SOCCER FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1927, Page 4

SOCCER FOOTBALL

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 21. Otago beat Wellington at Soccer by four goals to two, the scoring for the winners being done by McCormack, .McLean, Hooker and Siinmonds. For the losers,' goals were got by Marchment aifd' H6«per.

“RED SUZANNE” CAUGHT. Paris. Juno 13. Suzanne Girault—otherwise known as “Red Suzanne”—the- woman Communist agitator, who was recently sentenced by default to six months’ imprisonment for inciting soldiers to mutiny, is to serve her sentence at the women’s prison at 'St. Lnzaire. Spirited away by her Communist friends, Suzanne has been missing for some time, but the police hate traced her to the St. Louis Hospital, where she had to enter to undergo an operation. She has been informed of the sentence passed upon her and two detectives keep continual watch outside her ward. When she is discharged from hospital she will be at once removed to gaol. . Police commissaries, who carried out searches at the headquarters of the Communist Party at I.e Mans and at the .homes of leading Red agitators, seized a quantity of documents.

SHEEP WHO LIVE IN LUXURY. r| Host people would be surprised if \ they knew the immense care that has j been bestowed upon the fine pedigree sheep which are exhibited at the great |- agricultural shows in England (writes; r Delia Temple in the “ Daily News ”). Away in their home among the grassy J hills, these aristocrats of the sheep t world receive scarcely less attention £ than do the children of well-to-do par- t eats in a well-run nursery. Their home is the “ fattening-slied,” ; a long building strongi'v made, deeply v thatched, and perfectly dry. Within: 3 are comfortable, roomy stalls, each 3 leading out into its own little “ back- ■ yard,” and the animals wander to and ■ fro at will. The stalls, carpeted with > straw, contain a hay-rack, which, he-. ] side the hay, holds a large, glistening- | lump of rock-salt, scooped into hollows by the licking tongues of the sheep. The animals lead well-ordered lives under the kindly care of shepherds. Morning and afternoon meals consist of a special “mixture.” followed by a “sweet” course of ninguled-wurzels,-und for supper hav' and occasionally fresh grass are given. Show animals, are not allowed to roam the meadows, hut are taken out each day for exercise. two or three together, haltered and led by the shepherd. Sometimes the sheep visit their hairdressing saloon, a wooden enclosure, lined with straw, called the “trimming fork.” The head of the animal is placed between two wooden “ prongs.” and held there by a wooden rod slipped through a hole in each, while its coat is brushed and trimmed, and afterwards dredged with colouringpowder. Living in luxury, these favoured creatures also travel in luxury when show-time comes, in their travellingvan, lighted by gl'ass windows, and I ventilated by porfourted -line, they lie in a deep hod of straw, a freshly-filled hay-rack within reach, and remain undisturbed until their arrival at tho show-gmuwl. And each sheep journeys in a travel-ling-coat! It is of glossy, snow-white linen bound with scarlet—typical of tho atmosphere of “ bicn-soignee ” which everywhere surrounds these dainty aristocrats !