GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2048, 30 October 1919, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Miss Peggy Fisher, a farm girl employed at Piltdown, Sussex, single handed attacked an infuriated, hull that was goring her sweetheart to death, and by her fearless'pluck and great presence of mind succeeded in frightening the animal from its prey. Thomas Marshall, Miss Fisher's tiancec, was feeding the hull, when ho slipped and fell to Hie ground. The animal immediately trampled on him, and began to gore him. His cries for aid were hoard by Miss Fisher, and she dashed to her lover’s rescue. All her efforts lo heat the animal oil, however, proved fruitless, and, meanwhile, her sweetheart was being done to death at her feel. The plucky girl, in desperation, finally sprang astride the animal's hack, and I lie hull, scared by this new mode of attack, left its prey and dashed oiT at full gallop, Us rider still clinging lo her seat. .Miss Fisher succeeded in dismounting, and assisted her sweetheart to a safe retreat before the animal returned to the attack. Marshall was expected to recover.

A young British officer, imw demobilised, is on Ihe point of revisiting the scene of the operations in which lie look part {luring the expedition lo the Dardanelles, “i am taking out,” lie said, "’a large Union -Jack. I intend to fix it on the summit of Achi Baba Hill." Disclaiming anything in the nature of cheap heroics, lie explained the reason of his journey. “We were three lifelong pais," he said, “world wander-' ers, and when war broke out we joined the colours, enlisting as privates, and going with oar regiment to Gallipoli. Before the landing at Suvla Bay wc each made a solemn promise that, whoever was spared, should, as soon as possible after the war, return to the spot whore any of us should chance to have been buried and plan! the flag at some point on the peninsula. I am (lie sole survivor. One of the three was killed when coming to my aid in. a difficult position; the other was missed later —believed killed. I was very badly wounded, and was in hospital nearly three years. aim now able to get about, and I am going out to keep-mv word lo my pals,"