1939-07-27 — Page 3

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"GO AND DO YOUR TIME”

Before Mrs. Elizabeth Randall left her home in Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, recently, to face a theft charge at Beaconsfield, her husband i alleged to have said to her, "Go and do your time."

Barrister And Cheque For A Meal

WHEN Herbert John Burden (62).

So many allegations of harsh conduct were made against him dur- Ing the hearing that the maglatrate ordered an adjournment, to give him jo chance to refute them.

Mra. Randall, who is 30, pleaded gully to stealing a nightdress from her employer, and asked that three other counts, of obtaining goods and food by false pretences, should be taken into consideration,

Mrs.

Mr. R. E. Fearnley Whittingstall, Alm actor, and Lawrence R. C.defending, said that in 1931 Cornford, barrister, were eburged Randall nursed a dying woman friend [[in poor circumstances, whose last

to

SPENT £300

on remand at Now Street recently wish was that she should look after -with-bring concerned in obtaining her children,

credit by fraud for £3 135. from Halebell's restaurant, Piecuttily, Mir, Vernon Gatti, for the police, said the prosecution did not desire

offer any evidence against Mr. Cornford.

Mr. Claude Hornby, for Mr. Corn- ford, said that he was a professional doctors, bills for one of the chill- man of exceptional character. He dren, was invited to the

by restouran:

Mrs. Randall not only provided a boine for the three children, but married the widower, and spent £500 in buying a home and the rest

Some time ago Mrs. Randall was

Bardon and had not the slightest ideal, and curly one morning she fell That any question of payment would put of bed. The husband got out of involve him,

[bed, but continued his slumbers in jan adjoining bedrooni,

At the previous hearing it was Mr. Whittingstall said that the alleged that after a tacal Bardon gave liusband wa earning £4 o week, of a cheque, but that the bunk on which which he gave Mrs. Randall £1. Out

it was drawn stated there was no lof this she bought his tobacco. accounts

#otel.

In a letter to the court a stepson Burdon alone was

now charged of his father's conduct and described living at Chessington, Surrey, spoke with two similar offences at the Savoy, Mrs. Randall as an excellent mother, When the adjournment was order- The mugistrate further remandeded, Mrs. Kandull, who had been the accused on bail and said that the jaitting in the docks mumbling to her- napers would be submitted formally seif, Bald: "He won't come, he anid to the Director of Public Prosecutions to me 'Go anel do your time.* It's no to see if he wished to take any action use, 1 shali not be here. [ regarding the application to withdraw stand it," the charge against Mr. Cornford, She was granted bail.

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Boy Run Over By Lorry Sues School

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 peivis and suffering from severe shock and bruising.

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Secret -- Recipe Cake

For Union Birthday

MISS BEATRICE BEZZANT, the cook-general with an Oxford 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 and all parts of the Home |

Countles sampled with profes-housekeepers, pantry-men, walters, sional interest a 14lb. cake chauffeurs, gardeners, handymen. made with her own hands.

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It had one candle on it, for it was the Union's first birthday cake, and it was cut by Miss Bezzant at a high tea, one of the features of u hour birthday party for members of the Union at Transport House, Smith Square,

BEGAN A MONTH AGO

That was on March 4 of last year. For the defence it was denied thint The boy hay now made a complete the road was defective and it was recovery, and recently he appeared pleaded that the boy run without She began cleaning the fruit before Lord Hewart in the King's Bench Division to sue the guvenwes of the school, Mr. R. B. Henderson, the-headmaster, and Carter Paterson and Company, Ltd., owners of the forry, for damages.

The boy admitted that the master had talked to them traffe dangers.

month before. All the work had to head-be done after her office hours, which about often do not end wall late of night. It came out of the oven well after a lorry midnight. Ribbon, flower and leaf in the Union's colours of blue and

There was one speech, by Missi Florence Hancock, of the General Council of the T.U.C., who said she addressed them as one of Uiemselves, because she started as a domestic Worker at the age of 12 washing up in a restaurant.

July 27, 1939.

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Popo Plus XII grants audience to Spanish officers and soldiers who accompanied 3,200 Italian troops to Rome. In the Hall of Benedictions at Vallenn City ho 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 beet from this Colony can be made to pay without a subsidy.

In the Arst eight months of its existence the Commission Jost £40,- 000. Its main activity is the pur- A special problem had been raised chose of cattle, their slaughter und by foreign malds.

preparation, and the export of chilled beef. own countries.

Many had been driven from their

LOW WAGES MENACE

The chilled beef exported cest 4,75d. per b. landed in London, and realised, on an average, 4.506.

Whiteaway's' have such

fine range of dainty lingorio from which you may easily. select to .sult your needs

and your purse.

MORLEY'S Pure Lisle Lacatto Vests and Panties

$2.25 per garment O.S. $2.75' por garment

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WATSON'S COTTON AERTEX VESTS. $1.75 per garment

Ladies' Dept.

If beef exporting is to pay without Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.

a subsidy, either the producer must

He agreed that the view of

might be obscured by ut decoration as well as lettering were work at very low wages, who were accept less or the quality of the beet | **��SSSS��***

driver

Mr. J. H. Knight, the boy's father,¦ building. was a plaintiff with him.

The necident occurred when the boy was returning to the school dur- ing the morning break.

As he was about' to cross a concrete rond he tripped and fell on the road because. it was alleged, the edge of the road the adjoining

WHS higher 1 ground.

The hearing was adjourned.

Terrorist Agents

gold.

The recipe was an "extra rich" onc of her own invention, but though pressed by men as well as women Coufs, she refused to disclose it.

London, July 28, Sentland Yard is reported to be

The party was a long one because keeping a day and night watch on or the irregularily of members' hours. 100 suspected Irish Republican Anny It started at three with a tour of lerrorists to round them up when Parlament passes the Bill giving the Transport House by 100, and ended police special powers next week.

Several thousand other Irishmen

Mr. Maurice Healy, R.C. (for plaintiffs) contended that the school authorities were negligent because the rond was defective, and that they in Britnin ure being kept under failed to ruil off that part of it and observation. It is reported thul lake measures to restrict the speed' many will be deported to Ireland. of vehicles.

United Press.

at eleven after a dance.

MEN WENT, TOO

Only 50 men were able to come. They included butlers, footmen, cook-

Maizee's

SUMMER SALE

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Big Reductions

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ALL

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DRESSES, Day & Evening. HATS, BAGS, BEACH TOGS, NOVELTIES, JEWELLERY,

ETC.

But there bud also been an influx of people prepared to take domestle used by unscrupulous employers to degrade conditions of domestic work. The union now has members in 38 English counties, and in Wales and

Scolland,

There are 15 branches in Greater London and three provincial branches in Derby, Sheffield and Chesterfield.

must be so improved as to approxi- the prices-from mate more nearly Ed. to Bd. a lb-realised at Smith- field by the Argentine product. KENYA

GRASS TO COMBAT SOIL EROSION

NAIROBI.

A Bristol branch will be opened Dr. Pole Evans, head of the South shortly,

African Department of Pastoral Re- search, who recently criticised ad- versely the attitude of the Govern- ment of Kenya towards the question of soil erosion In Nailve Reserves, states that he found in Kenya a giant star grass which might offer great

M.P. And Wife Crash In Plane

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER.

posibilities

Since his return to the Union grasses collected by him in Kenya have been planted out at Pretoria and

MR. JOHN ROLAND ROBIN- have given astonishing results. Onl

than 8,000

and a half SON, Conservative M.P. for small plant after Ave Blackpool, his wife (a Wool-months, covered more worth Heiress), and Mr. Robert square feet of ground. D. Morrison, pilot of a private NEW ZEALAND plane which was taking them to EXTENSIVE DEFENCE England, were injured when the machine crashed and Was wrecked recently, a few minutes after it had left Le Touquet Acrodrome.

Mrs. Robinson's left knee and left fool were fractured, and she is also suffering from injuries to the head.

She was successfully operated on The condition of Mr. Robinson and the plot is satisfactory.

MR. ROBINSON'S STORY. Telephoning to his father in Black- pool, Mr. Robinson, M.P.. "Shortly

MEASURES

WELLINGTON, Viscount Galway, the Governor- General, opening Parliament recently, described the ""extensive prepará-| tions" of the Dominion's civil.and military authorities to "enable the country to turn without unnecessary confusion from a peuce to basis."

war

The International situation, he said, was causing grave and increasing anxiety.

A further programme of riaval de- velopment had been inaugurated, reserves of oil fuel and stores lind suid. been increased, the land forces were after taking off at Le being raised from 9,500 to 16,000, and Touquet the engine cut out and the the air force was being extended. plioi was unable to prevent the plane

INDIA

irom side-slipping.

"The left wing hit the ground in crashing, and the plane overturned. We were thrown out through roof.

the

10 KILLED IN RAIL CRASH

CALCUTTA. An East Indian Railway mixed "Mrs. Robinson was wonderfully freight train plunged into a swollen brave."

river near Moradabad, United Pro- Mrs. Robinson was formerly Miss vinces recently, when a bridge col- lapsed. The culvert hud been Maysie Gasque, She is a nices of Mr. Hubert Templeton Pursen, pre- loosened by heavy rain. Ten people sident of P. W. Woolworth & Co., of were killed und 20 seriously injured. Bikhs and Moslems RiotA clash New York. Her father had large in-at Hyderabad, Deccan recently be tween Sikhs and Moslems resulted in one of the Sikhs belog killed and a wounded, Six policemen Moslem were injured by stones,

terests in Woolworth's.

Mr. Robinson is a barrister, nged 32. Son of a Blackpool solicitor, "he Hives at Hampstead, London, N.W.

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