GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1928, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

ROAD GUARDS

BRITISH MOTOR CONTROL

.'United Press Association—By Electric

Telegraph—Copyright)

LONDON. Nov. 3

The Daily Express stales that the Home Office is formulating a new scheme of traffic control and is abolishing the police as trttflic controllers, It is forming instead of corps a five thousand Roudguards. Later they will lie increased to ten thousand. The cost will he home partly by the Stale and partly hv the local authorities.

The Roudguards will consist chiefly of ex-soldiers, ex-sailors and ex-police-men. The motorists should benefit, as the guards will be stationed at many dangerous cross roads, where they will cheek the reckless motorists.

The police will also he relieved of the duty of making an elaborate report on every trivial motor ear accident, which is-valueless except to the motor insurance companies.

A BARONY. ' LONDON, Nov. 2. A Barony is to he conferred on tin retiring Primate.

GOLF FAKERS. LONDON, Nov. 4. A sensation was caused in London <golf circles owing to the compulsory resignation of two members of a leading Club, who allegedly returned faked score cards. The “Despatch” says they usually played together in competitions, one or the other often winning, and arousing doubts because it was remarked they could not produce the same form in private matches, suspicions were conveyed to the Committee which had the men secretly watched in ii recent competition, in which one returned a winning score for the mnti-li. Watchers declared it was not the actual record of strokes played. Ii was also reported that one ot the men improved the lie ol his hall. 'The Club captain, interviewed them nnvntcly and compelled their resignation.

ANGLICAN CHURCH

BISHOP OF LONDON REPLIES

LONDON. Nov. 3

‘•f mu not leaving London.” declared Dr Ingram, the Bishop of London. in his reply to Dean luges suggestion (that he change places with another Bishop). He added that all speakers at the London Diocesan Synod expressed their willingness to obey his directions. 'These he is issuing in January.

MIGRANTS’ MOTHER

SUICIDES THROUGH LONELINESS

LONDON, Nov. 3

Owing to depression partly due to her son leaving for Australia in January, Mrs Mary Hockcn Shrosbree, aged 48 years, of Fulham, committed suicide by gas poisoning. Her busbail, Mr Charles William Shrosbree. a coffee shop proprietor, admitted that a divorce had been discussed. Ho said “T couldn’t give her all the love that she wanted. I have knocked About the world: T went through the war, and was train-wrecked and torpedoed, and my brain was practically deadened.” The Coroner gave a verdict of death while of unsound mind. He said that the more of the people than went to the Colonies, the better it would he for England.