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Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1925, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

STUBBORN BURGLAR

LONDON, May 30.

The Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, stated in Parliament yesterday that the number of prisoners in England and Wales who were fori:il)_ Iv fed in 1921 was eight.

The greatest number of times any one prisoner was forcibly fed was 5.0. He was a burglar who would not take food, and had to he forcibly led three times a day.

ROYAL HAIRDRESSER. LONDON, -May 30. Mr Charles Jasehke, of 12, Brewerstreet. Golden-square, AN., hairdresser to King Edward and to King George when the latter was Prince of Wales, accompanying him. on his four ot the Empire in 1901, who died on April 15, aged 05. left 051.728, with net personality 051,173. He leaves iiis business to iiis daughter Gwendoline Bertha Jasehke.

NKW’-STYLK SHOP ROBBERS. LONDON. May 30

Thieves who in the early hours of yesterday forced up an iron shutter at a shop in Now Oxford Street, W. 0., and cut a hole nearly 3ft in diameter in the plnteglass widow, got away with the watches, bracelets, and rings worth about Cl,ooo.

The robbery, was committed at the shop of Mi* Abraham H lac km an. a jeweller. and although people live above the shop no sound was heard.

A New Oxford-street constable at 3 a.m. saw broken glass on the pavement and discovered the robbery.

The thieves had entered the shop through the hole in the window, which had apparently been cut with a diamond.

Resides the police patrol there were taxicabs and pedestrians up and down the street all night, yet no one was seen acting suspiciously. Nor was anything beard, although before rolling up the shutter the thieves had to smash a stout iron padlock. In all about 000 articles were stolen. Mr Blackman told a reporter that the premises were securely closed on Snturdav night. “The thieves showed clever workmanship on the window,” he said, ■•and must have worked very quickly.” There is a sale at the shop and posters on the windows announce that “All goods most 1.-e cleared.” JEST TO BRIDAL PAIR. LONDON. May 30. The inquest on David Cecil Kimpton, 29. a gardener of ('nrdw allis-road. Maidenhead, who was found decapitated on the railway with a wedding-ring b\- his side on Sunday, morning, the day after he was to have been married, was opened at Maidenhead yesterday. liis landlady said that on Friday Kimpton and his fiancee. Miss Roev, were at her house. Both looked ill, ami she it he landlady) said. " Aon look more like a funeral than a wedding.” Kimpton was worried over the wedding expenses. The inquest was adjourned for a week for the attendance of Miss Roev.

COLLIE’S ATTACK ON INVALID MASTER. LONDON, May 30. The story id a slu-ep dog's attack on iu master was related at (he inquest yesterday on Ernest Smith. 71, a shepherd, of Thorn, near Ramsgate. Smith, who had been ill. took the dog out for exercise. It llew at him, biting him on the arms and legs. He died as the result of the injuries. At the inquest it was stated the dog hail hit ten Mrs Smith previously, hut her husband would not have it destroyed. Dr I!. .1. Harris said it was probably on account of his weak condition that the dog attacked Smith. The diyg, a crossbred collie, would not attack anyone able to defend himself and did not touch the man who came to Smith's rescue. A verdict of Misadventure was returned.

SIX YEARS UNDER SEA. LONDON. Mnv 30

The salving of the German destroyers scuttled io Scapa Flow in 1919 is revealing that everything within them is iu surprisingly good condition, though they have been at the bottom of the sea for nearly six vear.-; All sorts of curious electric fans, gun sights, lamps, engine-room fittings, and electrical gear art* being assiduously cleaned .and polished.

Hi 5.05. the destroyer most recently raised, a packet of leave passes was found almost as clean as when printed. A copy of The Daily Mirror also was discovered in this vessel.

A PEER ACE FOR £3:>JK)!>. LONDON. May 80

Mr and Mrs Evelyn lleseltine. of The Goldings, Great. Warloy, near Brentwood. Essex, celebrated their golden wedding yesterday. Acknowledging the presentation ol gifts from the parish, Mr lleseltine said that the only time they had boon tempted to leave Warloy was when lie was asked to buy a great estate and Wits (old that he could he made a lord for £30.090. The proposal did not appeal to him and he declined it. TEACHERS AND KIN EM AS. LONDON. May 30. Miss Spender, ol Loudon, moving at. the Head Teachers’ Conference tit Cardill' yesterday, a resolution that inspectors lie appointed to supervise kiuemas as to their suitability for children, saiil that many films were conceived on atrocious lines and abominable morality, and produced in children an association of awful tears. The real culprits, she thought, were the licensing authorities (in her case the Loudon County Council), who issued licenses with conditions attached, hut did not appoint anyone to see the regulations were observed, and t-oitse-qiientlv these regulations were constantly disregarded. M.r T. H. Elliott, seconding, said halls were ill-ventilated or not ventilated jji ell and the mental, moral, and physical conditions iu many cases were bad. The resolution was unanimously approved.

AMERICAN HUSTLE. LONDON. May 30.

The that Americans are great “hustlers” and quick iu getting wotk done was described as a myth by Lady Nott-liowor to a reporter yesterday, on her return from America, after attending the International Council ot Women. “The general opinion was that the reputation" of the American hustler was unfounded. English business people do things quicker and with less display of fuss and bother. “Even our shop-girls are smarter than the American girls. Whenever I bought anvthing in America, it took twice the time that it would do to luiv the same parcel here. “Whenever I went into an American office I was struck by the very hurried movements of the people, hut the\ seemed slow in the work they actually accomplished.” LIFE-SAVING AT SEA, LONDON. May 30. New Board of Trade rules relating to life-saving apparatus to be carried in ships come into force on July 1A motor-boat, or boats, fitted with wireless apparatus and searchlights, must lie carried in vessels with more than lo lifeboats. If the vessel does not carry a motor-boat, hilt has more than 10 lifeboats, one of these must he fitted with wireless. Lifeboats in all foreign-going ships will he required to carry one pound of condensed milk for each person, in addition to the water and biscuits required by the present rules.

THE SIMPLE LIFE. LONDON, May 30. Sir Thomas Holder, the physician, in a paper which he read to the gathering of American doctors at AA’igmore Hall, AA’.. yesterday, said: M'e ought to do our best to induce our patients to return to a simpler life. AA’e must not only point out more clearly and insistently the importance of hygienic rules for the conduct of the bodily functions but in the sphere of the intellect, and especially of the emotions. we must urge moderation and simplicity. It is difficult for any clear-thinking I doctor to avoid the conclusion that the hustle of modern life, the pace at which we go. the nerve strain involved, and the expense of spirit entailed have become a large factor iu the incidence of disease, and of diseases of a different type from many with which we were formerly acquainted. AA’e have new diseases for old, but the doctor's function remains the same; to study closely his patient and to husband ami exploit to the best end all bis resources. CAUSES OF CANCER. Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, the surgeon, who also read a paper, said that in his opinion there were two factors in the causation of cancer as seen in civilisation—namely, the mechanical and the toxic (due to poison). He had observed cancer imposed on the mechanical and toxic results of chronic intestinal stasis (slackening or arrest of the blood current) so frequently that he was convinced that the sequence was not a mere chance. The time bad come when the medical profession must study tlio whole question of chronic intestinal stasis thoroughly. and must endeavour, by educating the people in proper habits and diet, to obviate this acquired condition. which might- almost he regarded as normal civilisation. ELECTROCUTED IN A BLANK. LONDON, May 30. Airmen and wireless operators alike are mystified by the electrocution at Andover Aerodrome, Hampshire. on Tuesday, of Sergi. Frank Lowry. R.A.F., while making wireless tests in an aeroplane in ilight. Col. F. F. Minchin, a pilot of the Imperial Airways, told a reporter yesterday that his only theory was that the man must have hail a weak heart and died after a shock from his set. “It would not have been lightning, or the pilot and the machine would have been affected. 1 do not know of a machine having been struck by lightning.” he added. ('apt. AA'alters, another pilot, said: “Such a thing could not happen to ns. for our wireless gear is encased in a box ami if we run into a thunderstorm we can earth the aerial a.nd thus make the set and machine perfectly safe.” Three of the chief wireless and technical experts of the Air .Ministry have gone down to Andover to investigate the mystery and co-operate with the official court of inquiry. LOOKING 20 AT in. LONDON. May 30. Speaking at. the congress of the Royal Institution of I’ublio Health at Brighton yesterday, l)r Percy Hall, of the Mount A’ernon Tuberculosis Hospital, AY., said:

“Never has the gentler sex been so healthy nor so attractive ats it is Co-day. A generation ago the woman of forty was an old lady who wore voluminous lluuiicl petticoats and a shawl across her shoulders while she sat by the fire and crocheted. “To-dav the woman of forty looks twenty, plays gulf and tenuis during the day. and jazzes far into the night, and then is first down to breakfast in the morning- and without the lem[er of a hear. “She is emancipated both in body and mind and appears to have captured the veritable elixir of eternal youth. AA'lmt has she done ! Simply cast away those sunerlluous clothes, and is wearing silk next her skill, short skirts and clothing low iu the neck, allowing more light and air to get to her body, and as a direct consequence has achieved youth, beauty and health. “ And yet the first act of a democratic Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer is to put a duty upon silk and artificial silk. By lii.s thoughtless action he has dealt a blow against tlio health of the fair sex. I feel assured that he will have cause both to repent and relent.” (Laughter).