ELECTRIC TRAMS COLLIDE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13054, 23 April 1910, Page 7

ELECTRIC TRAMS COLLIDE.

A collision took place at Sydney on the 13tlx inst. between two electric trams at the intersection of 'Cleveland and Elizabeth streets. A Eedfern car, loaded with passengers, left the city fpi- the Victoria Park racecourse, and crashed into another car proceeding- from the railway station to Coogee. This tram was also crowded. The impact was so great that the Coogce tram was forced oft' the rails," Amid, the dm of splintering wood and breaking glass the passengers were thrown from their seats. Home fell out of the cars on to the roadway and others were badly cut by glass.

j COOK’S NIGHT OUT. i Soon after midnight two men, near Men-o’-war Steps (Sydney) saw a coloured man behaving in a strange manner. He was clad only in a shirt, and the men attempted to detain him, but he ran towards Government House grounds, and climbed the spiked railings. On reaching the top he slipped, and one of the spikes penetrated his thigh, inflicting a gash from which blood streamed. Asking the wounded man not to leave, the others ran to the Water Police station for assistance, but in the interval the man made good his escape. He had succeeded in getting over the railings, and at daylight was discovered under a bush in the grounds, trying tc staunch the blood with his remaining garment. The police covered him' with a mackintosh and took him to the Sydney Hospital. Subsequently, arrayed in a borrowed suit of clothes, he was conveyed to the boarding-house in North Sydney, where he was employed as cook.

i AT THE FEET OF THE “PUSH.” 1 A young labourer named Bert Anth.-s, escribed by the police as a well-known, larrikin, who had been previously convicted, was at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on the 14th, sentenced to three months’ hard labour for having assaulted Constable Francis Matthews. On Saturday night Anthes was shouting and using bad language, and Matthews came up to arrest Mm. He was met with a severe blow on the chest. The appearance of Anthes’ mother inspired the man .with greater fury, and he struck the constable on dm face. Matthews and Anthes then c'osed and m the struggle the larrikin was thrown. This exhibition of wrestling brought a large crowd , together, and Anthes called on the onlookers not to a.lo-v him to be taken. They replied by savagely kicking Matthews. Anthes followed their example, but the constable held on to his ~5; No , assistance came in response to Matthews whistle, and he then drew Ms baton and used it. This he followed up by a demonstration with his revolver and the crowd kept back. In addition to it. months, Anthes, was fined 20e m default seven days, for the ha • I language. , le Dau

IMPORTING OPIUM. A Costly "Paint.” vw (V i c>) ’ 011 tlle evening Of the 13th 124 tins of opium were found in a ba on the Eastern Beach, near the mine ial springs, by two lads. The boys burst onen a tin, and started daubing the i with what they took to be paint. A man ten”s ed of The H Partr^ g ® oXami - ned the con ' Tents ot the tin. and, suspecting it to k ■ opium, communicated with Customs-officers Percy Holden and- Barclay. They Tdentk' ned the opium, and removed the tins -i./i contents of which are valued S SiO o the Customs offipes.: :rr..-v,:. to The opium is' belie™!‘‘to have he n „ 1 liMwn overboard the. steamer , Emmoniing. 1C ‘ ' th " bay earlier « the