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Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1926, Page 3

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£ I .401),000 ESTATE. I.ON DON , r«>h. 10. Mi Warlcy Pickering, of lhltti.ni ‘ Mall, Huisborougll, Yorkshire. retired shipowner, late oI - Messrs Constantino, I Pickering mid Co., who begun life as i a bank clerk ami altcrwards was in ] business as a ship's chandler, and who died last December, aged 07, left estate of the eposs value of £1.11)0,101) 10s Bd, wit h net personalty £l,l -Kt.< 04 Is ‘2d. The duties payable to the Kxiheipier will amount to about £400,000 T I"' yield from the death duties during the financial year has hitherto been much „ less than was budgeted for. Mr Pick- , eriujr left £2OO to bis chaulfeur, dolin , howler, and about £O,OOO to charitable institutions in the Middlesbrough district. ALL-WHITE POLICE. LONDON. Feb. 22. In the House of Commons yesterday the Home Secretary. Sir AY. JoynsonHicks. said that white overalls were used bv the police on point duty in ( four county and fifty city or borough f police forces, lie did not think a case had been made out for their adoption in the London Metropolitan area. A 1 committee of representatives ot He police forces and road users came to ( the conclusion that their use was not of anv material advantage. liecently “The Daily Mail has called attention to the successful results which have followed the use ot white overalls and helmets by traffic-contio policemen at Birmingham An ofhcial stated that since they had lieen worn there had not been a single complaint from drivers on the score ol not seeing the signals. An ofhcial of the Automobile Association also pointed out ♦that motorists in the Birmingham ami are delighted with the innovation. I‘ltOAf FAME TO POVKBTV. LONDON, Feb. 22. Miss Kale F.verleigh once a noted •w.ivcss has died. friendless and poverty-stricken, in a London hospital it the'age of about, GO. Elderly then, tre-oners can recall the ovations that oreeted her (lances and hurlescpies 40 vears ago when she starred as a sou lirette" at the old Terry’s Hiont.e D,,, in- the last three years she had earned' her living as a "'“UH* •" £ West Eiid restaurant, mombcis ot me S,!i i»™ poa 0... -™l sisyis**-****-in 1805. _ IMPUBE FOOD PEBH-. LONDON. Feb. 22. Sir William Arbuthnot fame, the president of the New Health Society, of Sentinel House, 40. Southamptonrow, W.C, has written to medical oi cers throughout the country calling attention to dangers to the nation s health that may follow the prohibition next vear of the use of certain preservatives which prevent delay, or mask the fermentation of putreiactioi of food. ... • i j. ii.ni ;r niKDiiiiilii9Bs ot I

Ho point' out that il unsoununess m food is merely to be left “unmasked” consumers must suffer se'eu-lt. we are to be protected against the nacteria which otherwise will be encouraged next year to make fresh onslaughts upon the country’s health, he says, “there' must be widespread co-opeiyition between all concerned. “The railways can help hv the installation of cold storage vans; motorvans similarly adapted should be seen on our highways everywhere. For the retailer there will be a positive choice between cold storage and survival. Even in our own homes the refrigerator must soon become as popular as in the United States.” gjir William expresses the view that the two most practical steps are a census of cold storage facilities and the issuing of : a leaflet of advice to housewives.