THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1927.
GRAND CLEARANCE
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NIGHT GOWNS
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ENYELOPE CHEMISE
& COMBINATIONS
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A WEEK'S PAPERS IN ONE.
War thoughts have been centred on Hankow during the past week. General Chiang Kai-shek was reported to have captured the city some days ago, but although it seems fairly certain that he intends to move against the Communists at some time or other, no confirmation of the fall of Hankow is forthcoming. Latest reports, in fact, have it that the Hankow-ites are coming out to fight the Chiang Kai-shek faction. Developments leading to the present curious posi- tion in China's military and political fortunes-or misfortunes -are fully described in this week's "Overland Mail," ready to-morrow.
Chang Tsa-lin, too, is strangely situated. As usual, he is saying little, but it seems that some of his military forces have suffered reverses, and that the Nationalists are moving, albeit slowly, in a northerly direction towards Tientsin and the capital.
In addition to general news on China, the "Overland" contains reports of all local happenings, social, personal, legal and sporting.
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THE WAY THE WORLD WAGS.
Prince George is at Aix-les-Bains with his suite to undergo a cure.
"The only time I went to college I delivered the milk." Mr. Will Thorne, M.P.
A bid of £138,000 was reached in eight minutes at Liverpool when half an acre of property in the city was put up for auction.
It is reported that King Alfonso at the request of several of the South American Republics will visit South America at an earlier date than was anticipated.
"If you are not feeling hungry and want to create an appetite, just tickle behind your ear with a fea- ther." Dr. J. B. Alexander's tip at an Institute of Hygiene lecture.
An anesthetist, giving evidence at Westminster about a patient who died while under chloroform, said he had given chloroform in 10,000 cases and that was his first fatality.
Prince Hubert and Prince Fried- rich, the two youngest sons of the former German Crown were confirmed at Potsdam. The Prince, ceremony was attended by many re- lations, including the Queen of Den- mark and all members of the House of Hohenzollern living in Potsdam.'
Captain Frederick Gilles, of Syd- noy, formerly an officer of the R.A.F., and who is planning to make a trans-Pacific flight this summer from Vancouver to Sydney via Honolulu, Suva, Fanning Island, and New Caledonia, has arrived at Vancouver.
Including old Chinese porce- lain, objects of art, decorative furniture and old French snuff. boxes, the late Sir Edward Marshall Hall's art treasures will be sold by Christie's.
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Mr. C. F. Ran, whose death at An Arab stevedore who foll the age of 94 is reported from asleep after helping to load the Salisbury, Rhodesia, was pro- Australian Commonwealth Hiner "Esperance Ray" with flour at Portably the last survivor in South was battened down in the Africa of the Crimean War, in Said,
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“I wish counsel would not keep Colonel Ibanez, the new Fresi- reiterating the word 'preceding.' dent of Chile, has reconstructed his Keep clear of Latin and stick to Cabinet, with Senor Enrique Bal- good old Saxon words. For good- mavedetoro, a son of a former Pre-ness' sake say 'went before."— sident, us Prime Minister.
The Judge Crawford at Wood Green, new Cabinet shows various changes. N. County Court, Senor Sevia, the Minister of Health, and Senor Velasco, the Minister of Works, have not been re-appointed.
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Members of the Municipal Coun- cil of Paris have taken formal pos- session of Hauteville House, Guern- acy, the residence of Victor Hugo- from 1856 to 1870, which was pre- sented to the city of Paris by the poet's heirs a few weeks ago,
Belonging to a rare species, the only other known specimen of which is at Cairo, a well-preserv-
Miocene of the Moghara Oasis, ed skull of a crocodile from the Egypt, has been purchased by the Natural History Muesum, South Italian Deputy and leader of the Kensington,
VADEA WEDO A wirderereen, IL
Clarence Chamberlain in the cock-pit of the plane in which he flew across the Atlantic with Charles Levine.
.Signor de Gasperi, the former
Catholic Party, who was arrested last March while in a train at Florence, on the charge that he in- tended to cross the frontier, has been sentenced to four years' im- prisonment.
A decree has been issued in Rome! for the establishment of a school of malarial diseases, with a view to promoting the study of the medical problems presented and the im provement of marsh areas. The school will be open both to Italians and foreigners.
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The claim to be the youngest diver in the world was made on behalf of George Knight, aged 15, of Brighton, who made two des- cents from the West Pier, Brigh- 'ton, in a set of gear weighing 212
pounds.
A wedding ring lost 18 years ago by Mrs. John Spencer, of Market Street, Wem., Shropshire, was returned to her by a woman whose children had found it in the garden of the cottage at Lee Bridges, Shropshire where Mrs. Spencer used to live.
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Special efforts are being made A B amending the Icelandic Bananas are ripening in the by the officer of the 13th London Constitution, mainly by reducing vaults of Holy Trinity Church in Regiment (Territorials), better the age of franchise from 35 to 25 Gray's Inn Road which the Vicat, known as Princess Louise's Ken- for both sexes, has now been car the Rev. Mr. Hope-Smith, has leassington Regiment, to secure re- ried by both Houses of the Ice-ed to fruiterera, in order to augment cruits, and a recruiting depot has landic Alting.
his stipend on which he is, unable been opened at 185, Hammer- to live.
smith Road, W.
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A rare fish known as the Cuckoo Wrasse has been landed by a traw- ler at Oban: The last specimen re- corded by the Fishery Board caught In British waters was obtained at Lybster, Caithness in 1901.
Ancient coins have been dis- covered at the Plough Inn, Wing- ston Magna, Lescestershire, An Elizabethan building and one of the oldest licensed houses in the county. The coins Include gold pieces 300 years old.
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Following an announcement re-
details of A cently of
baby weighing 1 lb., another claim to be the mother of the smallest baby, which weighed 1lb. 5oz. at birth, is advanced. It was born six weeks ago and is doing well.
The "Times" Basra correspondent telegraphs that the instructions re- cently issued by the Irak Govern- ment to Departments not to appoint Indians, except Indian experts, to official posts are causing concern among the large Indian population there, and prominent Indians have Protested against such
After blood tests, Belfast, speci- alista have diagnosed a mysterious disease, from which a five-year old boy is suffering, as rat-bite fever only once previously recorded. The boy was bitten by a trapped rat. Weeks later a rash developed, the boy's temperature rising every third day up to 104 and 105 degrees.
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The coal output from the mines|| of Britain for the week ended] May 21 was 6,052,200 tons, com- Pared with 5,159,700 tons in the previous week, while the number a reward of wage-earners was 1,026,700 for the blood and money spent by against 1,031,500 the previous India in liberating Irak from the week, Holland
Turkish yoke." are also sending strawberries by air for the London market. -
Large consignments of ripe strawberries are now reaching Croydon Aerodrome on the Handley Page Napler air freighters of Im- perial Airways from France and Belgium. Germany and
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The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Board of Guardians have decided to prose- cute miners who had received loans during the coal strike and had made no repayments. The board lent 528,000 to Leicesterhire and South Derbyshire miners, and only about £2,000 has been repaid.
WHITE WOMAN'S MAGIC.
Curing a "Spell” on a Native,
POLAR CAKE
ITS QUALITY THAT COUNTS
When the name of James Upton was called at Romford to answer a charge of motor-cycling without à ence, an old-age pensioner of 78 stepped briskly forward and said: he was the guilty person. He add- ed that he did not know he had to have a licence. He had driven for three years without one. The Bench fined him 2s. 6d.
BRIDGE FREAK.
Each Players' Complete Sult.
coin-
Mr.
be the "waste of 'a perfectly good man," she gave him an exceeding- ly strong dose of sal volatile, soy- ing that it would drive the evil one from him, and the result was that he was very soon well again "Every white man who travels in and presented her with a couple of An extraordinary Bridge primitive lands is expected to be chickens, rice, and coconuts as a cidence in which four players were a bit of a magician," declared Lady thankoffering. It appeared that the cach dealt a complete suit of cards Dorothy Mills, the Earl of Orford's witch doctor had coveted the man's occurred during a game at the daughter and one of the most in- trepid women explorers, speaking good-looking wife, and he was very Cavendish Hotel, Bedford.
Major K. G. Harper and annoyed that she had made him
J. C. E. Robinson, a chartered sur as the guest at luncheon, of the look a fool in the eyes of the village. City Livery Club at Carpenters' He constantly invited her to his veyor, were playing Mr. M. F. Led- Hall. In introducing her to a large house, but, she had been warned ward and Mrs. M. M. Mettams. company, Mr. A. Stanley Bell, the that he intended to poison her, and Major Harper dealt and received all president of the club, said Lady her native servants remained on-the-spades. Mrs. Mettama had the Dorothy loved to wander with her the alert day and night protecting hearts, Mr. Robinson the clubs, and] rifle on the outskirts of civilisa- her water jurs.
Mr. Ledward the diamonds. tion, and in the course of her ad-
Major Harper called ventures she had mixed with can- nibals in Liberia, been chased by brigands over Asia, and been ar- rested as a spy in Turkey,
Lady Dorothy said" that magic
GOUGED HIS EYES OUT.
In a fit of despondency, an
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"One Mettama Spade," Mrs.
"Your hearts," Mr. Robinson "seven clubs," and on his second call Major Harper said "Seven Spades." Laying down his hand he claim was a very definite element to be elderly inmate of a model lodged a grand slam and made 70 below borne in mind when one was travel- ing-house in Abercromby Street, the line, as well as points above for fing in primitive places. A Euro Glasgow, gouged out his eyes grand slam, five honours in pesa traveller was Invariably with his naked fingers,
hand, and for his partners' chicane. pestered
spoils, but the When the man was discovered His opponents received points for natives did not care for pille, he was completely blind. In an chicane. which
had по amel
though attempt to repair in 'some way The chances against such a hand concoction from one's medicine the damaged vision he was hur-
Occurring :Are calculated thest which had a strong or un ried in an ambulance to the to 1, but there have been at least 2,285,197,406,895,366,868,801,559,909 pleasant flavour was believed to be a cure for everything. In de Glasgow Eye Hospital, but the three previous authenticated cases scribing her experiences in dis- doctors were unable to render in Calcutta in 1888 at Brighton In trict which, she said, was a hotbed him any service. Accordingly he 1892, and at a Surrey whist drive of magic, the speaker told a story! was taken to Duke Street Hos- in 1917. of a healthy young native whom pital
any
for
she found groaning on the ground.
He said he had cut a tree, and the
No explanation for the extra
tree spirit had taken possession of ordinary act beyond the fact that his body, and in a week he would be the man suffered from depression dead. Considering that this would) is afforded;"
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In the present case a witness WAN colled fn immediately the state of the hands was realised. The hand occurred in the first game of the third rubber, which Major Harper and Mr. Robinson eventually won,
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