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The U.S.A. Federal authorities are investigating the reports that Mr W. C. Spurgin, the missing president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company, converted a private vault into a saloon for wealthy business men. About £2,000 worth of liquor was seized at the Trust Company’s premises recently. A Copenhagen message states that a proposal is under consideration for converting into a seaside restaurant the German U submarine 20, which sank the Lusitania, and was subsequently driven ashore off the west coast of Jutland north of Borgjerg. Carl Numann, of Copenhagen, laid a wager that he would eat twenty-six hard-boiled eggs if the report of Signor Caruso’s death was confirmed. The wager was accepted, and when the report was confirmed Numann ordered and ate the twenty-six eggs. An hour afterwards he died.
Because they “looked bulky,” two men were stopped in Piccadilly and searched. In their pockets were large quantities of cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, and pipes. “It’s a fair cop,” said one. “We went to break into a jeweller’s shop, but by mistake got in the wrong window, and found ourselves in a tobacco shop!” An elderly man who appeared at Wealdstone for drunkenness was amused when a police officer he insisted upon singing a song to him. “Tell them what I was singing,” lie demanded. “I don’t know what it was,” replied the constable. “Then I’ll tell you,” said the prisoner. “The song was entitled ‘God Bless Our Police. Force.” A number of anglers had thrown out their lines from Deal Pier when a motor-boat laden with holiday-
makers approached and in spite of protesting shouts from everyone, drove across the lines, dragging a rod out of one unfortunate angler’s hands. A short time after another angler had a “bite,” and upon hauling. in, much to the amusement of everyone, drew in the lost rod. A party of motorists met with an unusual accident on the l’oad from Grenqble to Valence, France, where a wild boar leaped out of the bracken at the roadside, and attacked the car. In his excitement the cha'uffeur ran the car into a fence, seriously damaging the . engine. The passengers scattered in terror, but one had the presence of mind to draw a revolver, and shot the boar dead.
Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, has presented in the House of Lords a petition over a mile in length containing 78,105 signatures. It was from the people of Monmouthshire, who asked for the same privileges of Sunday opening (under the Licensing Bill )as are to exist in every other English county. It is said to be the largest petition ever presented to the House of Lords. In future every girl 'and man found “hugging” in motor cars will be fined, if the threat made by Justice of the Peace Jackson, of Magnolia, New Jersey, is carried out. Mr Jackson’s view is that both the driver’s hands should be on, the steering wheel, instead of round the gii-l’s waist. “I’ll fine’every man and girl found kissing and hugging in a motor car going through Magnolia,” said the justice, “and I’ll recommend the driver’s licence be taken away.” Pierre Iloelz, who escaped from tjie Lille military prison in company with a dozen or more fellow prisoners, all accused of having communicated with the enemy during the war, and about to stand courtmartial, returned to the Lille prison —his guard being his o\vn father. When Hoelz escaped he went to Paris to see his father, to ask him for money to go abroad. He assured him he was innocent of the charge, and that his innocence would be shortly proclaimed. If you arc innocent, let French judges declare it, and as you swear your innocence there is no harm in mv escorting you back to prison,” said the father.
At present a board of guardians cannot so much as appoint a woman to scrub floors without first submitting the scheme to Whitehall for approval. All fcucli delay, expense and red tape are to be avoided in the future, if recommendations just issued by the Ministry for Health in a circular to Poor Law authorities arc carried out. It is suggested that as far as possible special letters in regard to individual cases — “the casual organism of red tape” —should be abandoned, and that the yearly review, followed by a single application specifying the guardians’,proposals for the coming year, should be generally adopted. “Up to the present,” it is pointed out, “every appointment, every increase of sa’ary of Poor Law-offi-cers, has been submitted as an indi-. vidua! case to the Minister of Health for approval.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2342, 15 October 1921, Page 1
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