ATHLETIC WONDERS.
RECORDS BEATEN AT FENNER'S.
never
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FAMOUS ACTRESS'S
ACTION.
NEWSPAPER AND ENGAGE- MENT OF MISS COOPER.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, JULY
1927.
RECLUSE AND HER DOGS.
M.P. ROBBED OF HIS VALUABLES.
TRAGIC STORY OF A VILLAGE THIEVES RANSACK COLONEL
were
FIRE.
rescued made fierce
Miss Seoger, was regarded as a recluse, and Eastwood House,
"DAY'S FLAT.
£7,000 OF GOODS STOLEN.
A haul of over £7,000 worth of: valuables was made, by thieves, who forced an entry into and ran- sacked, the flat of Colonel Harry Day. M.P., the theatrical-propric- or, labour member for Central Southwark.
The Ant in Carlisle Marsions,
A remarkable story of a woman ORD BURGHLEY'S TRIUMPH.
and her dogs was told at the ins APOLOGY AND SETTLEMENT.quest at Farnham, Surrey, in mafi has Fenner's Never before
week, on Miss Lilian Florence Sec- round at Cambridge Been pack-
A settlement was announced inrer, who lost her life when her for an athleticmecting as it
the King's Bench Division, London, house in the little village of Ash as when Cambridge University in mall week. of an action for at Vale was destroyed by fire. Three pposed the A.A.A and fore has such a series of won-leged libel, brought by Miss Gladya dogs died by her side, and others
Cooper against the London Express hat rful performances been seen on Newspapers, Ltd., and the editor; efforts to prevent the body of their e ground. In fw events
for a paragraph which appeared In mistress, being taken away... cords were established," om a British record, in three the Sunday Express on November 7, 1926, coupling her name with hers the existing records unlled, while in awn out of the what was described as one of the ree remaining events the record best-known titles in the land.. ands anly by the narrowest of a argins. The here of such onderful day was undoubtedly ord Burghley, who only recently turned from America, The pity is that, F. R. Gaby was there to oppose him in the sh hurdles. Still, he had G.C. elghtman-Smith to extend him, d he returned 14 4/5sees, which t only beat the ground record t equalled the British record: latter, however, was recorded grass, so that Burghley's effort the best ever made on cinders. He was not content with one cord at this his last appearance Fenner's as an undergraduate: withough he had to make all own running in the low her she put up another ground totd of 20 1-brec
Frimley-road, where she lived Westminster, was left unoccupied alene with her dogs, was an eight-for only an hour-between 8 and 9 in the evening while the maid was at Westminster Cathedral.
Sir Patrick Instings. for Missroomed building. Gooper. said he was glad to be able to say that his Lordship and the jury would not be troubled with the trial at the action, but in view of its nature he would like to explain how the action came to he brought,
with.
Perey Seeger, a poultry farmer, }" of Whitstable, said Miss Soeger was his sister and was forty-two of age. He last saw her years about five years ago, but they had corresponded recently.
Mrs. May Hoeme, a neighbour, who had known Miss Seeger for eight years, said that about a month ago Miss Seeger, had told her that she had not sold a dog since last September.
Colonel Day told the Central News that he was taking part in división in the House of Con- mons, when He was rung up and told what had happened.
The thieves entered the flat by the front door, he said. They cut one of the glass panels open so that by one of them putting his hand through the hole he was able to put back the latch.
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inside, they made thorough haul of all the most valuable articles they could carry away. They took all Mrs. Day's jewellery, and all the plate that
Once A police constable, who was called to the house, said he found the front double gates and small gales were barred and locked There was smoke coming from the boof at the back of the house. All was real silver."
the windows and doors were fastened and bolted. He smashed
|:
"Confusion Everywhere."
Miss Cooper brought the action, he continued, because she feels there is a growing habit among some people who write on theatri- cal matters to put into the news papera paragraphs about members of her profession, which might not he thought to be proper, apparent ty tn he put in about other poeple, Miss Gladys Cooper was staying among other guests, Sir Gerald and Lady Du Maurier, at the house of a gentleman whose name was well known all over the country. For some reason that was inexplicable, a very wide spread rumour gel abroad that the host of this party, and Miss Cooper were engaged to be married. It was a rumour extremely annoying Those who expected a record in both to 3liss Cooper and the gen-
three miles were Bot dis-teman referred to. It was the A firman said he found Miss pletely upside down, and made a pointed. The order of Saishing sort of rumour which it was per-Seeger lying on her back with her careful selection of all the tor- SH.A. Johnston, W. Beavers, fatty obvious if either a lady nehead near the gas oven in the saul-toiseshell brushes and ether arti- Frith, all very close, and the
a gentleman made public enpital lory, and her feet towards the cop-cles that they could find. When le 14mith 35.2-5.
out of they would be guilty of the per. Her hands were clasped the maid came back about nine alove her head. All the windows o'clock the place looked like the were shut, and the deer was lock-aftermath of the battle of Water-) rossest breach of bad taste.
ed on the fasile. He turned the on. There was confusion every- main gas. tap off. In the same where, room were three dead dogs.
A Great Mile. In the mile H. B. Stallard, yell ced by Moon and Langridge, only retained his unbeaten res ed but established a new time of in. 18 4-5sec.
Dr. B. Salibury Woods improvisd his own 14ft reard at the ight by the matter of an inch. The three eventa in which ta were equalled were the hur-
"Worst Possible Taste."
That being the sfate of the rum- ed, in which H. H. Hodge re-our, this paragraph, added Sir Pal- ded 9 4-5sec.: the pole jump, tick, ameared in the issue of this ich was won by L. T. Bond a paper on the date mentioned. t. 3in. and the half-mile, in The paragraph read: ich C. Ellis put ep a great race. dling D. G. A. Leve all the way beating him by a yard and fin Imin. 551-5aec.
"It is just twenty gira ago that Gladys Cooper was a chorus girl at the Gaiels Theatre. Now idle rumour has been coupling her ante with one of the best known lea in the land, and stating that h jump and clearing it vory she has been invited to wenn, it.
. E. London surprised every- y by clearing in, at the
11, while, E., M. Butler did 49 | When asked about the rumbur by see. in the quarter, J. W da man 4 knew Miss Cooper Was kel not being a cuongh to very humorous and said, "The next y the full distance,
Mime you want to marry somebody wish you would choose someone respectable.*"
re-
B. V. Powell won the log p at 29ft. Bin. and so, as was y to be expected, a truly sentative England Leam, heat University by 66 1/6 points to 5-6 points,
me to
or saying this it would have heca IT Miss Comer had been quilts in the worst possible bad taste. But as it was there was not the slightest Foundation or truth in the rumour, and having communi- ATCH TEMPERAMENT, | cuted with the other, person con-
DIFFICULTIES OF STAR PLAYERS.
temperament in all games plays important part and often makes difference between a failure
succcaa.
he greater the lawn
cerned she came to the conclusion that this had to stop. The writ was not issued, said Mr. Patrick, until after every opportunity had been given for a simple apology to he put in the newspaper. That was not done, and therefore the writ was issued.
any.
Miss Cooper had not the slight- tennisest desife to make any money out er, 'ns a rule, the more highly of the action, nor had she acquired ing.he is, and in this respect resembles a great “artist, ut some players have so mas- dtheir emotions that the eral public consider them in- turbable. There are two pro ent players whom I auspect of ng highly temperametal, yet have such wonderful control themselves that to name them to invite derisive laughter at daring. They are R. Lacoste
Miss Helen Wills.
A satisfactory arrangement had been made na to the costs of the action, and the action would therefore stop.
I can't help hoping, said Sir Patrick, that it will, he realised that just because a lady happens to be a member of the theatrical pro- fession it is not fair to use her name to make observations in ex- verable taste, and that in the f ture Miss Gladys Cooper will not have this sort of paragraph writ- oth have been schooled in self-ten about her... trol, and what better schooling:
to say
Sir His Hume Williams, for the one have for games and for defendant said the newspaper was ? When René Lacoste received pleased that the matter had been buble fault from Tilden for the furranged to the satisfaction of thei point of that niemorable match plaintif. The last thing the news- St. Cloud there was just one paper contemplated was hent when Laceste nearly gave anything which would he in the self the deserved pleasure of lenst derogatory to a lady holding ibiting some of his pent-up ex-such a position as Miss Cooper did ment. He hesitated a moment, in the theatrical profession. It gave a little two-step move very much regretted if anything t. But just when I expected which had been said had been pos to throw his reguet in the sible of misinterpretation or mis-
he recovered himself, walked understanding..
aly to Tilden, and shook hands. forman Brookes and W. T.
len are both temperamental,
gh the strain affects them dif-| htly. Brooka shows his dis- Sure and in his annoyance is games, while Tilden also ws displeasure and then goes to play more wonderfully than
CRICKET INCIDENT.
WHY FLINT WAS CALLED
BACK.
A curious incident marked the Flint-Larwood partnership Inst month at Lord's. Flint, in hit-
GGETT'S COAT AND BADGE, ting a ball to square leg, trod on
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his wicket. The bowler's umpire, with his view obstructed by the bowler, did not see what had hap- has been deelded that the an-pened and signalled a boundary. race for Doggetti's Cont and The aquare-leg umpire, on being ge will take place over the appealed to admitted that, in get- al course from London Bridge ting out of the way of the ball, he Chelsea on Thursday, July 28. had turned his head away and had uld there be more than six missed the incident of the wicket
e the
ies preliminary lients to re-being broken. Thus as neither competitors to that umpire could give a decision; Flint, aber will be held over a course who had started" to retire, ween Hamnieraith and Putney called back, only to be bowled next
go on Monday, July 18.
ball.
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window and Hibernted two dogs from the front room. There were dogs in the kennels at the back of the house, and he got them out with assistance.
They went from room to room breaking every lock in the place and pulling opeu every drawer and cupboard they sould find. :::
They turned the bedrooms com-
I
There must have been three or
A dretor, who made a post-mor-four thieves to have made such a tem examination, said the appen thorough search in so short a time, ees were very characteristic of and they must have had a motor with them. They packed poisoning by qurbon monoxide de-car veloped by combustion within a everything into three large suit-, close-up building. "I imagine she cases, which they carried away. was trying to escape, and collaps-i Jed next the dong," he said. "Pro ably the five started much earlier than when it was discovered."
The Coroner said there was no evidence to suggest that it was liss Secker's own act that caused her death.
The jury returned a verdict of tumes caused by the fire." Death by misadventure through
A number of valuable pictures, added Colonel Day, had been 'cut, "parently with a knife.
It has not yet been possible to ascertain the exact value of every thing that is missing, but it mast he wall over £7,000.
Three years ago Colonel Day had a considerable amount of pro- verty stolen from him.
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