MAIL ITEMS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9079, 21 February 1908, Page 2

MAIL ITEMS.

A i*d ; : named Frank Abrahams, Suffolk, bad. climbed to a I eight of sixty feet in an el in tree to uislodge a kite, which was entangled in the branches, when he fell to the ground and was killed. A group of youths we amusing themselves by throwing stones at the front door of a house in Red Lion street, Richmond, occupied by a man named Mcßwan, Mcßwan opened the door to When one of the youths struck him twice, first on the body and on the forehead. Mcßwan fell to ; the ground, and on being picked up .was found to be dead. An influentially signed protest is being sent to a number of public bodies against “the plagne of flashing electric-light advertisements and sky signs, ’ ’ which the memorial says, “seriously threaten the beauty and impressiveness of Lodnon. ’’ It is suggested that a continnance'bf the alleged evil may result in the public actually growing to “like these dazzling deformities. ’ ’ Mr Gwilym Wigley, a young singer who has developed from a has* into a fine tenor, appeared on Tuesday at a recital at the JSolian Hall in London. Such a vocal transition is said to be entirely unprecedented. A : man presented himself at an hospital in Madgebnrg, and asked that five bullets be extracted from his head. He explained that he had attempted to commit suicide with a small revolver, hut had not succeeded. He added that the bullets were very painful. A youthful lover, aged seventeen, in military cadet’s uniform, called soma days ago at a young ladies’ school at Yoronesh, Russia, and asked to see one of the pupils. The lady superintendent acquiesced, and asked the girl to go to the reception room where her visitor awaited her; but on learning who he was, she refused to go. When the cadet was told her answer he drew a revolver antL shot himself through the chest. The ballet just missed his heart, and hia state is still critical.

Actuated by a desire to 'improve the moral status of the geisha class, Masa Tafnse, the sixteen-year-old daughter of a wealthy merchant in Osaka, has adopted the profession. The average geisha in Japan is of lowly" birth, and beyond her ability to dance and strnm on the samsien has no accomplishments to speak of. Masa Tafuse has the benefit of a good education, and graduated with honors only last year. She is an artist of considerable promise, writes poetry, and can ride a horse with grace.