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Page 2 RESULT OF 'DAILY MIRROR'S' OAD SAFETY BALLOT BUS DRIVERS BEST ROAD USERS Prize of £5OO Won by Glamorgan Man 2 WOMEN SHARE £250 Voting a Striking Indictment of Jay-Walkers In spite of a very large entry for the Daily Mirror £750 Road Safety Ballot, no single reader succeeded in returning on one coupon a correct forecast of the result of the voting. Competitors were given a list of fourteen different types of road user from which they were invited to select ten, placing the ten in what they considered to be their proper order of merit as regards the skill, courtesy and consideration displayed by these different individuals in using the public highway. The first prize of £5OO was to be awarded to the reader, or readers, whose list agreed with or most nearly approached the general Toting of all the competitors. There was also a second cash prize of £250. £5OO Prize Winner The winner of the First I'rize W.

D. Hugles, 40, Gough-road, Ystalyfera, who receives the sum of £5OO. Mr. Hughes secured forty-seven unints. £250 Prize Shared Tho Second Prize of is shared by two women readers, who each secured forty-five points with their forecasts.

Their names are Miss Bevan, 50, Fellows-road, London, N.W. 3. Mrs. Harris, 27, Wetherby Mansions, London, S.W. 5.

The result of the Ballot is as 1. (E) Omnibus drivers. 2. (H) Private car chauffeurs. 3.

(B) Horse vehicle drivers. 4. (C) Men owner drivers. 5. (N) Tramway-car drivers.

6. (A) Heavy lorry drivers. 7. (D) Motor-coach drivers. 8.

(14) Taxicab drivers. 9. (M) Tradesmen's van drivers. 10. (G) Pedestrians.

The four types of road user who did not succeed in being included in the selected ten and tho order in which they were voted for in the ballot (0) Women owner drivers. (F) Pedal cyclists. (3) Sidecar-combination drivers. (K) Solo motor-cyclists. The identification letters used in the ballot are given in parentheses above.

Cheques will be dispatched to the prizewinners in the course of a few days. JAY-WALKING FOLLY 4 Wake Up, Pedestrians! as Salient Message of the Ballot EY OUR MOTORING CORRESPONDENT The result of the Daily Mirror Road Safety Ballot is certain to arouse widespread interest in view of the efforts that are being made to render our roads safer and more pleasant to use. Moreover, since the voting records the impressions of the general public on an important aspect of this vital question of road safety the ballot has real practical value. Since all road-users are at some time or another pedestrians, it is particularly interesting to note that pedestrians figure at Cie very bottom of the list of ten selections. This striking Indictment of the jay -walker," As the careless pedestrian has been called, is exactly in accordance with straightforward published statistics, which show time after that the overwhelming majority of footpassengers who lose their lives do so because of their own negligence or folly.

Wake up, "Pedestrians! is one of the salient messages of the ballot. That omnibus drivers should head the poll is not in any way surprising, for they are, at any rate so far as the metropolis is concerned, (Continued on page 21) QUARREL WITH STRANGLED GIRL Sweetheart Admits a Threat to Choke Her EARL ROBBED Valuable Van Dyck Portrait Stolen from London House COUP BY GATECRASHERS? Burglars who gained an entry during the night into the Hampstead residence of the Earl of Clarendon took away with them a Van Dyck portrait worth thousands of pounds. It was the well-known picture entitled Ferdinand the Cardinal," a half-length portrait. 2ft. Bin, by 2ft.

The previous day a garden party was held in the grounds, and it is thought possible that the burglars gate-crashed and attended the function in order to find out the best way of entering the house. The picture depicts a man with light hair, moustache and chin tuft and head uncovered. He is wearing a red robe embroidered with gold and a white collar with lace. Finger-print experts are assisting in the investigations. It is thought probable that efforts will be made to get it out of the country A member of the house staff stated that the missing Van Dyck had been hanging in the library for some years.

The library," he said, is in the front of the house, and a curious feature of the affair is that the burglars took nothing except the picture. None of the jewellery or silver is It is believed that the burglars were the mysterious band who have carried out so many puzzling art robberies in London recently. The house was formerly the residence of William Pitt, and on the front gate is a plate inscribed: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1708 to 1778, Prime Minister, lived here." THE KING ON WIRELESS Speech at Opening of India House To Be Broadcast on Tuesday The ceremony of the opening of India House by the King will be broadcast from the National transmitters and other stations taking the National programme on Tuesday next at noon. The King will be heard speaking in reply to an address. £90,000 BRIDGE Battle Squadron's Thundering Salute for Duke of York at Weymouth The l)nke of York yesterday opened the new £90,000 bridge over Weymouth Harbour.

Weymouth's sister town in Massachusetts sent a slab of stone which has been incorporated in the bridge. The Duke, who was in naval uniform. on his arrival drove through long lines of ex-Service men who, with bluejackets from the Third Battle Squadron, lined the streets. Twentyone guns from the fleet thundered a royal salute. After a civic lunch in the former State rooms of George 111, at the old Gloucester Lodge.

the Duke visited the Whitehead torpedo factory. where he saw experiments carried out with a new type of torpedo. SHAREHOLDERS' POLL Proposal to Remove Three Directors Insufficient Result of the poll taken at a general meeting of Metropole Industries, was announced yesterday at a meeting in London for shareholders. Ballot voting on a resolution to remove the Marquis of Winchester, Sir Godfrey B. H.

Fell and Mr. 11. J. Bruce from their office of directcrs was. For 446,218, against 347,841.

Sir Godfre.e Fell, who presided, stated that it required a three quarters majority to carry this resolution and therefore it was lost. Only one shareholder was present nt the meeting, which lasted about five minutes. DIVORCE CASE ALIBI Doctor Co-respondent and Married Woman Patient Vindicated As the result of an alibi being proved, Lord Merrivale, in the Divorce Court yesterday, dismissed the petition of Mr. George H. B.

Radcliffe, a barrister, of Woliingham, for a divorce on the ground of his wife's alleged misconduct. Dr. Nolan Daly, of Little London, near Basingstoke, and Reading, who attended Mrs. Radcliffe professionally, was cited as co-respondent. Misconduct was alleged to have taken place at a boarding-house at Grand-parade, Brighton, on August 4-5, 1928, which Mrs.

Radcliffe denied, declaring that on those dates she was staying at Barton-on-Sea and Dr. Daly that he was carrying on his professional practice. The jury, after an absence of a few minutes, found no misconduct between Mrs. Radcliffe and the co-respondent. The petition was dismissed accordingly and co-respondent dismissed from the suit with costs.

POST OFFICE RAID Thief Ties Up Woman and Takes Money fram Safe HIT WITH REVOLVER After attacking the woman in charge, a man stole a sum of money, believed to be about £3OO, from a post office in Govan, Glasgow, last evening. Miss Ina Marshall, twenty-six, of Sauchiehallstreet. Glasgow, who is employed in a branch post office in (lid Govan-road, was attacked by the man, struck on the head with a revolver, and tied to a chair. Miss Marshall is in hospital with head injuries which necessitated several stitches. I had just closed the premises for the evenshe said.

A man was in the telephone box inside the shop and he came out and asked me to get him a number, 1 was unable to find the name and advised him to speak to the operator. He suddenly rushed round the counter and said: It's money I want and you are the only one that can give me I screamed, especially when the man whipped a revolver from his pocket and, throwing me to the ground, struck me on the head. Where are the keys of the he asked. I replied: You can have the money in my purse, but you are not going to get the Post Office He grabbed me by the throat and nearly choked me. I was struggling and screaming.

He struck me again with the revolver and tied both my feet and arms to the chair. He then went to the safe. saw him stuff a large bundle of notes ind two £lO bags into his pocket. He then made off with the keys he had taken and locked the outer door. A woman saw the man escape and heard my screams." BARONET FOR 82 YEARS Death Sir George Young in His 93rd of A.P.

Sir George Young, of Formosa-place, Cookham, Berkshire, died there last evening in his ninety-third year. Sir George who was the father of Sir Hilton Young, M.P., succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1848. He was called to the Bar sixty-six years ago. Subsequently he sought, unsuccessfully, to enter Parliament, in turn, for Chippenham and for Plymouth. EXPLORERS' REUNION Members of Thirteen Expeditions to Antarctic Dine Together Members of thirteen expeditions to the Antarctic were represented at the Mid-Winter (Antarctic Reckoning) dinner of the Antarctic Club in London last night.

For the first time in the club's history guests were present, so gathering became a reunion of explorers of both the North and South Polar regions. Among the guests were V. Steransson, the Norwegian explorer, Peter Scott, son of Captain R. F. Scott, of South Pole fame, Admiral Sir William Goodenough and Lord-Auckland.

A model of a sledge dog was placed before the chairman, Captain Armitage. Many of the speakers dwelt upon the importance of the Polar Exhibition at the Caxton Hall, REUTER'S EDITOR DEAD Mr. Herbert Jeans's Distinguished Journalistic Career Mr. Herbert Jeans, chief editor of neuter's. died yesterday at Putney from a sudden heart attack after a long illness.

Ile was fifty-live. A member of an accomplished journalistic family, he spent nis early years on the Manchester Guardian and later was Parliamentary sketch-writer for the Liverpool Post. Afterwards he was chief of t' Parliamentary staff of Reuter's for more than fifteen years. lie was chairman of the House of Commons lobby journalists in 1923, and in that year was appointed chief editor of Neuter's. LARWOOD FIT Fast Bowler to Play Against the Australians at Nottingham To-day Harold Larwood, the Notts fast bowler, has quite recovered from his throat trouble anti will play against the Australians at Nottingham to-day.

LIFEBOAT DAY £5,000 The flag day on behalf of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, held in Greater London on May 20, raised a sum of £5,021, which was £757 more than last year. Saturday, July 5, 1030 CRIME THEORY Sir B. Spilsbury Suggests She Was Unconscious When Killed Dramatic evidence was given by, Robert Harper (Scotch Bob) at the inquest at Epsom yesterday on Agnes Lesson, his sweetheart, who was found strangled. Sir Bernard Spilsbury reconstructed the manner in which Miss Kesson may have met her death, being strangled after a blow on the held had rendered her unconscious. He was shown a piece of cord which he said might have been used to strangle her.

Harper is employed in the garage owned by Mr, Heats, in whose teashop the dead girl was employed as waitress. The Coroner (to Harper): What happened on the Tuesday day the girl leftl? On the way from Carshalton to Burgh Heath," answered Harper, she saw a policetnan. She was going to talk to him and 1 called her back. I asked her where she was going and she said she was going to talk to the policeman. We had a quarrel on the way home about that.

She had spoken to inn before." SHE KICKED ME The Coroner: What happened during the course of the quarrel? Harper hesitated for a moment, and speaking jerkily and in very low tones, said, She kicked me and swore at me." The Coroner: What did she say? Witness: You don't want me to repeat that. Harper repeated the names that he said Miss Kesson had called him, and continued, I told her to shut up or I would choke her. I gut hold of her heads and put my arms round her neck to keep her from swearing. I said, Shut up, or I will choke Then we went home and she said she would take up another situation and went upstairs." he coroner said that there was no doubt Harper wrote to the girl's sister in Scotland. He (the coroner) had the original letter there.

It was posted at 5.30 p.m. on June 4 and I am writir to ask if you have any information about Agnes. sbt here yesterday to go to her new )ob, and 1 am very anxious to know a here she is. The Coroner Have you at say time since that Tuesday at midday seen Agnes No. Roherts heats, a pale-faced young man.

then went into the box. He said that he was nineteen years old and lived at the Nook with his parents. The coroner asked Deats a number of questions about the times of incidents which he said took place. Later he asked Deets why be came downstairs quietly Deats: didn't want my father to hear. For some extraordinary reason, or for some reason perhaps you can explain, Bob Harper and yourself crept downstairs quietly and out of the house to ride in a conveyance not your is your excuse- to see if she were at Ca rsha Yes (Continued on page 4) INCOME FAX FRAUDS Father and Two Sons Fined £5OO Each for Making False Returns ines of each and costs were imposed on a father and his two sons at Stafford Assizes yesterday for income tax frauds.

The accused men were Joseph sixtynine, Frederick William Dennis, forty-seven, and Sidney Alexander Dennis, three earthenware manufacturers. They pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Inland Revenue Commissioners and waking false returns in respect of income tax and excess profits duty. HOME NEWS IN BRIEF General Sir Philip Chetwode, until recently Chief of the General Staff, India, is placed on half-pay on ceasing to be employed, says the London Gazette. 100 Eliza Haines, of Whitfield-street, Tottenham Court-road, will be 100 years old to-morrow. I still make my bed and cook the dinner." she said yesterday.

Shopkeeper shopkeeper of Highroad, Tottenham, was charged last night with wounding Patrick Harrison, forty, of Castlewood-road, Clapton, during a dispute in the shop. President of H. Parsons, President of Woolworth's, who arrived at Southampton from New York last night, stated lam going to attend the wedding of my niece. Miss Maysie Clasque and Mr. Jack THE DAILY MIRROR.