"GO YOUR TIME
AND DO
Before Mya. Elizabeth Randall left her home in Chalfont St. Peter, Bucka, recently, to face a theft charge at Beaconsfield, her husband is alleged to have said to her, "Go and do your time."
Barrister And Cheque For- A Meal
WHEN Herbert John Bardon (02),
So many allegations of harsh conduct were modo against him dur ing the hearing that the magistrato Jordered an adjourminent, to give hit Ja eliance to refute themi:
Mrs. Randall, who la 30, pleaded gulity to stealing a nightdress from her employer, and asked that three ather counts, of ablaising goods and food by false pretences, should be taken into consideration,
Mr. R. E. Fearnley Whittingstalt,
flira netor, and Lawrence R, c,defending, said that in 1931 Mrs.
Cornford, barrister, were
charged
Randal nursed a dying woman friend on remand at Bow Street recently wish was that she should look after in poor eircumstances, whose Tant with being concerned in obtaining her children. credit by fraud for £3 135. from Hatchett's restaurant, Piccadily, Mr.
SPENT £500
Vernon Gatti, for the police, said the Mrs. Randall not only provided a prosecution did not desire to offer home for the three children, but iny evidence against Mr. Cornford.
married the widower, and spent
Mr. Claude Hornby; for Mr. Corn- £500 in buying a home and the rest ford, said that he was a professional in doctors bills for one of the chil man of exceptional character. Hedren.
wns Invited to the restaurant by Some time ago Mr. Rondall was Burdon and had not the slightest idea, and early one morning she fell that any question of payment would out of bed. The husband got out of involve him.
bed, but continued his slumbers in an adjoining bedroom.
Al the previous hearing it was
Mr. Whittingstoll said that the alleged that after a meal Bardon gave husband was earning £4 a week, of a cheque, but that the bank on which which he gave Mrs. Randall £1. Out
it was drawn stated there was no lot this slic bought his tobacco. account.
Burdon alone was now charged with two similar offences at the Savoy Hotel.
The magistrate further remanded
In a letter to the court a stepsoni living at. Chessington, Surrey, spoke of his father's conduct and described Mrs. Randall as an excellent mother, When the adjournment was order- ed, Mrs. Randall, who had been
Thursday,
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the accused on bail and said that the sitting in the dock mumbling to her- MISS BEATRICE BEZZANT, the cook-general with an Oxford papers would be submitted formally
self, said: "He won't come, he sold to the Director of Publle Prosecutions to me 'Go and do your time. It's no to see if he wished to take any action use, I shall not be here. I cannot regarding the application to withdraw stand It." the charge against Mr. Cornford.
She was granted ball.
Boy Run Over By Lorry Sues School
degree, who was chosen last year by the T.U.C. to organise the National Union of Domestic Workers, has not forgotten how to cook.
She proved her prowess recently when nearly 200 cooks. chefs, cook-generals and other domestic workers from London und all parts of the Home
Counties sampled with profes-housekeepers, pantry-men, Walters, sional interest a 14b. cake chauffeurs, gardeners, handyment. made with her own hands.
There was one speech, by Miss Florence Hancock, of the General It had one candle on it, for it was Council of the T.U.C., who said she the Union's first birthday cake, and it was cut by Miss Bezzant ut a high addressed them as one of themselves, ten, one of the features of a nine- because she started as a domestic hour birthday party for members of worker at the age of 12 washing up the Union at Transport House, Smith in a restaurant. Square.
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Popo Plus XII grants audience Spanish officers and soldlern who accompanieil 3,200 Tiatlon troops to Home. In the Hall of Benedictions at Vallcan Clly he blessed their rosaries,' given them In Spain, and called them de- fenders of the faith.
EMPIRE NEWS
SOUTHERN RHODESIA BEEF PRICES
SALISBURY, Southern Rhodesia.
The first annual report of the Cold Storage Commission has raised the question whether an export trade in beef from this Colony can be made to par without a subsidy.
In the first eight months of its existence the Commission lost £40,- 000. Its main activity is the pur- A special problem and been raised chase of cattle, their slaughter and by foreign maids.
preparation, and the export of chilled beef,
Many had been driven from their
RUN over by a lorry in the school grounds, Roger John Knight, aged 12, of Woodwarde Road, Dulwich, a pupil of Alleyn's School, Dulwich, was taken to hospital with a fractured skull and pelvis and suffering from severe shock and bruising.
That was on March 4 of last year. For the defence it was denied that
BEGAN A MONTH AGO The boy has now made a complete the road was defective and. It was recovery, and recently he appeared pleaded that the boy
She began cleaning the fruit ran without before Lord Hewart in the King's care.
month before. All the work had to Bench Division to sue the governors The boy admitted that the head- be done after her office hours, which own countries. of the school, Mr. R. B. Henderson. master had talked to them about often do not end until late at night. the headmaster,, and Carter Paterson traße dangers, and Company, Ltd., owners of the lorry, for damages.
Mr. J. H. Knight, the boy's father, was a plaints with him.
It come out of the oven well after
A
The chilled beef exported 'cost 4.75. per lb. landed in London, nud low wages MENACE
realised, on an average; 4.500.
If beef exporting is to pay without lie agreed that the view of a lorry midnight, Ribbon, flower and leaf of people prepared to take domestic accept less, or the quality of the beef
But there had also been an influx
subsidy, either the producer must driver might be obscured by building.
#decoration as well as lettering were work at very low wages, who were must be so improved as to approxi- in the Union's colours of blute and used by unscrupulous employers to mate more nearly to the prices-from gold.
degrade conditions of domestic work., 5d. to Gu..a lb. realised at Smith- The recipe was an "extra rich" one
The union now has members in 36 held by the Argentine product. I her own invention, but though pressed by men as well as women English counties, and in Wales and KENYA enols, she refused to disclose it.
The waring was adjourned.
the
The accident occurred when hoy was returning to the school dur- ing the morning break. As he was about to cross a concrete road he tripped and fell on the rond because, it was alleged, the edge of the road was higher than the adjoining
ground,
Mr. Maurice Healy, K.C. (for plaintiffs) contended that the school authorities were negligent because the road was defective, and that they failed to rail off that part of it and take measures to restrlet the speed
of vehicles.
Terrorist Agents
London, July 28.
of
Scotland.
keeping a day and night watch on
Scotland Yard is reported to be The party was a long one because] There are 15 branches in Greater 400 suspected Irish Republican Army It started at three with, a tour of in Derby, Shefeld and Chesterfield.
of the irregularity of members' hours. London and three brovincial branches lerrorists to round them up when
Parliament passes the Bill giving the Transport House by 100, and ended
at eleven after a dance.
police special powera next week.
Several thousand other Irishmen in Britain are being kept under observation. It is reported that many will be deported to Ireland. United Press.
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GRASS TO COMBAT SOIL EROSION
NAIROBI,
Dr. Pole Evans, head of the South African Department of Pastoral Re- scarch, who recently criticised ad- versely the attitude of the Govern- ment of Kenya towards the question of coll erosion in Native Reserves, states that he found in Kenya a glan
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MR. JOHN ROLAND ROBIN-have been planted out at Pretoria and
given astonishing results, One SON, Conservative M.P. for small plant after five and a buf more than 8,000 Blackpool, his wife (a Wool- months covered worth heiress), and Mr. Robert square feet of ground.
NEW ZEALAND D. Morrison, pilot of a private | NE plane which was taking them to EXTENSIVE DEFENCE England, were injured when the' machine crashed and WOR wrecked recently, a few minutes after it had left Le Touquet Aerodrome.
Mrs. Robinson's left knee and left foot were fractured, and she is also | suffering from Injuries to the head.
She was successfully operated on The condition of Mr. Robinson and the pilot is satisfactory,
MEASURES
WELLINGTON, Viscount Galway, the Governor-
General, opening Parliament recently. described the "extensive prepara- tions" of the Dominion's civil and military authorities to "enable the country to turn without unnecessary contusion from a peace to basis."
The International situation, he said, was causing grave and increasing anxiety.
a War
MR. ROBINSON'S STORY
A further programme of naval de- velopment bad been inaugurated. Telephoning to his father in Black- reserves of oil fuel and stores hind pool, Mr. Robinson, M... said been increased, the land forces were
Shortly after taking off
ate being raised from 9,500 to 16,000, and Touquet the engine cut out and the the air force was being extended. pliot was unable to prevent the plane INDIA |irem side-slipping.
"The left wing bit the ground in crashing, and the plane overturned. We were thrown out through tho rook.
"Mrs. Robinson was wonderfully brave."
Mrs. Robinson was formerly Miss Maysie Gasque. She is a nicce of Mr. Hubert Templeton Parson. pre- sident of F. W. Woolworth & Co., of New York. Her father had large in terests in Woolworth's. F
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vinces recently, when a bridge col- lapsed. The culvert hasi been jousened by heavy rain. Ten people were killed and 20 seriously injured. Sikhs and Mostems Riok--A clash
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Son of a Blackpool sollcltar, heMoslem wounded. Six policemen lives at Hampstead, London, NW, were injured by stones,"
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