The Passing Show

NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 1

The Passing Show

MEW ZEALAND girls cling to short . skirts, says morning paper: Seems to us the short skirts clirfg to New Zealand girls. •■ •"■■''. ■.#... ■■.*.'» ' ■■• ' '■ ■ W/HAT this country wants m its pol,iW ticians is a darned sight less policy and a lot more principle! ■#.•'.« .# .".'■■ "AN Old-Time Cure For Itch." Scratch. If m the palm— cash! ■ ■ ' *. ! ■ * * W/HEN a stony-broke aristocrat ** nobbles an- heiress he calls her;his "ftnancee!" , ..- /-.'* * '* ■ PERTAIN charities bestow silk on the poor. Charity covers a multitude of shins; #. ■ ■'■• ■*• •■ „ ■■.*■,•■ ■■■• ' THE glad-eye wa's the first wireless message. . • . ■

"Were you .there" when your sister died?" she was asked,'- -but Mrs. ■Dunne-, feard replied that she was not there at the time. , . . . , The coi'oner intimated that he would adjourn the inquest sine die. . The chief detective objected to the. attitude of the witness. ■ / "Everybody seems to, be gagged. ; and bound," he complained. ; : '?No one seems to know a thing, we cannot get any information." Cororier Hunt took a serious; view of this. "Oh, is that so?" he remarked.-; "Well, they had. better remember that people can be prosecuted for attempting to. defeat the ends' of justice. 1 The coroner also inquired of : the chief detective. whether he was experiencing difficulty with witnesses m the case.' . ■ - ■■■ ''•.-■'■ ' ■■,■■'" i "Yes," was the emphatic reply, "they refuse to say anything-; They say they are acting on the advice of their solicitor. .-> They ■ say 'their solicitor,'.- but I think it is the solicitor for someone else. '• . . .' • -. ■: ,'. ..•■■'.. . . The refusal Of- Mrs. Dunnefeard to answer certain questions, except when pressed, to .do so, . created a sensation m; court and the\ "gallery" : hung on ■ every word that was" said. What; is the secret of Freda Clark s I death? And why, as alleged by the chief detective, a. conspiracy of silence on ! the part- of witnesses In theY case? The inquest ' proceedings, short though they were, had quite a sinister touch, but the stern warning issued by th& coroner concerning the; liability to prosecution q^£ those who "attempt to defeat .the ends of justice," Will no'

doubt have its effect.; The attitude of Mrs. Dunn ef ear d m the' witness-box only served to stim ulate pub lie interest m, the case, and has added a highly sensational turn to the tragedy., Meanwhile, Freda Clark is dead, but the law intends to know how she died. The myster/ will be cleared up at the resumed . inquest; the date of which has not yet been fixed. ,