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KING'S TRAIN TO
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POLICE precautions due to the I.R.A. bombing outrages made the King and Queen almost prisoners in the royal train ench evening during their three-day "no speechmaking" tour of the north-east recently.
Once the official functions of each day were over, they re- turned to the train, which was drawn up on the now disused New- castle-Ponteland passenger line near Ponteland station..
And through the alght specially picked Scotland Yard officers and detectives from the Northumberland County, Newcastle and L.N.E.I. forces guarded them.
The scope of the precautions-unparalleled for the safety of a King of Britain visiting the provinces of his own country-can be gathered from the fact that deleclives watched the relaying of every yard of gravel and plece of asphalt at the plaer where the train will stay each uight.
Normally, members of the Royal Family visiting the north-east stay at one of the great castles, Lambton, Lumiey or Alnwick, but a police oflçin said that their Majesties would be better guarded in the trairi, train.
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BOY Of 8, Tired Of Life, Aged 15, No Religion
Fleet Air Arm AND 3-YEAR-OLD
Goes Ahead
With more an £8,000,000 to spel.on aircraft during his first year of Admiralty central, the Fleet Air Arm promise to become one of the) must attmetive branches of the Ser- vice.
We have the assurance of Lord
BLACKED HER
EYE SAYS NURSE
BOYS of all ages figured in six unusual court cages
Stanhope, First Sea Lord, that "the in various parts of the country recently. There was the
British Navy-in-pretty well- alr» minded." And the IntestAdmirally cerulting fures reflect a very pro- inking start
DECK LANDING TESTS
According to these, 141 ollicci pilots have entered the Fleet Airi Aria from the R.A.F. and R.A.F. Re - [ serve: 101 cxecutivo naval oficer's are already serving as pilots and 132 as air observers.
In addition, the Fleet Air Arm is 13 executive allcers and 44 naval ratings under Instruction at Service flying training schools, and 34 naval ratings serving as observers' males,
At Danibristle, Fife, 14 rating pllois are making their final deck fanding tests aboard the carrier Courageous: 15 others will start training this week.
These figures do not Include officers of the RN.V.R. Air Branch or those reerulted from elvil life.
RECRUITING Campaign
O 238 Fleet Air Arm afflcers drawn from civilian ranks, 110 are training as pilots and 120 vs alr observers.
A recruling campaign for air filters and air riggers will be faunched during the next few days.
Other Fitet Air Arm branches are there of air mechanie, ur artificer, and air apprentice.
Boy of 17 who never spoke and was fed by his mother like a
bird.
Boy of eight who was unhappy and tried to stab himself.
Boy of 16 whose employers increased his wages instead of dis- missing him, to encourage him to mend his ways; he did not.
Boy of three who, said his nurse, blacked her eye and bit her neck; she smacked him, and won a claim for wrongful dismissal.
Boy of 15 who told the magistrates he had no religion.
Boy of 14 whose "present from Santa Claus" to his young
brother was stolen by a tutor who found it.
AGED EIGHT, UNHAPPY
"I was unhappy and wanted to kill myself," said the eight-year-old, who at Eating Juvenile court admitted trying to stab himself in the stomach with a carving knife.
(the mother)
"ite tells me he is very unhappy at home," added the officer.
Raid On Queen's Dress Maker
Thieves ralded the premises
of
furs
A woman probation officer suld the chlid threw piece of wood at his Mr. Normon D. Hartnel), dressnaker mother and the some dey tried to to the Queen, in Bruton-street, W.,
ond carried of with the recently f strike her
valued at £5,000. carving knife.
About the same
a.in.- time-4 another gung broke into the London On a charge of being beyond his Bullion Company's shop in Hay- parents' control, he was sent to market. S.W., and took Jewellery in remand home for a fortnight.
gold and silver, antiques and coins to the value of £2.000
RUSE BEHIND RISE ་ ་ ་
In their haste the fur thieves left The 10-year-old lad whose firm many valuable skins behind, but 10 increased his wages instead of dis-jewel rulders appear to have had ex- missing him, to encourage him to pert knowledge, taking the most mend his ways, appeared ut Caston valuable exhibits in the window. Juvenile. Court summoned for A
BROKE MAIN DOOR breach of a probation. order.
It was about 4.30 am, when He had been found to be untrust-policeman discovered that Mr. Hurt- worthy and a llar, it was stated. nell's premises had been entered, but
Kindness brought response and by then the raiders had gone. An Admiralty official said recent-later he admitted stealing is. id. be- The gang had prised open both.
that 50
per cent.
of the Attersenging to his employers.
halves of a side door, but Anding
Air mechanics are coming forward in satisfactory numbers and there is no shortage of pilot applicants.
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and riggers in the new bronches He had a stepfather, sald a pru-further progress stopped by a stout would be selected for prometion as bation officer, who was "conscious of air artificers.
public opinion against stepfathers"} und left ine boy in the hands of his mother,
"Yes! I'm convinced
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The ind, who said he had only borrowed the Is. Id. and repaid it, will be sent to an approved school.
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iron bar, worked on the main door, After breaking the thick glass and forcing the locks they went to the showroom at the back. Four, men are believed to have taken part in the raid-two to get the furs, one to watch, and a fourth wait- ing in the car in which the furs were taken away.
tunung
NURSE SMACKED CHILD
Mr. Harinell designs dresses for Alleging that her three-year-old the Queen. He designed the bridal Gloucester charge was out of control and haddress of the Duchess of pulled her hair, blacked her eye and and her eight bridesmaids, bitten her neck, Miss Erld Bretting-whom were Princess Elizabeth ham, of Beaconsfield Avenue, Col-Princess Margaret. chester, successfully claimed in West London county court that she was wrongfully dismissed for smacking
him.
Judgment for £5 85, for wages and loss of board was given against Captain I. S. Foxwell.
Miss Brettingham said she was employed by Captain and Mrs. Fox- well, then staying at a Kensington hotel, on a month's trial at a guines u week.
and
SAW MASKED MAN The raid on the London Bullion Company's shop was nearly folled.
An assistant" on night duly at a chemist's shop a short disiknce away heard a crach like falling glass, and was just in time to see a man, Jemmy in hand, and a handkerchief over the lower part of his face, crossing the pavement.
The assistant ran back into the. shop, dialled 959, but by the time a She was drying the child after his police patrol car arrived the thieves bath and he bit her neck. She told had got away. the Court: "I thought it was time he had some punishment and smacked him on the leg."
Mr. Foxwell said she never saw Miss Brettingham with a black eye. Judge Hargreaves thought Miss Brettingham was wrong to smack the boy when the mather was there and able to do it. But this did not justify Immediate dismissal,
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NO RELIGION AT 15 Asked to take the oath at Cuxton Juvenile Couri, n 15-year-old offender cald he had no religion.
They had wrenched the folding grille away from its catch and broken The door window.
"Big Jump" Was Medium's Control
A medium told counsel In a bel action in the King's Bench Division: recently thst his "control" was known as "Big Jump."
The action was brought by Mr. Mandor Fodor, a psychic research worker, of Pork Wert, Marble Arch. W., against Psychle Press, Ltd., pro- prietors of the "Psychle News," Mr. Maurice Barbonell, the editor: Mr.
He affirmed. Obstructing the police in Piccadilly Circus was the charge.
Saying he had been mistaken for Paul Miller, journalist: and the someone else, the boy intimated he printers and distributors of the would call a friend witness, Ho was remanded for a week.
STRAY DARTS
paper.
Mr. Fodor clufined that he had been altneked by a series of articles A duris scoreboard, darts and diary, suggesting that he was not atted to Christmas gifts from a buy of 14 to carry out psychical investigation. defendants denied that the his younger brother, were left behind, The
words were defamatory,
in a railway waiting room.
A private tutor Guy Baversham PHOTOGRAPH OF ECTOPLASM
| Morse-Boycott (50), of Devonshire Seeing a copy of "Psychic. Now"
Place, was at Brighton fired
£2 before Mr. Barbanell in the witness- with £1 costs for stealing the purcel Lox, Mr. Justice Singleton walked which bore a name and address and over,, picked it up, and asked what From Santa Claus"-by finding. a picture on the front page rr-
He said he was without his glasses presented, and took it home meaning to look for an address.
"RABBIT FEVER"
PROSCRIBED
"It is a photograph of Fru Lura" (a medium). Mr. Burbanell replied. Mr. Justice Singleton pointed to the photograph and asked: "What is this supposed to be?"
"It is supposed to be ectoplasm." zuld Mr. Barbanell.
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Mr. Barbanell rald he was medlum "to a little degree," and had undergone the experience! known as trance mediumship.
Leotonia, O. "Rabbit fever", the hunting variety, so depleted the ranks of Lectonin High school's boy students, during thë. rabbit hunting scuson, that Prin- cipal G. L. Powell issued a warning Jump." He had attended thousanda to the Lover's "vletims." Powell's of seances ahi, în one per cent, or warning stressed provisions of state two per cent. of custa pt the highest. rchoul-attendance, laws.
he had founxi fraud.
Hls "control" was known as "Si
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