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MOTHER
TWINS'
HER CYCLE
HIT A STONE
For weeks Mex. Agnes Grimes, of Narborough, Norfolk, busied bersell with preparations for the 21st birthday party of her twin
RONS.
Although the party was being held] at West Newton, 12 miles from her home, she cycled there and back) several times to supervise the cater- Ing.
The great day arrived and when it came to toasts at the end of dinner there were tears of pride in Mrs. Grimes's eyes, as she proposed the health of her sons.
"It is the greatest day of my He," the salıb.
MIDNIGHT
At midnight the party broke up and Mrs. Grimmes and her husband set aut to cycle back to Narborough.
Half-way home her eyele hit a large stone in the road. Mrs. Grimes fell on her head.
As she Iny dying on the grass verge by the. side of the road, waiting for an ambulance, two cars went
by.
In them were guests returning from the party that had been the "greatest day of her life."
Car With Beds
PARIS.
Greater comfort and cars priced to meet the purses of all classes are the main feature of the annual Parts Automobile Salon, which opened in the Grand Palais in the Champs Elysees.
Thursday
HONGKONG : TELEGRAPH
KILLED
21st
AFTER PARTY
New $1,000,000 municipal gambling casino soon to be opened to the public at the Lido. Venice, Italy. It overlook the Adriatic and hohes nearly every known game of chance. Halluns expret, it to outrival the famed casino at Monte Carlo,
Nutria Hunt in Sussex
London. The discovery of the nutria, or coypu, a dangerous pest not unlike the musk-rat, is worrying farmers in East Sussex. One of the animals re- cently attacked and nearly killed a dog. It was shot and sent to the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Minis-
try reports, received at the week-end. probably bring about a united effort between farmers and landowners to There are no changes of design, no exterminate this rodent In the dis- striking novelties, but the display as a whole maintains the high standard trict and to examine the bank of of construction and Reneral rivers and streams
ufacturers are renowned.
for their nests.
POSTMASTER PUTS
THREE BANDITS
TO FLIGHT
December 15, 1938.
EMPIRE NEWS
30 NEW BOMBERS FOR NEW ZEALAND
Auckland.
The Air Department is organising a large-scale expansion of the Air Force to coincide with the delivery of 30 long-runge Vickern Wellingtons and other aircraft in 1939.
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An additional 200 men are to be en- rolled to staff the four main bance. Reserves of personnel also to be strengthened.
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As announced last month, the new
| aircraft will be flown out to New
Zealand by 30 men, who are to be trained in England.
|AUSTRALIA
PHYSICAL FITNESS
SCHEMES
Sydney.
State and Federal health author!- ties will meet in Canberra shortly to discuss schemes for the physicul education of the nation. Unofficial surveys have shown that standards of Physical Atness throughout Australia ure surprisingly low,
Prof. Harvey Sutton, Director of the School of Public Health at Sydney -University, esmates that half the man power of military age in the Commonwealth is unfit for active ser-
vice.
Victoria is the only State to have mass physical training. A simiinr scheme for New South Wales will come into operation in December.
Growth of Leprosy-National ne- tion to combat leprosy is urged by the Queensland Minister for Health and Home Affairs, Mr. E. M. Hanion. who states that its growth is chal- lenging the existence of the white race in Northern Australia. Mr. Hanlon's statement follows a report by the Director-General of Health and Medical Services, Sir Raphael Cilento. that leprosy in Queensland
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Three armed bandits who attempted to hold up a sub-post-and white races. master in his office at London Road, Mitcham, recently, were put to flight by the postmaster.
Then men, using a car which had no number plates, drew up effelency for which French man-The specimen sent to the Ministry at the office shortly before closing time. A revolver was pre-
of Agriculture was nearly a yard An unusual exhibit is a convertible ton had webbed feet and weighed sented at the postmaster, Mr. R. A. Burchett, and money de- sleeping-cara ght four-seater.
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Mr. Burchett refused and a blank cartridge was fred. The men then ran from the shop and drove off in the car-empty-handed.
SOUTH AFRICA
ITALIAN TEXTILE
COMPETITION
Johannesburg. Workers organised in the South African Texule Workers' Industrial Union are demanding increased pra- tection for the industry, partly owing to strong Italian competition.
The union declares that 500 textile The car, which had been taken
workers are unemployed and hun- from outside a house in the neigh-dreds more are on short time, while bourhood, was found abandoned a quarter of a mile away.
"OH, YES"
Mr. Burchet: sald that he was alone in his shop when the three men walked in.
"One of them pointed a revolver at me and suid 'Stick 'em up. This is a hold-up. I said 'Oh, yes,' and I made a dive for the phone.
"The man Bred, but it was a blank cartridge. Without taking anything the three men bolted and I dashed after them. They jumped into a cor which was standing with engine run- ing in the drive leading from the road to the post office. As the car moved off I flung a weight at it and struck the back panel."
Girl of 12 Publishes Book
This is the age of youth, but it; w stagger some of the old men of 21 when they hear that "Susan and Sambo," a book of stories published recently was written by a girl of 12. She is Katharine Horrison-Wallace, and the story which gives the book its title is about a pony called Sambo, "who loved a mare called Susan. She was very beautiful, and always kept her mane in the latest fashion." THE DUKE'S PRAISE
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The Duke of Atholl has written a foreword to the book, in which he says:-
"The following pages were written and utrated by my 13-year-old Kod-daughter, Katharine Harrison- Wallace, without any extraneous aid. "Her godfather hopes that, as her age increases, she may be able to live up to the high standard of morals she has so ably clamploned in these pages."
THE FIREMEN'S BEER
London,
heavy imports of Italian rugs are he- ing permitted. These rugs are im- ported at the same cost as the yarn from which similar rugs ure manu- factured in South Africa.
Unemployment and short time cre serious on the Rand, and even worse in Natal, adds the union. CANADA
FIRST
EVAPORATED MILK
NEW PARLOPHONE RECORDS
F1257-When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullabye. W.
Silver on the Sago. FT. F1256-Isn't It Wonderful F.T.
....JAN GARBER'S ORCH.
Moonshine over Kentucky. F.T. F1230-01 Mas Mose, F.T.
Between the Devil & the Great Blue Sea. FT.
F1240-Says My Heart, F1241-Liebestraum
You'll Always Be My Sweetheart.
F1234-Music Blaestre Please.
Teddy Bear's Picnic.
EDDIE DUCHIN'S ORCH.
VICTOR SILVESTER'S ORCIL
-NAT GONELLA'S ORCH.
Little Lady Make Bellevo F1237--Small Fry.
It's the Rhythm in Me R2570-Magyar Melody. Hungarian Airs
MAGYARI IMRIE & HIS HUNGARIAN GYPSY ORCH OT16) Purà Parade, Tango,
Adios Muchachos. Tango
ANTI-AIRCRAFT | n:502–Tisket A Tasket BATTERY
Montreal. The active militiu of Canada have now their first anti-aircraft battery. The battery will have a personnel of six officers and 90 other ranks, drawn from the Second Montreal Regt. At present the battery is at half-strength. It will be fully manned within the next 12 months.
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.TEDDY WILSON & HIS ORCH.
Now it Can Be Told F1243 Cockles & Mussels,
All the Nice Girls Love A Sailor
JOE DANIELS & HIS HOT SHOTS DRUMNASTICKS, F1246-Lebar Waltz Medley
IVOR MORETON & DAVE KAYE. 2 Pianos, etc. F1252-Love Letter. Tango Argentino.
Farewell Letter, Tango Argentine R2577-Upper Class Love.
·HEINZ-HUPPERTZ HIS ORCH.
Brevity is the Soul of Wheat
RONALD FRANKAU. (HUMOURIST). TSANC FOOK PIANO COMPANY
19, Queen's Road C.
All the personnel must first pass through the field and medium bri- Andes of the militia before they con Marina House, Join the enll-aircraft arm.
With a survey company of 17 om- cers and 100 other ranks the battery will be stationed at Montreal. It will be commanded by Col. A. E. D. Tremain, of the 2nd Montreal Regt. CEYLON
$75 STAMP TO BE ISSUED
Colombo.
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Ceylon is about to issue the stamp with the highest face value in the British Empire. It is for 1,000 rupers, about £75.
The stamp, which bears a recent portrait of the King, will be used mainly for revenue purposes, but would be available' for postage if an Insured package were consigned for such a large amount.
Bridge a "Gamble," Mr. C. de Silva, a member of the State Council, Is seeking means to prohibit or re- strict the playing of bridge here, on the ground that it has ceased to be a game of skill and has become a gam- ble. He wishes to prohibit bridge parties in hotels and to limit stakes at all other parties.
the
Guardsman Gets 42
Beer is to be banished from the Days For Absence
London Fire Brigade canteens at the
end of January. After that date only soft drinks will be allowed. At
Because he stayed away from bar- present 15 stations out of 61 have
ve racks, without leave-in order, he canteens which supply alcohol, but said, to protect his wife from being some time ago the Fire Brigado com- pestered by another man-Cold- mittee decided to limit all the can- stream Guardsman George Edward teens except the one at headquarters Campbell has been sentenced to 42 to the 'sale non-alcoholic refresh- days detention by a Chelsen court- ments. Now the Committee has or- martini.
dered the sale of alcoholic liquors in At his trial Campbell said he re- canteens to be stopped not inter than January 31.
Thief Loses in 52 Minutes
ceived a letter from his wife, went home, and found her. very upset be- cause a man had broken into her room and threatened her with a
razor.
Campbell stayed the night with her. At 1.30 am., he said, the mazı Binghamton, N. Y.
pushed a note through the letter- Fifty-two minutes after reported bell came away with him he would box, saying that unless Mrs. Camp- stolen, police recovered Leo Lako's shoot Campbell. automobile and arrested the driver.
Campbell odded, that he wished to The suspect pleaded guilty and was call the police, but his wife would sentenced to 82 weeks in Onondaga' not let blm. She had seen the man's county penitentiary.
revolver.
Tel. 24648.
Jane
Withers
ALWAYS IN TROUBLE
In all ways
her funniest!
JEAN ROGERS
Shipwrecked!... Marooned on a desert islandi
Threatened by a
gang of smugglerst TROUBLET
TROUBLE!
TROUBLEI .......and Jane just loves it
ARTHUR TREACHER ROBERT KELLARD
EDDIE, COLLINS ANDREW TOMBES NANA BRYANT JOAN WOODBURY Directed by Joseph Santley Associate Producer John Stone Screen Play by Karen De Welf and Robert Chapin
Albert Treynor and Jaff Mol
Original story by
A 20th Century Fox Picture
TO-MORROW
TAMBRA