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MRS. FISHER, wife of the new Bishop of London, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, and mother of six sons, intends to visit the Bishop's Palace at Fulham shortly.
The new Bishop, succeeding Dr. Winnington Ingram,| will take up residence In September, but Mrs. Fisher has many preparations to make before she leaves her 12- roomed home in Chester for the 100-roomed Palace in Fulham..
"I intend to visit the Palace and study it before I make any plans. The 100 rooms will be something of a problem,” she said.
Her fans, all at school or univer
alty, range from 0 to 21 years.
Thirty-eight years ago Bishop Creigh- Soldier Hit In Eye
ton, who preceded the retiring bache-
for Bishop, lived at the Palace withi
bis wife and seven children.
1,200 YEARS AGO
By Whistle
Fathom Palace, known also as the AN incident at a Woolwich
Manor House, is the oldest building
military gymnasium as the, in the district. Parts date to Henry result of which it is feured that VI, but the site has been the home a boy soldier has lost the sight of bishops since Bishop Erkenwald of an eye was described at Have it nearly 1,200 years ago.
acres of land were sur The 35 rounded by a moot believed to have been Danish, but in 1921 the moul
was fulted in.
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Woolwich court-martial recently.)
Lance-Bombardier John Christopher Green (22), of the Royal Artillery, attached to the Training Battalion.
at the
Monday,
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Hooded and robed, members of the Ku Klux Klan march Into Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga, during the recent Confeder ate Memorial Day exercises. Confederate flag at right.
Girl Was Infatuated
With Curate Of 23
THE Rev. E. F. Woodward, 40-years-old vicar of St. With its lawns, flower gardens and Military College of Science, pleaded orchard the Palace is in uusis in the not guilty to striking Boy C. 1. Grimm, Mary and St. Chad here, recently told of the infatuation Beart of London. Most string of of the Training Battalion, by throw-of 18-years-old Margaret Frost for his curate, aged 23, its architectural benuties in the quad-ing a whistle at him.
Grifin said that during physical the Rev. W. A. Goater, known as Father Patrick.. rangle with a 400-year-old gateway and stone fountain. This is flanked training at the gymnnslum by mellowed red and black brick (Cambridge Barracks under Green, he Recently she died from burns Tudor buildings.
ned his eyes to the left to cover received when her clothes were turned Entrance to the Palace is under a up, and a whistle struck him in the set on fire by one of the altar picturesque clock-tower and lends to
right eye. Fitzjumes Hall, erected by Bishop "NOT THROWN WITH FORCE” (candles. Fitzjumes in 1500-22 and used by
Two other boys in the squad said) Bishop Bonner during the Reformin Green standing on a form, threw the be known that the girl was not in "I think it only right that should tion as a court for the trial of here- whistle towards Grima. Green was church because of any unusual devo- lics.
Bonner Is said to haunt his bed, not In a temper and the whistle wasitlon," said Father Woodward.
room nearby.
The Bishop receives £10,000 a year, but according to the retiring Bishop this is not enough to meet the high
expenses,
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not thrown with force.
Major J, A. Bennett, R.A.M.C., said "She has been infatuated with my colleague despite the fact that he had to adopt an attitude towards her of extreme brusqueness and that there was nothing whatever in his manner to encourage her.
the iris of Griffin's eye was ruptured The eye was blind except to die per- ception of light, and it was unlikely that there would be a return of use- ful vislost.
Green sald he threw the whistic
Franklin's Arctic Youthful Vigour Restored
Log
TN the seclusion of a country
inn overlooking Boxmoor, near Hemel Hempstead (Herts), a young man is planning his second attempt to wrest u 92«' year-old secret from the Arctic.
He is Mr. Francis K. Pense, whose ambition is to find the logbook of the explorer Sir John Franklin, who perished in 1847. with 130 men after unsuccèsя- fully attempting to find the North-West Passago.
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Mr. Peuse's hopes are based on a sketchily drawn map made by member of the Franklin Expedition. It was given to him by the Danisn explorez Rasmussen shortly before he dled, and indicates the position of Franklin's grave on King William Island and the probable position of the logbook.
Mr. Pease, who had taken part in two Antarctic expeditions, attempted
1935 to in
penetrate into King William Island. When only 400 miles from his objective, after sledging 11,000 miles, he was forced to give up, for he was not only badly frost- bitten, but had lost practically all his stores.
Colonial Clergy Noise Shy
BOSTON.
quility. The firing of cannon. in observance of Thanksgiving Day here from local clergymen, according to
Colonial clergymen treasured tran-
in 1709, brought a storm of protest
records unearthed by WPA Historical Records Survey researchers,
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OTTO and Augusta and Rolf and Erica were married in the
OF VERY SMART
parish church at Downham, Essex, recently, and everybody AFTERNOON DRESSES
in the district turned out to see the ceremony.
"It's the biggest crowd I remember hereabouts," observed P.C. Hales, who had to be sent on special duty from Cray's Hill to
Clinic To Cure The gently towards Grimm merely to attract his attention, and recently we control the traffic.
Common Cold
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had not heard him.
A CLINIC for the cure of Evidence was given that Green was public nuisance No. 1, the fan excellent and patient instructor. common cold, recently arrived in The decision of the Court will be
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"She has tried in many ways to have had to discourage her. I had to warn her not to be a little pest.
"I gather that the girl had already attended
evensong, and by БОЛС means she got back into the church and must have hid herself while the
caretaker locked up. She seems to have taken one of the candles to the church windows and waved 11 about." Pallee have taken possession of a letter found in the church. An in-
Goater quest, at which Mr. evidence, was held later.
gave
Miss Frost was a domestle servant, the daughter of Mr. William Frost, a colliery official, of Park-road, Fenton, near here.
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WEDDING TONGUE-TWISTER In the morning the rector, the Rev. W. F. Vaughan Jones, held a rehear sal of the ceremony to make sure that the meaning of the marriage ser- vice was clenr.
and
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The betrothats were rehearsed in RANGE OF English, but during the real ceremony Augusta's English broke down, and so she said the words In German.
One phrase, "And I therefore plight thee my troth," proved too much for all four.
It was changed to, "And so I give CAPE TOWN. you my promise.” South Africa is being held at Cape given a reception, with two wedding
A kind of art exhibition new tu
And then, afterwards,, they were Town by the New Group to which a cakes, in the squire's home by Cap- number of young South African tan and Mrs. Gascoyne Cecil. artists belong.
Both couples were sweethearts, and The exhibitors are prepared to bar-all four were friends, in Vienna before ter their pictures for such articles as the Anschluss. Refugees, they met house-hold linen, furniture, radio sets, again in London. And now they will plano, a winter overcost or even never leave each other death "spirits either whisky or petrol." do us part"
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Others will dispose of their work The young bridegrooms are learn- in exchange for a return passage tong agriculture at the refugee camp England, a series of plano lessons or near the church where they were medical and dental attention. The married. They are very popular, and exhibition
Is arousing considerable everybody wanted to see their brides. interest.
Erica, who is only 17, came from Study of Native Affairs-To assist Tring, Hertfordshire, and Augusta students taking up a career which in-from Wherwell, near Andover, for volves supervising natives, the Uni- their wedding. They were
given versity
of Cape Town has decided to hospitality by the vllingers. linstitute diploma courses in native administration.
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45 Years
PHILADELPHIA. The Rev. Dr. John P. H. Schwelt.
Role of the IL.N.V.B.-Vice-Admi to. H. D'O, Lyon, Commander-in- Chief of the Africa Station, after in- specting the R.N.V.R. Спре Town Buse, emphasised that in the event of war the Africa Squadron of the Royal
into the blue," in which
wedding anniversary, has been pastor South African R.N.VR. would be-of the Corinthian Avenue Presby- come the Union's "only front line of terian Church here for 45 years. defence." NEW ZEALAND
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MINES FLOODED BY RAINS
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The appeal is addressed to all com- munities. The Kabaka of Buganda, which is a Protected State, has authorised all his subjects to register for British service. INDIA
LABOUR UNREST AT CAWNPORE
› CALCUTTA, After her orgy of communal riot- ing, Cawnpore is now faced with. labour unrest. There is an abun- dance of stocks in the Cawnpore cloth Owing to the abnormally heavy market and several mills are con- rains of the past wet season, many sidering a curtailment of hours of small mines were unable to continue work. It is likely that thousands production. This cessation of income will be thrown out of work, prevented many of them paying their
The local labour union may try to allis for electrical power.
force the issue by declaring a general When the mines wanted to restart strike. The United Provinces Gov- their pumps, some of them found the ernment has appointed a whole-time Electricity Commission had cut off Labour Welfare Omeer in an effort the supply of power.
to stave the crisis, The Mines Department has now ad-
Six Killed in Riot Six persona vanced the money to pay the bills were killed and 70 injured in flerce and enabled the miners to start communal rioting at Gaya, some 60 pumping the water out of their work- miles south of Patna, Bihar. The
ricting was
by the arrival from Patna quelled
of armed pollee, and by UCANDA
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'India's Part In WarIt would be RESPONSE TO APPEAL dishonest and unfair to India if she
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de- TANG KAMPALA. clared Birdar Sir Sikander There hos been a widespread Khan, Prime Minister of the Punjab, response to the appeal issued by the presiding at the Moslem Conference Governor of Uganda, Sir Philip Mitat. Sholapur. He said he felt that. chell, for volunteers to register under Congress would soon modify its atti- the National Service scheme.
tude: towards war when the time
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