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A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD FURNITURE
Comprising:-
Buddha Wins
LONDON. Aug. 19 (By Air Mall)-A conscientious objec- tor-Harold Oliver Phillipson, a Gloucestershire market gardener quoted these words of Buddha
South- to. the Western Tribunal at Bristol yesterday: "He who wishes to attain
in harmony the joy of living with the universe shail deceive no one, entertain no hatred for injure anybody and no wish to through anger.""
Most Interesting
to
Round Table and Chairs with Judge Wethered described the marble top. Desk and stool, Flower (quotation as most interesting and Stands, Curios Showcase. Book-placed" Phillipson on thecon-
Painful Reminder To Queen Mary
LONDON, Aug. 18 (By Alz Mail)-For: Queen Mary, the news of yesterday's mishap at the launching of H. M. S. Formidable must have been s painful reminder of the last Occurrence In comparable British naval history..
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GENERAL
PILOT'S SKILL IN BLAZING 'PLANE CRASH SAVES 13
LONDON. Aug, 12 (By Air Mall)-Nine passengers and a crew of four had a miraculous escape from death yesterday when a burning British Airways liner dived 3,000ft. at 120 mph. after a petrol leakage while the machine was over Luxeull, France,
With dames licking around them Commander D. Prowse and his second pilot, First Officer A. C. Whincop, stuck grimly to their controls.
It was a race with death-and Steward. Greenin told me: "It they won. A few seconds after the was a miracle—and the marvellous machine had crashed and the flying of Commander Prowse--that passengers had clambered out the got us out of it ave
"Petrol Mary as petrol tanks exploded and it be-
began leaking" over Luxuell, and we saw flames coming came a mass of flames.
We started to Dr. A. H. Douthwaite, a Harley from the motor. street
get down. went to Com specialist, mander Prowse and said: "On be- other of the
passengers I
This was the Infinitely more serious disaster which attended the launching by Queen Duchess of York-of the battleship Albion at Blackwall. It happened in 1898, years after her marriage to the Duke of York.
An unusually large number of malt spectators had been attracted by
"The machine crashed flat on the aerodrome, smashing the
ing, but, oh, sich a beautiful job Commander Prowse made of it!"
Case, Sofa Chairs, Dressing Table i scientious objectors, register un- the news that she was to christen/have been asked to thank you for undercarriage-a réal crash land-
with long mirror, Plano Stool &c.conditionally. &c..
Also
1 "President" Piano
Phillipson said that he had been Jattracted by Oriental philosophy based on Buddha's teachings for the last four years. though he had not lived in the East.
Tanned and robust, he told the
A few pieces of Teakwood Fur-Daily Sketch" last night that he
niture &c. &c.
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He was employed in several
London orices before he found that the work conflicted with his convictions.
DID CIGARETTE KILL 5 PEOPLE IN 'PLANE?
the vessel, The launching itself went off without mishap. except that the Duchess after three attempts, fallen to break the bottle of wine.
1
SWEPT INTO THE THAMES The Albion slid into the water
with such a plunge that a back
A
wash was produced, wave of water swept over a low wooden structure upon which many of the crowd were standing.
Two hundred people were washed into the Thames and 34 drowned.
were
An extraordinary feature of the disaster was that the Duke and Duchess left the shipyard without knowing what had happened. The
cheers which greeted them as they drove away drowned the cries of
the victims. ·
New travelled slowly those days, and it was not until they had returned to Westminster the Duke
Danish air experts now belleve and Duchess heard of the accident.
that the crash of the British Air
ways liner in the Straits at Stor- stroem, South Zeeland, may have been caused by somebody smok- ing a cigarette "in the plane,
The bodies of all five victims have been found.
It was stated at the in- quest that all victims were suffocated by smoke from the fire and were presumably unconscious before the plane crashed into the water.
saving our lives,"
"
They were shaking hands when
ambulances dashed up. But instead of taking 13 people to hospita! they took them to lunch.
The machine, which left Ceylon at 9 a.m. for Basle and Zurich came down in the middle of Luxeuti Aerodrome two and a half hours later.
None of the passengers, was in- jured, but Commander Prowse has a burnt neck and face,,, and First Oficer Whincop's, hands were badly burnt.
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All claims against the vessel must te presented to the undersigned on or
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The Duke then sent a telegram to TO ACCOMPANY HIM before the 20th Sept., 1939, or they
the chairman of the Thames Iron Works asking if the rumour which had reached them was true.
900 Recruits
In 4 Months
According to a communique is- sued by the Staff-Officer of the
Ceylon Defence Force, every unit of the Ceylon Defence Force with one exception, is complete to its full establishment.
A device to prevent or put out fre in the engine compartment in the event of crash during flight is being fitted as standard
The one exception is the 200 to RAF. aircraft. In the event
of danger, the (AA) Regt. C.GA. for whom re- engine compartment is automaticruiting had to be temporarily fire-extin- suspended for lack of instructional start. Recruiting for this unit will re open on Beptember 11, on re- turn from its first camp at Diya- talawa,
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Sixty-four names have already been registered for the 12 vacan- cles that are to be filled on that date. It is hoped that the unit will receive sufficient application in the near future to ensure its full establishment being reached on the day recruiting is re-opened.
WAITING LISTS
TO AUSTRALIA LONDON, Aug. 19 (By Air Mail)-The names of those who will constitute the staff of the Dake of Kent on his assumption of the office of Governor- General of Australis officially announced from Balmoral Castle as follows:
are
Sir Eric C. Mieville, Secretary to the Governor-General.
Capt. L 9. Bracegirdle, Deputy Secretary.
Mr. John Lowther. Comptroller. Brig. Ge. A "A" T. "Anderson, Deputy Comptroller.
Lord Herbert, Lord Frederick Cambridge and L M Macleod, R.N.. Aldes-de-Camp.
Lady Herbert and Lady Patricia Ward, Ladies-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent.
The announcement adds that Major Humphrey Butler will be in charge of the Duke of Kent's interests in England during the Duke's absence.
:
Sir Eric Mievfile, who is 42, nas been Press Becretary as well as Assistant Private Secretary to the King since the beginning of the present reign. Before going to the In four months not only have Palace he was Private Secretary to
700 volunteers - that were the King, as Duke of York. originally required been forthcom-
Capt. Leighton Beyinour Brace- ing, put also nearly 200 more who girdle has seen active service in became necessary when the estabthe Boxer War in China, in the lishments were increased on July Boer War and in the Great War.
the
L
On the other hans, unit waiting lists are not yat flied. The per- sonnel whose names are on these waiting lists, fixed at 10 per cent. of unit establishments, will be absorbed immediately on mobliiza- | tion.
The vacancies on unit waiting lists are:-
1st (Hy.) Regt. C.G.A. 25, 2nd '(A.A)" Regt. C.G.A. 33, CE, 24, C.L.L. 114, C.P.R.Ç. 54. CAS.C. 16 and CM.C. 10..
He was educated at Sydney High School, and joined the New South Wales Naval Forces in 1898 an a naval cadet.
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The Perfect
Grouser
LONDON, Aug. 21' (By Air Mail) At last I bave found the per- Volunteers are wanted to apply fect grouser. He is a Scotsman for the vacancles on these waiting who sees only the darkest clouds. lists now, in time of peace, so as
Perhaps he has the right
to
men to facilitate mobilization by mini-
to mising the delay issued by the moan He is one of thres
I have traced who have been inevitable rush of would be recruits
camy in their boller-suits. They when an emergency actually oc
are awkward sizes, and uniforms made for and caps have to be them.
cura,
time in the
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations, Consignees must have a Revenue Officer în atten-
dance when damage, dutiable goods
are examined.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in t Godowns, where they will be examined on the 4th September, 1939, at 9 a. by Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke.
by
No Fire Insurance has been effected. §. Bill of Lading will be countersigned W. R. LOXLEY & Co. (CHINA) LTD,
Agents. "Hong Kong, 30th Aag, 1939.
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The Kwangsi Provincial Univer-
They spent all their alty is to be reorganized into a camp, mostly walking from national university, it was decid company ance to the quarter- ed by the Executive Yuan at its
master's stores... 942nd regular meeting held in
Fatigues were Hghtened by bi- Chungking on Aug 21. The hourly orders to "Report to the pointment of Dr. Ma Chun-Wa. Quartermaster" Each time thevi noted Chinese educator, to the came within hail of that worthy! post of president of the univer- he dismissed them with "You alty by the Ministry of Education again. Op th has been approved by the Exec- tive Yuan.
WEE SCOTTY
My Wee Scotty did hope to be Nyi Chen-ling, 40-year old allowed to take part in night Chinese money-lender, of Shang manoeuvres. At dusk on batta- hal was shot and killed on Aug. lion parade he was told, "You in 23. when two armed men entered the boller-suit-stand-over there." his bedroom in his home at House and they left him uneasily at] 12. Lane 140 Binza Road. fired two ease in the dark. shots both of which hit their They had given him boots. mark and managed to get away equipment and a gun to play before an alarm was rated, It with but he couldn't go on was not believed that the killing night (ops because he had had any political background uniform
00
and it was presumed that the Next morning they "crim murder was committed as an act him for leaving the parade ground of revenge.
without being properly dismissed
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