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Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1927, Page 3

CURFEW FOR 727 YEARS. LONDON, .January 13. For 727 years the curfew has rung every night at the chimb of llailslmm Sussex, hut recently there Mas a danthat this wonderful record Mould bo broken through a disagreement with the regular bell-ringers, who were unpaid. To preserve the ancient custom Mis Sun-ant, the organist of the church. stepped into the breach, and has now for several weeks been ringing tin* curfew at dusk every day. q’o solve this problem permanently a fund lias now been raised by the residents to pay the bell-ringers 3s M r week each regularly. In luture tin curfew M-ill ring out every evening a. | usual’, and Mrs Sarrant is taking be part with the ringers. One of the hells of the parish elniiel of llailslmm, the Church of M. Alar, the Virgin, has been in "so since m and the church register dates back looK.

FLYING MAN OF 1300. STB VSBOURG- Jan. IT Documents have been found in Hu Kremlin, according to an invest gator who has just returned Bom Ales cow to Strasbourg, showing that in 1500 a Russian imnie.l Nikicl.ua m..a gliding flight lrnin tne to]. <1 the tower of the Alcxamlorkaia. S obod. Cathedral in the presence o U.u ''- 11 the Terrible and landed salelj on the cit\iocl!*i\l squill O. Xikichka had fitted a pair ot wings to bis shoulders and held a pa.acbute which brought him „gentl\ to ground. . , , i The croud, which included an English mission, hailed the feat as •> miracle but Czar fell mto a violent temper and. ordering the mventor to be brought before lum, said: ’! mm is a sorcerer and his invent,on is an invention of the devil Mm, is md a bird and wings are R.rlmUloi. '"'"• He immediately gave orders to, ■ bird-man to be decapitated, and Ik bead of the unfortunate Nikiclika i struck off.