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THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933.
MUSLIM VILLAGERS ĮMODERN AWAIT DOOMSDAY
Two-Day Vigil In Churchyard.
PEER HOAXES NATIVES.
Partap Gadh.
EDUCATION
CONDEMNED
Pagan Chief Deplores Its Effects.
MAKES MEN WEAKLINGS
Bombay.
so that the! within two days and that the Day educated Pathan loses all the quali-; of Judgement would,fall during ties which a Tribal
should the same week.
Such revelation much perturb-i
man
Pathan
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WORLD'S RICHEST
GIRL MARRIED Day Of Contrasts For Miss Barbara Hutton.
800 PERSONS STAND AT CEREMONY
MOTORING NOTES.
ROAD MISHAP PROBLEM
Accidents Which Can Be Prevented.
SAFETY CONGRESS
London.
THE SPEED ROADS
IN FUTURE. BUICK
COMING TO
THE CENTRAL.
No Vehicle To Travel SALES AND SERVICE BE AN EYEWITNESS TO THE
Slower Than 30 M.P.h.
Thousands of pounds have recent- ly been spent building and improv-] ing the English arterial roads, but Paris.
are we sure that the money is well A few miles from the city o Partap Gadh is a village inhabited)
Princess Mdivani (Miss Barbara
spent? Is there not the danger · Muck sound sense was voiced at that ordinary thoroughfares and by Qureish (Muslims). A Muslim
"The education which the English- Hutton), the American heiress to
roads will soon become Peer (Saint) who happened to visit the village assured the simple vil-men impart to our sons is very de-the £10,000,000 Woolworth fortune, the National Safety Congress, re-arterial experienced a day full of contrasts [cently. In particular, the General obsolete?
Secretary of the "Safety First” on June 22.
My solution for the traffic pro- lage folk that the world would end teriorating, so much
Following the civil ceremony on Association placed before the Con-blem would be to have specially June 20, she was married to gress recommendations for tackling constructed speed tracks linking the principal cities and towns. Some of Prince Alexis Mdivani of Georgia tht road-accident problem. declared an old ¡ possess."
at the Russian Church in the Many of the auggestions put for-the existing roads could be used west of Paris, with all the-byzan-ward (saya "The Motor Cycle") for this purpose, as, for instance, ed the entire village population. Tribal Chief to a person who was The old
the tine splendour of Greek were those we have urged in our the Great North Road, which would All including children and women, touring on the frontier.
articles on "Preventable Accidents." be sufficiently wide, in most places, dressed in pure white, went to the athan added: the education which Orthodox wedding service,"
A few minutes later to the tune For instance, he wisely demanded writes Capt. G. E. T. Eystan. village Qabristan (cemetery) and
our sons have been receiving at the
The most important feature of of a jazz band-ne and her hus-definite regulations as to priority of patiently waited praying and fast-
have turn! ing for two days. When the time colleges has done no good to them: band were shaking the hands of traffic at road junctions, that there the idea would be to limit as prophesied by the Peer on the other hand it has made them about 1,000 guests in the modern should be a specified standard non-pikes at frequent intervals, so that skid surface, and that new arterial cars could pass through on to the passed and the world did not cowards and young fashionable men hall of a luxurious hotel.
including roads should be divided into up-side roads. Incoming traffic would the
About 800 change.
villagers became who look down upon our traditional furious for being duped and
many of the best-known members of and-down carriageways, and men; enter the main track at a small customs. searched for the Prophet-but the
Paris society, were invited to the tioned that vehicles should not stand angle, and tais would immediately Peer had already departed.
"These educated persons no long-very small church built in the quaint stationary on main roads, particu- eliminate the difficulties of
road dangers, Chagrined and upset they re-er care for the religion of thier fore-Russian style where, according to larly at night.
Suggestions such as these are in- Cross-roads on our main arterial tarned to their homes and resumed fathers. They do not offer prayers, Orthodox rites, there were no seats.
Two hours before the ceremony controvertible, and the Government roads are the cause of a large per- But this they do not fast and they neglect their domestic duties.
other religious duties.
the police started turning back the should give effect to them imme-centage of present-day accidents.j novel experience, says the report,
"They has made the villagers all the
Sanibs-they have begun to loath crowds who had hoped to attend diately. Too long have the powers-This fact makes it impossible to all-speed up modern road traffith more religious.
any degree of safety.
attire themselves like
persons,
that-be dallied important problem.
We shall
never averconte
with
this
the
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FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
SEEDS from
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The face that flanted in
the air meant death ta Jonny Wron
Millions have
tried to solve
the mystery of her murder.
THE
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on the air- Now see it on
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without invitation cards. our flowing dress, and to crown
Lilles And A Red Carpet. Peers are very common in the
seemed to be Beautiful flowers Muslim vast, particularly in India. all they not only share their beards
but they do not keep even mous scattered everywhere outside the human element entirely, but there Muslims. particularly the un- educated masses, look upon them taches. All thsee things are shock-church. Inside, hundreds of white are a hundred-and-one contributory with awe and fear. This class of ing to us old people. We are seeing lies, white hydrangeas, and white causes of accidents which can be with our own eyes that our sons rambler roses were massed along swept away altogether. In the Muslim-who are more of less
the pillars, and "Safety First" paper there is a A solution to the problem of Dealer in Postage Stamps, Garden akin to the Hinds Sanyasis-re-are getting spoilt-they are become the walls, round
basis. The question is: "Will the starting by motor a cold or
Seeds, Religious Goods, Toys, etc. nounce the world, and dress ining degenerate under the spell of over the altar.
No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, Rows upon rows of women press Government act?"
sluggish motor engine without yellow garb. They are attributed this modern civilisation which these
HONG KONG ed forward with the hope of get-
running down and causing dam-P. O. Box No. 620. with
and Farangis (Englishmen) have. in- supernatural powers
age to the battery has now been v some of them command large fojtroduced into this country, but we. cannot stop it. These youths whol
provided by the advent of a new lowings-Reuter.
have indeed gone astray neglect us!
electrical units which may be altogether.
run from the household supply mains, says "Motor Transport."
SHIP BELLS RING ASHORE.
"Dunbar" Relic In School Tower.
"LIGHTNING'S" RECORDS RECALLED.
ting a glimpse of the ceremony, MOTOR HILL CLIMB
dis-
but most of them were appointed. There were even cries of "Don't push!" and the vergers! had to treat the aristocratic as sembly like an unruly theatre crowd.
scores
of
THRILLS.
Driver's Narrow Escape
From Death.
Shelsley Walsh.
open hill
Not only is the life of the battery thus considerably pro- longed, but starting up from cold! can be effected without strong- ling the carburetter, a practice which leads to abnormal cylinder
wear.
"When I was a young man i used to ride a hundred miles to Peshawar on a plundering expedition, and used to be back home within twentyfour Prince Alexis was the first of the hours. After such a hard test I pair to enter the church. Glitter-
The largest crowd in the 28 years used to feel fresh and full of vigouring candelabra, with But to-day our sons would like tapers, were
lighted by the three of the Shelsley Walsh come up to the very gate of our Orthodox nuns, in their white veils, climb sat for six hours under drip- fortreses in motor cars the curse who always attend such ceremonies records for the hill broken, at the ping trees hoping to see all the
This new unit is applicable to jof western civilisation. Such The choir, strengthened for the oc-
all alternating current supply recent meeting. civilisation has done nothing else casion to about thirty mixed voices, Sydney NSW. but to inculcate feminine habits in sang hymna addressed to the bride-
Not long after the start J. v. systems, and the consumption is
negligible. The ship's bell from the barque four sons,
groom as he awaited his bride, who Bolster, driving one of the "special" cars, all wheels and engine, that are "Queen of Cambrai," on which eight "This generation is not as strong was led in by her father. bells are struck to open each meet-as we used to be in our youth nor!
The 20-year-old beiress was dress-built by enthusiasts for this event. ing of the Stiplovers' Society in docsit possess the martial quality of ed in a white silk gown. Her head stood on its nose at the S bend and Adelaide, was presented to the Sotne past.
ciety by Capt. T. R. Owen, of Bridge-| "Only alah can save us
water. who salvaged it from the-Reuter.
poop of the vessel after it had been!
wrecked on Lobos Island, off the
enast of Peru,years ago.
1
in Mel- OFFER TO PETRIFY
LENIN'S BODY.
The Suplovers' Society bourne uses for a similar purpose the bell from one of the finest sail-
CLEANED WHILE YOU WAIT
Whether you own a 'car or a bus,
was crowned with a blonde tortoise rolled over twice before coming to
a van or a lorry, you can now drive: shell diadem comb of a Russian type rest miraculously on its wheels.
This mishap made the drivers of into a garage and, while you wait, sparkling with diamonds. This held
more powerful cars treat have all your sparking plugs taken in place an ivory lace veil which did the not cover her face, but hung in the corners with wholesome respect, out, cleaned, tested, and replaced and the record made by von Stuck, for the moderate charge of three- slender folds over a long train.
Press photographers attempted the Austrian champion, in 1930, was pence, says "Motor Transport."
This is the result of a new ser- surreptitiously to take snapshots of never in danger. Raymond Mays, the bride, but were chased out by in his Villiers car, was fastest on vice scheme introduced by a well- the first run, beating R. J. G. Nash known sparking.plug manufacturer by 2-5 sec. Nash equalled this time as part of an effort to make motor-
to be ists "plug conscious," The sight which so many were at his second effort, only
beaten by Mays, who on almost the vainly trying to see was of rare
RHUBARB BY ROAD. beauty. The heiress's face, slightly last climb of the long day did 44 4-5 just 2 sec. worse than the ged 436 nautical miles in 24 hours An offer to preserve Lenin's flushed with excitement, was framed sec,
A new nightly road service is an old record.
Of the 19 competitors for the being operated by a Yorkshire The "Lightning." when loaded made to the Soviet Embassy family heirloom. Her long silk! with wool at Geelong, caught fire here, M. Camille Eynard, a train was held by one of the eight ladies' prize Miss Fay Taylour won hauller by which rhubarb is convey- and was destroyed. A wooden ship, healer of Nantes, says he can do young gentlemen ushers all u Howe's "Mille Miglia" Magnette son. Road transport is considered some ease, driving Lordied to London throughout the sea- ane burned to the water's edge.
the it by the simple progress of lay-married-who, according to Another famous ship's bell that ing his hands on it.
orthodox rite, act in the place of with great skill.
ing ships ever built. It is a relic French Healer's Process vergers. of the ship "Lightning," of the famous Black Ball Line, which raced from Melbourne to Britain in the re-i
cord time of 63 days, and which log-
on another voyage.
Of Magnetism.
Paris.
Goblet Of Union.
body by "petrifying" it has been in a veil of Bruges lace,
with
Even her shoes were exquisite. A GREAT TRIBUTE They were made of fine lace, the
bridal veil.
is doing duty ashore is that of the "I am ready to try," said M. bridesmaids. snip Dunbar, which was wrecked Eynard, "but I am not sure if I on the South Head, Sydney, in 1857 shall succeed, since the body has when 121 people lost their lives already been embalmed and the They comprised the whole comple different chemicals may react ment, except one man, who was say adversely. It will doubtless take Before the bride and groom stood ed. That hell is now in the tower of several days, and I shall need the six priests wearing sumptuous
pattern of which matched the American Praises British
Cars.
St. John's Church School, Darling assistance of another magnetiser, golden gowns and headdress. The Mr. H. Ledyard Mitchell, chair- hurst, Sydney, and calls the scholars so that we can work in relays. head priest, or "little grandfather" man of the board of the Chrysler to lessons.Reuter.
"I believe that the whole secret as he is called, presented the couple Export Corporation of the United of Egyptian embalming was simply with the goblet of union," and States, who was among the visitors they drank the wine which signified at the last London motor show, paid M. Eynard was recently prosecut-that they would share joy and sad great tribute to the British auto-
mobile Industry. ed by the syndicate of doctors here ness together.
ELECTRICAL POWER magnetism."
FROM WAVES.
Spanish Inventor's Claim.
for the illegal practice of medicine. The priest read the Bible in Old) “It is two years since I attended choir a London motor show," Mr. Mitchell At the trial the healer's counsel pro- Church Russian, while the duced two mummified cutlets. His sang the refrain. The same pas-told an interviewer, and I must client had, he alleged, subjected sages of the Bible were re-read in say that in' those two years British them to animal magnetism five and Georgian by a priest in a golden manufacturers have made remark- nine years ago respectively by means and crimson robe with black head-able advances. Both the car designs
and the values offered are really) Holding candles garlanded with impressive. flowers the couple walked twice. "Three outstanding features of round the centre of the aisle, kissed the latest British motor cars which
An apparatus to generate elec-of touch.-Reuter.
Madrid.
trical power from the movement of the waves of the sea, invented inj
may soon receive further tests.
Following tests made several
years ago on the Cantabrian coast
gear.
1928 by Senor Manuel Lopez Velez, CITY TERRIFIED BY the Holy Cross, and thus in the eyes I find most attractive are the gen-
A "BOMB"
of Spain, attempts of the inventor Proves To Be A Radio
to interest the Government in the
apparatus failed. Now be intends.
to seek the co-operation ́of the Re-
publican Government.
Set.
Madrid.
of the church became man and wife.jeral adoption of safety glass, sun-|
M Philippe de Rivas acted as best shine aliding roofs, and automatic man, and Prince Theodor of Russia. blinds, for the rear windows of M. Serge Lihar, the dancer, and saloon models filted, to prevent two of the Princess duster and daude, at night time among, the ushers.
The sunshine roof is a popular
Four hundred bottles of cham-fitting that has impressed me great- Senor Lopez Velez has visions A parcel containing a wireless set Page had been ordered for the re-ly. I am so enamoured with this of electric railways, and large fa-recently held up traffic in one of the eption. The Mdivanis left by train refinement that I am taking a sun- dustries, run at small cost with main streets Madrid for three hours. honeymoon at Villa d'Este, on Lake United States."
for Italy. They are spending their shine saloon back with me to the power generated with his inven- Policemen who discovered it lying Como, at Venice, and later at tion. With a miniature apparatus, at the entrance to a restaurant Biarritz when the last tests were made, where a Fascist dinner was being light was produced by utilizing a held decided it was a bomb placed ismali dynamo.
by terorists. So a carload of GAOL FOR TEACHING THE
CATECHISM
"BABY" CAR'S JOURNEY THROUGH AFRICA:
Nairobi.
Two British motorista, Mesara
by growers as being particularly suitable for this purpose, owing to the small amount of handling in- volved, a very important factor in with keeping the connection rhubarb fresh and saleable.
CRESTWOOD
with m
RICARDO CORTEZ KAREN MORLEY
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Since making those tests the-in-"shock" police was rushed to the ventor. has sought to perfect the scene and made a cordon to prevent machine, and he claims, that it can any persons coming near the
Valencia. Gile and Kay, have arrived at THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD now be employed at high fide or "bomb," Treffe was completely held ALL WOMAN who taught the (Nairobi inia Morris Minor ear on low tide and when waves are large up at the busiest time of the day Catechism was fined last year. She their way to the Cape from Liver- or small. Power is generated by until the arrival of experts who dis- refused to pay the fine, and now pool. They have had no trouble on both the upward and downward 'covered the real nature of the infer- she has been imprisoned for her their journey except: aandstorms in movement of the waves-Reuter, nal machine-Reuter,
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