LOST MEMORY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1548, 18 September 1912, Page 10

LOST MEMORY.

MYSTERY OF A-'PASSENGER WHO •.•DID NOT KN.O)V HIS. NAME. . When the- While-Star liner Majestic reached Southampton on-Sunday, July 21, a';m«i) was landed who']iad>uflered ; trom loss 'of-, memory almost from.the momeni he entered the vessel at Ne,w York! Ho did not know.. ..his' own name, and to., (teps'n the. mystery hie pockets were, found to have been cut out. Nor could his ticket bo found, although passengers who saw him enter the boat say that ht. then exhibited a ticket. Ho was taken to Southampton infirmary, where hoivas identified ns Mr. Charles Stride, a resident of Chichester. He kept muttering the word Chichester, and by this clue his. relatives wore traced..

Mr. Stride'left England three weeke previously on business with a large sum o> money in his possession. He remembers feeling the heat in New York intensely, after which his mind became a blank. When he partly recovered. consciousness ho found himself in,a strange house. According to his somewhat rambling statement he was takon to the ship by a man who thrust five dollars (XI) into his hand. This was the only money, in his possession on arrival. ' v .

Every possible chip, to his identity had bP2ii removed, including the names of the makers of his clothes. The whole of his valuable baggage is olso missing. There is n mark at the back of his head which indicates some injury, but whether it it the result of i\ full or of being struck with some instrument cannot be definitely stated.

There' was .1 .scattering of wealth, ot Maiigamairp on Monday, when the Rc\ilalo' Uairy Cunipany distiibutrd ,£I2H 2.-. hi', in bonuses amongst :M suppliers. The bonus payment is at. the rate of 2Jd. per Ib. of butter-frit. The largest cheque paid was for .CI.!!)', nnd thp smallest for • LTi 12s. Two of tin , clipqucs were for over •itdll, and u iminber of others ranged from .4:70 to ,tßll. The .'directors, siiys tin' ...Pahintiia "Herald,'.' won , inkrviewod by several ■ representatives of - dairy • produce firms. They decided to plnce their- output on open consignment through Messrs. Oetr.es and Gprritzoii.n well-known English firm, who handled the company's output last year. Tlio directors, however, reserve the right to sell if a sufficiently high price is offered. The liricps offering' are just under OJd. per Ib. of olippH , , but in view of recent t-nble advice received by the company.', thr' directors declinnd this offer. The price, nevertheless, works out ill nearly It, M.'per Ib. of butter-fat delivered, at the HssdaU factory, . .