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Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1923, Page 4

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| E \'i'-Y > LATEST SWINDLE. LONDON. Aug. 2* Once again "I’ai.-y," the notorious Irish cotiliileuce trickster. I:a- victimLed an Aijieiban vi-iior with the nittold story oi In- desire i-i obtain help in disposing of a large lo: l ime. "Daisy.” said to be one of the mo.-t allaiile ol' rogues, made tin- aequailil-aiM-e oj bo- \ ietim in I iyde Lark yes--t'-rd'iv. when the \mcii(au was taking -iieher from li:e rain. Shortly afterwards "Daisy” ran into an old iiicnd. whom ho introduce.! a< "Air Laymomi ('lifford.” Il was wiieu (he iail'cr arrived that the -lory of tlie great lortuiw was told. "Lai-y" by this time laid (ti-.-iled .-ueh a I’avourah! 1 impression on hi- intended riihm tlml I'e had u i difficulty in passing Mr Clifford oil’ as a genuine philani hrnp-i-t. U Imii ibe rain cleared away "i’al-y” and In- friend posed ioiheir new Irieud for pluu raph-. Finally they weni to a re-tiiranl. am) wiieu the visitor agreed l-> help in the (list i'ibui ion if the large toil ini' "valttahles'' were passed to him as a di-play of eoiilideiii-e on tin- part oi Dio iricksters. When his turn came to reciprocate the trusi thus manil'c-t'd in him the American parted with two go I) noles, £2OO in CIO notes, two single-stone diammal lings. a black opal cie-piu surrounded by hi small diamonds, and he also handed over hheantera.

TIXY RRITISII GLIDER. LONT); >X. Angu-i 27. A liny single-seater motor glider, designed and built by the Air Navigation Co., of Addlestono, Surrey, has prove ! to lie highly satisfactory in its t; inis. fitted with a A.G h.p. engine. its Iciiglh is TAIL, and from wing tip to wing tip it measures 32ft. The total flying weight, inclusive of the pilot and fuel, is 4,01 b.. and the minimum di--tnnoo per gallon of fuel is (id miles. Mr “4 iin illy” James, the winner of the -Aerial Derby in Idl’l and FA22 will pilot the machine in the contest at Lympne, Kent, from October 8 to 13. for the £I.OOO prize offered by "The Daily Mail” and other largo prizes offered by the Duke of Sutherland and others. The machine ran be housed in n garage 4ft. wide.

THE SPORTING SCOT. LONDON”. August 27. Scotland Yard is looking for an au-burn-haired and athletic Scotsman, who is said to have victimised hoardinghouse keepers in many parts of England and Scotland. Once instalkd. complaining landladies declare, he discourses eloquently on spotting subjects and represents himself to he the sporting editor of a Glasgow newspaper. Then he pc;suatles them to Lack a ■‘certain winner.” takes their money, and

disappears. He is said to have begun these operations in Glasgow a year ago, his latest exploit having been in London l::-l week. REGATTA RESCUE COMEDY. London. August 27. Seeing a girl struggling in the Thames besides an upturned boat near Eel Pie Island. Twickenham. Constable Robin 1 dived, fully dressed into the liver and j brought the girl ashore. She smiled, but did not seem very ; grateful to her rescued. He then learn- j ed that she was Miss Rideout, who was j competing in an aequa.tic display in can- j nection with Isleworth Athletic Club, j The constable was on duty at a j Twickenham regatta and did not know i a second water fete was in progress. |

BOYS BURNED AT STAKE. NEW YORK, Aug. 20 Thrilled by “penny dreadful” stories of savages burning their white victims at the stake, two boys of New Jersey decided to try a little of a similar kind of torture on their playmates. After pouncing from ambush in approved savage fashion on two smaller hoys, the would-be savages tied their victims to frees and piled grass around them. Then followed a wild war dance, in the middle of which one of the boys placed a lighted match in the grass around the victims’ legs. They had not realised that the grass was heavily soaked with oil, which had leaked from a refinery in the neighbourhood. The grass immediately blazed above ill’ l vktims’ heads. The terrified “savages” sought means of extinguishing the flames and ran to a brook. They filled their caps with wafer, but veil puny efforts were powerless tie blaze. They ran home shouting for Ini;:. .Meanwhile neighbours bad heard the screams and saw the fire. They arrived to find i he victims moaning at the trees t,, which they were tied, all their clothing burned from their bodies. They were hurried io hospital, where they deal soon after arrival, Imt not before they had explained ilia! they were nwrelv playing and that their companions did not mean to harm them. The dead hoys were Charles Spindler. 11. and William Hubbard. 1:1. Them capl os, lib-hard Foreman. 1 h and Caleb Hubbard. H. a brother of the dead bay. were detained hv the police pending an investigation of the occurrence. run? u;i:nrs wom an. LONDON. Aug. PuliTrii'.g from a fraelured sniuo.

which means that in all probability tdic will never walk again, and deserted since by her husband a young woman lies in a London hospital. Pile lived in a flat at Chelsea, and one day a neighbour on the floor above while cleaning her windows dropped her duster, which lodged on a projecting pipe. The young woman who is now in hospital reached out for it, but lost her balance and fell 20lt into the road. •She was picked up unconscious, and for days lingered between life and death. Now the doctors say she will live. Exist: might be a hotter word. "I've got a little boy of six," she said yesterday, •'and 1 must get better for he'd wain me oven more now.” i be doctor says ifiat in the whole of bis experience lie has has never had a inure courageous patient. AV It TON FLAITKIt. LONDON, Aug. 2S. Mrs liertiia Ayrton, willow of Profestor W. K. Ayr! n. F.R.S., has died at the New Cottage. North Lancing Sussex. She v.as a .scientist of distinction, having invented an instrument for dividing a straight line into any number of e.-iuti! parts, carried out several •encs r.f experiments on the electric arc, and dUt-oved the cau-o and process . f formal•cn oi sand ripples-. She was nominate I far a Fellowship of the Royal Society in ICO*’. but as a woman could not he elected, she was awarded the Hughes ne-dal by tile ll'-yai Sure ty in !! 0 •, an I -be was He* only woman member oi i 1 e Institution of Electrical Engineers. She wrote many works on electrical subjects. During the war .Mrs Avrtou invented and presented In the War Office I lie “Ayrt :i Flapper”—a fan for dispersing gas—of which more than 100,0(10 were u-ed at the front.