The Absent Horse.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 November 1940, Page 4

The Absent Horse.

Back in 1903 there were 86 entries of draught horses at the Amberley "Horse Show ” At the fortieth annual gathering the other day of the organisation (now the Agricultural and Pastoral Association) there was'a solitary one. Shelters to Let. Optimism is possibly the most characteristic trait of the Englishman. Some of the families are even considering what they shall do with their air raid shelters when the war is over and they are no longer required. One woman has succesfully solved the difficulty. She is going to let the shelter complete with electric fire and light—to courting couples! Unbroken Spirit. One English woman at least does not rely on nerve foods for a rcjuvenatoi. She writes to a friend in Christchurch: "It is quite a tonic to sec the way the Londoners are behaving under fire. People whose homes are partly down have stuck a Union Jack in the windows or on top of the debris, and still go to work as best they can, singing "Roll Out the Barrel," "It's the Army, the Naw and the Air Force." or “Wish Me Good Luck" (Grade Fields's great hit). Ate Grass for Years.

Fondness of grass to eat led to the death of 60-year-old John William Bloomfield, of Harleston, near Slowmarket, Sufi'olk. it was disclosed at the inquest on him in Ipswich. "He was always eating it and always kept some in his pocket," the widow said to the coroner. Mr C. T. Dawson. “Best of all he liked the grass ho gathered from the village green." Medical evidence was that, eaten over years, the grass caused internal trouble which led to Bloomfield’s death in hospital. The verdict was “death by misadventure.”