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[By Gunther Gerické.]:
Berlin, Dec. 29.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2; 1928.
DIAMONDS FROM RUSSIA.
EDGAR LANSBURY ON HIS BANKRUPTCY,
AIR BATTLES EIGHT MILES UP.
RA.F. LEADS WORLD IN NEW FIGHTING CRAFT
Britain, begins to lead the world in'a grust derlal battle of wits
now being made ready for their The latest of our derial fighters,
trials, excel in the speed of their scent to great altitudes and the pace they attain at those imments heights anything employed hitherto
What has to be prepared for s s possible rush in over this coun try, of vast hostile bombers drop- ping, miselles weighing sons, anys
Berlin recently had a big even- ing. The State Theatre, pro duced the Merchant of Venice,
"DAILY HERALD" CASE. two of our best performers taking The story of the diamonds part. Fritz Kortner gave, us brought from Russia by Mr. Fran- Shylock which can only be characcia Meynell for the benefit of the terized as one of the finest por- Daily Herald and declined by that formances which this actor has journal was referred to by Mr. achieved in a most successful Bankruptcy Court recently.
Edgar Lansbury in the London stage career; while Ellabeth
Mr. Registrar Franke! held a Bergner, as Fortia, was a whim- sitting for the public examination sical, dreamy creature of in- of Edgar Isaac Lansbury and writer to the Daily Chronicle, comparable charm, and a boyish, William Arthur Lansbury, who, Our only hope is to develop but nevertheless impressive, doc with Louis Coleman, traded as specialised fighters of an efficienter tor of law. The whole effect was timber merchants, in the style of hardly dreamt of hitherto. Our greatly enhanced by a stage man-Veneer Company at Old Ford dizzy heights. They are capable |the Anglo Rusalan Three Ply and new machines flash like rockets to agement and by scenery, which Louis Coleman was unable to be of such bursts of speed and of such brought out admirably the nicoties present owing to illness, only possible by a marvellous pro- wheelings and manœuvrings að áré of this famous tragl-comedy..
The statement of affairs Aled incision and simplification of design. the proceedings showed liabilities unsecured, and assets of 811,889 40,000ft, or nearly eight miles of £42,278, of which £26,184 was contemplated at altitudes of Aerial battles, in the fatață, are
Mr. Edgar Lansbury said that above the earth.
· Both in Borlin and in Now York, people have celebrated with great enthusiasm the 150th anniversary
""Always Insolvent,"
come from?
The Registrar-Where, did it
From Mr Francis Meynell.. Told by Mr. Lloyd George. The Oficial Receiver-How de you know it was his money if you do not know the source from have been in financial which it difficulties for years? We were whole story of this money war camo? Because the always insolvent because we had told by Mr. Lloyd George at one no capital.
time, and it was public property.
You
the drawings had exceeded the The fring, suits of the airmon of the landing in America of Gen-prouts for many years, and he who will pilot their craft at auch cral von Steuben, the man who, agreed that he could not justify enormous heights will cover them having been trained in the school what he had drawn except that entirely, from head to foot. They of Frederick the Great, was call- he had been extravagant. ed upon to create and train an The Official Receiver-Unjustlin specially designed helmets.
will peer through outlook windows American army. The presence, fiably extravagant?—Yes.. at the Berlin celebrations, of His wife, said Mr. Lansbury, No, because I do not know authorl- leading Americans and of repre- was an actress, and earned £40 atatively. Bentatives of German public life week or £2,000 a year, but he Where do you think it came
the German Foreign Minister at denied that he had the benefit of from 7-I do not know. their bend-as well as the that money in his household an speeches that were made supply his wife had a position to keep happy evidence of the friendly up. relations--existing between-the The Registrar You had the ad- two peoples. At all times and in vantage of that position. many countries there have been grent German military organizers; but this fact in itself does not exhaust the historical significance of Frederick Wilhelm von Steu ben, on the contrary, we see in his mission, above all, a proof of Frederick the Great's sympathy.
Questioned as to two sums of What was the story of the with the American struggle for £510 and £676 transferred to his money 7-The story is that Francis independence and his clear por-capital account and drawing ac-Meynell brought some diamonda ception of the dawn of a new Lansbury said that the latter was money; and he wanted the money count respectively, Mr. Edgar from the Continent to change into
an account which dated back to to go to the Daily Herald, but the 1919. In that year he borrowed Daily Herald would not take it. from his first wife money for the The Registrar-Stolen Russianį use of the firm which she obtained jewellery? a flood of society events. Recep- from other persons. It was money. The Official tions in the Reichs-President's connected with a transaction into part of the money did you hold?--- Palace, gatherings of the diploman-which he entered with a Mr. At one time £10,000. tie corps and aristocratic balls Francis Meynell, a transaction by
And these.credita, represented have followed each other in rapid which he held a large sum part of 7-Yes. succession. The "Ball of the Na money for that gentleman. tions" was quite international; In-Can you tell the Court from! augurated by the "Germans what source, the money camo? Abroad Societies," it attracted, quite conve
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As on previous occasions, so again this year, the Christian holldays are being ushered in by
not merely almost all the forolgn |~ponti 70 el diplomatists active in Berlin, but
also a considerablo percentage of the foreigners of all races and climes at present living amongst ue. A very Babel of languages was to be heard; for the flags and
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Another ovent bearing an in- ternational impress was the "Christmas Interiors in Different Lands Instituted by ladies of society, which took pince in Gerson's well-known furnish- ing stores. Toá was served in rooms appointed in such a way ઘસ to illustrate in perfectly genuine alyic the keeping of Christmas among vari- ous peoples and in various epochs. These afternoons, with their ro- citals and concerts in the manner of the different countries, were a great success; on one day or an- other the whole of Berlin found its way to the spot, and the funds. thus collected for charitable pur- poses aggregated no mean sum. Altogether, it may truly be said that Berlin is once again under the spell of dear old Father Christmas whose han no one can resist. Young and old, rich and poor are happier for his presence. At every turn, the eyes are rested by soms reminder of yule lide. And what would Christmas be without the glorious 'show- windows, without the well-filled shops themselves, without the Christmas market and the Christ-"| mas trees that deck the squares and streets? The god of the weather was propitious this year. Intense cold prevailed, it is true; but the sky was clear, and the air was crisp and fresh and invigorating and, especially on the last two Sandays In Advent- the so-called "silver" and "golden" Sundays-this fine weather lured people out for a walk through the business thoroughfares and down the alleys of the lit-up Christrans booths, in which the vendors, with stentorious voices, shouted the praises of their wares in the most. amusing terms imaginable.
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The examination of the two Lansburys was concluded, and that of Coleman, was adjourned.
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