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General Italo Balbo, the popular young Italian flyer, who led. the mass formation flight from Italy to Chicago, last summer, seen as he arrived in Tripoli with his wife and daughter. He was on his way on the Italian Province of Libya, where he has assumed the duties of Governor. In the background may be seen the Italian cruiser which brought the Balbos to Tripoli..
THE FORTUNE TELLER
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"WORLD TRAVELLER'
MISSES SHAVE Fastidious Habil te
Stowaway.
OCCUPIED DE LUXE SUTE
New York
A fastidious nature proved the undoing of Senor Alfredo Garcis, who fired apparently by the example of the great Spanish discoverers, set out as a world traveller recently from Haiti, in the West Indies, Senor Garcia, who occupied the de luxe suite of a liner bound for New York, omitted to purchase a ticket be fore leaving, while to enable him- self to enjoy the seclusion of his quarters throughout the trip he brought with him a week's sup ply of food
He also carried a substantial- looking suitcase, containing several changes of clothes and various articles suitable for globe-trotting...
With only a day of his trip) left, however, Senor Garcia made a dire faux pas. Needing wa shave in order to look spick and span on his arrival in New York, and finding his quarters some- what, dark, he pressed what he believed to be a light button.] ring in the chief steward's office, boozie me. You prophesied to the and the latter, forcing entrance witness here that before the year into the suite, found Senor He ought to come great danger.
In New York he was looked up and see me, to find out more about was out she'd marry a rich young Garcia hiding under the bed.
man. But Mrs. MacLeary has been it. There's lots of them from Scot-married for the last three years to as a stowaway by the immigra land Yard come here and get me to Detective-Inspector MacLeary, and ation authorities, preparatory to read the cards for them, and they me fellow he is too. Mrs. Myers. resuming his travels as a de- Wednesday, 7th Mar. at 10 am all tell me what they have on their how do you explain that absurdity?" portee-Reuter,
minds.. Yes, just you send him toy goodness me!" said the old You say he's on secret service tady placidly. "That does happen me.
Mr. Jones? Tell him low and then, work?
When this young DROUGHT TRAGEDIES
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SHEEP KILLED BY HAIL
Two interesting but tragic sidelights on the troubles of farmers in South Africa" are) revealed in the following. "Reu- ter messages?
Wolmaransstad." (Transvaal).
"I don't like the look of this," wasn't too well off, but she wanted sald Mr. MacLeary, scratching his to make a show all the same. Ther neck reflectively. "I don't like the she said she was twenty, but now look of this, Katie.. That woman it turns out she's twenty-five"
Mrs. MacLeary was too much interested in your] Twenty-four," late uncle. Besides that, her real burst forth.
"That's all the same. Well, she name Isn't Myers, but Meierhofer, and she hails from Lubeck. A wanted to get married. what I mean damned German!" growled 'Mr. to, say, she made out to me Macleary. "I wonder how we can wasn't married. So I arranged ‘a stop her little game? I wouldn't set of cards for her that'd mean a mind betting five to one that she wedding and a rich husband.
∙Atʼa post mortem examination on a native herd boy who was worms things out of 'people that are thought that'd meet the case better na business of hers. I'll tell you than anything else."
this district, it was stated that the elderly gentleman and the four parts of the, clothing and the "And what about the obstacles, truck by lightning on a farm in And Mr. MacLeary did, in good rey across the orean?" asked Mrs. boots had been eaten off the corpse by cattle and donkeys in sooth, pass the word on to the bosses, MacLeary, t
That was to give you plenty for their vain search for food, Oddly enough, the bosses took a
Ladysmith (Natal), serious view of the matter, and so your money," said Mrs. Myers art.
Misfortune has followed the it came about that the worthy Mrs.lessly. "There's quite a lot has to
breaking of the drought for one) Myers was summoned to appear be-be told for a graines.”-
"Well, that's enough," said the farmer, Mr. J. Brooks, who lost fore Mr. Kelly, J.P.
"Well, Mrs. Myers," the magix-magistrate. "Mrs. Myers, it's no between 300 and 400 sheep which trate said to her, "what's all this use. The way you tell fortunes by had just been sheared. There hear about this fortune-telling of cards is a fraud. Carde take was a terrific storia and a mix- some understanding. Of course, ture of hall and rain registering there are various ideas about 2 inches, which played havoc "Good gracious, your worship," it, but if my memory serves with the sheep..... said the old lady, "I must do some me, the nine of spades never means thing, for a living. At my age fourneys. You'll pay a fine of SILVERCYPRESS DUE can't go on the music-halls and fifty pounds, just the same as people
ON THURSDAY. who adulterate food or sell worth- There's a suspicion, "Hm," said Mr. Kelly. "But the less goods. charge against you is that you don't, too, Mrs. Myers, that you're engaged The M. V. "Silvercypress," from
But I don't New York, sailed from Shanghai || read the cards properly. My dearth esploringo as well.
yesterday, and is expected in Hong good lady, that's as bad as if you expect you admit that.” were to give people slabs of clay, “As true as I'm standing here Kong at daylight, on Thursday, when they ask for cakes of choco-exclaimed Mrs. Myers,
yours with cards?”
dance!"
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21st Mar. late. In return for a fee of one But Mr. Kelly Interrupted her. 1st Apr. guinea people are entitled to a cor-"Well, we'll say no more about that. 16th Apr.rect prophecy. Look here now, But as you're an allen without any what's the good of year trying to proper means of subsistance, the 'you don't know how Tuthorities will make use of the prophesy when you to ? powers vested in them, and wil 25th Apr. "It isn't everyone who complains," have you déported. Good-bye, Mrs. urged the old lady in her defence. Myers, and thank you, Mrs. Mac- "You see, I foretell the things they Leary. I must say that this Inac- like. The pleasure they get out of curate fortune-telling is a disgrace- It is worth a few" shillings," "your ful and unscrupulons business. Just The 3rd Apr.
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