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80 M.P.H.

MAN CARELESS' Crashed, drove on, fined

Licut.-Colonel Charles Jarrott, the most famous man in motor racing thirty years ago, a founder and past chairman of the Automobile Association, and the first man to keep up a speed of more than 80 m.p.h. on a long stretch, was fined £5 and ordered to pay £7 costs at West London Police Court recently for careless driving.

He was also fined 40s. for fail- ing to stop after an accident. His licenco was endorsed.

Colonel Jurrott, it was alleged, after colliding with a car in Kensington-rond, drove on.

A taxi chneed him to the. Knights- bridge Barracks. There the driver told the colonel there had been an accident

and asked him to wait. Colonel Jarrott declined and drove off.

The tax driver again stopped

called. him and a policeman was

Colonel Jarrott, who lives at Van- don Court, Buckingham Gate, S.W., said he had been driving for over torty-two years without an accident of any sort, except on the race track. 1 WAS ANNOYED'

He attributed the collision to large saloon car pulling out and causing him to swerve across the road.

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Questioned about why he drove on, Colonel Jarrot added: "I was annoyed with the taxi driver bc- I thought he was taking It upon himself to interfere." The mugistrate (Str Gervals Ren- toul) said: "One would have thought that Colonel Jarrott would have! thanked the taxi driver instead of thinking it was impertinence on his part stop him.

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When Gas-Masks Are

Dangerous

aro

It has been reported to the Home Office that people have been testing their gas-masks with domestic gas and with exhaust fumos from motor- cars.

"The public warned against this highly dangerous practico," the Home Office statos, "The Government respirators are not designed to givo any protection against ordinary domestic gas, which would not be used in the event of war."

MOBILE POLICEMEN HUNT THEIR OWN CAR

New York.

Somebody telephoned the police "It surprises me that Colonel that a motorcar was being driven Jarrott, with nli his experience,recklessly up and down the street at should have taken that attitude at Rock Hill, South Carolina, and gave

THE 'HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER

Help Grass Salads Blue Boy to Grow Into a Champion

Champion Heatherland Blue Boy was brought

to London by his owner, Mrs. Askew, recently to take part in the Blue Persian Cat Society's Championship Show.

And so wonderful was his colour-"even to the roots"-his broad skull, his huge "copper" eyes, his short nose and his strong muscles, that they not only plastered his cage with red tickets but voted him the best Two officers cruising in a patrolcat in the show. car were ordered to hunt the offen.

all. He took the most high-handed the lcence number of the car. allitude about it, and then, driving on, has to be pursued again.

"Ho does not appear to have treated the matter in at ull the right way."

der and they hunted-until one of And how does a champlon do him- them notleed that the number self at home in Takeley, near Bishops reported was that of their own car. Stortford? Mrs. Askew said: "Fish in the morning, rabbit or raw meat at night, goats milk-no cows' milk

'Plane Shortage

Delays

Air Guard Training

Civil Air Guard training is pro-| Ministry. who will send to

at flying clubs batches of approved applicants. country,

but the

1938.

Premier Mussolini of Italy has no sympathy for paunchy men. but admires an athlete. Here the 55-year-old dictator sets the pace for his officers.

Babies Are To Have

Their Own Masks

Research The Chemical Defence Department have now produced a protective device against poison gas for babica under four years.

Apparently it is satisfactory, for recently a Home Office official said: "Production is in hand.”

"ONE ERROR IN 150,000'

lots of cold water and plenty of ARMED MAN IN

fresh grass-a cat's salad."

HE LIKES CUCKOOS

gressing rapidly throughout the flood of applicants has been so great since the scheme was inaugurated in ground training in aviation September that the Air Ministry has proved applicants while they await had to announce that no further op- their turn for actual #ying Instruc-

Plans are in preparation for giving shower or

plications can be received by flying.

club

Thirty thousand men and women have

applied to join this auxiliary arm of the Royal Air Force, which enables them to learn to fly

for

Ittle as 2s. 6d, an hour and to be- come members of flying clubs for subscriptions of 28. Gu. instead of the usual three or four gulncas.

tion,

to ap-

THE ADMIRALTY

-Court Story

12.20 a.m. Arrest Described

DOCTOR'S BLOOD TESTS

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Fashionable Veils from $1.25 to $2.95

A 26-year-old mother made latWhiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.

history recently when she

at Middlesex Quarter Sessione against

the dismissal of an application for

The next best cat in the show was Judy Judy of Pensford. Judy is a young person seventeen months old three "boys" them and left her family,

and two "girls," at home at Beck- to town for the to corme entiar

first adult competition.

Dunesk. re- ceived two frsts, a couple of

Charged with breaking into seconds and a reserve.

for an office in the Admiralty with has

fancy # Tweedledum

to commit n felony, of a blood test. cuckoos, though he has never tasted intent

It was the first appeal of its kind But his mistress, Mrs. Jackson, George Arthur Cooper, aged 19,

re- to be heard in this country, and, of Worcester Park, often finds him climbing up the chain of the cuckoo a homeless seaman, was

manded in custody at Bow-after a three-hours hearing, it was clock when the bird pops out.

has learned Tweedledum

that, street, recently. tugging at the weight brings the cuckoo. A tug and Tweedledum

The number of Instructors and aeroplanes available limits the number of pupils who can re- ceive instruction and the demands of the R.A.F. for machines is restricting the supply of light training craft to aero clubs,

one.

out

The Air Ministry slate that facili-is off like a flash up the chain. ties for training are being steadily Tweedledum, always has a cup of

ten at tea-time-at the table.

In future, applications should be addressed directly to the Civil Air expanded to meet the demand.

Goard Commission at Ariel House. Strand.

they will notify vacancies to the Air

As clubs puss oul licensed pilots,|

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Typical reports from lying clubs

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Portsmouth.-Training is well ad- vanced and 396 Instructional hours have been flown during September. The club has four Instructors and eight machines. Between 60 and 70

training. men are now in

12 who never New before are now making safe flights, and five have received their pilots' eences.

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London Acroplane Club (Hatßlelů). The club was inundated with plications. Training here is being carried out us quickly and efficiently as possible and the Air Ministry will pass on applicants as needed.

Southend Flying Club-Sixty pupils under instruction, including iwo women, Four pupils have passed their A licence test and four are now qualifying.

The only difficulty, says the club, Is that the Alr Ministry takus a long time-10 to 14 days-to pass appli cants through their medical tests.

The club has two whole-time und several part-time flying instructors and five aeroplanes,

They Rescued The Pig

London.

A little pig caused a commotion

Gloucester, recently near

were

when It fell down a shaft. The animal's

feur squents of

heard by of Edg- its owner, Mr. E. Brain hulls. He told Ernest Round and Gilbert Brain, hoth Little Dear, col- llers about the pig being down the old Roman pit. These men then set to work to rescue the unfortunate With their faces covered almal. with dorap rags as protection against fumes they were lowered in a harness chule. They reached the plg 50 feet down and found it on a ledge. The

Cooper was also charged with having in his possession without tawfoi excuse a Colt automatic .25 calibre pistol. and house- breaking implements.

Highcourt Judge erty found in Cooper's possession.

Leaves His Clerk £3,000

A faithful clerk is remembered in the will of Mr. Justice Horridge, published recently. They had been together for nearly fifty years.

The Judge, who retired in May of last year, left a net fortune of £97,408. He gave £3,000 to he clerk, Mr. Thomas Edward Barton, of Canonble-road. Honour, Oak. S.E., and another £10,000 goes to him on the death of the judge's widow.

"Tommy" Barion entered the service of the judge in Southport Ile nearly half a century ago. followed him to Londen when he was called to the bar; was with him when he was building up a big reputation as a H.C.

When Mr. Horridge as he then was-was elevated to the Bench. the day after Mr. Justice Avory was made a judge. "Tommy" Bar- ton went along.

Barton was the Ideal Judge's clerk He knew his master and his methods so well he could Judge's anticipate, the wually needs, He always sat alongside him on the bench; followed so closely the eases heard by Morrige that he often had text books ready before the Judge called for them. When ill-health and failing eye- sight finally drove Mr. Justice Iturridge from the Bench, the faithful Barion went along, too. He had offers from other judges, but preferred not to change.

were both Judge and clerk Lancashire men,

12,000,000th Visitor

men put it in a suck and were hauled For Empire Exhibition

up, it was a very dangerous rescue and no doubt the deed will be re- bognised by the animal Societies.

Dog Ownership Restricted

San Carlos. Cal.

Det.-Insp. Salisbury asked for a remand to inquire into certain pro- Sedgwick sold Police-constable

duty In Trafalgor that while on square at 12.20 u.m. he heard a police whistle blowing.

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CROUCHING UNDER A DESK He ran to the Admiralty, jumped into area, climbed through a window which apparently had been forced, and found Cooper crouching underneath a desk.

desk was a Colt Lying on the automate pistol.

Two of the desk drawers were open and an attempt had been made to force open another.

ATTACHE CASE FOUND When Cooper was charged he re- plied, "No."

He had on him gloves, a gloss cut- ter, two penknives, two bolts, and other things.

An attache case containing several articles was found at the Admiralty.

BROKE LEG WHILE ASLEEP

a paternity order following evidence

dismissed.

The girl was Miss Marie Louise Morrison, or Nelson-road, Hornsey, N.. who dileged that Sidney Baron, of Dunsmore-road. Stamford Hill, N., was father of her eight-months-old son.

When she summoned him at High- gate last June, the ease was dismiss- er after the Bench had heard evi- dence of blood tests taken by Dr. J. C. Thomas, a Wimpole-street con- sulting pathologist.

thirties. Sull bls

In

carly Thomas was the chief witness. said he made four blood testa.

"No biological test can be infalli- able." he pointed out, "but in this case I am convinced that Baron is not the father of Miss Morrison's child.

TESTS WITH 3 SERA

Dr. He

"The tests showed that Miss Morri- son's blood belonged to group 'M, and Baron's to group N, while the baby possessed only group "M," " stated the doctor. "If Baron were the father he would be bound to pass on substance 'N' to the child.

In cross-examination by Mr. Frank Milton, defending. Dr. Thomas sald error in such a the chance of an blood test was 150,000 to 1.

Accidental Death Of Dentist

London.

At the inquest of Mr. Frederick

A hospital patient at Burton-on- Trent awoke one morning recently Ransom Pickard, thirty-six-year-old

to And his leg had been broken slace dentist, held at Southgate recently, al he went to bed. Nelther he nor the verdict of accidental death was re- Dr. John Oliver, of Cock- attendants had any idea how it hap- turned.

fosters, said Mr. Plekurd was wearing pened.

a nasal plece of the gas uppuratus The injury proved fatal, and at 10 and holding a bulb attached to n inquest recently the jury found that tube. It was

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the patient, Joseph William Smith, pallents to give themselves gas

myocardiac they felt pain during the filling of oged 31. died from

attachment failure, following a fracture of the teeth. right leg. Dr. J. B. Stanley ex which was connected to the patient's pressed the opinion that Smith had d aft during the night and fractured end of the tube should have been

attached to the mixing top-cock Kas his leg during his struggles.

and oxygen apparatus. Mr. George Wellesley, managing director of the firm manufacturing the op- paratus, explained that if the attach- ment were al the patients end und were ulted, gas would not be held

The Cash Register

by nitrous oxide gas.

Germany had a £4,200,000 trade back owing to the gravity valve not London. defest for the month of September it acting. Death was due to polsoning Mrs. George Wilson, of Glasgow, is just revented. was welcomed through the turnstile recently, as the 12,008,000th visitor Importe totalled 402,700,000 marks i

โต to the exhibition, (Glasgow). In (£41.000.000), and exports were the south bandstand she was present-141,800,000 marks (£36,800,000). ed by Sir Cecil Weir chairman of

the board of management with a gold. These stack economic facts cannol watch and a. cheque for £10, Had be obliterated by either the bluster- she been a season ticket holder the ings of Five-Year Planner Goering

Son's Body in Father's Net

Nome. When a Caglar! fisherman pulled

The city council has passed an orcheque would have been for £15. or prosperity-propagandist Goebbels, dinance ilmling the number of dogs she was also given the freedom of Nor can a wondering world quite in his not recently he found the body that can be kept in the city to two the exhibition. It was hoped that reconcile the boost of fewer than 5,000 of his 12-year-old son. The boy had for each family. The idea was to 15,000,000 people would vialt the unemployed in Germany with the bear on the way down the shore to banish the number of dog kennels exhibition, but that was too much to need of street collections to provide his father's boat when he was formerly maintained here.

winter relief for nine millions, wel drowned.ee expect.

IT'S A RIOT!

LLOYDER and

"Adolph Luens gerente

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FUNNIER!

That lunatic Lloyd- is loose.again.... dashing madly from one deliri- ous dilemma to anotherl

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