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Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1925, Page 1

TDK Rill NCR'S PRO. LONDON, duly ‘JO. Kvory Saturday thousands ol people make their wav m Westminster in inspect the Houses ol Parliament. There are sightseers from various parts of Knglaml and Scotland. Krenehnien. to i mans, and Americans- but very few Londoners. The visitors troop into the Lobby of thi> I louse ol Lords, where many bang their hats on the Prince of AA ales', peg. A wealthy American hung his on Viscount Aster’s peg on Saturday, and a. girl with an Edinburgh accent pulled off her cloche hat and placed it on the peg which the Duke of Montrose uses. A North County visitor was curious about two things. Being told that the Lord Chancellor -at. on the Woolsack, lie asked. Which way tloes lie face?" and when lie was shown the Bar ot the House of Lords, lie inquired, “Does the prisoner stand hero!-'" The House of Commons does not appear in arolise as much onihusiasm as the House of Lords. Many people rush straight through it. some oifly stopping to ask. “ AA ho sits here.'" when they roach the Speakers chair.

STARRED BY A FISH. LONDON. July JO. As a r.-suli of an encounter with a sting rav. weighing between •><> and f,nib.. Mr George Higdon, of Harbourplate. Whit st able, has sustained injuries which will incapacitate him for some time. Tho stinrny was discovered in one of the nets ot Mr Rigden’s fishing smacl;. and while the crew were trying to disentangle it the fish swung it- tail in such a manner that one of its spine bars pierced Mr Rigden’s Ii ea v v boots and entered his foot. Tie was conveyed to hospital, and according to a friend’s story it was 14 hours Ik*fore the 1 Sin. long barb eould be removed from his foot.