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Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1930, Page 6

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PARIS BOY’S FRANK

PARIS, .March 14

Residents of a side street were surprised'one morning earlier in the week to find a barrier across the entry on which was a placard '.stating that tlie street was closed lor repairs. Alter several days, iii which no workmen appeared, inquiries were made. they revealed that boys, had put up the barriers •in order to play marbles um,iistui'i!oed. ■ ' 'em

PARSON GUNMAN

OTTAWA (Illinois), .March 14

The Rev. James Wilson, 00, a pastor of the .Methodist Episcopal Church was discovered making love to the widow of me of his parishioners. When two officials of the church threatened to make public charges Wilson went gunning for them. Me shot Amos Elliott, who was iseriously wounded by a bullet under the heart, and "Elliott’s wife suffered a flesh wound. Wilson was arrested and refused bail.

BOXING DISPLACES CABARETS

LONDON; .March 14

Recause patrons, especially women are surfeited of cabaret turns practically identical with hundreds oT other West End night clubs, the Win tonga r-

deu Club, says tin* “Weekly Dispatch” has inaugurated a series of professional boxing contests for gold cups and other prizes, wherein the combatants .must put up a vigorous exhibition, especially aiming for a knock-out.

.. Th.e, : manager‘ says that the spectacle ..is attracting"far'nmre women than the cabarets. Ml suppose "there is something primitive, in woman which is held fascinated by exhibitions of skilled force,” he said.

U.S. WOMAN LIQUOR SELLER

NEW YORK. March 14

Mrs F.tia. J[.ne Miller, 50, is free after serving-, .fourteen. imprisonment for selling, liqpur . .She was sentenced lour times and. sentenced to life imprisonment.. The Legislature, however, repealed the life-for-liour law and that automatically freed her.