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Bruce Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 89, 8 December 1913, Page 6

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♦ — : _ MILTON PRODUCE MARKET. RETAIL PRICES. Oats ... 2s 6d bushel Pollard Bran bacon (roll) is id per lb Hams Butter (ordinary) ... 8d & 9d lb butter (print) - - is.2d &is3d lb Cneese «. ... —'9 d & iod. Eggs Fowl Wheat - 4si4d per busnsl Potatoes ... Bacon Pigs ... -6d per lb, usual weight, . WH( LESALE PRICES. Ibur, person .- £9V»oclb D2gS Oatmeal, per ton ... 4 ios Pullard, per ion- < Pearl B»rley, pljtiu ... j£i6. Bran, per ton M Here and There. * GIRL WITH IRON NERVE. iiydwig Muiler, tiie girl cnargeu with snooping .uer rover, a. youui or 'jaj liauieu jtteimsuin, waw at iioauii laioiy convioteoj ox mansiaughtor ami ae.uw}nce<i w> »>w uiojit-aa liiipriaoiuiieiit, ie«s six juouuib, tlio period aueauy t>pent in cu&touy Dttiore wie trial. ±ne rutmc AMoseeutor proposed a verdict or lMiwiatuguier anu aaiieu lor u> ttenwmoe or 16 moutus' nuprjooiimeiw, as no was oouvinceu tnat aauiougn tub girl Urea trie ratal snot ewe nau 110 clear lutonuon oi niuraer m iier lninu at tne moment.

ine lightness of the punisliniont, in view or wie gravity 01 tne ciiarge aim tne aeeiiuug weiguu or Mie evidence againeD tiie accused, was mainly uue to tue cleverness 01 tins Ai-year-oid girl lierseii, wnose display 01 dialectic audi and unmoved nerve under rour days' examination i>y tue JtJenon" and Hostile counsel will render vuu triai memoraole.

' BURGLAR AS VICAR. Kov. dames Uay, vicar 01 iireudon, hear JUynum, jLhivou, tviwo was staying in lodgnigs there, was aroused winy on u recuut. moiiung by a uoit>ts b iu a uoui com and lounu a burguvr wno nad discarded his own old ciowies and put on Mr Day s -clerical, garments. lno man was seiaeu Dy iur Day, but threatened to siioot nun and ebcaiJou, fltul wearing his clergyman's c^ouies. £1 HATPIN FINES. The Hamburg ponce authorities kavo mode a regulation ordering tramwaycar conductors, under peinucy ol losing luLieii* jiceruses, not to auovv Homen witn unprotected Hatpins to remain in their cars. lne police are also ordered to take the names and addresses of women witn unprotected hatpins, who are iiaoie jo a line of ±rom £1 to &J>. MAN'S USE OF HAIRPINS. A inan named George Mwards, 42, was before Mr Lisber Drummond at Westminster charged witn stealing money from automatic * machines Yauxuall Station of the lfondon and fcioutn-Western liailway Company. ihe accused, it was stated, nad a large number of pennies which nad been taken from automatic receptacles, lie said he had "worked" hi& way from Manchester opening automatic locks at different railway stations. He added, "Tiie railway companies ought to be prosecuted, not me, for putting up such silly things. I can, open any locji you like to bring in front of me with hairpins." {Several hairpins were found in nis pocket. CREAT ACETYLENE EXPLOSION. A severe storm which broke at Gerbere, on the Franco-Spanish frontier <m bepteinber 28 had extraordinary results. The torrent which hows through the town, swollen by the heavy rain, rushed down in a sudden hood. The water >. invaded an ironmongery store, in which, besides quantities of petrol, there were several barrels of calcium carbide.

Tiiis gave off acetylene gas and an explosion took place. Two nouses were blown up and two others caught tire. Three passers-by were killed, while live families were buried beneath the ruins of the houses.

WIFE'S FLIGHT FOR £IOO. An enormous crowd watched the flights of Mr iSalmeb, "The Daily Mail' airman, recently at Boker,, on the noirth-east coast., A touch of comedy preceded the flight of Mrs E. Webb, of Tynemouth. "I shall fly," said Mis Webb, hall in je§t, "I bet you £IOO you won't," Baid her husband. "Is it a bet?" quickly asked the lady. "It is," was the reply. Without further ado Mrs Webb removed her hat, put on a veil and goggles, and was soon flying with Mr 6»h met nearly 1000 feet over her htteb'and, to whom she waved) her hand in triumph.

THE ROCKING MAN. Dr Ferron,. a French Army surgeon, relates the case of a young soldier who was afflicted with a nervous complaint which caused him to rock unceasingly when asleep with a perfectly rhythmical movement at the rate of 32 to 33 times a minute. This is attributed to the custom of rocking an infant in its cradle. In some nervous people a liking for this rhythmic movement persists in later life, and 'leads to the habit of tapping th« ground with the foot or. swinging in a chair,