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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1928.

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)"

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58

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HORIZONTAL

1-What is an Egyp

tion of ancient descent called? 6-To suggest

Indirectly

10-Eskimo's home 12-On a higher place 14-Scent 15-Realities 17-A notable perlod 19-German feminine

article

20-Word of amont 21-Possessive pronoun 23-To mi one's alm 24-A month (abbr) 20-Who was the

inventor of the telegraph?

20-A playing card 29-Convulsion

31-Existed

32-Every 33-What was the old

name for the Swiss| Lake Geneva? 35-What is the posticat

name for India? 3-Part of the face 37-Laiteror

3 Roverential fear

4-A high mountain -A small anchor 43-Climbing plant

$4A river in 8. E.

Ruzela

To entreat

57-llegro #breery,',

160

HORIZONTAL (Cont.) 48-Trivial

50-A compra point.

(abbr.)

61-What is the Latin

for "nothing?" 52-A tras 54-Mineral spring 57-A #quare land

measure

69-Crafty 81-To moderate 63-To navigate 54-Personal pronoun 66-Marcantile traffic 86-What is a street

car called in England?

{67-A'coverbd

colonnadó

VERTICAL 1-Large town 2–What to a man-

eating demont -Having an addition

of

4-A little child &-To regret

-A garden tool 7-Fakulty B-Present time

65

SA former allowance;

for weats 11-Interjection

13-What are

nswapspora -

VERTICAL (Cont.)

16-To presont in brief 18-Exist

22-Rank: Me.

26-Obscure

27-What le the capital

of Lower Burmat

28-Conjunction 29-Not many 30-Record 32-What are the

highest mountaiits of.3. America? [33-A musical noto |34-Short slumber' 35-To Weary 38-Time-period 39-Perconal pronoun 40-Hall (Latin)' 42-9warthy 43-What was the old

nama of the

Spanish-Portu-

quesa panineular?

44-To. delay

45-No 47-Man's name 48-Twice 149-To hire

60-The Orient le

what?

53-Moist

[34-A patty disputa |55-Combining form.

Foot 66-Any open space 58-A shade-trac 60-81

62-Married woman'a

collective called? | title fabbr.)

(Trie solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morroio's issue along with a new cross-word puzzles)

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.

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THIS INTERNATIONAL EVRONGATE.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors the following list of some of the "highest points on the Island and Mainland is published

aland.

Victoris Peak Sigual Station

ME. Parker Mountain Lodge

The Eyrie I Feak Hotel

Taikoo Sanatorium

Mt. DaviSSE

|:. Bowen Road” (all

Petra Mainland.

Taimorhan

Kowloon Fet

Fest

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1774

1784

1725

1725

1805

1000

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FORTUNES FOR THE SHOE "SHINERS."

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WORK FOR AN ARTIST.

Paria-Shoe-shining is the latest mienial occupation to be lifted to the dignity of an art.

This has been made possible by the modern woman's craze for shoes which in as infinite variety as jewellery and sometimes almost as expensive..

are

Millionaires' wives are now wear- ing walking shoes which have to be painted every day with fresh coats of gold and silver paint.

GERMANY'S 30,000,000. LOEWENSTEIN WILL.

BRITAIN WITH 101 LIBRARIES & HUSBAND'S SIMPLE WILL ALL

17 MILLION VOLUMES.

TO HIS WIFE.

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U.S. NOT OVERLOOKED,

Berlin--An Argentine statisti- clan who has taken the trouble to compute the world's stock of books has arrived at the conclusion that Germany is far and away the rich est country in that respect. Ac cording to reports in the German press the Argentine gentleman con- fined his researches to larger libraries containing more than fifty thousand volumes, and did not of course go into the intricate question Some of this ultra-expensive of private book collections. His footwear is decorated with minia- figures are nevertheless illuminat ture flowers and delicate designs, ing. They concern 1,039 libaries, which only an artlat can carry out. In different parts of the earth Consequently when madame's shoes and a sum total of 187 million become dusty or are tornished with volumes. Large as the latter figuro the slightest apet of rain she has to may seem, it is still well below the appeal to the real artist to re-world's requirements because it does not allow of "one book per man" even if one takes into account all the children whocamuse them aelves in less intellectual ways than by reading.

furbish them.

SMALL DEATH DUTIES.

Brussels. In conversation with £ person whose reliability is beyond question, a correspondent learned that Captain Alfred Loewenstein's will, which was dated a year before his death, was ex- tremely simple.

Captain

Mine. Loewenstein has to all intents and purposes for "the pre- sent control over the whole of her late husband's forturk. Loewenstein, knowing that this might be the case, asked her to go for whatever advice she might need business or personal friends. to one or other of his intimate This was the essential part of the will. estate, nor have any members of There are no executors of the

the family, or anybody else been appointed by Mme. Loewenstein to administer it.

There are only a few speciallets in Paris who can carry out this work, and the demands upon their

In Belgian law Mme. Loewenstein services are such that they are earn

has the following three" indisput Ing enormous incomes. One of

able rights to the fortune:— thom, who is in business near the Unsatisfactory Distribution.

Her marriage contract stipulates Madeleine, has been the king of The distribution of the world's that she shall receive one-half of it. Parisian shoe-shiners for more booka appears to be even more un-

The law provides that the widow than 30 years, and he proudly re-aatisfactory than their number. calls that he used to shine the Asla has only 23 libraries which can shall have the usufruct of one half shoes of the late King Edward VII. boast of more than 50,000 volumes, of her husband's estate.

while Africa has no more than three .Captain Loewenstein's son, whoj libraries of that size. South Amer-inherita half of his father's fortune, MR. LOUIS TRACY.

ica has 23 libraries with a total of is a minor, and until he comes of 2.3 million volumes, wille Northage his mother is legal guardian to DEATH OF FAMOUS NOVELIST America has as many as 314 libr-protect the interests of the ward.

AND JOURNALIST.

aries aggregating 54.1 million

Death Duties.

Mr. Louis Tracy, the well-known author and journalist, whose death at his home, Dunholme, Sellinge, near Ashford, Kent, occurred re- cently was for many years a con- tributor to London papers.

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He entered the profession of journalism in 1884, at the age of 21, by joining the staff of the "Northern Echo" at Darlington. After gaining experience there and at Cardiff, followed by four years in India, he came to London and ac- quired an interest in the "Evening News," with the late Lord North- cliffe and others, in 1894.

books.

M. Alfred Ectos, father of the After Germany, whose 160 libr-family, notary, has been appointed- arieù house Bogie 80 million surrogate or deputy guardian. volumes, comas England with 101 libraries and 17 million volumes. Other European book-owning na- tions are; in order of precedence, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Poland and Spain.

WHY SOME GIRLS ARE NOT

POPULAR.

There are some girls who are at- who lack that popularity which tractive enough ja appearance yet

other girls enjoy. What is the

cause?

In 1896 he published his first novel, "The Final War," and from that time onwards his output of Action was continuous and rapid.

Simply that they uncon- He wrote in all more than 30 novels, sciously repel those with whom sometimes publishing as many as they speak because they are afflict- three in a single year.

ed with ill-smelling breath, the re- During the European War Mr.sult of intestinal inactivity. Tracy devoted himself to paganda in favour of the Allied cause in the United States,

pro

When posce returned he continu- ed to keep in touch with the United States, where he collected many thousands of pounds for the West- minster Abbey Restoration Fund. He wrote eight novels after the

war.

A summons against Lord Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck, son of the Duke of Portland, for alleged dangerous motor-driving was ad- journed for a fortnight by the Stevenage (Hertfordshire) Bench.

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THE DAINTY LITTLE LIVER AND INTESTINAL REGULATORS

The value Captain Loewenstein's estate, is stated to be more than £5,500,000-a figure that has been mentioned,

Death duties would not be heavy. The duty payable on the son's share of the estate Is only. 7% per cent.

As regards Mms, Loewenstein's half, the percentage cannot be fixed at the moment for the following rea- son:-Included in her inheritance are property and goods which were held in common by husband and wife value of these is not taken into ac and which now revert to her. The

count for taxation purposes.

INSECT BITE DEATHS.

Lieut.-Colonel Robert Frank Byron Hodgkinson; a. Newark, Nottinghamshire solicitor and antiquarian, who took the King and Queen over Newark Castle a month ago, died following an insect bite.

The sting of a wasp caused the death of Mrs. Agnes Lucy Malthouse, aged 62, of the Aber- gavenny Arms, Rodmell Village, near Lewes, Sussex.

The wasp got under her glasses and stung her on the eye. She became un- conscious and died three days later.

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