GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2559, 24 March 1923, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Prince Henry, who intended to

ride in the same races as the Prince of Wales was exercising a horse at Weedon Barracks riding school, when he was thrown with some violence while taking a jump. Several officers ran to his assistance and found the Prince unconscious. They summoned a doctor and the Prince was put to lied. Fortunately the concussion was of the slightest and he recovered consciousness almost immediately. It was reported later that the Prince was still in lied, but enjoyed a good dinner. The accident is not serious. A tragic story which might have suggested another “Song of the Shirt” to Thomas Hood, was told at the inquest at Taunton, on Eli- 1 y.nbeth Samson, a laundress, aged, (it). “She was worn out, and died from overwork, which produced heart failure,” said Dr. J. A. MacDonald, former president of the British Medical Association, in giving evidence. The woman, it was said, had slaved for years to support an invalid mother and sister, and was working up to a late hour the night before her death. In returning. u verdict according to the medical evidence, the coroner observed that lew people nowadays died from overwork. A good story.of a Maori's first tide in a train wa> told at the Heturned Soldiers' Association a niglii or two hack. It happened at the Auckland end of the line, and the Maori entered the train with much trepidation, especially as the carriage was near the engine, which was blowing off steam. lie was not at all happy as the train accelerated speed and as it dashed into a tunnel all sorts of weird mut tarings were 'heard proceeding from the corner where he snt.« -lust as siiddenlv the train dashed once more into daylight, evidently to the great astonishment of the Maori, who looked round with an amazed expression on his face and remarked, , “Py gorry, to-morrow!” Mr and Mrs Benjamin .Johnstone, of \Vjesfc Kirby, near Birkenhead in England, lmd six sons. Five lost their lives in the war, and the sole surviving son had both leg's shot off. Lord Birkenhead, who unveiled a war memorial at West Kirby, mentioned these facts, and said no liner example of patriotic devotion could be imagined. Such sacrifice must be almost unique not only in England hut in all the belligerent countries, and the name of the family must be spoken with pride . wherever the English language was • spoken. The memorial, which fac- - ed “the melancholy ocean,” would \ be, lie added, a beacon to fishing • men as they plied their humble f craft. It would too, be a b%acon in [ the larger field of life to those who ; in their turn would stand for Engr land.