Unbridled braveness
Miss Smythe, of Anderson’s Bay, carried out a really plucky act on Saturday night. A horse drawing a milkcart, owned by Mr Stewart, of the Peninsula, had damaged away, and was galloping alongside the Bay highway in the direction of the Queen’s drive when Miss Smythe dashed out from the footpath, grabbed the bridle close to the horse’s head, and held on. She was severely buffeted and knocked about, however she caught to the duty gamely, and introduced the horse to a standstill. A bystander got here to Miss Smythe’s help, and, after congratulating her on her plucky act, requested her if she had been clever thus to danger her life. Miss, Smythe quietly replied, “Take a look at these youngsters,” and the bystander seemed spherical and noticed a variety of young children enjoying on the highway proper within the observe of the driverless automobile.
You’ll be able to’t have an excellent meal
The Sunday breakfast of bacon and eggs is a function on the native YMCA. Yesterday morning the residents had been disheartened by the knowledge that eggs had been “off” — not in the best way understood by the unlucky curate — however as vanished from the menu. About 19 dozen eggs had disappeared from the kitchen in the course of the night time, along with a considerable dish of stewed pears. Hearsay unfold quickly. Later info was to the impact that the eggs had been discovered on the roof, and the pears exterior the bed room door of the quietest and steadiest resident.
Starlings get organised
That unity is power was demonstrated yesterday morning in Pitt road. A predatory cat, evidently bent on attending to the day’s menu, was cautiously stalking a starling. Little by little the cat labored her approach to inside a couple of yard of the chicken, and was nearly to spring when the starling immediately turned, and, to the extreme astonishment of puss, instantly assumed the offensive.
No sooner had it accomplished so than, as if from nowhere, there appeared practically a dozen of its mates, and for just a few moments a really bewildered and indignant cat was occupied in defending herself towards an enemy whom, little question, she had beforehand by no means thought-about within the mild of a doable foe.Â
For absolutely 5 minutes the miniature battle raged, when, apparently, the extreme heckling she was receiving proved an excessive amount of for puss, who, deciding that discretion was the higher a part of valour, bounded by way of the hedge and disappeared.
Biker in a pickle
To see flames immediately spurting forth from the center of his machine is a most heartbreaking expertise for any motor bike owner, for as a rule he should stand by helplessly till the fireplace has wrought its will — an sick will. On Saturday afternoon a younger motor bike owner was the sufferer of such a misfortune whereas he was continuing up Burlington road, and was gazing dejectedly on the devouring flames, when out of a again door got here an angel, recognised as such as a result of he staggered underneath the burden of a giant crimson patent fireplace extinguisher. Fortunately the extinguisher carried out its operate with out waste of time, and the motor bike owner remarked that “it may need been worse.” — ODT, 2.11.1925
Compiled by Peter Dowden
