NEWS BY MAIL

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1921, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL

A KING’S DRESS CENSORED. DEAUVILLE. Aug. 20. When a tall, fair-haired stranger appeared at the Casino entrance last night in a grey suit and straw hat and attempted to walk into the hacearatroom, four doormen barred his path. “Evening dress is obligatory after 0 o’clock,” one of them explained, “and lints must not he carried into the room.” The tall stranger hesitated. Then an official of the Casino entile along who knew the stranger and made a path for him. It was the King of the Belgians. SHAMROCK V. LONDON. Aug. 20 In 1028 Sir Thomas Linton lni]>os to provide a challenging yacht—to he called Shamrock Y.—to win the American Clip for Britain. He has sjx-nt {.'500,000 on attempts with earlier shamrocks. Imt all 'have tailed. No attempt can he made in 1022. becaiiso the challenger has to to give ten months’ notice to the New A ork ( lull before he secures his new designs. Mean .vhile lliiiish yachts are heating American limits in the contest at Cowes, find Sir Thomas considers this an omen for the .success that so far has eluded him. “Despite lininlieaps.” lie said, “I believe in British hunt building,’and I shall not res, easy until we regain the American Cup.” BOGUS DETECTIVE CHASED. PARIS, Aug..B. Walking into a cafe near Toulouse yesterday a man said io the proprietor: “I am a detective, come to search your premises for some forged banknotes which you are believed to possess.” The proprietor protested Ids innocence. hut the alleged detective, gathering tip it bundle ol banknotes in the safe' said: “All these arc false and I must sev-te them. Yon will hear mure about this!” lie then hurried out ol the calc so precipitately that for the first time the proprietor’s suspicious were aroused, lie gave chase armed with a u-volv-r. filing as he ran. The thief boiled along llit* bank ol the River (,aroiir the pursuit lining led by n man driving a motor lorry. As tliis began to overtake liim, the fugitive dived into the river and began to swim across. The lorry driver crossed by a bridge and, arriving first at the other side, received him with a shower of heavy stones. Abandoning in the water the envelope in which he had put the banknotes, the t.hief then surrendered. After the driver had cone into the water himself to save the banknotes, he took him to the nearest police station in his lorry.