LATE CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1931, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS

TITLED WAITRESS. NEW LADY LANGFORD. LONDON. January 20. Asked whether she would go to .Australia. if her husband, Mr C. W. Rowley, a former Tamaki boy who has succeeded to the Barony of Langford, did not desire to return Lady Langford, a Strand teashop waitress, said she bad only the vaguest ideas of whafc Australia. was like, and therefore bad not yet even considered the possibility, “I last heard from my husband in 1925, when lie wrote from a poste restante address in Sydney stating that lie was laying the foundations of a home and farm,” she said to a “Sydney Sun” representative. “If lie is still continuing lie ought to have the foundations of a palace by this time. Representatives of llis family called and invited me to lunch, but lunch is only lunch, and a good job is a job. I have no time to go to lunches. Apparently the family has been unable to get in touch with him in Australia. I have not the slightest idea were he is at present. He is a sociable kind of man, sft 6in tall, with dark brown or dark grey eyes. He has a slight cast iu one eycf, but I do not remember which.”

“My bill, please, miss,” interrupted a woman customer. Lady Langford made quick calculations about tea and toast, wrote out the bill, then smiled at the “Sun” representative, and disappeared hastily to serve others. Lady Langford has a marked poise, and almost patrician features. She is soft-voiced, and lias a somewhat, aloof manner. Her figure is slender, and she has well-manicured fingers. She is very pretty, with a clear Irish complexion, jet black curly hair, and big blue eyes. Lady Langford’s brother, Lawrence Shiel, is an actor.

VILLAGERS SCARED.

FIRST CINEMA SHOW. BERLIN, January 20. Modern film realism caused a terrified stampede on the part of the villagers of Georowesti, who witnessed the first cinema show held there. The populace crowded the hall, and were being shown a novelty film during which a railway engine appeared to he approaching and growing ever larger, as though it would rush out from the screen. Wild panic ensued. Shrieking “Save us!” the audience rushed the exits, and many were flung to the ground, where they were trampled and seriously injured. THE DOG HAS ITS DAY. TT LASTED FOR A FORTNIGHT. PARIS, January 30. A fortnight ago a small black and white terrier ran down the steps of St. Placide station and disappeared rnto a tunnel, apparently seeking rats. For several days the drivers on underground trains often had to apply their brakes hurriedly as the terrier strolled along the track. Finally it established itself under the platform of Odeon station, and after a fortnight the current was cut oft’ and a search party of policemen descended, | equipped with lassos, chains, broomsticks and two pounds of meat. After 45 minutes’ search, the dog’s sporting fortnight was ended by a lasso.