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THURSDAY JUNE 18, 1924

MOMENTOUS ELECTION,

SOUTH AFRICA TO RE

"LABOURITE:"

弹

London, June 18.

MAN WHO GOLLECTED MILLIONS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

PARODY OF IF

COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.

POSITION AS AT JUNE 18, 1924.

Average.

74.00

an inquest on Charles Russell Browne, -29. at exiflying officer. for five years un inone-tax collecs

street

office

The election in South Africa was the most momentous in its history. There were 267 candle in the City of Rondon, who dates for 11 contested, seals was foiret dead in his Aldersgate Many Tural constituencies cover huge areas, which, will delay the announcement of the final result. but already the South African party, of which General Sonuts is the leader his had its majority of eight at the dissolution wiped out. with notably leaders like General "Smuts, and Sir Ahe Huiles and Mr. Rooth (Chairmen of Committees). defented.

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recently, Harry, Direnish... the eataker, said found an envelope stock on the door with the words, "Gias, he enreful," printed on it. On Tilting the letterbox flap dar, condd snß(1 gos, and I saw 31v, Brosene lying i beside the fireplace.

The rbroner said there WITA letter winch ran;

The coward's way out, but the inan who wrote the lines 1920s # All three parties entered the genius-only a parody, but what

a world of truth. Truth. truth!į fight with the utmost costdence. som lack faith and hope wil The South African party, which | huiuition and energy nad geit tol absorbed the predominantly get things. one on thing alone! British Unionist party, had -329, will says you from peolition, and The fold

· exndidates. The Nationalists, who, that is suicide my son,

Comly.

Sussex .... Yorkshire Surrey Middlesex Kent........ Lancashire Leicestershire Somerset...... Gloucestershire Nottinghamshire

Warwickshire

Essex ta Glamorganshire..... Northamptonshire.. Worcestershire Derbyshire..... Hampshire.....................

CARLYLE LETTERS.

A BRUSH WITH SAMUEL ROGERS.

Points

NNGOFINGROS Bus obtained.

Possible

AWAKUBWA points.

71.43

60.00

56.66

54.20

*48.88

43.33

35.00

31.43

8.00

24.00

20.00

20.00

17.50

KEY.

BATTLING

THIRD FIGITE WITH, GRADES

"Battling" Key, the Struits

are muslis 'Dutch, headed by 34. | then who nude sur for the modes; Under the title of "Jane Welsh hoser who was up here last year.

L'arenter

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is still thick in the fight." Last werk he fet Eddie Grady for the third time at Singapore when they both tipped the beam at stone

head.

than

Key improved in the third, but he was right with stright lefts.

purpose "nl" muking, stones- and 'Carlyle: Letters to her Family, Hertzog had 84, The Labourites 37. watching the young men go out 1859-1863" (Murray, 21s.) Dr. But the feature of the election was and de their bidding, shedding Leonard Huxley has edited a an apivement ar Pact between the provial tears “as the casualty series of letters written by Mrs. Nationalists and Labourites, who see though, they, too, wil Carlyle, the wife of Thomas bs. Grady was the winner. were mutually pledged jo vafé for 1 have thing to answer for Carlyle, the historum, to her Grady took the first unid. one'another: The South Africans

3r. Corner, the usual cousins Helen and Jeannie Welsh Tanding a land right hook, which were mast optimistic, claimingerdict, please,

They were for years lost sight of staggered Key, he scored frequents there had been a revulsion of fuel-

Mr. Copley Howell, clerk in and, finally came into the posses-ly with a similar painch, ing against the Part. The centre Commissioner of Taxes,, said sion of Miss Crystal, the daughter Key forced matters in of the fight was the Rand, Caper. Browne was the cullerte for of Jeannie Welsh, who has been seenid somnil, but he was again Province.

No important changes are anti-the wards of Bishopsgate Within. persuaded no longer. to keep for

got home once or twice. Gendy cipated in Natal or the Free State. Withnat, uni St. Bartholomew's herself what was meant for mangered with straight lefts. Key for kind. There were very few triangular very big are with a

Of women letter writers, Mrs.complained dan Key was using his nights, One of the most notable Wirk attached to it,

Carlyle was one of the greatest; was the Rand constituency, ut! The Denver, where Colonel Creswell, Thoması; He might have indeed, she is, perhaps, excelled in Jeuler of H Labuarites, defeate! beeted won three millips his country only by the famous Lady Bessborough, who touched- greater heights and lived in more Str. Hewett said that

tremendous times. - In this Capetowa, June 18. Bowne would have a guss suun volume, which has been edited The Labour leader Creswell life jout of which he would have to pro with singur skill and felicity, been re-elected. Up to the pre-vide oflives and the necessity she is at her very best: It is a sent, the state of the parties is as clerks, and sti on, * If a collector } veritable literary feast that Dr. follows: Ministerialists. 25: was as anxious in get as much as Husies has provided for the Labour, 18: Nationalists, 12: I-, he could for himself, he would reader, and the book has not a 'thtit | dependents. 1.-"Reuter,"

overwork hius?ll though not get

ing additional"assistance.

Carlyle was a trying "husband, The corner said that, he was and his wife in the later years of glai that the sistem of payment her, life suffered cruelly from was going to be reviewed, herause sleeplessness, for which she was Bus Tase illustrated that mordered to take drugs. mnigla. hệ saving money for his always said that she was not the wife and home when he ought to right wife for hini. be asing it for assistance in his verdict of Work. He recorded Fuickly whil of Umagnd Minds

a South African and an Indeperi- Yes, "dent. Lidanurite--"Renter."

OUT FOR A WALK.

A ROGUE ON BOARD STEAMER.

"That he had gone am Louver for at wilk was the naive excuse given by Fang Tai, a man with a And name, who was found moving in a suspicious manner among 1 he Passengers on board the "Naing." He was told he was suspected of picking" pockets, and taken to the police station."

MARRYING TWICE.

WHY

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Grady's left leads were still in prominence in the fourtit. Key slipped to the hands onge, but he. was up inmediatily and went for Grady, landing a right,

Grady crossed his right well as the fifth round opened, and he hosed, well throughout. Key was boving very mustendily.

Key boxed better lines butle sixth, but he was very slow. In the seventhe. Key was again, besiten

the push. The landed heavily, but Cindy was making good use. Shear his loff.

Key was sent off his feet with a right book to the jaw in the eighth. should have had "a strong in his feet, but could not minded woman" for wife, with catch Grady with his right.. perfectly sound liver, plenty of "solid fat," and mirth and good he nigh. Grady was travelling. humour world without end-men faster than Roy. Key, forer ma do best with their opposites. Ifers, but whs must be a perfect left am too like himself in some things every time he came in,Grady specially as to the state of one also essed his yight frequently.

"Key, was enght with right to livers, and so we aggravate one another's tendencies to despair!the jaw and drivin round the ring.

ilis ways were careless:

He collapsed, buf rose at a Punt "Our house is on a sort of of six to be sont: down again.. The jelimax of irregularity just at pre-gong ved in from being

sent--C. orders the dinner at half | knocked out. after four and keeps it waiting till six-goes to bed at two-and the breakfast prolongs itself into Cases in which a first, marriage midday. It is an evil in itself to has been ideal that any sada punctually disposed person like

THE WIDOW USTALL WINS.

It has alwaysy, been a “vošed

He appeared before Lieut. Com- mander Hake at the Marine Court yesterday charged that, being joint whether a jmán or wonkin

suspected person

aslubi marry for time serotal time hoard on the kiss of their wile or

husband.

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reputed thief he was on

without permission.

The man's record showed that.

he had been sentenced to 42 days

hal labour and banishment to sequent Bend sees a deserration myself. Canton for five years for stealing of its perfect memory involves a There is an allusion-to-his-habit- in 1908, and also that in 1912 hef of mind, more soy of stuffing his ears with cotton had been found in the Colony

anong friends and relatives til wool, to shut out the noises which carrying an offensive weapon. For this he was sentenced to 14ang the individuals chiefly, che hated: days hard labour, and re-arrested ned, thinks the Daily Mail. on his discharge for a breath of Often, indeed, it seems that thus order, was again whose first earrings wow happy Inished, this time to Macne for are the ones most likely to a period of 10 years:

a serond venture. Sentenced to two months' hard labour.

banishment

VICAR'S POVERTY

EKES OUT LIVING PLAYING

-IN-BAND

The Rev. C. L. Bradley, vicar of Chesterton. near Bicester, Oxon, "C.'s hair is creeping slowly over has refused to accept the Easter the tops of his ears, but that is offering, amounting to £5 148.. 8d. At the Easter vestry meeting all the way it has got. Mean- time, the cotton is still used for he said if he were to accept that one ear-in which, however, it sum without a protest he would Among many less personal and never stays long, but is generally be either a fool or a knave a fool to be seen (not without astonish- if it were supposed that he, strong reasons for a sent

ment by the uninitinted) sticking, thought the amount to be an marriage, the problem of children a small, white pellet, at the end adequate offering to God from the stands first. Even the most rigid of some stray hair."

parish for the sacred ministra- oponents of second marriages Tennyson appear's several tions provided, or a knave if it admit the pitiful position of times:

were supposed that he would be widower with young children. He j "Alfred is dreadfully embar-glad enough to accept it at the is most awlowardly placed unless rassed with women alone for he price of keeping his mouth shut

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A charge of using obscene language brought by Mr. W. V. Curtis of 181 Nathan Reud, Kow! loob, against C. H. Windsor was withdrawo at the Kowloon he has a sister or near relative 10 entertains at one and the same when the truth should be told. Magistracy this morning. Mr. come to his rosene,

moment,a feeling of almost adora "Morally speaking," the vicar Curtis informed the Magistrate

-The four of ta' step-mother" istion for them and an ineffable said, "I have saved this parish that he was quite satisfied with the mostly ill-founded. In 'etnal life, contempt! adoration I suppose for £150 by trying to eke out a living apology that had been given:

The greatest danger is that showhat they might be contempt without asking for its support. The only To this end I have travelled 10,000 should spoil the children by lite for what they are! indulgence, fearing the accusation chance of my getting any right miles and worked 1,000 hours in good of him was to make him for Oxford, also playing the violin in

a restaurant orchestra. get my womandesa."

pounds or thereabouts can picked up any night by a whist drive without any trouble."..

of harsless.

According to a Daily Bulletin cable from Tokyo, more moderate counsel prevailing, and the com- mittee appointed by the Japanese When a widow proposes to Christians at a conference held on marry again she must be prepared: the 13th inst, falling to agree re- for a certain amount of criticism garding a definite course of action, which if not actually hostile is not The proposal to break off from the usually altogether sympathetic. American missions has been Posibly, her re-marriage offends dropped.

So she plied him with pipes, tobacco, brandy and water, and he

talked like an angel."

She had an encounter with the

poet Samuel Rogers, of whom she said that he ought to have been

Five be

the ideals of those who take pride buried long ago, so old and ill-"why shouldn't he?" "Now-do in the thought of woman's natured is he grown." It was at you like her tell me honestly is Mr. Justice Horridge, in the unchanging devotion to the dead. Lady Ashburton's, and she was she kind to yous kind as she is Divorce Court, granted a decree Almost certainly, if there is generally known to be jealous of to your husband?" nisi to Mrs. Hilda Maynell, of Ormonde-terrace, Regent's Park, competition between a spinster und

on the ground of the misconduct

that great woman's influence over-

She went to the Great Exhibi-

was very tiring, and "when you

a widow for the same man, the her husband. Rogers at once tion of 1851 'and reported that it of her husband, Mr. Francis widow will win! Possibly she has asked her: Meredith Wilfrid Meynell, the acquired understanding QË "Is your husband as much come to look at the wires in any well-known Commanist. The sult masculine nature that the other infatuated as ever with Lady Ash- detail there was nothing - really.| was not defended.

burton ?" "Oh, of course," I said, worth looking at."

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