THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 6, 1941.
STORMY COURT SCENES Nairobi's Lady Mayor Cross-Examined At Length
Trial Of Sir Delves Broughton
REUTER OFFICE DAMAGED IN NIGHT RAID
Spectacular fires started downtown in the western suburbs of Chungking lost night when the Japan- ese staged their first night raid of the year, dropping many high explosives and incen- diaries.
Reuter's offices were among the buildings badly damaged. Reuter.
150 DEAD IN RAID
ON "ALEX"
The Egyptian Govern- ment
have donated
£300,000 for the relief of victims of Alexandria's! heaviest air raid on Wed-' nesday night.
THE ATMOSPHERE of the court was dis- tinctly stormy on occasions yesterday during a long cross-examination of Nairobi's Mayor, Lady De La Mere, when the trial of Sir Delves Broughton, who is charged with the murder of the Earl of Erroll, continued..
Answering questions as regards talks with Lady Broughton and Lord Erroll, when witness was a dinner guest at the Broughton's home, witness said Lord Erroll told her he was deeply in love with Lady Broughton and wish- ed to marry her.
Witness advised him first to wait six months
Anticipated Trouble
make
it
Witness agreed with counsel and on reflection said she she might have sald "Take your happiness where you can find it, thought it better he drop-here's a war on," but she also ped the affair completely. urged both Lord Erroll and Lady
to Broughton
cleuni Later witness took Lady breast of their affair to reused.
her told
"What Counsel asked:
had Broughton aside and what Lord Erroll had said.
this affair to do with you?"
Witness replied: "Merely be- She admitted Lady Broughton's
friend an old reply
she was that
(Lady cause I was of
anticipated her Lord Erroll's and Broughton)
fond Was
trouble and difficulty for all husband.
Witness told Lady Broughton | three."
Witness added that Lord Erroll} that Lord Erroll deserved some
the bobit of con- because his first had been in happiness
about such marriage was unsuccessful and sulting his friends
affairs. Reuter. his second wife was 100 old.
homeless.
Flying low, the raiders blasted, Anti-aircraft guns around and Allied warships with high explosives and LT- afloat aboard cendiary bombs, thickly populat-fired unceasingly for 90 minutes. ed Arab districts. The death-roll sending up the strongest concen- has risen to 150; over 200 were tration of fire ever heard in Alex- injured and many rendered andria-Reuter,
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Mr. R. G. Menzies, Australian Premier, an- nounced last night that after a long discussion on the Middle East, the Advisory War Council at its meeting had approved the Government's view on the position recently sent to Britain and in the communications to Gen、 eral Blamey.
All parties, he added, had agreed broadly on any necessary future action.
The Australian Trades Union Council also reaffirmed the Union': whole-hearted support for the war effort and the defeat of the militants who attempted to upset at the policy as decided upon Sydney last year.
The Council a'so expressed hor- ror and condemnation of the bar-
of barle and ruthless methods Nazism und Fascism seeking world domination.-Reuter.
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