NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2731, 10 May 1924, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

Tlie swallowing of a dead wasp in a, glass of stout was tlie subject of an action at the Brighton County Court. England. Walter Murphy, auctioneer’s clerk, sued H. D. Clark, licensee of tin* George Tun, Portslade, for damages. Tn drinking stout at the inn Murphy thought at first lie had swallowed a piece of cork, hut later lie found several dead wa-ps in Ins glass. Dr. Hayes said the imposition nf the wasp ai’glit prodiiee poi-oning, hut. on tin- jit her hand. Dr. Derry's opinion wa~ llial the swallowing of a dead u asp though unpleasant, was harmless. The plaintiff was awarded .Co 5 - damages and i-osts. “There are seven of the name of Gipsy Smith.'' said Captain Gipsy Pat Smith, in an interview at Auckland. “All of its are true Romneys. I was horn in Glasgow, in my father's tent, and, as far as 1 know-, 1 have no relations with the other six. There is (tipsy Rodnc\ Smith, so famous as an evangelist, also his son. Gipsy Smith, junior, who is mow a preacher in the United State--. Then there is another Gipsy S. Smith, cousin of the one preaching in America, and Gipsy Ezekeil Smith his uncle, who w;w a preacher before the famous Gipsy Smith started his work as an evangelist, and then there is myself. “Being a Preshvlerian.’’ lie said, “T need hardly add that T am not an emotionalist in my evangelistic mission." One of the earliest floods recorded in Auckland was in 1848, when the population numbered 3,615, and there were 17 stone houses, 25 built of brick, 84 of wood, and -H constructed of rattpo. The “New Zealander” refers to it as the result of a “very heavy storm of rain, which caused much damage by flooding the houses in Queen Street.” A north-east gale backed up the water in Ligar Canal, which was the name given to the gnllv that ran up where Queen Street now stands. The account states that “Hie valley behind tlie courthouse was flooded.” This refers to the comer of Queen and Victoria Street East, occupied by (he City Chambers. Cottages were inundated and the bridges across the gully were “engulfed.” The report "adds that “the turgid waters in the ditch were within a few feet of the principal houses on one side of Queen Street.