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Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1924, Page 4

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NOTED AIRMAN 011TA1XS DECREI'

LONDON, Dec. S. Commander Samson, flic famous airman. has been granted a divorce on the ground of his wife’s misconductwith a naval leiutenant at Malta. Commander ('. IE Samson. [EX., C.M.G., D. 5.0., entered tlm navy in ls'JS. lie took his certificate as : e air pilot in Bill, and signalised :he oteasion by Hying over the KaGor's yacht, then at anchor in the Medway. He was the first to carry out experiments with a seaplane, to make night Mights across country, and to make an ascent from the deck of a man- • - vir while steaming. llis exploits it H war are said to have gained him the distinction of having a price placed mi his head hv the German-. “MOONLIGHT SONATA." LONDON, Dec. X A AA'illesden magistrate granted t summons to a woman who eomplni • I that her landlord threatened her because she played Bootbovtn’s 'Moonlight Sonata. "I love music. T have a beautiful instrument,” she said. Subsequently the landlord applied for a summons, because of the annoyance to other tenants. He declared that she could not play the 'Moonlight Smiatn,’ though she had practised it at a late hour every night for two yeais. His wife was hysterical, owing to this constant practising, lie said, and a neighbour was suffering from a nervous breakdown, and unable to follow his occupation.