MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1923, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

At'S'l ttAI.EV.V AMI N.Z. CAIII.K ASSOCIATION. , MIDDLESEX MYSTERY. ] .IK'. I.OUS MAN'S DEED. LONDON. Juiiuaiy t’2 Tim •Daily Mail" states that the ; woman Middleton was murdered and did not st i-ide a- it was sought to make j out. She was the wife of a mercantile I marine officer nml disappeared in August, last. She went to live in a house in Regent !’ark occupied by Alalthv. a tail.'!-, who used it as 'n'siiu -s nn-mises - and ' dwelling. Mallhy -'Rowed his j business to go to pieces, and "eeaiue , a reel use. Prior to .Middleton s disappearance site was frequently seen motoring villi Mnllby, but il is stated thill Malt by told lie lvdice t hat hr had not seen Mis Middleton siiwe she left him in August. Malt by rarely ventured fro mlfic house, and the water , and gas services were disconnected by | the authorities. Armed with a war- ; rant granted by the sanitary authorities, (he police broke into the house. A* they entered two shots wr-e heard, and • Maltliv vas found w.ntnded in the Tend j and died in a lew minutes. The pnlr-o found All's Ml*!.lie; --m's I oily bent | double, face downwards in a bafli. in an advanced state of decomposition. There was very little water in the hath j There w.-is a pencilled note on Mrs ; Middleton's la’il linen, stating: “To ’ loving nmni'irv In A.II.AL. who committ ci I suicide August Hull." A note in similar tern’s was rimied on two bedroom doois. The “Daily Mail" states tint a : police surgeon's examination reveal: d. ; three bullet boles in Mrs .Middleton's : neck, which site could nut have inllii-d----ed lie sell. There were serious quarrels between Mrs Middleton ami Malt- 1 |>v when both of them lost money at j horse racing'. i Alaltby reaelied the rank of captain in tile forces during the war. LONDON. January 13. The “Daily Express" states: The- ' police have found the Winches ter rille- ; with which Alaltby murdered Mrs Middleton. lie doubtless did so owing to 1 jealousy, as there are letters to show • Alaltby was suspicious Hint another man had supplanted him. There were throe wounds in the union's neck. She was. aunarentlv murdered while in bed.

A STRANGE TRAGEDY. fJOYDOX. .Tim. 11! v woman mimed AL-s Knnptou left a fancy dross dance at a village institute, near Tronic, was walking home in a cost nine lrgelv made of cotton wool when she met her death, She was earrving an agetybrne lamp Mini her dross caught fire. There was a stream nearby and the woman, mad with tear rushed L> the bank and plunged into the icy water. Sim was drowned Alcana bile, her husband and son. who were stopping up fur her. giev anxious They searched and found Hits of her seigelled costume. There were lootmarks on the river bank which revealed the ic-i of the tragedy. me salaries redcced. DELHI. January 12. In view of the linani-iid difficulties »f the fiulian Government, the Ministers of the Cnited Provinces have decided to accept a salary monthly of -1001) instead of 5100 rupees. AICIIDEB AND SCTCTDE. (Ueeeived this day at 0.30 a. u.) LONDON. January 14. At the inquest, a verdict was returned that A 1 alt by murdered Alitldletou. whose fleatb was dot* to bullet wounds in tlie back of tho head. -A. doctor gave evidence that dentil ocuurred four or five months ago. The police found many letters, mostly brief, written by Alaltby. scattered about the before.'' house. Some were pinned on doors and uninv stated or implied that .Middleton committed suicide about 21 tb. August. .Some were addressed to Afiddleton in endearing terms, stating be was screwing up courage to commit suicide to join her. One read—“lt i* alright darling, f bear you calling me. T am going to do it to-day. T am a coward or should have been with you A AHXE DISASTER. fßeeeiv-ed this dnv at 0.30 - ,iA DELHI. Jan 14. There i.- only one survivor in tin colliery accident in Bibar and 71 art dead, as the result of the explosion. ' FRANCE AX D ITALY. | PARTS. Jan 14. j The postponement of the Reparn j noils Commission is believed to be dm | to disagreement between France am | Italy regarding further measures. i Germany defaults, which is regnrdff ' a.; pertain

THE AIKAIEL DANGER. : Hc-cired this- day at !.) SO a.m.) PARTS. Jan 1-L The Ambassadors' Conference derid- / d to make representations to Kovuo to ensure the Lithuanian Government arresting the movement against Momoll. which is regarded as ,tn attack on the Allied sovereignty. It was also decided to send a Kroneh colonel to e-miniand the Allied troops at Alemei. whither Polish and French warships ure proceeding. The Lithuanian Government officially declared it was a loeal rising, a natural to the policy of Germanisalion in defiance of Die wishes rif the inhabitant- pursued I,v tbe so-called direetoriutn. wduc-li the Germans established when they coti- ; rulletl flic territory and has not since been modified. The “Times" Berlin c orrespimd lit says Lit liuttnia its are advancing in a style suggesting they are led by military experts. They are rapidly occupying Alemei territory. The town i,. mu-ireied and suburbs oeeupied.