Widnes Examiner. — 1906-11-17 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

CHESHIRE. DRIVER FINED AT DARESBURY..  At the Da—r ;I;JY' Petty Sessions,on Tuesday, before Messrs. William Long (in the chair), H. Nield, and J. Malin Edelsten, John Henry Porter, 161, Castelnau, Barnes, Surrey (and of the firm of Boon and Porter, motor engineers, London), was charged with having on the 10th October, on the Stretton-road, Appleton,driven a motor car at a speed dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case. He was further charged with refusing to stop when requested to do so by the police. Superintendent Ennion stated that on October 10, at 5.43 p.m., Sergeant Kennerley was on duty on Stretton-road, Appleton, between Appleton Cross and Stretton Church, when he saw two motor cars going in the direction of Appleton Cross. Both cars were being driven at a very fast speed. The first car passed the sergeant and he stepped in front of the second car and put up his hand, and called to the driver to stop, but no notice was taken and both cars went on. The sergeant had to step out of the road. The cars came from the direction of Northwich, and were going in the direction of Warrington. The sergeant succeeded in getting the number of the car, "LC 5,746." He communicated with the police authorities in London, and it was ascertained that the second car belonged to a Mr. Drabble, Hyde Park, London. The defendant was the driver of the car. —Evidence in support of Superintendent Ennion's statement was given by a number of witnesses.—Thomas Broady, farmer, Appleton, said he was of opinion that the cars were racing.—Defendant said he did not think he had been fairly treated. He had received two summonses. He wrote to the police for particulars, and told them he knew nothing about the matter, and he received a letter from the Snperintendent to the effect that the facts of the case were fully stated in the summonses. There were, however, no particulars given on the summonses. No time was stated, and he could not find the place on the map.—The Chairman : The police officer was quite justifled in what he did. You motorists think you can ride roughshod over the country, and knock people out of your road simply to gratify your own selfish wishes to go fast.—Defendant was fined .£7 Ns. and hosts for excessive speed, and .£1 and costs for not stopping—altogether £l2 Os. 6d.  Mr. Hershall Gray, of Near Rowena, Russell County, Kentucky, has been asleep twelve years. He is apparently in perfect health, and is fed with liquid nourishment twice a day. He is sixty-three years old. The collection of thorianite, used in the manufacture of incandescent mantles, is a growing industry in -Ceylon. Nine tons of the mineral were exported in 1905, the highest price recived for a ton being £1,700. Dr. Thorpe, a Government analyst, in a report to the Fisheries Committee of the Cornwall County Council, states that the eggs of the dog fish when boiled are very similar to an ordinary hard-boiled hen's egg, and are a wh9lesome and highly nutritious food. At the inquest on Thomas Turnbull, of Wallsend, coal trimmer, who committed suicide by hanging, it was stated that his father, uncle, and two nephews had all ended life by suicide. z