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Bearors of Debentures are invited to attend the Drawing,
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Philadelphia, March 6 Leon See, manager for the giant Italian boxer Primo Carnera, who has been making a sensational record as a
3 to 6 pm-European programme drawing panl since reaching the
of Victor records supplied by Messrs. Tsang Fook Piano Co. United States, received an offer to day. of $100,000 for a match be-"Ah: Sweet Mystery Of Life" tween Carnera and the negro heavy- weight, George Godfrey.
Godfrey is one of the few Ameri. can heavies who approximates Cor- nera in sire, being 6 ft. 9 in. in height and weighing around 25 lb, with the set-ups against whom He is considered good, as compared
Carnera has been matched thus far. and an encounter between them is considered certain to draw a tre mendous throng.
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MAN SAYS TITLE IS NOT AN INDUCEMENT FOR CAR HIRE.
Whether a motor-car hire firm would allow a count to hire a car because his name was foreign was a question discussed at Marylebone County Court last month.
the words:
It was stated that the firm's in surance policies ruled that ears were (Victor Herbert) and "Seleen hired out to the Jewish rater
nity or "foreigners. tions From Naughty Mariet- Macks George, of Porchester- (Rida Johnson Young Aquare Alews, Bayswater, W., sued Victor Herbert), Victor Light ra. Hyams, of Burhan-terrace, Opera Company,
Bayswater, to recover £10, the "My Sweeter Than Sweet-Fox balance of the cost of making good Trot" (George Marion, Jr.- the damage to a tuotor-ear 'alleged Richard O. Whiting) and "Ato have been hired by Mrs. Hyams. Mr. McKean, of the garage com Year From To-Day" (Jolson- Dreyer MacDonald), Loo Reis- pany, said that a Mr. Smith hired man and His Orchestra.
a car out for Mrs. Hyams, and sign- "Selections From The Fortuneed the insurance policy. The car Teller (Harry B. Smith was never hired out to Count Ris- Victor Herbart) and Kiss Me sould de Dore, of Lancaster-gate, Again" (Harry Blossom-Victor W., as on the policy, there appeared Hecherty, Victor Salon Group.
We do not hire cars out to the Why Was I Born-Fox Tro"
Jewish fraternity or foreigners." (Oscar
And Hanımerstein, Jerome Kern) and "Here Am
A British Subject. I-Fox Tret" (Oscar, Hammer- Mr. Burke (for Mrs. Hymns): I stein, and Jerome Kern), Leo |'shall prove that the Count is not a Reisman and His Orchestra. foreigner but n British subject. "Badinage" (Victor Herbert) and Would that remove your objection i "Air De. Balles and Al Fresco" -No. The name itself would be an (Victor Herbert), Victor Con-objection. cert Orchestra.
Surely an aristocratic title of "I Can Do Wonders With You-ome kind would induce you to hire
Fox Trut" (Lorenz Hart-a car out 1-It. would not. Richard Rodgers) and "My Jan Is On The Make Fox Trot" (Lorenz Hart-Richard Rodgers), Nat Shikret and the
· Victor Orchestra.
(Victor March Of The Toy's "
Herbert) and "Selections From Babes In Toyland" (Mac- Dough-Herbert), Victor Light Opera Company. Following The Sun Around-Fox Trot" (Joseph McCarthy-Harry Tierney) and If You're In Love You'll Waltz-Waltz " (Joseph McCarthy-Harry Tier- ney), Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra. "Selections From Sweethearts'"
(Robert B. Smith-Victor Het-only 23, în it. bert) and "Selections From
Judge Snagze Then how did The Red Mill" (Blossom-
you come to hire a car when in Herbert), Victor Light Opera fact you bud ng money to pay for Company with Orchestra.
6 to 7 p.m.-Chinese programme.
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to
For the defence, Mrs. Hyams said that Smith was ber servant, and he went to the garage to hire a car for the Count de Dore, who had admitted the liability for payment of the bill.
A Breakdown.
Count de Dore said that the car was hired for him by Smith. His friends were giving a large recep tion in Buckingham, and he wanted the car, as it was a long way from the station. The car broke down because of the terrible condition it was in.
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Mr. Daybell (for the garage.com- pany): Have you a banking ac count?
it t
Count de Dore: Yes, but I have
Cornt de Dore: I knew that, at 8pm.-Experimental pro- the time. gramme during which the Judge Snagge said that the action Kreutzer Sonata (Beethoven) cast no reflection on the conduct or will be given by Isolde Menges | boná fire of Mrs. Hvams, but the and Athur de Greef (Victor question was, did Smith hold him- records).
self out as her agent? It seemed F-Convert will be broadcast as though Smith and the Count de
from Studio.
Dore did not seem to realise the terms of the policy.
PROGRAMME.
1. Trio: (a) Reverie, Faucomier (u) Serenade. Herbert Victor Messrs. O, T. Lyen (Viola), N. Botelho (Cello), F. Mason (Piano).
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2. (n) The Topers, Song, Peter
Warlock; (b) As ever I saw, Peter Warlock, Dr. L. I Ride.
3. (a) Harp of the Woodland, East- hope Martin; (b) Butterfly Wings, Montague Phillips. Mre. L. C. F. Bellamy.
4. Dick Barty at a Piano. 5. (a) Two little atars, Stanford
(b) Spring Stanford, Aliss Winifred Robinson. INTERVAL (News Bulletin). To: Meditation, Fauconier. Mesars. O. T. Lyen (Violin, N. Botalbo (Cello), F. Mason (Piano).
2. (a) Freights, Maurice Besly; (b) Rolling down to Rio. Edwar German. Dr. L. T. Ride.
3. (a) Lullaby, Manglan Barnett; (b) Blackbird Singing, Michael
Head Mrs. L. C. F. Bel Lamy.
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4. Dick Barty at a Piano.
5. (a) Fairy lights of London, Hermaun Lohr; (b) The Songs my Mother Sang, Arthur Grimshaw.
At the Piano: Mr. F. Mason, A.R.C.O.L.T.C.L. 10.30 p.m. (Approx.).-Close down.
SIR JOHN, THE GARDENER.
NEW BARONET LIVING IN A TINY COTTAGE,
"A Gardener and **Jack-of-all trades" living in a humble cottage at Pepperell, Massachusetts, has become a baronet, #
A telegram from, a lawyer at 'Dover reached the cottage recently telling him that he had succeeded to the title on the death of his. brother, Sir John Charles Fagge.
Sir John, the ninth baronet, wha lived in Liverpool-street, Dover, died at the age of 64. His bro- ther and heir, Mr. John Harry Fagge, who was born in Center bury, is 02.
Mr. John Fagge has lived alone for a quarter of a century and has not mingled much with the towns- folk. in Pepperell, except on busi- ness. He is known in Pepperell as a "Jack-of-all trades," who has tended lawns, repaired furniture, and acted as an auctioneer,
When he went to America at the age of 19 he took up orange grow- ing.
The title was conferred in 1080," and the first baronet served in Cromwell's army. The family home is at Wiston, a hamlet with a po- pulation of only 320, in Sussex.
"And I advise the Count "to go home and read the insurance policy, and see what he thinks of it," added the judge.
He held that Mrs. Hyams had nade herself liable, and there would have, to be judgment for the garage company with costs.
Edgware (near London) will soon, Builling work at Canon's Park, it is expected, reveal a tunnel re- puted to be hundreds of years old. ancient mansion in Canons Park The passage, which runs from the to The Chandes, once an inn, but now a moter-coach booking office, Duke of Buckingham, who used it is traditionally associated with the to facilitate intrigue. A boy who recently tried to enter the tunnel. had to return because of foul air.
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