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THE CHINA MAIL,
Defied a King for Love
All the lang's horses and all the king's men couldn't make young rince Sigvard of Sweden change his mind about wanting to marry Fraulein Erika Patzek, German film actress, with whom he le shown in Londen. The prince flatly refused the plea of King Gustav of Sweden, kis usele, that he reconsider.
CALAMITY
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NAVAL PERSONNEL REDUCTION
Effect Of Policy Started In 1922.
%
LOWER FIGURES: IN SIX GRADES
London.
The Admiralty policy of reduc- ing the number of executive of-| ficers in the Royal Navy, which was started in 1922. is now begin ning to take effect.
The current Navy List reveals a large reduction in each · grade) with the exception of that of Lieutenant-Commander.
The figures are:----
1922
Rear-Admirala
59
1934 28
Captains
355
237
Commanders
655 421
Lieutenant-Comman
dera
615. 995 (An increase due to the influx of men during the Great War). Lieutenants
| Sub-Lieutenants
Midshipmen
.1911 1036 319. 219 398 325 --Kenter.
ATMOSPHERE POWER
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Electricity Drawn By New Machine.
YUGOSLAVIAN'S INVENTION
Belgrade.
en-
Finnigan concluded his made a few quiet and respectable
Bulbs are lighted and toy an innocent- peroration. "Well we're away burglaries. It was
obviously gines turned by a machine made Van, though then. Fred, you go first and signal looking
were of by M. Alexander Jaehek to draw us at the bend, when your plane's powerful. But its walls O.K. and in position. Lauis and me steel, bullet-resisting, and it had electricity from the atmosphere.
The machine is connected to an third floor balcony, 'ull fix the gun and 'see to that, hinged flap in the rear panel which, Young Un, put this bottle in the when raised, would presently reveal antenna en a
his kitchen tap. car, and no swigs on the way. You the muzzle of a machine-gun, in-and earth by a wire fastened to got your gun primed? You all got geniously mounted in the body.
M. Jashek claims that, given suf- Behind this gun, on a little seat,, your guns?"
Only Young Mat gave the re-Mat Finnigan himself would sit ficient capital, he could draw from the atmosphere, at very slight cost, to his hip pocket and if occasion, made it necessary sufficient power to assuring touch
to send a where the flat automatic reposed, he would not hesitate
was
It
a theatrical action. The stream of bullets to shatter human others merely nodded.
opposition.
w
Drive tramcars and trains,
Turn the machinery of gigantic factories,
He supervised the mounting of
Hent vast cities without smoke They were all a little apprehen- sive, although, with the exception the gun himself, testing the action
Smelt the vast bede or iron-ore of Young Mat, all were salted with of the lock and casting a critical or noise, and
eye at the loaded cartridge belt.
now useless in Yugo-Slavia for the experience of previous hold-ups. His thin face was devoid of any
want of hard coal. It was the tie that bound them to-
expression. but within the tiny M. Jashek some gether. And when America had pupils of his almost colourless eyes completed a machine which, he become too hot to hold them they
was a hard glint that might have said, would draw electricity from had looked for something easier in betrayed resolution-or utter reck the atmosphere. The new device England.
montha ago
lessness or cruelty-or greed. His is described as a great improve-] The job now contemplated eer- plans were made. Finnigan knew ment on the first one.-Reuter,
a snip. Their in-he could rely on his associates. He
tainly seemed formatton was sound. countryalde ideal.
The quiet had no fear of them. But if any
one, even his Ron, Young Mat, fail-
Finnigan's brains, best of all, ed at the crucial moment he would mode him an ideal leader. The deal out punishment that would be 8th Apr. banana business had been his idea- terrible. 6th May. It was good comouflage. With his son, Young Mat, as partner he led
WHEN A UKELELE IS USEFUL
San Francisco, California. The ukelele which Miss Helen
Young Mat stood by the van Kalwite and Miss Helen Nest took
a respectable life and made a little watching them as they prepared to with them to the South Seas prov
money
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SYDNEY: WELLINGTON Melbourne Maru * AUCKLAND diret
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Sun..
1st Apr.
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Fri.,
20th Apr. cadaverova Fred
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JAPAN PORTS
Sumaira Maru
Mon.,
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Тиев.
Canton Maru
Sun,
Sun..
10th Apr.
15th Apr. 22nd Apr.
Адор
Thurs.,
19th Apr.
only
TAKAO via SWATOW and Deli Maru.
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They used the instrument to bale
by honest trade. The two move off. With his hands in his ed most useful. paid hands, Ikey Mo and Louis, pockets and a cigarette end hang- handled and cul up the fruit. The ing perilously from his lower lip he affected a non-chalance, a studied cashier." (Although Finnigan him- indifference to the importance of self handled the cash). The cellar the occasion. In his mind he was out the canoe.-Reuter.
trying to imagine it was a picnic where the bananas were ripened, a soundproof council chamber and they were going to-not a killing. hunch! An', my cripes, if it's any He felt that his part-important as one of us let us down they got me. hiding-place. And the fast motor!
he knew it to be, was a minor one.to reckon with!" on removable lorry, advertising
It was not in the limelight, and, "You needn't worry," said Fin- boards the name of Finnigan and loving the limelight, he half wishedjaigon. "It's up to me, an' nobody
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There was no reply to this, and Suppose they met a stern op-in silence the van sped smoothly on position and the hold-up developed its way. Presently it stopped, and
a revolver fight? Would he Ikey Mo's face peered through the| into like that? He thought not. But it front partition. was of himself he thought-not the ***Eré you are," he piped, others-not even of his father. So They jumped down and looked long as they got the "stuff" he around. would feel no sorrow for the fallen. Within a few minutes the car He wanted to acquire a reputation had been run into its side turning. The van moved off and dis-the wind tested for direction, the appeared out of the yard. There 'plane located and signalled, and the were no good-byes. They might ground carefully reconnoltred; a have been going to an ordinary bur-feld telephone set was connected to glary. Young Mat took a look at wires previously laid and tested, the rising sun (it was early morn-land while Mat Finnigan tried to ing), threw away his cigarette end establish connectión, Louis Brant slouched back into the store. He built a little roadside fire of paper, had just an hour to waste before leaves and twigs to test, In minis-j playing his part. Inside the van, ture, the effect his more noxious driven through quiet country by-smoke bombs would create. : roada by Ikey Mo, Louis Brant and Presently Brant walked over to Finnigan, senior, sat eating cold where Mat Finnigan was listening Te AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manila (P.'la), Thursday in, Cairns, Townsville, sausages and bananna. ⠀
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"I'm fine," said Louis,
1
Finnigan shook his head.
"I can't get him yet he said. "Maybe he's out lockin' round. FD try again in a few minutes."
"I'm splittin" away after I got my aharq" said Finnigan., “We got- But although he tried again and ter be scattered."
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"Is it cut?", enquired Louls an-
CHANGTE TAIPING "Shut up your face, Louis! Ixiously; never seen you so miserable. Here, Finnigan shook his head, "I Can CHANGTE iake a small one, out of this." He hear it bussing", "he said."
And it TAIPING passed the whisky bottle., zdaj was working perfect last.
"I got a feeling--a feeling we're The young devil isn't theref gona be let down,” confessed thy him mod Louis, wiping, his, Ups," "I gotta (Continued on Page
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