GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2546, 22 February 1923, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

On the way to the slaughter house at Leicester, a bullock went mad, ran along several streets, and

then entered a back yard. Here it pushed a wall down and thou jumped through a window on to a dining room table, smashing plates, dishes and glasses. Cut by broken glass and crockery, the animal rushed into the front room, breaking all the furniture. Slaughterers were telephoned for and shot the bullock through the window. In accordance with his annual practice, the Earl of Derby has given £1,550, representing 5 per cent, of his racing winnings for 1922, to be administered by the Benevolent Department of the British Legion. This represents total winnings for the year of £31,000. The gift is to be earmarked for the benefit of exofficers and ex-other ranks in the Liverpool district. Last year Lord Derby’s gift amounted to £I,OOO, being 5 per cent of total winnings of £20,000. While hot on the scent of a fox near Penzance, hounds belonging to the Western Hunt ran to the mouth of a disused mine, and seven of .them, with a hun tended, fell 70ft. down the shaft. As the light was failing and the shaft is in an isolated part of the country, rescue was impossible until the following morning, when the hounds were brought up through a. member of the kennel staff making an adventurous descent with a rope and ladder.

Burglars broke into the offices of the East Ham branch of the British Legion a few weeks ago. A notice had been posted the previous day announcing that £4OO had been collected by the sale of poppies on Armistice Day. Fortunately the secretary had removed most of the cash to safety, and the burglars found only about £2. They showed their annoyance by scattering the pensions papers before they left. The office is close to the police station.

The world’s greatest rigid type of “air liner” is now being designed by the Airship Manufacturing Company of America, and it will bo used on luxurious aerial services between New York and the chief American cities. This vast airship is built of feather-weight metal alloys, and will be borne tip in the air by 7,000,000 cubic feet of gas. Thei’e will be separate sleeping compartments, and cold -baths will be available. Driven by engines developing thousands of- horse-power, monster craft is to have an average speed of 80 miles an hour.