GENERAL NEWS STEMS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2520, 19 December 1922, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS STEMS

A daughter was born to Mrs Saunders, of Mill House, Southampton on the day that her grand-* 1 son was horn. Twelve members of llie Japanese Air Mission, which rcentlv visited England, lunched comfortably in a Handley 'Page aeroplane while circling over the Piccadilly district, London. The matron of AViiHoue police station appeared as-.defendant in a case of abusive language at Highgate, and was warned by the magistrate: “You must rcfpcmlier thai any informal ion you receive a.-, matron was strictly conlideulia!.“ A lady visitor to Bournemouth named Ellen Margaret Prolberae ran the point of a pair of scissors into her hand while removing a cork from a bottle. Tne accident was not regarded as serious, hut blood poisoning subsequently set in, and" death followed in a nursing home. A novel land ship has been brought into use between Spurn lid. ami Kiinsea, a distaiictv of three miles. During the war a single rail.wuy line was put down to serve the battery near the Head. Recently a resident had the idea to fasten a sheet to a mast and attach it to a small truck on the line. In a high wind a rapid pace was achieved. Now a fishing' vessel’s sails have been rigged. “The/importance of athletics is exaggerated in some girls’ schools,” said Mr A. W. Cunnlnghau.ie, headmaster of Victoria College, Bath, distributing sports pty.es at Duke Street High,..School recently. “Football, for instance, is not suited for girls,” he proceeded. “Their charm, (balance and ,poise will all.be lost, and their' dignity lowered if too much attention lie paid to games/. Woman is endeavouring to put herself on a levql with man, not realising that already she is on a higher level. If she steps down to.-a lower level, she will probably, forfeit the respect of men.” He cuncludfd with an appeal to girls not to become mannish.