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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1926.
WETS" V. "DRYS.
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ble therefore, than to get
DAY BY DAY.
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LORD READING.
NOW ELEVATED TO MARQUISATE.
London, April 20, His Majesty the King has approved of the conforment of a Marquisate of the United King dora on the Earl of Roading, the ox-Viceroy of India.-Router.
The new Marquois joins the saloot band of 40 Marquesses and is the first to be
forented since 1917 when the
at the facts If there has been no great change in public sont
INNER SUNSHINE' WARMS-NOT ment since the law was passod, ONLY THE HEART OF THE OWNER, then an enquiry can assuredly do BUT ALL WHO COME IN CONTACT no harm. If there has been a WITH IT.-J. T. Fielde. change, it surely le a matter of
The weather forecast up to noon the utmost importance that the to-morrow is-East winds, mode: fact be made manifost. The con-rate; ovorcast, some ruin. viction cannot therefore be
Surgu. Liout-Commdr.. G. escaped that those who object to Aubray has been appointed to H, ayonquiry into the Prohibition M..S. Tamar, addi. (March 19); question are merely sooking to and to Tamar and for Hongkong
Dockyard (on joining). ellence those
se who do not think as they do. We shall no doubt hear The annual general meeting of Marquis of Mil- much more within the next fow the Navy League (Hongkong ford-Haven
Branch will be held in the Olty months on this big issuo, and it Hall (Old Chamber of Commerce Louis of Batton (formerly Prince will be surprising if the final re-room) on Tuesday, April 27, atburg who later sult is not a considerable modi-3.39 p.m.
assumed the fication of the law as it at pre-
name of Mount- James Ronan, an unemployed batten) received sent stands,
European fireman, was fined $5 the conferment. by Mr. R. E. Lindsoll, at the In precedence of Central Magistracy this morning, rank a Marquess is next to a for being drunk and disorderly at Duke, before whom the Royal Arsonal Strest lust night,
family and the two Archbishops alone have precedence.
The life story of the new Mur
ing of modern romances. The
War Clouds.
It is a pity that Signior Musen- lini's recont acts and utterances i Believed to have died through have given rise to grave political an over-dose of opium, self-ad- clouds in the Mediterranean area,
the Italian
SPANISH FI
RESCUED.
FURTHER DISPLAYS OF GRATITUDE.
Rugby, April 20
The roseus by British alrmon of the two Spanish aviators who were lost in the Trans-Jordanian desert has been made the occasion of a remarkable demonstration of gratitude in Spain, and the work of the Royal Air Force is warmly praised in the, Spanish, press,”
The personal thanks of King Al- fonso have again been expressed to the British Ambassador whose callers in connection with the in- cident yesterday included Cabinet-. Ministers and some hundreds of Spaniards of all classes. Occa- Bion has been taken by the callers to express condolence in the loss of the two British airmen who were killed in ån accident ät Am- mam last week,
In returning thanks for a mes- sage of condolence received dur ing the week-end by the British this accident was in no way con- Government, it is pointed out that
but it is hardly surprising. "Thatministered, the body of a Chinoso quoss is one of the most interest-nected with the search for 'the Promior is married woman living at 1, Kwagon of a small City merchant missing Spanish airmen of whose
boon taken to the public mortuary. to sea and served before the mast Houng Street, Wost Point, has Rufus Isaacs as a lad ran away safety the Government has learned The motive is not known.
for at least one journey to Amor- ica. On returning to London he Thefts on two launches occur-was articled to a logal firm, and
devout patriot and a man of fire who has done much to put new heart and spirit into the Italian people must be acknowledged to his credit, but there will be fow
now the
with great pleasure-Britial Wireless:
Frof. Danonberg's Pupils Plano
who will gainsay that he has red yesterday. While the Lee On after he was called to the Bar Recital intermingled with Ortho-. often run the risk of offending his/was, moored alongside a wharf came into great prominence as phonic Vietrala Selections will
awnings and rope to the value of an eloquent and astute advocate, take place on Monday, 26th. inst., ' neighbours by a too ardent policy $30 were stolen. Awnings, valuod Ho figured in many causes celebre in the City Hall, at 5.30 p.m. of imperialism.. His ill-considered threats to Germany soon after at $140, were stolen from the Man including the Whitaker Wright the Locarno Pact was signed ing, while it was lying along-trial, and is reputed to have
side the Mongkok Ferry wharf on received enormous fees. He of the world. He was rewarded were a case in point, and only a
was early on made a K.C., with an Earldom in 1917. And fow weeks ago the Italian the Hongkong side.
whilst ho WAS returned to when the war was over and Foreign Minister, Senator. Con-
While P.W.D. steam roller Parliament as Liberal by when he had settled down to bis tarina, resigned on the ground that ho disagreed with was working in Des Voeux Road Reading after which town he work as Lord Chief Justice, he Signor Mussolini on the latter's West, near Whitty Street, tram has taken his name. In the years responded to an Invitation to foreign policy. It was said that car No. 14, ran into the rear of before the war, he was succes- become Viceroy of India at a he had vainly tried to counsel the roller, causing damage to the sively Solicitor General, Attorney time in life when most men are Premier to moderation. tool box and tank. The tram General and Lord Chief Justice looking for rest. He took up the The enquiry which is
Reuter has now telegraphed that driver attributes the mishap to of England, his rise to the last- roins, of administration at what taking place in the United Stateswar clouds definitely hang over the slippery state of the ruils, named. high rank being remark-was, admittedly, a most trying on the Prohibition question may the Mediterranean. Turkey is which prevented the brakes from ably rapid. As special Ambassador and anxious time and he has, and Plenipotentiary Extraordin- during his five years of office be taken a further proof of the openly apprehensive regarding gripping.
a. spirit of ary to the United States before brought about Mussolini's visit to Tripoli, and desire of the "Wets" to bring this the possibility of a Graeco-Italian The Woman on the Jury," a that country joined the allies in comparative peace and tran- He has already bean. issue so much to the fore that it pact, having as its object the film which is being shown at the the Great War, Lord Reading was quility. shall dominate the Congressional Colonial expansion of both cour- Queen's Theatre to-day for the responsible for many of the finan- described as one of the great- elections in November. Those tries, is giving rise to alarming lost time, is well worth seeing.cial arrangements which were eat Viceroys. At the age of 66 conjectures, The newspapers of It carries a tragio theme through- come to between the two coun-years, the bestowal of this latest who seek a modification of the Rome recently featured Musso-out, but an excellent cast lifts it tries and did much to further high honour fittingly marks the existing law rouliée that they can lini's intended visit to Lybia, out of the ruck, and one is almost the cause of Britain in what was close of yet another stage of do nothing in the present Con-pointing out that he is the first conversat its conclusion that the most powerful neutral country brillant service for his country.
Italian Premier to touch African such self-sacrifice on the part of gress, but they are hoping for a soil and the first to realise that a woman is possible. sufficient number of gains next colonies are necessary to Italy's
Passengers departing for Home November to secure a majority progress. The Tribuna, in a lead-
ing article on the matter, said: yesterday by ss. Kalyan included in favour of removing some of the "When the Italian warships cross Capt. D. James, Lieut. J. I. M. existing restrictions. If they the seas described by our ancestors Ashby, Mrs. Raid, Surgeon Com- Bucceed, the probability is that as mare nostrum, it will be an mander W.-A. Jolliffe, Mr. and example of the new Imperial Mrs. C. Rice, Capt. J. M. Murphy, the Volstead Law will be materi-will, whose repercussions will be Licut. F. H. Jefferson, Lieut. A; ally changed; should they lose felt in the furthest. boundaries of P. Gibson, Mr. L. R. Whant, Mr. ground, there is sure to be Europe and the Near East. This H. J. Treagus, Mrs. J. McWhirter considerable demoralisation in warlike convoy escorts the Duco and the two Misses McWhirter. of tho New Italy which is de- the ranks of the "Wets."
manding its own place in this! The return of cases of notifiable We saw it stated in a leading badly divided world." This is disoase which occurred in the axe of Parliament.
The highest mountain language which is other than Colony during the week-end American journal the other day cautious, and the like of which shows six cases (Chinese) of Switzerland is Blanc Mange.
A sculptor is a man who makes that Congress at prosent consists has undoubtedly given rise to the small-pux, accompained by three of members who are either "dry" fears and suspicions which now deaths, one imported Portuguese faces and busts.
cloud the Mediterranean outlook. case of scarlet fever and threa! or "wet" in principle or whe Senator Walsh, of the United Chinese cases of enteric fever come from unquestionably "wet" States, has taken the gloves off accompanied by ons death. Thero or "dry" districts, plus those who (oratorically) to Mussolini, but it was also one Chinese case of is to be hoped that moderate rabios. The Colony had a clean! do not personally care which way counsels and words will supercedo bill of houlth on Monday, the issue goes and who, are the vorbal fireworks and defiant willing to vote just as they think their districts desire. This lattor group is thought to outnumber the other two put together, and it is the task of the " wets to induce these undecided folk to throw in their lot with those who want to sed the law modified. The supporters of the existing law do not desire that Prohibition
should be made a clean-cut issue
love.
gostures which are all too likely to lead to strife.
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MOROCCO PEACE PARLEY.
AN UNINVITING VENUE."
Paris, April 20, The beautiful surroundings of the European peace parleys, as for instance Versailles, San Remo and
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The Very Idea!
Still more howlers:
Sir Walter Raleigh was the first man to see the Invisible Armada.
Charles I, was beheaded by an
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Culled from the English "rules and regulations hung on the door of the bedroom in his hotel in Innsbruck:
"Price of room includes light.. inning, heating and taxes.
"The departure has to be an- rounced in the hotel office unti! 3 p.m. at least.
"
"Adhesion for stolen objects From an advertisement in a from rooms by closed doors can- Californian paper:
not be accepted but to the legal maximum amount,
"It is not allowed to make use of electric apparatus as smothering, etc., in the rooms."
BOUDOIR CAPS ARE BOBBED- HAIN AID
Hold Wayward Socks in Place and Also Are Attractive.
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"If Shakespeare
were
alive
Two cases of possession of dag- gers were brought before Major
Next season's Russian boots. It C. Willson at the Control Magis- traoy this morning, when one to-day he would be looked upon as is stated, are to be donger: Thia Chinoso was charged with pos-4 remarkable 'man," said will in all probability mean that session of one dagger, and an-lecturer recently in "New York. other charged with possession of Sure, he would be over 300 years two. Sergt. Flaherty said Mr. C. old.
A. S. Russ had been instructed
skirts will be shorter.
Thus the truth of the old sny ing of "What you gain on the boots you lose on the round-abouts". will be once more demonstrated.
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for the defence. He had been in! The proposal to stimulate the Court but had been called away growth of ostrich feathers reminds Sorgt. Flaherty asked for an ad- jourment. This was granted, and one of a hitherto unpublished and
doubt entirely unauthentic bear down too hard on the comb. ostrich story. A talker in an " the case was fixed to be heard to-morrow at noon.
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Parting is painful when you'
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Array canteen had announced that Few know, even in Hollywood,
another."
in November. The attitude of Locarno, find a marked contrast both sides is quite understandable. with the venue of the Morocco Local Command Orders contain who he was in South Africa he that Charlie Chaplin passes up in a life-time. It was The "wets" realise that they negotiations at Vida, whose walls the following extracts from the missed three razors one morning more money than most producers
are still stained with blood and London Gazette of March 2nd:Long afterwards they were found make have nothing to lose and may where only twenty years ago the The President of the French Ro- inside the body of a tame ostrich Charlie who discovered Jackie possibly have much to gain: the heads of enemies and traitors public has conferred the decora that had the run of the place. Coogan, who turned out to be the a patient million dollar kid. The famed "drye" can gain nothing from a were nailed to the top of the tion of Medaille de Reconnais-That's nothing," said fight on the issuo, and they may battlements, though they are now ance Francats en Bronze," on listener. "I shot an ostrich out comedian had a contract on Jackie enlivened by glaring kinemaster Katharine Amelia Allsop, there; but I had to shoot broad for five years after "The Kid," the postora. The country is rough A.R.R.C., Queen Alexandra's Im-side on to settle him, for every picture which made him overnight, It is of interest to note that and wild and arid, traversed by parial Military Nursing Service.time.I aimed straight at his front was released,
Sistor (Acting Matron) Lilian elevation he caught the bullet in Countless producers offered. there has been considerabio op mere tracks and the buat Mackay, R.R.C., Queen Alexan- his beak and swallowed it; and Jackie millions a year offered position in the States to the stifling. Meanwhile, the prelimi dra's Imperial Military Nursing then opened his mouth for Charlile more than a million for
naries are being held at the mili-Service. holding of an enquiry into the tary post camp of Berteaux, which whole Prohibition question. Such is established rolind a few Moorish Command Orders state that an attitude, seems rather aston-dwellings perched on a high rock. Captain A. S. C. Kennedy, Capt.
Reuter,
E. 3, Howard, M,C., Liout, E. M. ishing, to say the least. The Re-
8, Taylor, Royal Artillery. Major public is based on the idon that!
C. B. F. Wyncoll, M.C., Majör J. P. B. Greig, Royal Enginoor, tho will of the majority shall
Major H. V. Bayiese, D,S,O., M.C., rulo. Some years ago, the
2nd-Liout. Q. M. Jackson, East majority plumped for Prohibition,
Surreya, Capt. and Qr.-Mr. W. E and the Volstead Act became
Burnell, R.A.8.0, Capt. C. F Charles, A.D. Corps, and Capt. A It is now being urged that
Paris, April 20N. Evans R.A.P.C, have been there has been a change of senti-
The Senato by 278 votes to 12 taken on the strength of the looni said a woman to the Magistrate This declaration. In bold ment in most parts of the has voted the Bidgot as a whole command. They arrived by H.T. who, questioned her at Clerkens adorns the dressing room walls
Reuter, country. What could be more
Assaye on the 8th. instant.
low, the
FRENCH BUDGÉT.
APPROVED BY SENATE.
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No man appreciates a dinner of old shoulder and hot tongue
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"Is soup upon the bill of
fare?"
1
He questioned, mid a cough, "It was," the waitress snapped
*reply,
"Until I wiped it off."
the contrast which he held on the child wonder. Charlie wouldn't sell. He tore up the contract he held on Jackie and told the kid's father, to get the best contract he could.
An athletic girl often changes her mind about being fond of sports after" she marries one.
Hollywood definition-
ment is but another name for Tem- "Well, my dear, I'm telling you" For
well
Norma Aalmadge,