LATE NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1926, Page 4

LATE NEWS.

DAK INC ESCAPE FROM GAOL. LONDON, February 7. Arthur Raeon. who recently made a daring escape from Pentoneville Prison, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at Nottingham for ha ving burgled a pawnship. Bacon saitl he had nearly starved in prison because lie used his bread ration to replace cement which lie scraped out of the brickwork. He escaped so that he could see his " girl.” who was dangerously ill.

SEN DAY PEACE IN TENNESSEE. NASHVILLE (K.S.). February 7. Wav down in Tennessee the authorities lire rather old fashioned. They have put into force the old " Rime Sunday ” laws passed more than a reunify ago. Newspaper publishers, tramoai' operator-. gasoline station- owners, and -cores ol storekeepers have been arrested for irading on Sunday. SNAKE'S NEST NEAR WHISKY. NEW YORK. February 7. Il whisky helps one to see snakes the di-eovery of a New Jersey tanner iiinl surprising. lie found a iiesl of Kill black snakes near two eases of Scotch whisky, lie removed the whisky. poison From egg. LONDON. February 7. At an inquest on a woman who died in London alter eating a duck's egg. a doctor gave evidence that bo found in the stomach enormous quantities ot a bacillus usually associated with illness from eating poinsoned meat. The bacillus resisted heat, and would not be destroyed bv the frying or boiling of the egg. He believed that the bacillus penetrated the eggshell. No previous'case of the kind had occurred in England.