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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY.

WOMAN'S FIGHT

FOR LIFE

"I GRASPED THE BLADE OF THE KNIFE”

NURSE'S ATTACK.

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"I could see the blade of knife just above me. I noticed a look in, her eyes, and felt I should have to fight for my life,"

This was part of the tensely dramatic story told at Marylebone by Miss Hilda Mary Bordi, princi- pal of the West End Nursing Cor-

poration and Club.

Seated in the witness-box, with her forehead, neck and armis ban- daged, Miss Bondi gave evidenco against Mrs. Elvira Josephine Long, aged 42, a nurse, who was charged with attempting to mur- der her by stabbing hoe with a 'bunter's knife.

While Mias Bordi was in the box the knife was produced. It was left in front of her, and after a time she said, in an anguished voice, "Please take that thing away."

Mrs. Long, she said, took a room at the club about two months ago:

Knock at Door,

"While I was dressing on the morning of April 29, Miss Bordi continued, "I heard a knock at the door. I opened it, and saw Mrs. Long on the second stair above.

"She said nothing, but sprang towards me, and I felt a knock on my head. She caught my left shoulder, closed the door, as far as I can remember, pushed me on the bed and knelt on me.

"She raised the knife in front of me. I grasped the blade, and screamed for help. She said, "It is no use screaming: you have no chance now." She brought the blade to my heart, and I pushed it up again. As far as I remember, she brought it down twice, and each time. I pushed it up again.

"Then she brought it down to my stomach. Her teeth were clen ched, and she was foaming at the mouth. Then she put her right hand across her brow and said, '1 won't hurt you any more. It is past now."

A Kiss.

"Then she asked me if I loved her, and I said, 'Yes, I do, Mrs. Long.' She said, 'No, you are cun- ning. You are only saying that."'

"Presently she bent over and kissed me, and said, “Let go the knife. I said I could not, as I thought she was waiting for a chance, and she said, "This was not meant for you; it was meant for a doctor (whom she named), who has taken my child from me.'"

Miss Bordi added that she stood up, but held the knife till she got to the door, and then let go and ran upstairs to the top floor to Miss Kingston's room, and was taken to a nursing home.

Describing Miss Bordi's wounds, Dr. H. E. Blake said that there were 14 distinct wounds

on the right hand, one of which almost severed the thumb.

Sent for Trial

CONVENT GIRL ABDUCTED.

SALT THROWN INTO

EYES OF NUNS.

Kidnapping of a 17-year-old heiress 'from a convent, after she had been betrayed by the kisa of a girl friend, is alleged in, a remarkable report from Naples.

A priest and two laymen have been arrested.

A whole countryside near searched for the missing 17-year Avelling (in South Italy) is being old heiress.

found, and her death is feared. No traces of her has yet been

She is described as a girl named Rosina di Muro,

pretty

Rosina's

friend Filomena

Grosso, is said to have made Ottorino Toline, to carry the girl plan with her (Filomena's) cousin

off.

According

to this

charge Ottorino, was to marry the heiress for the anke of her fortune of 2,000,000 lire (which, even present rates is worth more than £20,000).N

Ottorino's uncle is said to have been brought into the plot, and a priest named Palmiera, it is alleged, agreed to perform the. marriage ceremony.

When Rosina was walking through the streets, with the rest of the convent girls, Filomena, as a signal, ran forward and kissed her.

JULY

1930.

TAMING THE HEAD HUNTERS.

FEAT OF PEACEFUL

GOVERNMENT.

TRIBAL CUSTOMS.

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The peaceful government of the. head-hunters of New Guinea has been largely achieved by tactful measures anda, knowledge of some of its methods were explain native customs and beliefs, d

ed by Mr. E. W. Pearson Chinnery, Australian Government's anthro- who for nine years has been the pologist for the mandated terri- tories. He has just arrived in England to spend a year's leave on the study of census systems, in view of the falling population of the Pacific Islands.

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"The taming of head-hunters,” he said, "is an important aspect of our 'work in some districts. The purpose of head-hunting is to propitiate the ghosts, who are held ings of weather or food supply. responsible for all the shortcom-

Much, therefore, can be done by gaining the confidence of the natives and by improving tao con- ditions of material prosperity.".

Complaints of over-effective raagle are another ground for official interference. The most common form, he stated, is the destruction of an enemy by sym. pathetic magic. Such operations are generally performed on an article of food or clothing which the intended victim. For instance, has been in personal contact with the object may be stuffed into the Bhake

and slowly mouth of a girls ran screaming into neigh-The victim, when told of the ritual, Meanwhile the other convent roasted over an ever-smoking fire. bouring shops.

is so impressed that he gradually

so dies. falls into a helpless condition and

The abductors then threw salt of the girls, and carried Rosina in the eyes of the nuns in charge off in a car.

After a

gendarmes have arrested Ottornio, three days' search, Ottorino's uncle and the priest, as well as the girl Filomena.

They are still scouring the countryside to find Rosina.

OMA

Some girls are discontent-

ed with their lot because they don't have a lot.

"A more practical form of magic is the direction of wild pigs into an enemy's garden. This is said to be achieved by the burial of a pig-like shell and the chanting of the formula 'Come all you hungry bush pigs and eat up the whole of this man's garden.""

Ceremonial Murder.

Other practices which are gra- dually being eradicated are twis murder and murder as an initiation ceremony. The second of two twins is attributed to the activities of a demon, who has somehow ob- tained access to the mother. But initiation murder is only a part of the six months' training, which is regularly undergone by adoles cents at the hands of the old men, ~:"In this case,” he explained, "it was necessary to discover the purpose of the killing, by- gaining the confidence of the old men. That Was to

the show courage of the initiates. Inquiry, revealed that the killing of a wild boar was regarded braver deed, and the latter test was therefore substituted."

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Other parts of the ritual In- clude burlesque plays to ridicule tribal offence, and an elaborate system of tattoing as a protection against ghostly crocodiles. "This training," Mr. Chinnery said "makes the bad boy' absolutely trial at the Central Criminal Court.pletely ostracised, and for special

unthinkable, He would be com Mr. Symons, on her behalf, occasions there are the masked pleaded not guilty, and reserved figures of the secret societies ever

her defence.

at band to come out and enforce discipline. It is in the power of the societies to put a temporary taboo on the coconut trees, and by this means to ensure that the natives will have an adequate sup-

There was a scalp wound about A medical report on Mrs. Long's four inches long going down to the condition from the doctor at Hollo- bone, and the akull bone waa chipp-way Prison was handed by the ed. Sixteen stitches had to be put magistrate to. Mr. Vincent Evans, on the right hand, and eight on prosecuting, and to Mr. Symons, the scalp.

but its contents were not disclos-ply of nuts against the arrival of

"the tux-collector.

Mrs. Long was committed for | ed.

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