FAMOUS REGIMENTS 250TH ANNIVERSARY
LINCOLNSHIRE REGT
CELEBRATE
COLONEL TO VISIT COLONY THE celebrations in connection with the 250th
anniversary of the Lincolnshire Regiment are due to take place from next Thursday until November 20. Major-General C. R. Simpson, the Colonel of the Regiment, is visiting the Colony, expressly to participate in the celebrations.
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The following is a brief his tory of the Regiment, since its inception in 1685:
The official date of the raising of the Lincolnshire "Regiment is June 20, 1685. Thus on June 20,
Four Dead And Four More In 1935, the Regiment attained an
Critical Condition
Armed with a knife, a Chinese in Singapore ran zmok on Sep- tember 20 and attacked a crowd, wounding three women and five men, all Chinese.
Be then com
mitted suicide by hanging him- self Of those wounded, two men and two women have since died, and the other four are in hospital in a critical condition,
PORTRAIT OF
MUSSOLINI AS
LONDON EXILE Revolutionary Under Police Surveillance
"SAME SET FACE "AND AIR OF ALOOFNESS”
age of 250 years. This date, ow ing to the uncertainty of Hong Kong's weather, was marked by only small events by the battalion stationed in this Colony. At Home,
in the city of Lincoln, many celebrations took place to mark this important occasion
THE CHIRA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVELIBER 5, 1935
Simple Grecian lines are grace- fally reproduced in this dend- white natin gown worn by Anita Louine, Warner Bros. actress. The low aqumze neckline kapa
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The Regiment was among those called into being to deal with Monmouth's Rebellion, but it was billow, shoulder cape. not until 1692 that it saw active service. This was in the war of the Grand Alliance. For the next 120 years it served in the campaigns of Marlborough, “the
American Revolution, the war
with revolutionary France, and
the Peninsular Wax For
services in the campaign against Napoleon in Egypt it was granted
anthority to use the Sphinx as its
badge
Up to 17E2 the Regiment was known as the Tenth Foot, but in
the county name of the Tenth or North Lincolnshire Regiment land so began the territorial as-
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WAITING FOR ROSIE
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chair in the bare detention can we?” room looking out of the barred windows at the trees.
A shaft of sunlight almost
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Now you're talking.” the other closed his eyes and exposed every man said. pimple on his fat face. He sxt] "Where did you put the jewels**Doves crossed-lenged and whistled "The the Inspector asked.. Broadway Lullaby.”
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"So you never had them?
As somebody unlocked the door any jewels." The uncrossed his legs and looked
serious.
Two tall men came in. One of them wore a black moustache. They were both smiling
Hello Shorty,” the man with
a black moustache said. He and This colleague sat on a table. They
looked as pleased as Punch.
"No. I never had them, „ I was waiting for a girl. I told the flat- foot who picked me up that I was waiting for a girl”
The Inspector's eyes narrowed. He kicked his legs impatiently.
“A burglary is discovered five Snipe minutes away from where you're Pheasant
Qual Partridge
Hello, Inspector," Shorty said. picked up. The method of entry "Let me see the Inspector is just like that you've been using said, "it's nearly two years since for ten years, and you were wait- we met. The last time was at the ing for a girl” Manchester Assizes. Do you re- Imember?
Shorty smiled and sucked his teeth
"I never forget pleasant meet- ings," he said.
"Have a cigarette," the other man said.
"No thanks," Shorty said "What's the matter? Don't you smoke now the Inspector said.
“Oh, yes.
I smoke. But I somehow don't like the taste of the cigarettes you flatfeet hand ont............... they have a way of making a bloks talk".
Trying to be smart, eh?” the Inspector said. "Well, it's no good trying that stuff with us, Shorty We've got enough evidence to send
IN THE STRAITS down for tree years
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that year it was directed to take HULBERT COMEDY
ON BLACK LIST TEN MINUTES ALIBI” ALSO -DEEMED SUITABLE”
London, September 25. Mussolini was once in London, Socittion with the County of Lin-
a long time ago. ---
In biographies of the great man little or nothing is to be read of
¡colni
Indian Service
The Tenth served in the Sikh
Fums that have been great
Wars of 1846-47, gaining special dramatic and comedy successes his visit to England years" ago when he was a Socialist on the distinction for gallantry at the abroad were banned in the Straits
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Shorty looked up at them and swailed. Then he crossed his legs That must please you," he said To the contrary. We want to help you. If you make things easy
for us, we'll make things easy for
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be **Indgment In The Under- world," by Jack Lindsay.
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"Yes, I was waiting for a girl" Pamelo, Siam "What's her name?" *Rosie.***
"So you were waiting for little Rosie."
"Yes, I was waiting for little Rosie
"And I suppose little Rosie has blue eyes
"Yes, as a matter of fact she has just like the sky."
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"Now come on, Shorty," the In- spector said; "it's no good trying to bluf us. You know you did this job-it's as plain as your fin- Celery, Chinese ger-prints.
*I didn'””” Shorty said. “I was waiting for Rosie, I tell you."
Very well," the Inspector said.
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ABYSSINIA TOURED you were waiting for Rosie ON MOTOR CYCLE
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Callies, Dried
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Ommy Stany Cucumbers Gaelic Ginger, Young
Old Horseradish, Shai Indian Coca Lettuce
Young German's Triple said. He looked at the Onisar, Bombay
Through N. Africa
A uniformed constable unlocked] the door.
"The men are here, sir," the
Inspector and then at Shorty. Battle of Sobraon. It also took
the period
"We're going to put you in 2 Territorial desiguation corres
Berlin "Star" reporter, with
line-up," the Inspector said to "Bulldog Jack," a Jack Hulbert memory of Sobo in the days when Ponding to the locality with which July 1 to September 30.
Georg Leichner, a German Shorty. "The lady whom youz rob- it was cheery and Bohemian, and was connected. Thus the Tenth
Foot became the Lincolnshire Pe picture, is on the banned list be
cause of the "refusal of importer plorer has just returned to Leip bed tells us that she can identify when the foreigners were not tor-
zig after completing a motor you. She says that she saw a man giment.
to excise gun-play scenes.” gue-tied, went on the track of
The Great War was fought on
People who saw this picture in bicycle ride through Africa, last like you hanging about outside the Mussolini recently. He met
Of this time 15 house on several occasions." an enormous scale. In it the Re
London are surprised at the baning two years. an Irishman who knew Mussolini giment grew to 19 battalions,
months were spent in Abyssinja.
Shorty looked out of the win- Herr Leichner claims to be the dows at the trees. The Inspector served on all the principal fronts, They say that there was no pro- Meeting-Place Of Rebels
and gained many battle honours nounced crime motif, and what arst to have crossed the Lybian
"Come on," he said. The roll of honour totalled 390 Crime was allowed among the desert all by himself on & motor
comedy was portrayed satirically-cycle. He was also the first Euro- Shorty got up and followed him officers and 12,013 other ranks.
The idea of a Jack Hulbert pic-
He looked at In more recent times, the Re- giment served in Ireland in the ture being prohibited for harmful Pean to visit certain outlying dis through the door
tricts of Abyssinia
the men who were in the charge- "Malatesta and Litvinoff were troubled period after the War, criminal sensationalism is some. He returned with a collection room curiously. A uniformed iu- here about the same time. manned part of the perimeter in thing new in film censorship.
of 1,800 insects. Among these are spector told the men to form a line. "Bulldog Jack is a Gaumont specimens of the hitherto un- They all looked at Shorty and lined "Mussolini had done an Italian Shanghai in 1932 and now the
+"Bea- known armoured spider." sentence, and was under police 2nd Battalion is stationed at British production.
ter. Malta surveillance.
well
"He was here for a month or two, glad to live quietly, in sanc- tuary, among his fellow: Italian revolutionaries," he said.
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up with the alacrity of soldiers. Stage Triumph
You can stand where you Hre," New Drums Bought
the Inspector said to Shorty. "I met him at the famous old
Shorty stood between two men Autonomic Club in Charlotte- The 1st Battalion, Hong Kong, Another picture banned is "Ten street. It was London's meeting has purchased a set of silver Minutes Alibi which has been SKY ADVERTISING BY AIRSHIP who were about his own size. place for the politically rebellious drums as souvenir of the 250th one of the greatest stage triumphs
The constable stood by the door The Otto Brinkmann Airship and surveyed them like a sergeant- from all countries.
anniversary. These drums were of recent years and was highly Macaroni-Maker His Friend bought solely with voluntary sub-praised by all critics. High prices Company, one of the largest mi-
Ask Mrs. Davis to come, the "Mussolini, I believe had been scriptions, and the proceeds of were paid for production rights in litary aviation plants in Bavaria,
entertainments within the batta-all countries.
announces that it has just re-uniformed inspector said to the "He had served his conscript lion. The drums will lead the The reason given by the Straits ceived from the United States or constable The constable disap- time in the Italian Army, and as Regiment on all ceremonial oc-Settlements Censor is "Criminal ders for ten airships for sky ad-f
vertising
expelled from Switzerland.
The film was made in the Bri- tish Lion studios.
a Socialist journalist, editor of casions and, handed on down Element Predominant.” Avanti had fallen foul of the an- the years, will act as a lasting thorities.
mark of the anniversary. "He was then about 25. He Major General C. B. Simpson had the same set face and air of CB., the Colonel of The Lincoln- Labour troubles in America are
Chinese Film Ban
“UNKNOWN SOLDIER” FILM
aloofness that you see in his pic shire Regiment, is visiting the the background for another of the A film in which the "Unknown tures to-day.
battalion at Hong Kong from anned films, "Black Fury." It was Soldier will be the central char- He found a good friend in November 7. During this period Riccioni, in Old Compton-street, many celebrations are due to take made by Warner Bros., USA and acter is to be made in Germ
the censor has objected to the por-with the object of who was then making the first place. These include the pretrayal of ommunistic racke nations through estab
sentation of the drums, the Troo
teering
Itual respect”
macaroni in England..
"When the Great War came.ing of the Regimental Colour,” and the Government, commandecred numerous social and Riccioni's machinery for the mak- activities. ing of cardite
Spoke English Well, Eat Slow
“At the Morland – Hotel
gone) in Dean-street," would join the Italian
anarchists and old Gas
Who made Carbo their headquarters.
"But Mussolini was mixer, and very rarel was stand-offish" temptuously rese English well, but "He was tem saw him smoke. alone in the com in-the slot templating Buddha
General Simpson, although ad- vanced in years, has undertaken
gage around the wor in or der to be present with the Battalion when it marks
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