1924-10-23 — Page 7

LADY ROBBED.

MRS. DEACON GIVES EVIDENCE.

Au Hing, boilermaker, Loung Hung Kwan, a carpenter, and Mak Kam, a P.W.D. watchman, appasrod before Mr. R. E. Lind- goll at the Central Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, charged with robbery with vallence against Mrs. Doston, of 21 Broadwood Road, on October 4th.

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Great Britain's Tilt. comers' luck in the diamond Great Britain is developing digginge ara roparted from tilt, the result of the tandoncy to Stompies, South Africa, where become higher in the north and there are more than 10,000 people, lower in the south. including blacks, with hundreds Reoont readings of land levels moro streaming in front all sides above sea levels indicate that avery wook. A Free State farmer since the last readings about 50 landed at Stompies to try his years ago the north of Scotland luck but the only claim he could, has been lifted by about half an secure was a bit of wasto ground inch and that the south of Eng-) Mrs. Deacon appeared in the that no one else would have. Ho land has sunk by rather less than court room with bandages about Bot to work, and presently found that distanco. Lovels at inter- her wrists and head, and when several diamonds, among them & mediate places hayo rison or fal- she was called to the witness-box-3414 karat steno. Ho sold the lot lon according as they are north described her attack by the three for £825, and went home. Another or south of the dividing line. Ex-

man, hud øven better luck, and ports say, however, that we must | About 10 am, she said, she when he sold the diamonds for wait probably another 50 years walked down Broadwood Road more than £000 he became al- and take ontirely fresh readings Intending to take a tram. moet hystorical. Enteric is said before the question can be settled. Sho had $31 in hor to bo rife, and the living and "Rising and falling of the land handbag and was wearing food conditions in many in- may be taking place," an_official crystal necklace and car-rings stances, deplorable. Whole of the Ordnance Survey Depart- She was suddenly seized from families are stowed away in mis-ment, in London explained." "It babind. She know that her as-cellaneous vehicles with sacking) is an established fact that the sailants wore more than one, but for roofing. All are living oñjnorth coast of Norway is rising could not tell their actual number, the bare voldt with the nearest by about half an inch a year and Thox tbrow hor to the ground, town 24 milos away. Even that the coast of Holland is and as soon as she could rid hor-drinking water must be bought, sinking by that amount.

But self of a quantity of earth which These people, mereovor, con-erosion is considerable along bad got into her mouth, she tinually move about from claim those coasts, and this subject and screamed loudly. One of the men to claim or make now rushen, Cerosion'are connected. wronchod at one of her gar-rings,

"In past agos Great Britain nearly tearing her ear off. An

An appreciation of what Kewund the Continant were joined. other struck her a sovero blow on has done, and is doing, for the Movements in the earth's crust British Empire is given by a are always taking placo, and it in correspondant in the Times, The which separated Great Britain

possible that the movement The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd. witness, tugged at her necklace Royal Botanic Gardens bas from the Continent, by creating brokon, and a severe cut made in long list of good work that itsho North Sea and the Englishj her throat. She was left lying in done to improve our botanical Channel, may still lo going on." the road, but managed to get up in timo to son the men, whom richos, over since its foundation in she then know to be three in 1860. At first it only concerned -number, running down the now itself in bringing together rare

Sport." pathway leading to Causeway and interesting pants. It was Sir Fiasco of New Berlin " Bay. She was then in a hy. Josoph Banks who began the

The first ostrich races" in practice of sending out collectors storical stalo, and screamed con. tinually. Dr. Aubrey camo along from Kew to various ports of the Europe have been much advertis in a chair, and sho told him what Empire in search of plants of ed as the sensation of a Berlin economic ON Aesthetic value. race meeting. The result has had happened. Ho at once ran

Mon wont to various parts of the been the complete failure of these and tried to overtake the men,

When he earth and brought their finds birds to do what was expected of but without success.

The arrival of thoso Korhom. came back, witness wont with him to Kew. Thus, William

trained" ostriches from Ham- into No. 4, Broadwood Road, and collected maty now well-known

jagrden plants in China, burg the trainer is an Italian- telophoned to the police.

the preparations at the Kow, it is of interest to remember, and was appointed superintendent of racecourse where Berlin Derbys Gardens, are contested, led the public to the Royal Botanic Of value to the Empire are two take the affair soriously.

with Beis were made upon the com enterprises in particular which Kow has intimately been potiters, each harnessed to concerned, namely, the introduc-small car driven by a man of histion of, cinchona to India and of jockey size and weight, who had the Para rubber plant to the to pull the entrich tail foathors Koward before the birds could be Federated Malay States.

the complo.

Another man, continued tho

with auch forco that it

Was

A small Chinese boy, employed in a rice shop, who had hoon de. livering rice on the morning in question, gave evidence that ho saw the men running away, and a little later on coming upon Mrs. Deacon screaming and gesticulating, ho

blow whistle.

The man were renianded until next Monday afternoon.

directors and assistante lavo

OSTRICH-RACING.

by sunding out trained collectors induced to start. The surprising could discover the varieties gallop which ended after half a cultivation minute in a smart upsot of the most suitable for

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course,

LYME REGIS AND ITS TAPESTRY,

A proposal is to be submitted, in the Colonies. This later de-little car and the immediate to the next meeting of the Lyme velopment of plant introduction settling down of the ostrich for Regis Church Council for the dis- is being ably carried out at repose upon the course, was the posal of the fine piece of English Washington, and Great Britain cause of as much hilarity as the tapestry deploting the marriage of should adopt a similar policy, bird who was willing to race on Henry VII. and Elizabeth of York This would only be a logical out the grass outside the

certainly not "pon it. which hangs in the Parish Church, como of the work that Kew has but

doing for

The others nover started at all. Somo few years ago, when a sim- boon

Tho onlookers laughed more ilar proposal was rejected, it was yours, and, given the

facilities, no

great heartily than in Borlin theatres stated that a wealthy American sry was prepsrail to pay £5,000 for difficulties would have to be for a long time.

overcome to enable the Royal The importance of this failure the tapestry. There is, howover, considerable local opposition to Botanic Gardens to play a part to animal lovers cannot be too the disposal of the tipestry. more comparable with that of the highly estimated; public opinion which is generally regarded by Bureau of Plant Introduction of is not so strong on the Continent the inhabitants of Lyme Regis as the United States Department of as in England as regards cruelty

to animals, the town's greatest art trossuro. Azriculture.

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