THE HONGKONG
Unknown Poison In Sailor's
Party Death
DOCTOR ASKS FOR A MONTH TO NAME IT
A pathologist asked recently for a month in which to deter- mine the nature of the poison: which killed 40-years-old Mr.j Francis C. Newlands, manager- † steward of a City block of offices and flats.
The inquest on Mr. Newlands, who died after he had drunk from a flask of whisky, at a luncheon party in his fat at Temple Chambers, Temple avenue, was opened and adjourned until October
The party was on August 20, und Mr. Newlands was taken in the evening. He died early the following
in St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
de fret witnesses his widow,
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Mrs. Elsin Rose Newlands, who, with
" sister-in-law, wore deep
Mourning.
A allett.
with
dark-haired woman. n silver for fur over the shoulders of her tallored sult, she first identified her husband, and told how the re- mained with him until his death, after giving a blood transfusion.
Watching the proceedings for Mrs. Newlands was Mr. Thorold Rogers, a barrister.
Dr. O. J. P. Bollon, of Snow- hill, E.C., said that he reached the flat at 1 a.m. on August 21, and found Mr. Newlands tossing about in bed in obvious pain.
Dr. Hulme, the deputy-corONET: Did you gather what his symptoms were due tof-Before I saw the patient, I was met by two men whom took to be friends of his. and they stated that Mr. New lands had taken a drink from a bottle containing fluid,
Did you come to any provisional diagnosis as to what he was suffering from? Yes, In my opinion at the ume he was suffering from poison-
ing
IRRITANT'S EFFECTS
Was a bottle from which it was supposed he had drunk handed to you?--Yes, and it contained fuld,
Dr. H. A. Magnus, of St. Bartholo- mew's Hospital, who performed the
Tooth
Treated
TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1938.
LINER DAY LATE BECAUSE SAILOR HAD TOOTHACHE
Because Christopher Eastward, 25-year-old Irish sailor in the British ship Baron Yardborough, had toothache the American liñer American Banker was 24 hours late reaching Plymouth from New York.
Eastward's tooth was extracted, but severe haemorrhage set in, and he was in dunger of bleeding to death.
Radio calls for medical help, flashed across the Atlantic, were picked up by the American Banker,
EMPIRE NEWS
34,000 VICTIMS OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH
Cape Town.
The Minister of Agriculture, Col. Reitz sinted In the House of As- sembly tint 14,500 cattle and 19,634 sheep had been destroyed in the out- break of foot-and-mouth disease in Northern Natni.
The total paid In compensation for stock destroyed were £30,470. Both Europeans and native owners were generally very satisfied with the amounts paid said Col. Reliz.
was
A rendezvous in mid-ocean fixed by wireless, and for ten hours. the iner went through heavy sens, 120 miles off her course.
When the British ship was sighted oil had to be pumped on the sen to calm the waves before a lifeboat could transfer the Irishman-critically Il from loss of blood-to the Iner's hospital.
There he responded to treatment, and was able to walk ashore at Ply- mouth,
"It was touch and go," Dr. E. Murphy, surgeon on the American Banker, said, "Had we been a few hours later he would have died."
Rock Pile For Husbands
Falls City, Neb. It's the rock plle for Richardson county husbands
who fall to give. their wives support. A newly in- Inugurated county rock pile has been Mr. H. Lyell-Taylor-The Lon-started, according to county officials, don born conductor, Mr. H. Lyell- and stern methods are awaiting Taylor, who died in Johannes of such cases has demanded such on family "deserters.” The heavy run few
has left £24,958. His widow inherits the estate.
iden, it was said. Itoad Accidents-Mr. J. W. Hig-
weeks
1630
gerty, moving a res
resolution the Builds Miniature Band
Philadelphia.
Fred Rossi, unemployed wood car- ver, has bulit an orchestra in minta- ture which he synchronised with
House of Assembly that a commis- sion be oppointed to Inquire into road safety in South Africa, stated that
1.048
persona had been killed in rand accidents ur Union lost yeur and nearly 15,000 had been injured.musle from phonograph, 30 that In 1937 the number of persons killed the small musicians appear to be in road accidents in Great Britain playing. Rossi used old tin cans,
226,336.
Dr. Edward Murphy treating Seaman Christopher Eastward in the sick was 0.391, and the number injured radio parts, dentists' instruments and
bay of the Am erican Banker.
Man
Has Hiccoughs
For A Week On End
post-mortem examination, said he Hiccoughing on the average three times a minute, a man was recently admitted to Sydney Hospital in a serious condition. Then doctors infected a drug into the nerves around the din- phragm and there is now every hope that the man will recover.
found alight corrosion at the back of the throat and in his opinion death was due to the effect of an irritant.
"It is imposalble to determine the
nature of the irritant taken without further extensive examination, said. "A notable thing was that the irritant had so slight a corrosive nellon, yet its effect was no intense."
Hls examination would take quite a month,
Wounded Aug. 3,
1914-Bullet Now Taken From Leg
was
The man had several short attacks of hiccoughs before he
admitted, and for a week he hic- coughed continuously. Even in his sleep, until it was feared that he would die.
he was admitted pital, drugs wore injected manipulative treatment tried.
When
the rough, continued,
to has- and but
A constant watch was kept aver feared that his A Wis breathing might beccine paralyard Twenty-year-old Louts Herman, and he would suffocate. Hungarian, received one of the first Then doctors begun the new treat- wounds, if not the first wound, in ment, and in a short time the htc- the great war when he was shot in roughs ceased, the-leg by n Russian soldier on August 3, 1014, during the first skirsnelling affecting mish on the East Galician border, of stomach," Doctors were unable to extract the General of Pubile bullet from his leg. He becane Sydney Morris). Jaine
"Hiccoughs are usually a reflex of
B3l
the diaphragm the Director Health (Dr. E.
Although a number of people have few
weeks ago twenty-four died from contuous hicemaghs, the years later he felt pains in his in-cause of death is usually to be found jured leg. Then the bullet suddenly in the cause of the hiccoughs. pierced the skin and his ductor re- moved it with his fingers.
A
Canada Mines More
Gold
Ottawa, Ont.
Child Extortionists
Sacramento, Cal.
Fly Crashed
A Car
A fly was blamed for a colli- lon, on the main Bourne- mouth road, when Alexander Golum, Regents Park-square. Glasgow, was summoned for dangerous driving at Romsey, Hants, recently. Golum was alleged to have driven out of a line of trafle and collided with an oncoming car.
car.
He told the court a fly goì in his cye.
hils He braked but it swung to the offside.
The case was dismissed,
Periscopes Aid Search
Sydney, Australin.
Now something new in the way of Periscopen now are being used by extortion notes has Sacramento de- the Blue Mountains Rescue Society tectives puzzled. It was a 10-cent to ald them in locating parsons be- demand sent to Mrs. F. E. Becker,lieved to have fallen off cliffs. Ex- Cunado's 1938 gold production will threatening to harm her three smalt tending far out over the edge of the amount to approximately $100,000,- | children It she did not leave 10 clift, the periscopes permit the res- 000, an increase of $25,000,000 over cents nt the lock
of your garage cuers to survey the cliff face and 1937, oficials of the Mines and Re-door." Children were blamed for a to sec around rock projections be- sources Department here predict. prank.
fore making a descent with ropes.
PAINS
AFTER EATING
Gas pains and many other common ailments are caused by too much acid in the stomach-a condition easily and quickly relieved by taking
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Mr. Jono B. Gonsalve and his bride, the former Miss Olga Maria de Mello, photographed after their wedding which was solemnised re- cently in the Church of St. Lawrence, Matao.
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for
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