AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2511, 26 May 1909, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

EXCITEMENT IX A FACTORY. At a white-work factory in Ballarat, a youth, James Tipping, was in the act of placing a holt over a small pulley wheel .to start some of the machines when his sleeve caught in the bolt, and he was pulled upward towards the ceiling. His sleeve ripped, and, catching the iron, support- of the pulley, he hung on and yelled lustily for help. The excitement created amongst the 200 girls employed in the factory was intense, and quite a number of them, believing that- the youth was about to he torn limb from' limb, fainted. Two of the gills, however, who were not overcome by alarm, promptly switched the electric current off, and stopped the motor. Tipping was released and taken home, and the doctor found that he had escaped with a scare and severe shaking. WHO SIGNED THE CHEQUE? \ case commenced before Mr Justice Booth, in the Perth (W.A ) Supreme Court recently, m which \\ L. L.lick sued Rt. Rev. l)r Gibney, Catholic Bishop of Perth, for £220, the amount of three promisory notes lor £<•>, Lio. and £7o' respectively, drawn by the late Rev. Bernard Keogh Y a™ purporting to be endorsed by Bishop Gilnicy. _ . i .a * .Mr Wheatley, a land agent, deposed that he bought come Rmd for J Keo'di in December, and obtained the promissory notes in question on account this transaction with Father Keogh. He signed them at the Bishop s palace Pavi n' the room in which he .signed them to obtain the Bishop's signature. At the time- Keogh was much exeitiW and his signature was more like tin crawl of a spider than handwutmg. Darin- the absence from the room of Father Keogh, Bishop Gibney came m. and witness, showing himi two promissory notes, said th.«t Keo»h had left the room for the pmpose of obtaining the. Bishop « signature. The Bishop then said : A hat is a private matter of Father and ha- nothing to do with me. ■ Ihe Bishop then left the room and soon • Terwards Father Keogh . returned till, tin, bills omlm-M-a- Vrtm-ssthen , r „t the bills diseounteu b\ tin l> l . an ' r if r an d paid the amount he reeened .e«Ooi into Father {f account for the purpose of "£ctnv t c_ cheque previously given to lum m con nection with the Land transaction _

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