SPURIOUS COINS .sx Thousands Said To Be in Circulation in London .sx James Harris , aged 32 , labourer , pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to-day a charge of possessing base coins and moulds for coining , and was sentenced to eighteen months hard labour .sx Detective Sergeant Ward said that thousands of spurious coins were in circulation in London .sx SPOTTED FEVER .sx Third Death Reported from Newcastle .sx A third death from spotted fever has taken place in Newcastle , while there are a number of patients in the Infectious Diseases Hospital in more or less serious conditions .sx The outbreak , however , so far as Tyneside is concerned , seems to have been successfully checked .sx VANISHED PLANE MYSTERY .sx CLEVER YOUNG PILOT MISSING .sx CHANNEL CROSSING PUZZLE .sx Somewhere between Le Bourget , the big Paris aerodrome , and Croydon , London's air terminus , a two-seater black Gypsy Moth aeroplane and her pilot , Mr. Charles Job , of Hove , Sussex , have , it is feared , been lost .sx On Sunday the small machine , which was flown from Lympne to Paris on Saturday by Sir Anthony Lindsay-Hogg , set out for the return journey to England piloted by Mr. Job , who is connected with a flying school in Surrey .sx The machine has not been heard of since .sx " It is an absolute mystery , " an official at Croydon aerodrome to-day told a reporter .sx AUTHORITIES NOT ADVISED .sx " As far as we can gather the Le Bourget authorities were not advised as is usual by the pilot that he was making the return journey on Sunday .sx Consequently we were not in turn advised of his departure .sx " We knew nothing of it until Monday , but it is now definitely established that the plane did actually take off .sx " Every possible means of tracing the machine has been tried without success .sx Even shipping has been advised to keep a sharp look-out for the plane .sx " The vital 24 hours that were lost , however , make the task of searching for it extremely difficult .sx " We know that the plane must have met bad weather in the Channel on Sunday .sx " A friend of Mr. Job , at the school of flying to which he was attached , was still anxiously awaiting news to-day .sx " Mr. Job , who is about 21 years of age , is a very good pilot indeed , and I cannot think what can have happened , " he said .sx Sir Anthony Lindsay-Hogg flew the machine to Paris on Saturday to visit his wife , who was formerly Miss Frances Doble , the actress .sx Sir Anthony is staying on the Continent indefinitely , and Mr. Job was to have brought the machine back alone to England .sx FOREST FIRES .sx Peril to British Visitors' Homes Near Nice .sx NICE , Wednesday .sx Villas of many British residents are threatened by a forest fire which is raging in the Gordio Valley on the outskirts of Roquebrune .sx Orders have been given to the 25th Alpine Regiment to assist in fighting the fire .sx - British United Press .sx REDCAR'S WONDERFUL NEW LIFEBOAT .sx IMPOSSIBLE TO SINK IT EVEN WHEN DAMAGED .sx CAN CARRY 30 PEOPLE .sx A new motor lifeboat which the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has built for Redcar , the oldest station on the Yorkshire coast , will leave the building yard at Cowes to-morrow for her station .sx She will go by sea under the command of Lieut .sx Commander H. L. Wheeler , R. N. , Inspector of Lifeboats , and will be manned by a crew from Redcar .sx The boat is of the new light type of self-righting lifeboat for launching off a carriage 35ft .sx 6ins .sx long with a 35-h .sx p. engine giving her a speed of 7 1-3 knots .sx She takes only 20 seconds to come to a dead stop from full speed .sx In another 20 seconds she can be moving at full speed astern .sx Should a sea brake on board she can free herself in about 12 seconds - more quickly than any other type of lifeboat .sx If she were capsized even with a hole in her bottom she would right herself in four seconds .sx She carries enough petrol to be able to travel 116 miles at full speed without refuelling , and in a rough weather she can take 30 people on board .sx Yorkshire will now have 5 motor lifeboats out of 15 on its coast , and two more are under construction for Yorkshire stations .sx The station at Redcar was established in 1802 and since 1850 its lifeboats have rescued more than 200 lives .sx DARLINGTON ROBBERY .sx 6 Stolen From Cleveland Avenue House .sx Another robbery has been reported in Darlington .sx A house in Cleveland-avenue , was entered last night and it is stated about 6 was taken .sx The police are investigating the matter .sx LIVERPOOL MURDER CHARGE .sx INSURANCE AGENT IN THE DOCK .sx ALLEGED FAKED 'PHONE CALL .sx William Herbert Wallace , aged 52 , an insurance agent , again appeared at Liverpool Court to-day on a charge of murdering his wife at their home on 20 January .sx It was alleged by the prosecution that Wallace faked a telephone call to himself at a cafe , making an appointment for the following evening , when the murder was committed .sx Wallace raised the alarm upon returning home , and the police found Mrs. Wallace dead in the sitting room .sx Wallace said that money had been stolen from the house , and some rooms in the house showed signs of having been ransacked .sx Evidence was given by a police officer that there were no signs , on the night of 20 January , on Wallace's home of a forcible entrance having been made .sx Wallace explained why he had been away from home , and said his wife would not admit anybody unless she knew them personally .sx The officer added that he examined Wallace's clothing and hands and found no bloodstains on them .sx Wallace was committed for trial at the next Liverpool Assizes .sx DARLINGTON BAZAAR .sx Corporation-road Wesleyan Effort .sx There was a large attendance at the opening by the Mayoress of Darlington ( Mrs. J. D. Hinks ) of the Corporation-road Wesleyan Church bazaar this afternoon .sx Mr. J. Coverdale presided .sx The Rev. H. P. Thomas stated that the church treasurer ( Mr. Verity ) was seriously ill , and a vote of sympathy was passed .sx Mr. Thomas also stated that the church property is now free from debt .sx The Rev. S. G. Haywood , superintendent minister , proposed , and Miss M. Emmerson seconded , a vote of thanks to the Mayoress , the chairman and the soloist ( Miss A. Nunn) .sx Mr. Coverdale and the Mayor ( Coun .sx J. D. Hinks ) replied .sx JEWELLER AND HIS CHARWOMAN .sx HUSBAND'S ALLEGED BLACKMAIL ATTEMPT .sx ALLEGATION AGAINST PROSECUTOR'S SON .sx An alleged attempt to blackmail a jeweller by the husband of a woman he had employed as charwoman was described at North London police court to-day .sx Elvin Charles Halls , aged 48 , described as a labourer , of Wickford , Essex was charged with having demanded 3 by menaces from the jeweller whose name was withheld .sx Hall was remanded in custody .sx THE COMPLAINT .sx The case for the prosecution was that just before she left , Hall's wife , who some time had slept at prosecutor's home , complained to him the absence of the prosecutor's wife , that his son had been familiar with her .sx It was submitted that she withheld the complaint from the prosecutor's wife for the purpose of extorting money by the menace of revealing the allegation if money was not forthcoming .sx " ARE YOU GOING TO SETTLE ?sx " Later it was alleged a letter was received from Halls stating :sx " Sir , are you going to settle as you promised ?sx My wife and I will have to take proceedings against you and your son on Saturday morning .sx " When a reply was sent by prosecutor's solicitors that the letter was not understood , a further letter was received from Halls suggesting that prosecutor himself had also been guilty of misconduct with Hall's wife , and asserting that there had been a promise to pay 5 .sx BRITISH BEAUTY SPOTS .sx Canada To See The Old Country's Best .sx Films of British beauty spots , historical places and places of educational interest , will soon be shown throughout Canada , states the British United Press .sx They have been taken by Mr. George E. Patton , director of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau , and a Government photographer , and consist of 30 films each of about 1,000 feet in length , in one and two reels .sx The Bureau is considering putting the films to sound , and if this is done , Mr. Patton will make a " talkie " record , describing the various scenes in the pictures .sx The work of putting titles to the pictures is now in progress and when it is completed the films will be distributed to the rural districts .sx WOMAN'S " AMEN .sx " Alleged Theft Of Furs At Brighton .sx Dorothy Gabriel Maritch , aged 36 , for whose arrest a warrant was obtained by the Brighton police several weeks ago , was arrested in Maida Vale yesterday , and was remanded at Brighton to-day , charged with obtaining , by false pretences , furs to the value of 108 from Leonard Charles Shonman , of Brighton .sx Mr. T. J. Owen , prosecuting , said it was alleged that Maritch obtained the furs by representing that her husband had just died leaving her a large estate , and that she had bought a big house on the Brighton front .sx He was instructed that she had pawned the furs in London .sx Detective-Sergeant Holt said that when he read the warrant to her Maritch replied " Amen .sx You cannot say I have said much , can you ?sx " Afterwards she said " I was going to Brighton to see if the Jew would take the furs back .sx He cannot have my lady and the furs as well .sx " TEXAN IN TROUBLE IN DARLINGTON .sx FAILED TO REPORT HIS ARRIVAL IN THE COUNTRY .sx WANTED A TICKET FOR THE INSTITUTION .sx William Barton , aged 28 , stated to be a native of Amerillo , Texas , U.S.A. , was remanded to Durham for eight days at Darlington , to-day , when he was charged that , being of foreign nationality he unlawfully failed to report his arrival in the United Kingdom to the registration officer after being in the country two months .sx It was stated that he called at the police office at Darlington and asked for an admission ticket for the Poor Law Institution .sx Detective Contes took particulars and when he asked him his place of birth the man replied , Texas , U.S.A. .sx Detective Contes asked him how long he had been in this country and Barton answered three years .sx He had no registration book .sx Barton said that he arrived in England in 1928 on the R.M.S. Olympic and had been in the country since then .sx CRIMINAL REFLECTIONS .sx Berlin Taxi-Drivers Want To See Their Fares .sx Berlin taxi-cab drivers , following the murder of two of their number by robbers , have asked the police for permission to protect themselves .sx They want revolvers , mirrors on the windscreen so that they can see what goes on in the cab , a light in the cab .sx One driver even proposes that if a passenger wants to be taken to a dark spot he should be dropped at the nearest well-lighted point and left to finish his journey on foot , states the British United Press .sx The two fatal hold-ups yielded the robber only 4 , the average daily takings of a Berlin driver being between 6 and 8 shilllings .sx CHESTERTONIA .sx " G.K.C. " Lets Himself Go In San Francisco .sx San Francisco , Wednesday .sx Addressing a meeting of 6,000 people here last night , Mr. G.K. Chesterton , who is on a lecture tour of the United States , was loudly cheered when he gibed a Prohibition .sx He also made a series of attacks on psycho-analysts , who , he said , were ignoramuses making unsubstantiated claims ; and on spiritualists , who were suffering from advanced senile decay .sx -Exchange. HAVERTON HILL GIRL KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR .sx A Haverton Hill girl was knocked down yesterday in Cambridge-terrace , where she lives , but escaped with a broken arm and body bruises .sx It transpires that Mr. George Benson Alderson an electrical engineer of the Tees Power Station , was driving home from Port Clarence to Haverton Hill , when nine-year-old Mary Kelly ran off the pavement in front of his car and was knocked down .sx She was taken home after the accident , after Dr. Stevenson had treated her .sx BARONET INJURED .sx Sir William Hicking Knocked Down In London .sx Sir William Hicking of Brackenhurst Hall , Southwell , Whitehall Court , London , is detained in Westminster Hospital , London , as the result of being knocked down by a motor-car while crossing Buckinham Palace-road last night .sx He has had a fair night , and to-day was reported to be fairly comfortable .sx He is suffering from an injury to the hand , a slight scalp wound , and shock .sx