NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1922, Page 4

NEWS BY MAIL.

SLEEPING BABY RESCUED. LONDON. A lay 17.

A family of seven in Garnnult-l l.ice, Rosebory-a veil no, E.G., had a narrow escape from being burned to death early yesterday in a fire which raged in the rooms beneath them while they slept on in ignorance of their peril. The fire broke out oil the ground floor, occupied by tiie Forward ElectroPlating Company. A passer-by gave the alarm, and the neighbours, by shouting and hammering at the door, awakened the tenant of the upper Moors, Air E. S. 8011,, who was sleeping with liis wife and youngest child, aged two years, on the first floor. A[r Bell immediately dashed up to the top floor to save his other children. Luckily the fire had not spread to the staircase and the family made ill or way through the dense fumes to the street.

It was then discovered that flic' youngest child, a baby, had been left behind on the first floor, which was rapidly becoming inaccessible. Police Constable Cleve rushed into the burning house made his way to the first floor, took up the sleeping baby, and despite the blinding fumes reached the bottomof the cb a iron so, when a door which had been bolding back the flames collapsed ami the officer was exposed to the overpowering heat. On reaching the street he handed the child lo the parents and collapsed on the pavement. Ho was removed to hospital in an unconscious eon di t i on.

A Afr Spooner who also was sleeping on the first floor was in great danger, but reached the street unhurt, although he said, “(he floor was so hot it burned my feet.” The firemen eventually got the flames under control.

HEN FIGHTS A IIAAVK. LONDON, Alav 17.

The story of a fight between a small pullet and a sparrow-hawk, in which the latter was worsted, lias Ivon told by Mr c. S. Rescue, of Cbalfont St. Peter Bnekinglinmsliire. Mr Roseoo was attending to bis fowls when he hoard the familiar note of alarm liieak out among them. The long-drawn “C-a-a-n-w” was taken up throughout the yard and as lie says, “it sent, all my 300 chicks, ducklings, and mother liens scurrying for safely." “Looking up. T saw a sparrow-hawk pounce nil a Black Orpington chick not 1.7 yards away from m“.” lie added. ‘•lt grabbed the young one in its claws but before it could make off with it the fierce little mother, a Black Leghorn pullet , with a screech of rage, das’eil from the laurel hush where she bad taken cover with the rest of her brood, and like a fl 'sh. seized the hawk in her beak and rolled it over on to its hack. In this position the hawk struck nil !- !v at her will! ils talons.

‘ 1 seized a large wooden spoon ami rushed into tile Iray in the hope of ‘outing’ the marauder, which has been responsible for several of my chicks disappearing. But my approleli carseit the pullet to loosen her hold, and Idle hawk slipped from her grasp, though not before the plucky little bird made a (lying leap at the departing raider and seiz'd and dragged out a tuft of its back feathers as a trophy." tailtian gamfs. DUBI.r.\. Alav 17.

Preparations are flow advance 1 foilin' Tailtian Game's or Irish Olympic to ho held in Dublin in the second week' of August. Promoted h.v Bail Eirennn <the Free Stale Parliament 1 ' to encourage sport in Ireland and cohesion among the Lrish race throughout the world, these will be the first Tailtian Games named after the ancient Queen Tailti) to take place since 1199. Irish men and women will come to the games from the United States, Canada. Australia, Now

Uenland, France,’ and Great Britain. ! Practically eyory form, of ' sports and games, will be in the programme, including cycling, motorcycling, boxing, rounders, gulf, .swimming, handball, hurling;, football, jave-lin-throwing, racing lawn tennis, .•aehting, motor-hunt racing, clay-bird •.hunting, billiards and class. Among; the old national games to lie played hurling, handball, rounders 'tin- Irish! type), and camogie are the chief. j Women competitors, of whom there > will lie a'number, are to play camogie. j a women’s game resembling hurling, lint nlayed with lighter sticks aim halls. Women will also compete in the lawn tennis and golf.