NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE

Otaki Mail, 22 March 1922, Page 4

NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE

Birth Control Congress. j Mary AVinser, an Englishwoman, who 1 is a leader in the movement for birth control, and Margaret Sanger, head of the American organisation for achiev- • iug this reform, were arrested at the , Town Hall in Hew York for attempting to deliver speeches. They were taken to the night court, and there released on bail. < Mr Harold Cox, who came over from England to address the Birth Control Congress, was also billed to deliver an address at the meeting, but the police closed the hall before he could do so. ' The prisoners were followed to the police station by several thousands of their supporters and sympathisers, who sang the National Hymn, emphasising ironically the second line, 3 “Sweet land of liberty.” The audi- ■ ence which gathered to hear the speakers included a large number of prominent men and women of New York. AVhitechapel Luxury. Young women in AVhitechapel apparently expect something very handsome in the shape of an engagement ring. Samuel Gershout, at AVhitechapel County Court, sued Miss Eva AAarman for the return of an engagement ring valued at £29. He said that when they went to a jeweller’s to purchase a ring, his fiancee asked if he could not afford a better ring. Judge Cluei. What! Better than £29. There was a quarrel, and the engagement came to an end. Owing to a legal flaw in the solici- . tor’s letter asking for the return of the ring, Gershout was non-suited and will have to try again. Menace of Mice. Considerable anxiety is felt regarding the possibility of another mouse plague developing, says a AVagga message to the Sydney Morning Herald. .For a few weeks past it was known that mice were breeding rather freely in these districts, but there was notthing to be alarmed about. However. , reports are now filtering through from Narromine and other north and westj ! ern districts, stating that the mice trouble has become serious, and fears are ’ * entertained that the numbers may ini [ crease to plague dimensions. 'ln such B a case the plague would spread rapidly I throughout the districts where feed is plentiful. Mr E. Field, a member of the State Wheat Pool Board, is inspoct--1 ing the wheat stacks in the StockinbinI gal. Forbes and Parkes districts, with a view to every precaution being taken to guard against mice entering the ’ stacks. Farmers are urged to lie on their guard by fencing their hay and j wheat stacks with iron. Although mice are plentiful, the wheat stacks in the immediate district of AVagga have not been entered by the rodents to any ( serious extent.