NEWS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1932, Page 2

NEWS ITEMS

MURDERS OF TAXI-DRIVERS An unusual sight was offered at Helsingfors with about; 600 taxicabs forming the funeral procession for a young taxi-driver named Ividlberg, who was murdered and robbed on a lonely road by a passenger. Helsingfore. had to go virtually without taxi service at its busiest time as a result. The procession also served to remind the public of the recent epidemic of murderous attacks on taxidrivers by robbers. Some of the assailcnts are apparently homicidal maniacs, as one who was arrested said he intended to kill all the taxidrivers in the city. BOTTLE FLOATS 1500 MILES. A message written on the French liner France end thrown overboard in a bottle picked up on the coast of North Devon at Westward Ho. It was sent to the “Daily Mail” by the vicar of Appledore (the Rev. H. C. S. Muller), and states that the bottle was thrown over by Samuel and Jerome Sverdik, of 2039, Sixtv-third Street. Brooklyn, New York. “I predict,” says the writer, “that when it will be found Jerome will be a wellknown lawyer, and Sam a physician.” But he did not think it would be found so soon, for the information was added that Jerome was eight years old, and Samuel 14. EGGS . BARGAIN SALE IN STREET. (Thousands of eggs were smashed atul scattered about the pavement and roadway when a heavy lorry, owned by a firm of Bermondsey haulage contractors, and laden with several dozen crate-: o; •Swedish eggs, overturned after colliding avith another 'lorry at Central Park Road, East Hain, recently. The news quickly spread, and large crowds gathered and made good use of 'the opportunity of securing dozens of cracked eggs at bargain prices, for the salvage workers, realising .the hopelessness of their task, decided to get rid of the cracked eggs on the spot, and the scene for two or three hours represented a miniature egg market. The driver of the lorry was; slightly injured, but was allowed to go home after hospital treatment.