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THE -HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1936.
Finds In 5,800-Year-Old Tomb BIT OF AMERICA RAREST
·AN
LEFT TO BRITAIN
Cambridge, Maas, April 30.
N American farmer has bequeathed to the United Kingdom a plot of land in which lie buried British Redcoats who fell in the Battle of Lexington in 1775, during the American War of Independence,
The land forms part of the actual battlefield on which British noldiers and American colonists fought one of the firet encounters of the war.
Hix will, The farmer, Mr. Bedron H. Bashien, died on March 9. which has been filed for probate here, leaves the proud in qucation "absolutely to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
The magistrate with whom the will was filed described the be- quest to Great Britain sa "an incßective pift." He ruled that no individual could leave part of one nation. to another nation-Reuter.
SCREEN REBELS CALL
A TRUCE
MERLE OBERON TAUBER'S WEDDED
"MARTYRDOM"
Ex-Wife Sentenced
Was
Vienna, Apr. 18. THE former wife of Richard THE
Tauber, Fran Carlotta Tau- ber Vinconti.
sentenced here today to two months' im- prisonment
blackmail charge.
Marlene Dietrich's Colour Role
ELAINE BARRIE'S
L
CLAIM
Hollywood, Apr. 20.
Four of Hollywood's "rebel" stars Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Fred Astaire, and Ginger. Rogera-have signed (2.11. armistice.
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WEAPONS, SCYTHES | TANGO
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Cairo, Apr. 30. FIRST treasures from the most
ancient tomb ever found in Egypt were displayed in the Cairo Museum of Antiquities to-day.
They include curious Bat [discs of wood, ivory, bronze and stone, the use of which are un- known to archirologists,
One of them is carved with a spirited hunting scene, showing hounds and gazelles, and re- sembling the best workmanship of the ancient Greeks.
The tomb where the dis coverleg were made lles north of the famous necropolis at Sakkara, 10 miles from Cairo.
IVORY ARROWS
Built of brick, about 170ft. long and 86ft. wide, it was the resting place of Hemaka, Grand Vizier of King Den, or Udymu, fourth king of the First MARLENE DIETRICH, who Dynasty, who lived about 3400 B.G.
The burial chamber was opened in walked out of the film 1031 and was found
"I Loved a Soldier," has agreed Mr. W. D. Emery, a 22 Plundered, but |
who is man, is director
Liver to appear in the colour-flm "Garden
under the of Allah," with Charles Boyer, and Department of Antiquites, superstructure for three weeks has been undergoing recently found that the strenuous colour tests.
of the tomb contained 12
cham- 12 store When this film in completed she bers, in which were concealed the will leave for London to make a largest and rarest collection of archaic British picture with Mr. Alexander objects ever found in Egypt, Korda, and is returning to Holly- wood in the autumn.
Packed in a leather quiver were some 40 arrows of bono and ivory, aome with fint heads, others with MERLE OBERON, the British Jugged heads. Beside it lay a spear
with a long ivory-pointed head.
star who declined to appear in "Garden of Allah" on the ground that she did not like the part, has consented to make "Dark Vie tory"-based on a Tallulah Bankhead play-for which Mr. David Selznick foriginally engaged her,
She is also due in London for n Korda Blm, and the prospects are that she wilf leave at the same time 19 Marlene
•
FRED ASTAIRE, of "Top Hat"
fame, has settled his difficul- ties with Radio Keith Orpheum and is returning to the studios im- mediately to begin production of "Never Gonna Dance" with Ginger Rogers.
offers each Their new contract £800,000 for eight pictures, but they revolted. Mr. Astaire partly because The sentence was immediately he wanted to take a holiday, and also suspended, conditionally on her good because he thought that unvaried behaviour for three years.
on
a
Freu Vanconti sobbed bitterly when the sentence was delivered.
pairing"
with Miss Rogers would weaken their box-office value.
LAINE BARRIE is also in the news. She declared to- that she was not down-
The judge held that she had black- malled Taubor, who is now engaged to Miss Dians Napier, the English netres, by saying in 1940 that she day intended to write the story of "Tau-hearted when John Barrymore | ber's Amours for which a publisher failed to see her off for New York, had offered £1,000.
DIVORCE QUESTION
TALLY LABELS
Most remarkable are two wooden sickles, their cutting edge composed of nine narrow sharp flinte, fitted in Kroove, and two large wooden adze andles. All are perfectly preserved,
Near hox made of inlaid ' wooden squares were two ivory with tally labels,
the owners and titlen in black hieroglyphics.
name
Four large dint knives of amazing fineness of edge and pattern are also included in this display of articles 5,300 years old.
WITCH DOCTOR'S
"CURSE”
AN. OFFICIAL AND
SIX LIONS Dorchester, Dorset, Apr. 30. CHOOTING elephants atid
SOUS LE PALMIER CORDOBA
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The principal part of the palate. Just fancy that.
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14 Turn back at eleven in the car. 17 Not. "The Man who was Thurs- day" but rather more than Mondiny.
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21 joins this and becomes a famous
film star.
23. See this on the outskirts of a
village parade.
24 It's a bet that many a martyr.
suffered at it.
26 Overdue for return, so change
the tale.
DOWN
lions has been routine
. task for Mr. F. C. Gabbutt, 20 Fruit sticks all round the habi who has returned to Dorches.30 Has a decided objection to the concrete, being thoroughly in- ter, after an absence of 24
tangible. Her mother, Mrs. Barrie, explained
31-Start this to be astonished. Delivering sentence, the judge and his absence by saying "Barrymore years, from East Africa that Tauber's married life had been feared that a lot of people would
a plain tale in He has been employed by the 32 Sounds like
church, doesn't it? real martyrdom," though in some come to the train, so he stayed respects the wife had beneficially in away." Elaine chimed in: "John Games Preservation Department fluenced him.
spent all yesterday afternoon with in Tanganyika. Territory.
One of Mr. Gabbull's most inter- Asked if she still loved him, she eating stories is of a witch doctor The case urose out of the separa- tion of Tauber, and his wife, follow-replied: "Of course I do." In res who cursed a British official, a Mr. of the Terise Research ing a divorce obtained in 1928 in ponse to a query: "But does he love Harrison, Berlin,
you?" Coine the coy response: Department.
Mr. Gabbutt saidi "Who should know better than I?"
*that the At that time Tauber gave his wife money and cerinin valuables, but, and a vague statement about appear official had occasion to punish some according to the prosecution, in 1930 ing with John at Chicago and on native servants. Later the servants went to a witch doctor, who promised she asked for further alimony, cluim-Broadway.
that six lions would pester Mr. Har ing that the Berlin divorce was not
rison. legal in Austrin.
It was alleged that on receipt of further payments from Tauber she ngreed to a divorce in Austria, but later refused and made further de mands for alimony.
KING AND FREEMASONS
BULLET REMOVES BOY'S APPENDIX
Ballimore, Apr. 21. His appendix clipped off by a bullet that punctured his abdomen. seventeen-year-old Robert Bryant was officially announced in fought for life today, It Edinburgh Inst night that Illa
Physicians at the Union Mc- Majesty, following the precedients
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set by his grandfather, King Ed-morial Hospital did not discover ward VII, has consented to become the strange operation the bullet patron of the Grand Lodge of Sent- from a playmate's rifle had per- Lisk Freemasons, and that the formed until they prepared Duke of York has agreed to accept close the eight punctures in the the office of Grand Master Mason youth's abdomen. of Scotland.
The appendix was "floating" The Duke will be installed at around in the lad's abdomen, one Finburgh on Nov. 30, when the physician said. All the doctors Grand Lodge will celebrate Its
had to do was lift the organ out. birentenary.
SALESMAN SAM
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NIGHT SURPRISES
Shortly afterwards Mr. Harrison was encamped in a district where the only game was occasional antelope. After six days he awoke in the night and was amazed to see six full-grown fons a few yards from his tent. His party killed two of the lions and wounded one.
Fifteen days later Mr. Harrison returned to his base. While ke and a colleague were sitting on the veranda after dinner they heard a loud lapping noise coming from the water hole 30 yards away. Switch- ing an a torch they saw six lions.) One they killed outright and two they mortally wounded.
The natives regarded these inci- dents as definite proof of the witch #doctor's skill.
A Horse On Sam
WOT WHAT HAPPENED? DID
THA-YA MEASURE CABOOSES SHOES? AN' HAVE YA GOT ? SIZE MARKED
DOWN FER TA SHOW,
TH' BLACKSMITH?
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ings, flouts the law.
3 Recognised as model for the
most part.
4 Of course, one can see where the money is made in this game. 6 Little creatures.
6 This may be ported without a
stami.
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call a red Better.
22 Angrier, partly due to the row,
no doubt.
2 Know the north of Kent? It's
here.
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