MEWS BY MAIL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9853, 4 November 1924, Page 3

MEWS BY MAIL

TOSSED BY A BULLOCK. MAN HANGING BY HIS FOOT WITH HEAD IN WATER, Harold Chave, a slaughterman, ol : Tavistock, Devonshire, had a narrow escape after being attacked by an infuriated bullock while lie was at work in tlio slaughter-house. When the animal was driven into tho slaughter-house it immediately rushed at Ohave, tossing him into the air. I lie turned a somersault-and one of his feet caught in a projection from the ceiling, where lie hung head down- ‘ wards with, his head in a tub of water. Luckily lie was able to raise himself from the water. The bullock had meanwhile on tangled itself in a rope, and CbaviHs shouts for help brought assistance before it could attack him further. ANNUITY FDR NURSE. : PATIENT’S GRATITUDE FOR -j SAVIN'G HIS LIFE, >

An annuity of £IOO to Miss May Montserrat, of Hatch Street, Dublin, for having saved his life, is one of the provisions in the will of Colonel Herbert Cromwell Collier, late Indian Army and 21st Hussars, of 0, Chester Square, S.W., who died on June 7. Ho left £29,93(1. A Daily Mail reporter was told that . Colonel Collier’s life was saved by Miss Montserrat, his nurse, nearly 30 years ago. Colonel Collier had been bitten by a dog or a cat, and blood poisoning bad set in. Ho had been operated on twice and bad been taken home, but complications arose, and lie was dying. - i By her promptness in summoning 1 fresh medical assistance Miss Montserrat saved Colonel Collier’s life. 2-DECK PERAMBULATORS. A. Liverpool man, Mr G. 3. Hunt, believing that in cases where children of unequal age are carried in one perambulator the movements of the elder often disturb Lho other, has just patented a two-deck child ear- . riage. _ \ There is an auxiliary floor, extend- j ing part length of the perambulator, which together with the ronrnal seat of the carriage makes an arrangement somewhat like two ship’s hunks in miniature. BRAVER OX A PLATFORM. j EASTERN SCENE AT A RAILWAY STATION. Travellers at Victoria Station got a surprise when a party of green tui • banned foreigners headed by an imposing figure stepped straight from the Continental express and opened prayer on the platform. The longdrawn tenor cry of ‘‘Allah-o Akhur!” j (Great is Allah) followed, and they moved oif. The little scene marked the arrival in 'London for the first time of His Holiness the Khalifa-Tul-Masih. He is head of the Ahmadia movement in Islam whose 000.000 followers are intensely loyal to Britain. : Accompanied by a staff of twelve secretaries and Oriental scholars, he is representing Islam in tire conference on “Living Religions in the Empire” which will meet at Wembley from September 22 to October G. I Among those who met him on ar- 1 rival were Sir Francis Younghushand, who conducted a British mission to Lliassa. “CHURCH TOO POPULAR.” “The Church is far too popular.” This was ore of the criticisms made bv the Rev. Basil G. Bourchier, vicar of St. Jnclge-on-thb-llill, Hampstead, ‘ in a, sermon. The first exponents of Christianity. : he said, were received with mud and stones, hut their successors received silver teapots and illuminated addresses. There was too much playing for safety, and they lacked the “Parpen-' tier punch.” The world was no longer hostile—it was frackiv bored. Very few of tlso’r services bore the slightest relationship to the throbbing problems of the day. if Establishment blocked the way to reform, added .Mr Bourclucr, t!ion they were paying an intolerable price, and the sooner they ceased to lie the handmaid of the State tho better. /

WEDDING-BE E A KEAST IX THE ! ATE. What is believed to be tbe first wedding breakfast oaten in the air was enjoyed bv a ncwiy-marr<e:l pair flying from London to Southampton < recently. Mi 1 John Sterling, a young Chicago Englishman, and his English bride. Miss Marguerite Ellis, of Bournemouth, decided, to cross the 'Atlant e a fortnight earlier than intended, and secured passages on the A<ju:tuuiu. They arrived from Pans too late to be married, and had to wait til! the i next day, and chartered a special aeroplane to rush them to Southampton after the ceremony. The wedding breakfast, made by the Savoy Hotel chef the n-ghfc before, with a miniature wedding cake, was a surprise which awaited tu« bride in the. tiny saloon! WONDERS .OF WIRELESS. A USTIt ALT AX ’ S IX YEXTIOX. The president of the Association for : the Advancement of Wireless in Australia, Mr G. A. Taylor, demonstrating liis invention for transmitting color-pictures by wireless, said that already it was possible to transmit reproductions of a written signature from London to Australia. Newspapers, lie said, shortly would print co or-pictures el events happening almost simultaneously elsewhere. S I STICKS ELOPE. DAUGHTERS' OF RICH BANKER. New York society has been shocked by the elopement of the two daughters of one of •the- richest and oldest and most exclusive families with the chauffeur and electrician employed on their father’s estate at Lenox. The women are Emily, 31, andKate, 24, and their father is Mr Gi envilla L. Winthrop, retired head of the hanking house of Robert Winthrop and Co., founded. l>y his father. Emily’s husband is Corey Miles, 84, widower, who for several years has been Mr Winthrop’s chauffeur. .Kate, married B'arwin Morse, 23, an electrician employed at a Lenox shop, who recently did repairs on the Winthrop estate. The women’s mother died when they were young. HUSBAND’S GRIEF AT GRAVE. After the burial at"Borohom, near Chelmsford, of Lady Wickham, wile of Lieut.-Colone! Sir Charles Wickham, Inspector-General bf the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Sir Charles remained standing motionless for half an hour over the flower-covered coffin, refusing all entreaties to leave. Relativcsjwventually assisted him away.