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THE HÖNGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1936.

BIRMINGHAM JUDGE COMMENTS ON A "LOW-DOWN" WORD

QUESTIONS ON THE

TERM "LOUSY"

DEFENDANT ASKED IF HIS ACTION WAS "ENGLISH” THE application of the word "louse" was discussed between judge and a defendant when an action for libel-brought by the former Conservative agent for Nuneaton against the defeated National Government candidate for the division and his private secretary-wäs continued at Birmingham Assizes recently.

The action is brought by Mr. R. V. Underwood, of Stocking- ford, Nuneaton, against Mr. John Moores, of Liverpool, one of the founders of Littlewood's Football Pools, and his secretary, Mr. Dinsdale Walker.

Mr. Underwood alicges that a libel was contained in a report laid before a meeting of the local Conservative Association which imputed that he had misappropriated Mr. Moores's money.

Mr. Moores said that he became dissatisfied with the way Underwood was handling money trusted to him.

Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord': The total sum involved in these dis- crepancies that you allege was £2.

Moores: So I believe.

Later Mr. Justice Greaves- Lord told Moores: Don't use the language of exaggeration or in- accuracy.

Moores: How can I help it when I am ehivvied" as I have been by your lordship.

Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord: Be careful now.

Mr. Justice Cirenves-Lord; Be care ful now,

Mr. Dinsdale Walker said that Mr. Moores tried to do everything he could for Mr. Underwood and offered to pay £150 to any division to which he might be appointed as agent.

Mr. St. John Field, K.C. (for de:- fendants);

The Suggestion has been mude that you wanted to get rid of Underwood to get the job yourself or for yourLiverpool friend, Mr. Willining.There is no truth in it.

Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord >Don't you think it fairer when you are querying в man's accounts to take the matter, up with him in the first place?- considered my first duty was to my employer.

The English Way

Mr. Bourke (erass-examing): Did you tell Underwood that you felt pretty lousy?-I said I felt pretty sorry

for him and pretty lousy. I

still do.

Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord: Why do you think you are tousy?-Well, per- hups, I used the wrong werd.

Do you mean you had been a little hit low-rown?-No.

Can you imagine anything more

MICKEY MOUSE

IT WAS, IN PERSON

New York, Apr. 20.

A man appeared before a New York magistrate to-day on a lottery charge.

"What," asked the magis- trate, "is your name?"

"Mickey Mouse," was the reply.

the

"Ah!" commented magistrate, "you have been given the name of a film celebrity?"

Accused answered frigidly: "Sir, my name is Mickey Mouse. Mouse is my

Aur-

nume, Mickey is my Christian name. I was christened Mekey Мрине."

Investigation bore out his statement.Central News.

WORRYING BEGINS

AT 57, SAY DOCTORS

IT KILLED FILM CHIEF

MR

R. INGLEBY ODDIE,

Westminster

coroner,

low-down than a louse? Doo said recently at the inquest

mean you had a suspicion that this

man had not been given a fair on film-producer Hermann opportunity?-No

You thought it was an English Fellner, who was found way of doing things to make it public hanged. property before giving this man an opportunity of explaining 7-Wouldn'

it have been condoning the offence?

Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord exclaim- ed "Condoning nothing! He could and was prepared to give you an explanation if you had given him the chance,"

The hearing was adjourned.

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"It is well known in the medi- cal profession that as people get to this age (Fellner's age fifty-seven) they begin to worry about their future."

Mr. Fellner lived in Hay-hill, Berkeley-square, W. His death followed a party there.

"VERY WELL OFF"

Mrs. Berta Fellner said her husband had beon in England for five years. He had been given new contract by the Gaumont British Picture Corporation, and was very well off."

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'PURITAN". ENLISTS

(and deserts)

27 TIMES William Mullally is twen- ty-five, Irish, a non-smoker, a teetotaler, and—a crook with a speciality..

Joining the Army is his speciality. He has enlisted in no fewer than twenty-seven regi- ments, and deserted from each josic, occasionally taking some one

else's property with him.

So it was but natural that William should click is heels in in smart and soldierlike manner at North London Police Court recent- ly when he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.

He had pleaded guilty to sten!- ing £150 from Mr. Leonard, Rogers, licensee of the Black Hoy public house, Well-street. Hackney, where he was employ- ed, and £4 5s. from two gunners of the Royal Artillery Barracks. Woolwich,

JOINTED UP AT 14 Five other

casos of stealing money from soldiers were taken into consideration. A charge of deserting the Army was not dealt with.

Detective Sergeant Green told the story of Willam's twenty-seven- fold enlistment.

He first joined the Army at the age of fourteen, soon. after his

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native County Down, and he has been joining-and. leaving-the Army ever since.

The Army usually know him us Sharkey. Tunney, or Dempsey. Scotland-yard and his fellow- crooks know him as the "Puritan," because of his abstention from devotion. A crucifix and à rosary drinking or smoking and his were among his possessions when. arrested at Romford,

he Was Essex.

After his latest exploit he tried to lay a false scent for the detee- tives who were trailing him:

DOUBLED BACK

He went to Euston, made many inquiries there about hooking to Dublin, so that the booking clerk should remember him and then doubled back to Romford.

A chance inquiry by a Romford

All his life he had worried toodetective led to his undoing. much. He worried about busi- ness, about his future, about the old days, about Hitler, and about getting old..

BRITISH AIRPORT Thorney Island, England,

Apr. 18.

He had a big business in Ger- Nearly 100 farmers of this many and lost it. Although a little island just off the Jew, he was not expolled from southern coast of England are "On the day before he died, he being driven from their homes ordered a now sult. When wo that have existed for more than went to bed, he said, as usual: 800 years because of the de-'Good night and sleep well." ** mands of this new scientific A verdict of "Sulcido while of.

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The village of Thorney, which existed before Doomsday Book was written, will be rated to make way for a huge, airdrome.

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causeway will be built, connecting the island with the mainland.

After his arrest he boasted that he intended to enlist again.

Maybe he will.. but not for another twelve mouths.

20 SKELETONS DUG UP

MAY BE REMAINS OF PLAGUE VICTIMS

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Twenty human skeletons have been. found during excavations at Wal- worth,.S.E.

A public-house in Blackwood Street, East Lane, is being pulled down for Doomsday Boolt mentioned this rebuilding, and the yard has been dug village as Tornei," a manor of "32 up. All round the rim of the exenva- The people whose ancestors countless generations lived. and died villeins have departed and soon the

forvilleins and eight ploughis. "But the tion are skulls,

Mr. Nicholls, a on the island, will be moved to tho

newangunt, of mainland to start life anew in the framework of two airplane hangars here was the old gemetory for the ploughs will disappear. The gaunt Blackwood Street, said: “Round about countries of Hampshire and Sussex already is rising: A short time ago East Lane Baptist Chapel, now while their homes are demolished, 60 children attended the village demolished. The last burial was in trées cut down and cornfields school. There are only eight pupils 1860. Wherever you dig you and levelled.

left now.

The government will make the is- In a few weeks only the 12th cen- land the headquarters, for three tury church of St. Nicholas and its bombing squadrons of the nation's old churchyard will ramain ́as rejuvenated air flects. A... large montuncat.......

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