“RASH” HONEYMOON

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 714, 13 July 1929, Page 13

“RASH” HONEYMOON

BRIDEGROOM WHO ATE PECHE MELBA UNUSUAL COURT CASE A young man who contended that he had been “poisoned” by eating Peche Melba, and, in consequence, had to go to Bournemouth and Torquay for a holiday, brought an action in the King’s Bench Division, London. Mr. Sidney David Erridge, of Essex, claimed damages from Messrs. Boardman, of High Street, Stratford, for injury alleged to have been caused through eating food in their restaurant. Mr. C. J. Conway, K.C., for Mr. Erridge, said the contention was that the food supplied to him and his fiancee was not Peche Melba at alt. They had previously had a cup of tea in the restaurant. Mr. Justice Rowlatt: I should think Peche Melba and tea would make one ill, however good it was. Mr. Conway: It depends entirely on one’s digestion. Counsel added that on 'the following morning Mr. Erridge noticed a rash on his arms. A doctor found that he was sulTering from urticaria (nettlerash). Acting on medical advice, he visited Torquay and Bournemouth, taking with him the lady who had then become his wife. The Judge: He got a honeymoon on the Peche Melba. (Laughter.) A medical witness stated that urticaria was generally caused by food poisoning, but one man contracted the ailment by merely looking at strawberries. Mr. Justice Rowlatt: It would be an interesting question whether one could bring an action against a man for giving one urticaria by showing one strawberries. Dr. Hutchinson, for the defence, said urticaria was “more a sign of peculiarity in the individual—of idiosyncrasy—than of unwholesomeness in food. Worry might produce it. Mr. Justice Rowlatt said that because food disagreed with a person it was not necessarily bad. “For three weeks.” he added, “the plaintiff did not attribute his illness to the Peche Melba, and nothing was said to the defendants. There will be judgment for the defendants, with costs.”

TE PUKE WINTER SHOW

PRINCIPAL PRIZE-WINNERS (From On* Own Correspondent) TE PUKE, Wednesday. The 24th annual Winter Show was held in McDowell’s Hall, Te Puke, on Tuesday. There were a large number of exhibits in all the classes, but not quite as many poultry exhibits as in the previous year. The attendance was a record one. The chief prizewinners in the various classes were: Poultry.—Best bird in show: Mr. T. E. Conway. Best duck: Air. A. Mark. Other exhibitoi-s were Messrs. Morton, Douglas and Cartwright. Swede Classes. —Mr. J. P. ThompFarm Crops.—Mr. Pinker. Cooking.—Mrs. C. Stewart and Mrs. Pinker. Needlework.—Miss E. Brown and Mrs. A. Snodgrass. Children’s Classes. —The various exhibits were of a very high standard, especially the drawings in ink arid free hand drawing. The ink exhibit of Miss Joyce Bayliss was very much admired. At the close of the evening Mr. Cooney, chairman of the Town Board, presented Mr. Conway with the Bradford Memorial Cup. ! The guessing competition resulted:—Cake: Mr. Sam Douglas. Sheep: Mr. James Henderson. Turkey: Mrs. Bradford.