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EMPIRE Woman Heard Report,
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REQUIEM MASS FOR MR. J. A. LYONS
Melbourne.
Dame Enid Lyons, widow of Mr. J. A. Lyons, tile-Federal Prime Mini- ter, recently flew to Melbourne to at- tend Ponineat Requiem Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral in memory of her
husband.
On arrival here Dame Enta was again obliged to re-enter hospital,
Some 5,000 people attended the Re- and thousands more were assembled outside in drizzling
Said "It Means War"
CRITICISM OF B.B.C. news bulletins was expressed recently by a coroner, Dr. P. B. Skeels, of Walthamstow, Essex.
He was conducting an inquest on Mrs. Edith Hann, aged 43, of Rose-avenue, South Woodford, who, oppressed by ill health and fear of war, committed suicide after listening in to a bulletin.
"The news is not always happily the B.B.C. had decided not to dis- expressed on the wireless: it could cuns it. often be put in a happler way," sold
The woman's husband, Mr. Hubert Hann, member of Woodford Borough Council, sald his wife had been worried by her health and the fear of a war Involving their 10- years-old son.
roln.
The service, which was conducted | Dr. Skeels. by Archbishop Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne, was attended by 300 clergy, and by State and City leaders. Federal and State Ministers and members of ali parties have unoMcial ly been discussing the question of a grant to Dame Enid Lyons. Federal Ministers, and members have tenta- tively agreed on the creation of a Revenue Trust Fund of probably £25,000, which would provide her with £1,000 a year during her life time.
NEW ZEALAND SPEAKER OF COUNCIL TO RETIRE
Auckland,
GASSED HERSELF
She listened in to a news bulletin on Good Friday. "That means wor," she said. The next morning he found her lying dend with her head In a gas oven.
I asked a B.B.C. offeint whether any comment to he had
moke. The news department had already received the story as part of their general service. But the official said
Sir Walter Carneross, Speaker of KENYA
the Council of
This was the view of a lending Harley-street mental specialist:
"There is a certain type of person who is predisposed to fears of catag trophe and will do something drastic at the slightest provocation.
EFFECT OF TONE OF VOICE "One cannot expect the B.B.C. to exclude all bad news for the sake of that type of person, but at the same time they should bear in mind, they are talking to a vast and very audience. and ensure that mixed there is no undue emphasis on the blacker news.
"These victims of gloomy obses- sions are so easily affected that even the tone of voice in which a news item is rend might make all the dif- ference."
Le Lestive County, New TALKS WITH INDIANS Royal 'Shadow' Goes
will take his place as an ordinary member,
in
ON HIGHLANDS
Mombasa.
To Canada
measures
May 19, 1939.
Coal Famine Fear
Mayer La Guardla, left, confers with John L. Lewis over deadlock between bliumlocus miners and operators. Mayer sald coal famine threatened New York and Metropolis might have to lease a coal mine of its own.
Girl Skater Refused
to be a Shirley
FOURTEEN-YEARS-OLD Hazel Franklin Britain's 1
professional skater, who wanted to be a cond Brita 15. No on
the films, has returned from the United States disappointed.
Hollywood does not want another highly paid akater. One, Sir Walter has been Speaker fof 21
Chief Constable Albert Conning, they say, is enough. years, and he association with poliu- Non-official Europeans are negotiat-head of Scotland Yord's Special eal life in New Zealand has been aning with Indians on the question of Branch sailed recently for Canada, "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave me a test in New York," Hazel broken for 49 years. He was born at the reservation of the Highlands to where he will assist in the police said at her father's London flat. "They offered to take me to Bendigo, Australla, 84 years ago, and white settlers,
arrangements for the King and Hollywood, pay all my expenses there for 20 weeks, give me a came to New Zealand as a boy,
It is believed that the Europeans Queen's visit
Mr. Canning will confer with the salary, and train me to be a child actress, then sign me up under Canadian police at their headquarters contract." at Ottawa on protective and the general plans which being prepared for the Royal visitors. He will be present on all the tours
he will act
in conulta- tive capacity by placing at the dis- posal of the Canadian police his wide experience of Special Branch work.
The Special Branch detective who always accompanies the King will also visit Canada at the time of the Royal tour.
the
are
French Boycott Threat French are offering to press for the exclusion Wool buyers New Zealand are re- of White allens from the Highlands If ported to have sent an ultimatum to the Indians will agree to the reer Finance Minister, Mr. Nash, vation of the area to British Whites.
unless the import control
The Indians stating that,
are particularly in- are adjusted to allow dignant that the recent Order In regulations
greater thare in rance a
New Council should permit settlement by Imports, they
will boycott, Germans, Italions and other European which their will, moke, Wool sales-Reuter.
while excluding Indians. Socialist Support for Detence-A The Bituntion throughout the resolution pledging support for the country is tense. Indians are with Government in any steps it might take drawing In increasing numbers from for the efficient defence of Now the Tanganyika League. There is Zealand was adopted at to-day's threat among Indians and Arabs to session of the conference.
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IN Landon there was a man who ters and photographers have crowded
in Rome a few years ago was for round her. But they have not spoilt ten days mistaken for Signor Musso-Hazel.
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SOUVENIRS Though she has brought back three two unk-cads of souvenirs, the things she treasures most are a letter
from Shirley Temple and u black At one time he was Mussolini's velvet and white lace skating frock exact do
double:
so much so that when, Presented to her by a Fifth-evenue
shop. in 1824, he went to spend ten days
She broadcast 18 times, slept on in Rome, his friend and host. Dr the 21st floor in New York, was Bastlanelll, then the Duce's doctor, mascut to a baseball team, travelled warned him that such a likeness was out in the Normandie and home in dangerous, and that for his
own the Queen Mary.! safety he ought to leave it once.
Foster Kennedy told his anxious
planned to stay ten days, and would do so.
He did, and even went shopping
No wonder she says "I loved America and I'm going back there soon,"
openly in the Corso Umberto, Rome's Squire, Wife Shot
In Dream Home
Piccadilly, where he was hailed en- thusiatically for some minutes by layal Fascists.
The likeness is not so striking now. His face has filled out, and he hus lost the olivo complexion which the Duce still has.
Hackness, Yorkshire, FORMER Army captain and his wife were found shot dead recently in their Swiss chalet "dream home" on the wooded hills of Troutsdale.
ВАСК ТО THE 40 "FRILLS, Hitle lace edges, and Capt, and Mrs. Arthur Richardson petticoats are coming back, said came to the district three years ago. Mr. Herbert L. Miskend, America's He took over three farms in the area 38-years-old lingerie king, with aand became the squire. vast wave of his stumpy cigor, na Mr. Charles Kitching, chauffeur- he looked down from his Savoy gardener, Bow lights blazing at Hotel window on to what will be breakfast ume that murning, found Waterloo Bridge.
Capt. Richardson lying fully clothed "Yes, nowadays there's a definite in the dining-room, with a shotgun trend back almost to styles of the beside him. There was a note to the 'Gay Ninetles.
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English women have started taking ren. Interest and care in under-clothes."
A few yards away Mrs. Richardson lay slot through the heed.
Capt. and Mrs. Richardson, whose ages are thought to have been 60 and Mr. Miskend makes nearly 500,000 55, were regarded as an affectionate pieces of women's silk underclothing couple engrossed in their gardens and a year, employs 15,000 women_backfarms. home, and staff of artists and de- signers in Paris.
THE TOUGH BOYS Earl L. Lambeau, who went to London to find out possibilities of bringing his American football team to play there, recently returned to America.
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Mrs. Richardson had told a form- er's wife that her- husband leaving in a few days' time for a fishing trip in the West Indies.
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Mr. Guthrie organised the visit of Tyrone Guthrie was the son of a the Vic Company in "Hamlet" to loctor and born in Tunbridge Wells. Elsinore in 1937, and for the present He began his career in repertory at tour of Egypt and the Mediterranean the Playhouse, Oxford, in 1024, countries.
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