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IRISH DUTIES BILL
PASSES COMMITTEE STAGE WITHOUT AMENDMENT
[THROCOM REUTER'S AŬESCY.]
LONDON, July. 8. THE Irish Free State special Duties Bill passed through the committeo atage in the House of Commons to-day without amend ment.
U.S. UNEMPLOYED
RELIEF
HOOVER EXPECTED TO VETO BILL
(THROUGH NECTER'S AGENCY.]
WASHINGTON, July 7.
SOOTHSAYING IN A TEASHOP.
AMBER LIGHTS AND SILKEN
HANGINGS...
There is a new form of fortune. telling abroad in the land, and the. soothsayers who practise the cult call themselves "consulting psy. chologists, confidantes," unye a cor- respondent in a London daily,
A score of their establishments have sprung up in London recent- ly, and I chose one from a list of advertisements in the personnì column of a staid, pedantic morn. ing newspaper.
"Yes, Mme. Violetia will see. you, I was told on the telephone,
nt half-past eleven. The fee half a guinea. is
I pictured to myself'a most dis tressing mental dilemma, elaborat
A COMPROMISE Dill allocating a total of 0.82,122,000,000, for relief of the huge army of unomed the problem with a weird com- ployed has been passed by the plex and one or two delusions, and House of Representatives.
went to the address.
It is probable, however, Chat the Bill will bo vetood by President Hoover.
"HOME BONUS” MARCHERS
VOTED $100,058 BY SENATE
THROUGH REUTER'S ACENOY.]
WASHINGTON, July 7. THE House of Representatives and the Senate have voted G.$100,000 as requested by Presi dent Hoover to provide for the transportation of the Home Bonus marchers.
LOAN CONVERSION
SCHEME
I discovered myself entering a tea shop.
"Mme. Violetta is ready," n nounced a pretty young waitress, earrying a tray, and I was show, a into a tiny cubby-hole off one corner of the shop.
Fortunes in Love,
The "psychologist, confidante " Three amber sat on n low stool. lights gleamed dimly. I could see
carved figures, strange
tiny tabourets, and silken hangings through the gloom.
"Sit down," she said in a low voice, and I sat facing her,
She was air elderly woman. Her dark eyes looked out from deep circular shadows. Her face was pale, almost dusky, and lined. Her
PLAN EXCEEDS EXPECTA-hair stood in a tangled mass.about
her head like a mop..
TIONS
[QUITISH WINFLEAS SERVICE.]
"I do not know you, but I will toll you what you are best suited for," she said. "I will tell you of your fortunes in love, and I can see nowhere there was pause" that you; will get your
Rugay, July 7. ASKED as to the progress of the War Loan conversion scheme, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury Major Elliot, "stated in desire." the House of Commons to-day that its reception had been favourable in the extreme, and the conversions notified to date exceeded their most | sanguine expectations.
PARLIAMENT TO ADJOURN
FOR SUMMER RECESS
[THEQUCH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 8. THE House of Commons will ad- journ for the summer recess on July 13, and will re-assemble on October 27, but the Speaker is empowered to summon members earlier if it appears to be in the interests of the public, stated Mr. Stanley Baldwin this afternoon,
She wanted to know my birthday. I told her.
Then your year begins on your
WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES.
(mitituted from Page 10.)
Winnie Molvills and Derek Old- ham.
Violin Solo-Frasquita Serong-
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(Lehar)-Fritz-Kreisler,
Chorus-() "Where the Bee Sucks" (Shakespeare, arri Shaw)(b)Come Let us Join the Roundelgy" (Bealo).. Chorus-" It Was a Lorer. and Hie Lass" (Shakespeare and Morley, arr. Bridge).
-The B.B.O. Wireless Singera. 'Cello Solo-" Menuet" (Pad
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tion) ((From Sonata in Ĝ) ..(Schubort).
Quartette Moment Musical No. 3-Transcription" (Schubert)- Lever String Quartetto.
5.05 to 9.30 p.m.
Musical Comedy Gems.
"The Maid of the Mountains " (Fraser-Simpson).-Light Opern Co.
"The Belle of New York" (Mor ton-Kerker).Columbia Light Opera Co.
"The Merry Widow" (Lohar). "The Waltz Dream" (Straus).—
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9.30 to 11.30 p.m.-Dance pro- gramme supplied by the Brun18- wick House,
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10.30 p.m-Rugby mid-day Press
11.30 p.m.-Close down.
SUNDAY.
10 to 11 a.m.-Relay of Service from
St. Joseph's Church.
Order of Service.
Kyria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei
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Ave Maria (Thozer).
O Valutaris (Baronchelli). Tantum Ergo (Artigaram). Adorerous (Mendelssohn). Sermon: The Sacrifice of the
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VICAR WHO OWNS AN INN,
The vicar at Hubberholme, a vil lage near Skipton, Surrey, has had to make an appeal for funds to
11 to 12.15 p.m.-Relay of the Ser-save a public house, of which he is owner by ccclesiastical rights, vice from St. Paul's Church,
from being closed down. (Chinese).
The vicar is the Rev. E. J. Jones,
birthday," she explained, "and it 12.23 to 2 p.m.-Chiness recorded of the Hubberholme Farish Church
will be a good year. Your lucky date is the fourth, your lucky num bars are eight and twelve, and September is your best month."
She also told me-a married man that some day I would marry the right girl. I decided to tell my
wife...
"What career should I choose?" I asked as I was about to leave this quaint, confidential, psycholo-. gical retreat.
You should write," she said simply.
programme.
P. I. NEWMAN,
Manager.
PASSENGERS.
Arrivals.
The following arrived by the a.. President Jefferson-Mr. Chen Tsu Ta, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gimenez, Mr. Jaraes 31. Hood, Mr. Chien Kun King, Lt. James Stowell, Mr. Yun Wong Yu Ang, Mrs. H. R.: Chow, Miss Vern Chow, Miss Vic
1 p.m.-Local time and weather of St. Michael's and All Angels, and toria Chow, Mra, W. H. Elder, Mr.
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A to 11.15 p.m. (approx.)-European
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the public house is the George Inn, Ho Sai Lok, Miss Joy Pot Nay, one of the quaintest in Yorkshire.
Mrs. Leo Konzon, Mr. Yusingco.. Mr. Jones, as owner of the pro-Seguice, Mra Kwan She, Master perty, calinot afford to cover the Ng She, Miss A. M. de Souza, Mr.
8 pm-Local time and weather re cost of ructural alterations or Herman Thomen, Mr. Wan Nan,
port.
8.00 8.45 p." In a Persiandered by the licensing authorities. Bliss Yea Biao."
Garden" (Fitzgerald and Liza linless these alterations are carri Lehmann) (From "The Rubailed out, the inn will lose the licence yat" of Omar Khayyam)-Sung it has held for generations.
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ekill, Hubert Eisdell and. The inn became the property of Harold Williams, with Harold the parish church many years ago, Pedlar (Pianist).
(This Suite is from Z.B.W.'s when it was bought by the prede- Library),
cessor of the present vicar, and "Bravo!" I thought, and start. 6.45 to 1.15 p.m. (approx)A re it is in response to requests to save lay of the 7th Symphonic Con the inn that the vicar has issued ed back for the office.
cert, conducted by Mr. J. Futera, from the Peninsula his appeal.
SHIPPING MOVEMENT.
The R.M.S Empress of Japan left Yokohama on, July 8 at 3 p... leaves Honolulu on July 14, is due at Vancouver on July 10 and leaves for Hong Kong on July 30.
The R... Empress of Aria arrived at Manila on July 8 atja Hotel by courtesy of the man- The respouse has been encourag-p.m., leaves Manila on July 11 at agement, (During the intervals recorded music will be broadcasting, and the belief at Hubberholme 4 p.m., is due at Hong Kong on July 13 at 7am., and leaves for. from the Studio)...
is that the inn will not have to Vancouver via ports on July 15 at 11.15 p.m. (approx.).-Close down..
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