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JACKAL RAIDS.
SHEEP FARMERS' HEAVY LOSSES.
BEASTS TOO CUNNING FOR POISON,
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JOHANNESBURO.
Natives report a serious invasion of jackals 00 farms under the Drakensberg, and sheep owners, are losing very heavily. One alone has had more than 50 sheep killed during the last three mouths.
It is surmised that these jackals have come in from, the Double Mountains, that little known and uninhabited tract of country lying on the top of the Berg between
Basutoland and Natal.
Wild Country.
This wild, rugged country is the baven and breeding ground of many stock pests, leopards, jackals, and the dreaded, Cape hunting dogs; and when driven by pangs of hunger and the shortage of game in that belt they cross over into Natal to plague the big flocks of sheep that are annually wintered in the sheltered kloofs under the Berg,..
»Jackals, except the harmices manhaar species, were almost en tirely unknown in these parts be fore sheepfarming was undertaken on a big scale, but they are now to be found within a few miles of the railway line. So serious has the menace 'become that many sheep owners in the Berg contem- plate giving up sheep-farming.
When jackals are about it means that the sheep have to be kraaled every night or some of them (mostly lambe) are killed-a fresh kill every time."
These wily thieves are "too cun sing. to take poison bait and it is seidom one is, got in this way. Hunting with dogs is about the only effescious way of getting rid of them.
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During the past few years the demand for hunting dogs has been great, especially the fox-terrier breeds which are "adapted to this kind of work,
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RIGHT TO WORK DECISION.
NOT FORCED TO JOIN A %
UNION.
The hearing was concluded of the action heard by Mr. Justice Maugham brought by the Attorney General at the relation of Mr. Herbert Halsall, against the Bir- kenhead Corporation, of which Mr. Halsall is a member.
A declaration was asked that re- salutions passed by various com- mittees of the corporation and con- firmed by the latter in June and July 1927, requiring their em- ployees to be members of trade unions were unlawful by reason of the Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1997.
The Attorney-General also clauo- ed an injunction to restrain the corporation from acting on the re- solutions
The corporation, in defence, said the resolutions had never been en- forced and there was now no in- tention to enforce them.
CAR SALES SECRETS.
COUNCILLOR CHARGED WITH BRIBERY,
"A TAINTED WITNESS."
Lordos, August 3rd. Charles G. Milton, of Bramley- ·
WIFE'S DEATH MYSTERY.
RELATIVES ASK FOR AN- OTHER EXPERT.
HEATED SCENES AT INQUEST.
shire, on Mrs. Jessie Llewellyn,
There was
an unexpected" de- road, South Croydon, a member of resumed at Llanelly, Carmarthen- velopment when the inquest was the Croydon Borough Council for the past three years, was at Croy aged 33. don Borough Police Court yester
She was the second wife of Mr... day committed for trin at the Joseph Llewellyn, aged 70, Central Criminal Court on a charge bunder and contractor, to whom
she had been married for three.. of offering a gift or consideration to
years. She died in June. Albert Edward Cucksey," an agent of Messrs. Stewart and Ardern, Ltd., motor-car dealers, Acton Vale, W., as an inducement to disclose information.
Mr. H. D. Roome, prosecuting, said that Messrs. Stewart and Ardern were the sale London agents for Morris cars. Cuckley was formerly employed on salary and commission in their Advancement of Sales Department. He was there fore in a confidential position.
Public-house Meeting,
changes at the proceedings between There were some heated ́ex-· Mr. T. H. Ludford, who appeared for the brother and sister of the dead woman, and some of the wit nesses, and the foreman of the jury said that they were prepared to accept that there was bad feeling between Miss Llewellyn, the step- daughter, and the dead woman.
When the inquiry was resumed the foreman of the jury asked whe ther the further evidence would have any bearing on the cause" of death.
Belatives' Wish
It was dileged, said Mr. Roome, that in January Cucksey, Milton, Mr. Ludford said that the re- and another man met in a South iatives of the dead woman con- | Croydön public-house and that sidered, with some justice, in his Cucksey was induced to disclose to opinion, that the evidence had left Milton the names of 20 or 30 pros- matters in a "very unsatisfactory Įpective customers with whom he was state. Dr. Davies, who had attend- dealing on behalf of Messra. Stewarted the woman, positively stated and Ardern. and also tell him the that the cause of death was ar top price quoted for their used senient poisoning.
ears.
Dr. Bevan "John bad stated
Miton visited certain prospective that death was compatible with ar- customers and offered them a for- senical poisoning and also that it. eign-made car on slightly better was compatible with something terms. While negotiations were else. On the other aide they had taking place between Stewart and the evidence of the pathologist who Ardern, and prospective purchasers | mid that"death was not due at all and Cuckser was writing follow-up to arsenical poisoning letters, Milton, it was alleged, was Win the interests of all parties going behind the backs of the firm concerned the relatives of irs. and telephoning, writing to, and Llewellyn now considered that an calling upon those customers. expert of the highest standing Milton presented a card to people should be called in. They hau whom he called upon which describinstructed him to obtain the atten- ed him as a member of the Croydon dance of such an expert and he Borough Council, an official of the asked for an adjournment for a local Ratepayers' Association, and fortnight. CODceted with the local manual hos pital fete.
Cucksey, Mr. Roome said, was a tainted witness, but he asked the Bench to accept only such evidence of his as was corroborated by reliable witnesses.
Mr. Frederick G. Funnell, furni ture dealer, King-street, Camden Town, N.W.,stated that he made an inquiry for a car with the idea of surrendering a cycle and side car in part payment. While the nego tiations were going on, Milton offer- ed him better terms if he took a car of another make." :་
Mr... Lewis Phillips, for Mr. Llewellyn, the widower, said - that it might be that the expert would be able to say right away that it would not be worth his while to. attend the inquest.
The Coroner, Mr. Brodie: That is quite possible.
Mr. Phillips: I think it is very: unfortunate that we should be put to all this expense.
Mr. Ludford: The expense, think, will be on the other side, and it will be far more satisfac tory in the interests of all concern- ed that the very highest, opinion should be called in to settle this
matter.
Third Of The Profits, Mr. Albert Edward Cucksey, "of A Wondertui " Expert. Manchester-road, Thornton Heath,
Mr. Phillips: The county said that in the public-house it was analyst attended here at my ex- arrunged that, he should pass on to
pressed desire. It is a surprise 'to Milton names and addresses of prosme that Mr. Ludford and those pective customers, with other parti who have instructed him did not culars, including the top price which think that it was worth their while Stewart and Ardern's were prepar consulting him before, so that they ed to give for cars surrendered. could have been able to arrange When he said he would be satisfied for the attendance of this wonder- with a third share in the profits, ful expert Milton did not approve or dis- approve.
Mr. Ludford: There is no won derful expert at all,"
fore
The
Union Secretary's Evidence. Mr. George Chadwick, a member
By past be sent Milton the ad-
Mr. Brodie: The first question of the Liverpool City Council and dresses of from 20 to 30 cases, in-that the jury will have to decide district secretary of the Electrical cluding Funnell's, but received no is whether arsenical poisoning was Trades Union, said he approached acknowledgment. Milton said at the cause of death. The evidence Mr. Stafford, the only electrician more than one interview that no in certainly contradictory. on the Queen's-buildings housing sales had resulted, but that he was doctor in attendance upon the scheme to get him to join the hopeful. He had received no money woman for a considerable time be E.T.U. Stafford said he would do from Milton.
death definitely says that Mr. Wilberforce Jackson, defend-death was due to arsenical poison- so, but joined another union in- stead and in consequence the othering, said that there was not a tittle ing. I asked him whether his. men declared they would not work. of evidence support the allega: opinion was shaken by the report with him. Stafford, who was di- tion. Milton came in purely and of the analyst and he said it was missed, afterwards E.T. U. and was reinstated.
Mr. Singleton, K.C. (for the Attorney-General): Did you, say to Stafford, "You are a nice one, ipining another union "1-No.
joined
the
Mr. Chadwick also denied' saying," "You are not going to get away with it." It was also untrue that
simply to finance the scheme and helped it through.
Mitou, who pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence, was allow ed bail.
DUCHESS-INVENTOR.
Stafford said, "I want to get on DEVICE FOR KEEPING EGGS with my work," or that he replied,
You will waste a lot more time over this."
Mr. Singleton: Did you try to persuade the men to come out un less Stafford was dismissed I told then that unless Stafford was re- moved we should expect them to cease work
IN GOOD CONDITION.
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The Duchess of Montrose, who has specialised for many years in utility poultry-keeping on estate at Bradick Castle, Isle of Arran, has invented a device for He did not know when he ap either for incubation or consump keeping, eggs in perfect condition proached Stafford of the existence tion.
of the corporation resolutions!
Judge's Decision,
not. Therefore if the calling of further evidence will assist in set- thing that important question, it will be in the interests of every body concerned that such evidence should be called.
The inquest was adjourned until August 21st:
U.S. GAMBLING MANIA.
POLICE RAIDS ON CITY OFFICES.
NEW YORK. Bitter complaints from wives away their weekly wages in lot that their husbands were gambling
She has called it the Brodick Egg raids by the police on two pools teries have brought about swift tarning Tray, and has put it to operating in this city. Sixteen fuil test on ber farm.
Mr. Justice Maugham, giving judgment, said he must draw the It is known that eggs will keep men were arrested in one week in
seized. inference that the refusal of the in good condition for a long period down-town offices and all records corporation in December 1927 to if they are turned half over every These lotteries, the police state, instruct heads of departments that twelve hours To turn "large
they were no longer to insist on number of eggs individually twice are based on the Stock Market, a first prize of £5,000 which the employees' trade union membership in twenty-four hours is a lengthy racing, and baseball. One offered showed that the corporation did task.
police allege was paid to a dummy.
not desire that the resolutions With the Duchess's tray, which is should cease to have any effect. about 4ft. long and 16in. wide, and He was, however, satisfied that divided crosswise by strips of wood there was no desire to oppress peo into seventeen spaces each holding ple who were not members of trade eix eggs placed end to end, or 102 unions or to put into force the eggs in all, the whole of them can resolutions except to a limited be exactly half turned in about a
Becond.
extent.
The baseball pool was so popular that 60 salcamen were employed and 80,000 tickets were sold week- ly in New York alone. Weekly deposits of £30,000 were paid by operators into a Brooklyn bank.
These lotteries are not confined to New York, but extend through-
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M. Cellerier, at the request of the conservators of the Leavre Museum, has set up a special laboratory. There, by means of his spectroscopic. method of examining the colours of: paintings, he is able to determine their genuineness or otherwise.
A spectroscope is an optical in- strument used to break up light tays into the primary colours.
All those paintings which M. Cellerier has classed as being doubt- ful are now only catalogued as Accordingly he did not think it The eggs rest on a length of
out the States. One cigar store The proud owners of no fewer attributed to such and auch a right to grant any injunction to canvas 310. longer than the bottom in Connecticut is reported to have than 50,000 Corots or, at least, of master, and several have been dis restrain the corporation from act of the tray, and affixed to a roller taken 20,000 tickets weekly for a 20,000 paintings sold in the United carded as, obviously spurious. ing on or enforcing the resolutions at each end. The overlapping baseball lottery.
The Copenhagen Museum has also United States States as the work of the famous There would, however, be a de- three inches is wound round one of Treasury balances also formed the French artist are likely to be sent several paintings to Paris for claration that it was not lawful for the rollers. The eggs are turned by basis for another gamble,
greatly perturbed by a series of examination by M. Cellerier. the corporation to require any per turning the opposite roller down-Federal assistance will be sought lectures to be given in their coun- When this work terminates in a few son as a condition or employment wards with the finger and thumb, for checking pools which extend try by M. Cellerier, director of the days time he will leave for the or continuance of employment to s that the extra three inches of their operations outside the State laboratory of the Conservatoire des United States to explain his become or be a member of a trade canvas is rolled on to it. The eggs of New York, The police declare Arts et Métiers, on his method of method to millionaire owners of that the ringsant. raide are but the distinguishing between genuine Old some of the most famous collections
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