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Poison Suicide
Of Peer's Sister
THE funeral of the Hon. Mrs. Daisy Carleton Bunbury, 63-year-old sister of Lord Dorchester, at Nately Scures, near Basingstoke, Hants, has brought to light| these two facts:-
1. That she was found
dead in bed at her home, the Red Sea
Red House, Hook, on a re- cent Sunday.
2. That an inquest was held recently, the coroner recording a verdict that she committed suicide by taking cyanide of potasslum while of unsound mind,
The coroner, Mojor 11. M. Foster, stated that the inquest was “not sceret in any way." 7
Mrs. Bunbury was the widow of Brig.-General Vesry Thomas Bun- bury. She had recently worried over and vigorously opposed the enclos-
Crossing
Was "No
Miracle"
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ing, of part of Hook Common as a Former Sinai Governor's Baby's
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OIL FIND REPORTED IN KENYA
A
Nairobi, Dec. 15. GREAT oilfield, described as comparable with that of Iran, Is reported to have been discovered in Kenga by a French engineer. M. J. Dejean, who has been prospecting in the colony for two years.
Weather Theory
Major C. S. Jarvis, Governor of Sinal for 14 years and known to every Arab In the Middle Enst Jarvis Bey, recently explained his theory of the Bible story of the flight of the Israelites fram Egypt. He was addressing the Ethnic Study Group in London.
The way in which the "e" was dry when the Isarelites crossed and fandel when the Egyptians attempted the crossing was no miracle, he declared.
in
"The pillar of fire described Exodus would probably be entsed by one of the squnits which still occur M., Dejean is keeping secret the in Sinal and cause a column of cloud area where he claims to have made from which lightning flashes at night, his discovery while his application | A norrow strip of sand separates the for an exclusive licence is being Meliterranean from Lake Pardawil,
considered by the local government a vast hann, and my theory is that and Secretary of State.
the Israelites marched along, this 1e states, however, that negotia-strip. tions are proceeding for the forma Bion of a prospecting company to "A squall and rain followed and. carry out a complete survey before as still happens to-day, the sea broke the main exploitation company is over the sand into the lagoon. I have floated.
jseen it happen in 12 hours The whole army of Egyptians was caught.
PRIORITY IN CLAIMS
It is learnt that other groups In- "I have arrived at my theory by terested in all have also applied for studying the two books of the Bible, concessions in various parts of the Exodus and Numbers, and from
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M. Dadeng is condent that his field will be rich enough to supply the needs of all Africa.
in Sinai. There is no record in Beyatlan history of the flight, so one may believe it was not such an epoch- making event as the Israelites would
ke us to believe."
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