NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1929, Page 7

NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

CASTLE FOR £4OOO. Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgan, is to be offered for auction at the upset price of CIIKX). The castle is an imposing battlemented structure in the Feudal sf vb>. with Hardens and grounds which extend to some 20 acres, and are I 'ined for their heatitv. The* castle, which was built in 177(i, is Lbe third on the same site, and built into its walls are stones from tlio original Norman stronghold. The great glory of Wenvoe Castle l is the Adam’s decoration of the interior, which has been preserved in perfect condition.

.SHOP AS A GIFT. Five young women who received the gift of a millinery shop from their employer were recently the l happiest girls in New York. It is named the Moulin Rouge, and is one of the host-known shops in the theatrical district on Broadway. Established many years ago by Mr Herman Freed, it lias proved so profitable that Mr Freed, although still under dO years of ago, is now able to retire and make a tour of the world. His five young assistants have been with him some years and have often shared in the profits which the shop has earned. Rut they were much surprised when their employe! called them into the office and said briefly: “I am retiring from business and this shop is now yours.” Before leaving Mr Freed paid a month’s rent. The stock and shop fittings are worth CdOOO, but the goodwill alone should provide a livelihood for the five girls.

WOMAN INTERRUPTS ABBEY SERVICE.

There was an exciting scone in Westminster Abbey recently, when a wom r

made continual interruptions during the service of consecration of the Bishops of Chelmsford and Lewes. While tlio address to tbe Bishops was being delivered she made a running commentary on tbe preacher’s words, and when a clergyman, who was sitting near her, requested her to cease her interruptions, she shouted, loudly. “Be quiet, you old granny.” Further efforts to quieten her were unavailing, and, jumping up excitedly, she shouted, “You want another good war to rouse you and break down all your hypocrisy.” The Yen. C. H. Ridsdale Archdeacon of Gloucester, went on with his address; but the woman made her way to the middle of the aisle and continued her remarks. Several people sprang from tlieir seats, and the woman was removed, protesting loudly, by a verger and a clergyman. The congregation included the schoolgirl daughter of the new Bishop of Chelmsford, who had to be carried to her seal owing to an injured loot.

dttct to stop divorce As a preventive for divorce, Dr George Walker, a Baltimore dietitian, urges more lime in the diet. He says that absence of lime from the diet makes a woman nervous and a man cruel, and family troubles are likely to start. When there is every appearance of the home being wrecked in the divorce courts, Dr Walker suggests that lime, as found in a pint of milk, added to the .diet of a couple every day for two weeks, in all probability will adjust matters, restore amicability, and keep the home intact. Also he recommends two oranges a day for each. ()1 several diets he has examined Dr \\ alker declares that (ill per cent, were found to be deficient in lime, which, lie said, was essential for the growth ol children and the sustaining of good health in adults.

WOMAN DIES OF FEAR

A medical tragedy with pathetic 'features was investigated at Hammersmith at an inquest on Mrs Agnes Mary Welstead, aged 45. It Wj«s said that she stopped breathing and hei heart ceased to beat when she was being given an anaesthetic before un dergoing an operation. The heart was massaged, the woman breathed again and her heart beat for half an hour before finally stopping. Dr R. M. Bronte, the pathologist, said Mrs Welstead could easily have been cured ol the disease in her stomach by an opera, tion. Death, however, was due t< heart failure from shock. The coroner: What sort of shock? Dr Bronte: The fear of the- operation must have cause*' a mental storm, and giving an anacs thetic added to it. She died of fear then? Yes, fear of the operation. Death from heart failure following shock set up bv intense fear and accelerated by the anaesthetic was the verdict.