THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1936.
Father Claimed Millions-She Has 3d.
Tichborne Case
RTHUR ORTON, reputed mon of a London butcher, in 1865 announced himself Roger Tick- borne, heir so rich Tichborne estales, belloved lost at sea, 1854.
Roger's mother persunded her. Nell claimant WOR her AOIL. Chancery action ended 1874 with
non-sulung of plaintiff, who was sent to penal servitude for. 11 years. Many of his contem. borarles st believe he WAR Roger Tichborne.
BRITISH
'PLANES
FOR TURKEY Benefit To Trade After The King's Visit
NEGOTIATIONS are in
pro- gress between the Turkish Government and British aero- plane manufacturers for the supply of British aircraft for the re-equipment of the Turkish Air Force.
"The negotiations have fol- lowed the King's recent visit to Turkey," it was stated at the Turkish Embassy in London re- cently, and there is every reason to xlieve that there will be further developments in Anglo- Turkish trade.
ECHO OF GREAT
LAWSUIT
By CLIFFORD LEWIS
ALONE in a dingy bed-sitting-room, a sad-eyed woman of 70 told
me a story that brought back echoes of the greatest sensation of Victorian times--the Tichborno caso.
She la known as Mary Agnes Theresa Doughty Tichborne and Is the daughter of Arthur Orton who was sentenced to 14 years penal servitude for claiming to be Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne and to, have the right to the family fortune, title and estates,
life to establishing my fallter's Innocence."
This trogle woman, even in recent days, has anved her seant coppers so that she might visit London
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From May, 1873, to February, 1874. this famous cace lasted, niling the newspapers and exciting Gur consult muscum records in the hope parents, und running up a bit of that she might alight on some clue £230,000,
which would prove her father's
This woman who has no close a randretion with one of the most expensive ligations known, open- ed her purse before me... Three coppern fell aul,
сас.
For the Just 15 years the hog worked as a sempstress and lately a a cook, but.
"I am too Inme now to be л cook...
Arthur Orton's daughter "That's all I have in the world," looked up at me
with a
tragle she said, "except my memories—and | gesture. Let me tell I to you.” my story.
"God knows," she said, "what I can do now,"
Fight for Father
And then this grey-haired woman who lives in a bed-sitting room in n quiet village outalde London told me how for 30 years she has been fighting to prove the innocence of ber dead father.
"I wha soven
when my Kather went to prison," she said. "When him and later, as his secretary, he was released kept house for
toured theatres and lecture halls, After that we had very Bttle money. so I decided to go on the stage."
When Prince of Wales, the The 70-year-old doughter King, speaking at a dinner of Arthur Orton smiled wistfully.
the Royal Society of Arts, and
of
"I was a beautiful girl, then," she
fir gure.“
referring to his world travels,said, "fair, with good colouring and declared:
"I am very proud of having been called Britain's commer- cial traveller."
The present negotiations the greater importance, us since the war trade with Turkey has difficult
been
Although there have always "been a number of British-ande nero- planes in the Turkish Air Force, the greater number have been supplied) by France and the United States,
Attempt On
High Record
She told me of ile tienes when she sold Bowers outside Burling ton Arcade, carrying a basket with her name upon it,
"People used to negue with me in the street about my father's ease,
dit nut mind."
Refused to Marry
She never married.
Insured Persons'! "Bottle Habit”
►
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MILLIONS MORE PRESCRIPTIONS
An increase of millions in the num- der of prescriptions dispensed for insured persons,, attributed to the growth of the "bottle habit," was mentioned by Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister of Health, at the conference of the at Bournemouth recently
of Insurance National Association
Committees,
In 12 years, he stated, the number of prescriptions issued to England and Wales had increased to 62,100,- 900, and the total east from £1,325.-; 000 to £2,100,000. The increase wag out of all proportion to the inercate. in the insured population. The matter was being considered jointly by the Ministry of Healths and the British Medical Association.
Gigantic switches, and transformers will soon control the world's grentest Bow of low-cost power from Boulder Dain across .200 miles of mountain and desert into Los Angeles. In above photo the final connection is being made on one of the huge trans-
former, six of which have been. Installed,
BRITAIN GAINS
LEAD
IN VAST
FILM
MERGER
By A Special Film Reporter
The country was sill a long way TWO statements, issued last month, have brought to a "I did not want to," she explain. ¡ from a condition of things with which || |_|| ed, "I wanted to devote my whole a Minister of Health teotako be| climax the four-months' battle for control of the
Duce Names
His Successor” -Count Ciano
Berlin, Oct. 25.
salbifled.
"The steady crease in the bun ber of upen spices and places for recreation is om of the best signs. of the times,” It is a good thing in my judgment, that FOTO inillions were spent on recreation grounds and swimming pools But year. We want mori of both.
£13,000,000 Gaumont-British Corporation. Said Mr. John Maxwell, chair- court case may follow an all-British
tan of Associated British dent Pictures:
The whale transaction has been a case of the tortoise and the hare John Maxwell being the tortoise, "Negotiations between Messrs. Ostrer and Associated British Ple-
Four years ago, any one suggesting fures in regard to Gaumont-British that John Maxwell, with his rela have been proceeding for some time tively small and struggling business. BODILY FITNESS
with a view to preventing it from, could possibly negotiate with the "All there thing help
passing under foreign control. Nego-Ostrers for control to bring
tations are
of Caumont Count Clano, Hallan Foreign Minis-about that cult
of bodily
Bow practically fitness pleted and a joint statement of the
com-would have been laughed-R ter, and Mussolini's son-in-law, is to which is in the interest of a healthy position will be issued on Monday."" But year by year Mr. Maxwell has visit Berlin shortly, to see filer.
plodded on. Kradually improving his Sald Gaumont-Brush: "IL IN not position: reducing bank loans: The Hamburger Fremdenblat pub- An attempt to improve upon the fishes to-night the
accurate to say that a deal has strengthening his dances. statement that height record figure established by Count Clano s
been completed between Gau- to be appointed
mont-Briusa and Mr. John Max- Squadron Leader F. R. D. Swain last Hallan Prime Minister in the neur
well. Discussions are proceeding. month, will, be made during the next future-Mussolini holds The Titles of
The outcome of--these-will-i-in three or four weeks.
Prime Minister, "Duce" (lender),
expected, be the subject of a joint statement early next week." and head of the Government.
The proposed £50,000,000 Alm
'PLANE WITH SPECIAL ENGINE
By An Aeronautical Correspondent
A second acroplane, which has been bullt for high flying, is being prepared; but It may not be used for the attempt. I differs from the first machine in many ways, and is afted with a Rolls-Royce Kestrel Special liquid-cooled engine.
"Count Ciano," says the news- paper, "whom Mussolini thus ind!- cates s his zuccessor, will also continue to hold the office of Foreign Minister."--Reuter.
The calculated service celling of the first machine is 64,000ft. At this
FILM ACTRESS INJURED height the rate of ellinb should full below 100ft, per minute. It should,
Hollywood, Oct. 14. therefore, be possible to obtain a Miss Claudette Colbert received a height of over 54,000ft. if the condi- slight basul fracture
of the skull tions are good, and everything goes when she collapsed to-day on return according to plan. The existing to work utter a motor-car accident record is a little below 50,000ft.
last non-Reuter.
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He believed that when the Gover- ment's plans for the coming session) of Parliament were announced, | to deal with the gap between school-leaving and the entry uf youths inte insurance would be in- cluded.
Associated British now have an invested capital of around £15.- 500,000, against £13.750,000-in-the- ease of the Gaumont company. The transaction involves the pur- chase by Mr. Maxwell's company of
Sir Kingsley Wood gave the con- merger between Gaumont-British, the controlling share interest owned ference “a first-hand account" of the Fox-Twentieth-Century, and Metro by the Ostrer Brothers in the Metro- recent serious outbreak of enteric Goldwyn-Mayer has been the sub-polis and Bradford Trust. fever at Bournemouth, Poole nadject of statements and Christchurch. The outbreak 'caused statements since the end of June, the illness of over 500 people and when it was first announced. about 40 deaths,
"The outbreak is now ended," he said. "and.
д except for few secondary cases, we have seen the list of this tragic occurrence. With- in a few hours of the arrival of Dr. Shaw, of the Ministry,
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became
of the infection. All primary case
of typhoid fever in the three boroughs consumed raw milk from
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The Atlantic has been crossed alternately by the
Schericka (American interests) and the Ostrers (British).
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Detalls have been announced, only House of Commons.
Questions have been asked in the
All-British?
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Company.
More On Monday
Mr. Sidney Kent, president of Fox- Twentieth-Century, is in London. making a statement later,
He told me that he, too, would be
tlon own 350 cinemes and cafes in Gaumont-British Picture Corpora-
England.
Cinemas owned or controlled by Associated British Picture Corpora-
one dairy which received milk from Latest statements at least seem totion number 283. several farms. Pasteurisation of the indiente that British interests have
It is also the parent company of
milk immediately cut short the out-dinally replaced Ameriem interests. British International Pictures at break."
still possible that Elstrer.
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