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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1926, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

DOSE]) WITH ETHER. AND OPIUM. LONDON, December 14. Heavily veiled and closely guarded by wardresses, Hilda Ctibbon, aged 22, of Sandiway, Cheshire, appeared at .Mold (Flintshire) Police Court yesterday charged on her own confession with being implicated in several burglaries. In a statement read by a police-ser-geant. Cubhoti was alleged to have said that she was introduced to a professional thief at Liverpool, with whom she motored to London, and afterwards carried out extensive jewellery robT,erics in hotels there, and at Glasgow, .Manchester, and in Cheshire. The articles stolen, she said, she delivered to an accomplice at Folkestone to be taken to France. In .Manchester, she said, she was introduced to a man who always had a lot of money. Site gave him a dose of ether and robbed him of £750. She and her accomplices then stayed in Glasgow, because things got “ warm.” and they afterwards returned to Chester. where she was introduced to a money-lender’s clerk in an hotel. The clerk was bound for .Shrewsbury with a loan of £4OO. and when lie got drunk she robbed him of £250 and escaped through a back window of the hotel. She then went to Liverpool, .where she met a ship’s officer, had dinner on board with him. dosed him with opium, and stole a lot of money from the ship’s cabins. Tlio police in oilier counties having failed to verify her alleged robberies. Cubhon fold the sergeant that if lie took her to Liverpool she would point out to him her accomplices. She was taken there by a party of polie officers Hut failed to carry out her promise. Cubhon. who pleaded guilty, was committed for trial, bail being refused, despite two appeals from her solicitor. NEW FASHION BY THE PRINCE. LONDON, December 14. Will the Prince, of Wales again set a new fashion? At the dinner given in bis honour by the Argentine Club on Thursday night lie wore a black waistcoat wit'll bis tailed coat, the waistcoat made of tlie same material. No doubt this was due to the fuel that the Prince is in mourning, hut it is significant that during the past week, at the Berkeley. Claridge's, and elsewhere a number of men wore a very narrow, double-breast-ed evening waistcoat made of the same material as the tailed coat. And very distinguished it looked, particularly

when the shirt front carried the new front made from white batiste having horizontal markings—broad satin-likc stripes anything from a quarter of an inch to an inch ill width—tlie double cuffs being in plain white linen. Another evening wear note is the popularity of the clove red carnation. LIVINGSTONE’S TREE LION DON, Dec. 12. A .graceful act to a great memory has just been carried out under British auspices at Ujiji. in Tanganyika Territory. Africa. Here it was that. 54 years ago. 11. Al. Stanley found tbe great explorer, Livingstone, who bad reached the place in a state of great exhaustion after five years’ travelling in what then truly was “the (lark continent.” Livingstone had been lost to sight for months. Stanley’s laconic greeting. “Dr Livingstone. T presume.” when he finally met Livingstone lace to lace in the larcfl' African village, has gone down (o history. This meeting look place under a mango tree, where the tired Livingstone was resting, and around tlio tree now the British administrative officer in charge of the district has placed a simple rail and stone fence to preserve it and to commemorate the event. SHOT ALAN ON DOORSTEP. LONDON. Dec. 12. How two frightened women spent two hours in a flat in Gloueosti?r-tor-i-nce. Kensington. S.A\ .. ignorant of the fact that the mail with whom thev wore airaid lay dead outside, was revealed yesterday. The man was Air Cyril Reardon. 31. of AA'cst Cromwell-road. Earl's Court, an Irishman who had recently worked for a marine insurance firm in Queen A’ietoria-street. E.C. He was found shot outside the front door of the fiat, which is in the basement of Argvle House, and belongs to a Airs Dugmore. Bv hi.s side was a revolver.

It. appears that Air Reardon, who was living apart from his wife, was upet because Airs Edith Hornsby, a widow, was about to leave London yesterday for Egypt. On AYednesday night lie used threat to Afrs Tlornhv, .so she left the hotel in Gloucester-mad where she was staying. to go to Afrs Dugniorc’s flat. Afrs Hornby saw AD Reardon on Thursday evening at the hotel, and returned to tlie flat. About 8 n’cloet AD Reardon tried to got into the flat, hut found the door locked. Frightened to go out, because they thought ho would kill them, the two women hoard no sound save what they thought was a stone thrown against the window. About two hours later a doctor, a friend of Afrs Dugmore, called, and found Afr Reardon's body. Afrs Hornsby yesterday cancvdled Tier passage to Egypt.

CHURCH FTRF. BF.T.L. LONDON. Dec. 12. Hearing the church hell tolling, the villagers of J.ittlc Budworth, Cheshire, got out of hod and rushed nut halfclothed yesterday to fight a fire which threatened a number of thatched cottages. The village sexton. AD Brian Parker. was working late in the local bakery, preparing Christmas cakes, when lie saw a hay and straw shed on fire. He ran to the church and tolled the Ml, and then joined in a human chain along which buckets of water were carried from a pond near by. The cottages were saved. 47 BUTCHERS IN COURT. LONDON, Deei 12. When 47 butchers were summoned at Birmingham yesterday for breaches of the Public Health (Afeat Regulations) Act. it was explained that the chief veterinary inspector to the corporation had told all butchers that meat must he kept liehind closed windows or effectively covered.

The defendants had exposed meat outside the shops in doorways. Fines of 20s were imposed.

The chairman said that there ought to l>e some common basis of agreement tn avoid prosecutions of this kind.

CHOCOLATES ABLAZE. LONDON. Dee. 12,

Tons of Christmas groceries and a truckload of chocolates were destroyed in a fire which early yesterday morning burned down the premises of .Messrs S. H. Jones and Co,, Ltd., wholesale grocers, of Broadfield-road, Sheffield. The flames, fanned by a strong wind, threatened some adjoining congested cottage property, and several families left their homes hurriedly, dragging their furniture into the street. The roadway was taken up and a gas-pipe severed and plugged, to prevent an explosion,

Superintendent T. Breaks, while directing the fire-fighting, was struck on the head by a falling rafter and rendered unconscious. UNUSUAL DEATH. LONDON, Dec. 18. A man who was knocked down by a motor-car on Saturday at the junction of Edgware-road, AY., and Georgc-st., and died in St. Alary’s Hospital Paddington, was still unidentified last night. He was between 55 and GO years of age. His left leg was badly lacerated and the popliteal artery, which runs through the hollow at the back of the knee, was severed. '

The popliteal artery (explains a doctor) gives to the log its chief blood supply. It is extremely liable to aneurism—that is, dilation of the artery and formation of a sac containing blood. If such were ruptured by an accident causing breakage of the skin, the loss of blood would be very great. Combined with the shock of the accident, this might bring, about death. JUDGE ON AYTFE CONTROL. LONDON. Dec. 20. “Although we hear so much about woman's rights and the equality of the sexes a man is supposed to keep his wife under control.” said Judge Wodoock at Leeds County Court yesterday. He made the remark in hearing a case that ended in a Leeds womam being ordered to pay £45 17s 6d, to a local dressmaker r,jr clothing supplied. The woman’s husband stated that for milnv years be bad bad to appear as the defendant in cases in respect of iirtides obtained on credit by his wife without his knowledge.

ACTIVE AT 90. LONDON. December 20. An illustration of the truth of the recent declaration by the Lord Chiet Justice (Lord Hewnrt) that at 5(5 a man is very young, is provided by the remarkable energy of Air (1. F. Sheppard, a London magistrate, and his wife, who have both reached their 90th yea r. Tliev are among the most regular and hard-working members of the Board of Alniiiigeinent of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn-road, AV.G. Very rarely do they miss the weekly meetings, which deal with highly intricate business and often last a long time. In addition. Mrs Sheppard still organises. as she lias done for 20 years or more. Ihe catering at the out-patients’ department, and makes frequent’ visits to three wards of her hospital, which she has made her special care. There she distributes tobacco and tells stories to amuse the patients. " Neither my wife nor 1 have any intention of resigning from the board at present.” Air Sheppard told a reporter yesterday. Air Sheppard still sits occasionally mi the St. Panrras bench, lie is a keen smoker and not quite an abstainer. DO CHILDREN LIKE TOYS? LONDON, December 3<k Each of the 3.000 of the poorest children in London who are to he the guests of Air Charles Gulliver, nulling iug director of the London Palladium, at a party at the Albert Hall on Christmas Eve is to receive a-present, and a canvass which was made as to what present each wanted .most has produced an interesting result. Hardly any of them chose a toy. Rooks were the favourites, with fountain pens second among the hoys, and needlework baskets among the girls. .Many girls wanted handkerchiefs and swimming caps and quite a number desired tooth-brushes. Out of 1(!2 girls only two si lose a doll.

J.ORI) ROSEBERY. LONDON, Dec. M. The Earl of Rosebery, the great Victorian statesman, who is 78 years of age, was out for a ride iu his horsedrawn carriage, with postilion rider, oil Saturday at Epsom, in Surrey. Oil fine days Lord Rosebery. who lives at The Durdans, just outside Epsom, has two drives—sometimes three—either in his horse-drawn carriage or a motor-car. A favourite ride of his is over the Downs past the racecourse towards Headley. In the spring and summer his last ride of the day begins about 8.30 ill the evening and finishes about 0.30. He frequently goes iu search of the song of the nightingale, of which he is a great lover. When Lord Rosebery is in his motorcar he passes by almost unnoticed, hut when in his horse-drawn carriage the presence of the postilion rider on one of the two horses attracts attention, for his is the only postilion rider now seen in this part of the country.

NEGRO ON NEW STA.MP. LONDON. Dec. 11. The .Mozambique Co. has just issued new stamps lor use in its Alricnn territories. .Many of these are in the old designs, representing local industries, hut in new colours. A handsome new 24c stamp shows a smiling negro, while the new 25c has a view of the breakwater at Beira. New high value stamps at 5. 10, and 20 escudos add further local industries to the series and also a view of the river Zambesi. GAMBLE IN LONGEYITY. LONDON. Dec. 14. There will ho offered for sale in Glasgow to-dav a one-halt share ol a man. aged 38. in the estate of his deceased grandfather, subject to the liie rent of a woman, aged 71. and payable in the event of his surviving her. The whole estate has been valued at £15,690. Along with this one-half share of the estate, there is to he assigned to the purchaser two fully-paid life policies, amounting to £1.200, payable only in the event of the man predeceasing the woman. The upset price for the double sale is put down at £I,OOO. •■ • , , The purchaser, il one is lound, Mill gamble in longevity; in the first place, on the chance of the seller surviving the woman of 71, and. in the second place, on the chance of the woman surviving the man.

AH.DE. LENGLEN AS NURSE

AIOXTE CARLO. Dec. 14

AD F. Al. B. Fisher, the New Zealand tennis champion, who was partnered in the mixed doubles filial here yesterday with Airs Satterwaite against AlHe. Lenglen and At. Rrugnon. was cut rather haillv on the eyebrow when he missed a hard drive. Allle. Lenglen was first to his help with a strip of linen and a bottle or spirit. After the cut had been bathed by the woman champion, Air I* islier was able to resume play. AfUe. Lenglen and Af. Brugiion won by 6-0. 6-2. - ALP. FOR 10 DAYS. LONDON, Dec. 19 . AD J. AL T. Humphreys, a former AI P for the Bermondsey Division of Southwark, S.E.. and mayor of the borough from 1906-7. died at his home in Forest View-road, Afanor Park, It. yesterday. He would have iieen 81 oil Christmas Eve. In 1885 Afr Humphreys unsuccessfully opposed Air Joseph Chamberlain, then in favour of Free Trade, as a Conservative working mail Tariff Reformer. in West Birmingham. Towards the end of 1909. this time ail enthusiastic supporer of Air Chamberlain’s Tariff Reform proposals, he was elected for Bermondsey. He sat only ten Parliamentary days iu* the House of Commons, for when Mr Asquith went to the country in January 1910, he lost his seat.

THE DAILY DOSE. LONDON, December If). Cod liver oil is to be given to 364 school children in Derry at the instance of the local education authority. Officials called at 25 schools and selections were made from lists of names submitted. The authorities state that they are providing the oil in the interests of the children, who, whatever their feelings, must take the daily dose.