, ■ ....'.'...'.' Leather-cushioned scats liavo been proridod as nn experiment on tlio top of twelve of the London General Omnibus Company's omnibuses. It is slated that Hie cushions will bo introduced in all tho company's vehicles if tho public approves, The ox-Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Boor Crosby, who is eighty-two years'old, gave evidence standing at the Bench at the Old Bailey, when Arthur Roberts, thirty-five, was convicted of nn assault upon him and of attempted robbcry in nn omnibus. at Charing Cross, Sir Thomas Crosby said if he hod seen who struck him ho would have Kit back. Nineteen previous convictions .were proved, and prisoner was said to bo the associate of notorious Continental pickpockets, Tho Common Sergeant sentenced him to fifteen months' hard labout- .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1660, 29 January 1913, Page 8
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125Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1660, 29 January 1913, Page 8
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