The Archive · 1929

New Law for Inquests

The general feeling that all is not right in our present inquest procedure has been considerably strengthened by the long drawn-cut proceedings in the recent inquest on the body of Mr. Olive the Reading tobacconist who was murdered by an unknown assailant, well-known teacher of dancing' and Physical culture, says in the current issue of "Noir Health," She says that experiments with. the mentally unfit and low-class crimintls show that these people inva ably drag their fect along the! ground, one of these experiments Leing to make them walk over Iloeks of wood in the exercise yard, This necessitates a greater effort fof balance, and, consequently, a Captain Legge, who is a son' of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. E, Legge and-grandson of the fourth Earl of Dartmouth, entered the Navy, in 1898, and became a lieutenant im 1905. He was in command of tha destroyer Forester when the War began, and early in 1916 exchanged into the new destroyer Nerissa, which he commanded of Jutland.

Having defeated enemy destroyers, "he gallantly pressed home an at-of Inquest From Our Owx London, Oct. 17. siaThe excitement of the week in London has been the first sight of TeI01 "in' the ale, After columns of'seorn had been poured upon the tivo giant airships and all ys, the country was really inning to wonder whether either! of them would ever leave their sheds at all. One paper went. so far as to pring the witty headline "here are 101 reasons why R102 does not leave her hangar," but on Monday morning the scoffers had temporarily to hide their heads. T.101 tactfully appeared over London during the lunch-hour and the Streets were immediately packed with crowds of all types of people gazing up into the sky at her Magnificent silver bulk, Four or! five aeroplanes frisked round her like midgets round a hippopotamus. They looked absurdly small, According to all reports, the trial fight was eminently satisfactory fand, after a few more experiments the air, the great ship will prob-given her airworthiness After that she will be her real activities, and we. shall whether. the pro-phossies of the pessimists re to. Prove true. Whether she is a com Tnerelal success or not, everyone agrees, since the flight over London, that she is certainly a very fine' plaything and that she would always probably be able to pay for her keep by taking people for pleasure flights!

We are now anxiously awaiting the frst appearance of R.100, which' has been taken over by the Burney Group. R100 has petrol engi is said to be considerably faster' ind capable of lifting a bigger commercial load,

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