placed in the lock-up preparatory to being brought before the justices of the peace. Finding the cell cold he asked the constable if he might chop some wood to keep himself -warm. The constable, agreed, but when his hack was turned Young made his escape. (Te is 53 years of ago and is about sft. 6in. in height. The fact that a middle-aged resident of Masterton. who lias been deaf and dumb from birth, eo.uld hear plainly the playing of a piano, the stirring music of a hand, and the soft refrains of a song, per medium of wireless was the remarkable result of an experiment carried out by Mr. W. (). Ansel I, of Masterton. .Mr. Ausell and great difficulty in conveying the meaning of the Rounds to the afflicted -hut delighted listener, hut eventually that knowledge was imparted. Head phones were used iu the first hour or so, and later an amplifier—and each ease the deaf -mute heard the items. The experiment, was repeated the following evening, when the same resident, together with his wife, who is also deaf and dumb, both listened with delight to a, programme broadcasted from IYA, Auckland. —Wairarapa Age.