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Hokitika Guardian, 10 April 1931, Page 2

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VICTIM’S BURIAL. ENGLISH MURDER CASE. LONDON, March 24. While candles fluttered, and the wind blew the flame of the sexton's lamp, the unknown victim of the blazing car murderer, Arthur Rouse, was buried at I dawn in Hardinstone churchyard. Only a journalist, the vicar's wife, and five policemen, all of whom were witnesses of the trial, and who sent the only wreath, were present. The sexton rose early, and dug the grave by lamplight, so that the villagers would not know. The journey from the morgue to Hardinstone was silent, hut dramatic. The hearse, containing the unknown corpse, was heavily curtained, and on its way passed the charred strip of road where the murder took place. The coffin bore merely the wolds “An Unknown Man. Died November 6, 1930.” The police, who are still convinced that Rouse could have identified his victim, delayed the funeral, in the hope of a last-minute confession, but - the murderer went to the gallows with sealed lips. More than 1000 mothers and wives reported their menfolk missing during tlie investigation, and many still fear that their particular anxiety may have its solution in the c-liarred body, buried in Hardinstone churchyard, unknown to all except the man wild occupies a | killer's plot at Bedford Gaol, THE KING’S HORSES, SEASON’S BRIGHT PROSPECTS. LONDON, -March 28. The “Daily Mail" stales that the King, this season, will Lake more than | his usual interest, in racing. His prosj pects as an owner are considered to be brighter. He has 30 thoroughbreds in training, including a number of two-year-olds, on which his hopes run high. The King will enter Ashridge tor the Derby, and will also have representatives in the St. Legcr and Two Thousand Guineas. AUTHOR DIVORCED. SABATINI RESPONDENT. LONDON, March 28. Rafael Sabntini, the author and dramatist, was divorced some days age by his wife, who was formerly Mis* Ruth Goad Dixon, on the ground of impropriety in Paris wflh a woman whom he had promised to give up. The wife learned from n letter that her husband had established the woman in business at Versailles, and resumed relations with her. She then instituted divorce proceedbigs, At the hearing it was stated that the marriage was unhappy. Sabatini left his wife after their only child was killed in an accident. BRITISH WOOL FAIR. FROM FLEECE TO FABRIC. LONDON, March 27. “From Fleece to Fabric,” is the motto of the Imperial Wool Industries Fair to he held at Bradford from July 3 to July 18, associated with an historic pageant of 7500 performers, and possibly with a society wool ball at Grosvenor House, London. “The project is supported by the Prince of Wales, the Board of Trade Overseas Department, and the AgentsGeneral.” says the “Yorkshire Observer,” “hut Australian representation is doubtful on the score of expense. “England and the Dominions are filling 1000 square feet with exhibits, demonstrating every process of manufacture, and bn vers will attend from all over the world.” Major W. Whittall. the London manager of the fair, in an interview, stmngly urged that the Commonwealth should allot £SOO to enable adequate participation.