COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2452, 4 May 1915, Page 7

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

AN ALLEGED BELGIAN DOCTOR. (By TclcerttDii.—A«iw>intio« 1 Tlitiaru, Hay 3. A'man named Leo Boraiioff. alias J. L. Arthurs, 8.5., C.M., A.8.31., Paris, claiming to be a Belgian doctor but not registered in New Zealand, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of. indecent assault by examining a woman in a way that would not have been permitted had he not said ho was a doctor. A second charge of seeking to obtain £2 2s. from the samo woman on the false pretences that her child had spinal paralysis # and must be treated was adjourned till Saturday.

Particulars of the death of Mr. Frank T. Bullen, the writer of sea stories, wore received in Sydney last week bv Mr. L. M. Pattinson, from his brother, Mr. Wm. Pattinson, who was with Mr. Bullen in Madeira when he died, deferring to his trip to Madeira, Mr. W. Pattinson wrote: "I was having ll iino time when my friend took ill. I dressed him tho day but ono before he _ died, gave. him a hot bath, and put him to bed. Next morning I persuaded him' to stop in bed, as he looked so feeble and worn out. Dr. Grabham was attending him. He came twice a day, and was very kind, and did all he could to help mo in this trouble. Next morning early the manageress knockcd at my bedroom door, and when 1 opened it she said Mr. Mullen had been found dead when the maid took in his cup of hot milk and coffee. It was a great shock. AVe buried him in the little English cemetery. I was the only friend to folloiv him to his grave. J little thought f should be h'rank Billion's only companion on 'his last sea voyage.' " In. the British Army a battalion of IOL6 men requires for its daily rations 6355 21h. loaves, 1271b'. of bacon, more than .111b. of salt, and nearly 1.31b. of pepper—to mention only a few of the items. Peasants in the south-western provinces of Russia notice a. marked absence from the fields of crows and vultures. Tho grim explanation of this phenomenon is the attraction of battle-