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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933.

WEARING A RED BERET

Can Be A Crime

In Spain.

EX-MAYOR OF TARAZONA GOES TO GAOL

Tarazona (Aragon).

It is u crime to wear a red beret here, and the wearer may; be fined or imprisoned.

When the aristocrat Don Fe- derico de Bertodano Roncali, ex- Mayor of this town, walked through the streets in a red berel, the Civil Governor impos-. ed on him a fine of 100 povelas (£2.108 at current rates).

A red cup is the badge of the, Traditionalist party here, which represents the Conservative and Royalist elements of society, and Senor de Bertodono is well known for his determined political opin-| ions.

As a matter of principle the ex-Mayor refused to pay the fine) and is now serving a sentence of Afteen days' imprisonment..

He of

is daily receiving numbers letters from Traditionalists in Aragon who approve his petion. -Reuter.

2,000-YEAR-OLD TOWEL FOUND

Unearthed Relic Of

Ancient Rome.

RESEMBLES PRESENT TYPE

THE CHINA MAIL

Principal Figures In Cuban Drama.

OSCAR

O DE CINTAS

THE SWASTIKA

Origin Lost In The Mists Of Time.

ITS SIGNIFICATION

From time immemorial, signs and) symbols have been used. Men cau- themselves are nymbuis of thought, not think but in symbols; worde

QUEER NEWS

FROM CORNERS

OF WORLD

Japan's Tribute To Thomas Edison.

NOVEL RACE IN MARYLAND

SUMNER WELLES

AID FOR GOETHE'S DESCENDANTS Austrian Ex-Chancellor Heads Committee.

CHILDREN IN ORPHANAGE

Vienna.

BANDIT-PROOF CAR

·LOCK ON SHOW

17,576 To 1 Chance Of Theft.

THREE-LETTER COMBINATION

London.

A new keyless lock which can be fitted to any car, rendering it absolutely bandit proof, is being exhibited in London.

The lock la worked on the same principle as that of a combination] safe and the security it offers de- pends upon the fact that the Jowner has 17,576 three-letter codes from which to choose his combination. It is so designed│ that it is almost impossible for unauthorised persons to tamper with the mechanism and yet a change from one letter code to another can be effected in a few seconds,

Another feature of the lock is that it locks the ignition switch and fastens the bonnet firmly in position.

Indeed, the only hope of the bandit appears to rest upon the 17,676 to 1 chance of his happen- ing upon the right combination. Į The mechanism which operates the lock is clamped to the shaft of the steering wheel.-Reuter.

RUSSIA'S RABBIT FARM "WRECKER”

A

Ex-Tsarist Official To Be Tried.

DEATH IS MAXIMUM PENALTY London. A discovery made on the oc

Riga. Queer things, some of them casion of last year's Goethe cen- A beautifully woven Roman

A man is to be tried on which happen alt tenary, that descendants of the charge of "wrecking" a rübbit towel, in perfect state of preser-joldest and most universal

The mystic Swastika is one of the very queer. vation, has been found in a fun symbols. It was used centuries be-Reuter correspondents.

of all over the world are recorded by great German poet and writer farm in Moscow, according to a eral urn of the Imperial epoch. fore the Christian era and its pere-

Here is were in a Vienna home for poor report which has reached Riga.

children, is to have a happy se-j

If he is found guilty, the ma- ximum penalty possible is death. Thomas quel. Ex-Chancellor Hainisch is

The charge is the sequel to a

Ronie.

The whole universe is a symbol and God is the essence behind

A monument to Mr.

It is about the size of a me-igrinations have touched most parts a selection:— dern hand towel. with fringes, of the world. It is found in China, and was found wrapped round Tibet, Japan, Persia. India, North Edison, the investor, is being set heading a committee which has scheme to organize rabbit farms the ashes of an unknown Roman Area and Scandinavia,

up by the villagers of Yahata. been formed to help these child-ot every factory, so that the

of the early Christian era.

The Nazi Emblem,

The urn had preserved its At one time it was thought that seal intact throughout the cen- it was the Buddhists who carried it turies. In addition it contained all over the world, but it has been balsam with a basis of camphor, found that ages before Buddhism and this acted as a preservativa existed, it was used among nations. for the cloth.

In old Babylon and in Egypt it The towel is almost unique of was to be found and it was used by its kind.

Archaeologists think the ancient Hindus at rituals such

it may prove that the Romans as worship and sacrifice.

in the Yyoto prefecture.

workmen should get their own ren, Thedor and Fritz Goethe. This is why.

electric lamp, he hit upon the usc clerk who

When Edison was creating the aged four, are the sons of a bank

Theodor, aged five and Fritz, supply of rabbit meat,

The man in charge of the rab- of Japanese bamboo, after car education but was "axed""

received an excellent bit farm attached to one Moscow bonisation, for the filaments.

and factory, who is now stated to be has long been out of work.

a former Tsarist official, is al bringing wealth to Yahata.

Hence, a demand for bamboo.

The Austrian Goethes are re-so badly that 60 per cent of the f leged to have managed the form lated to the German family rabbits" died. Aesop Was Right,

through common descent from

Now he is reported to have

habitually used a towel to wrap To-day It has been adopted by Aesop has been proved right Hans Christian Goethe, who, in up the ashes of their dead before Adolf litier as his badge and the at the John Hopkins Hospital at the 17th Century, was a black been indicted on a charge of putting them into urns.

¡Nazi Storm Troops dieplny it on Baltimore, Maryland.

their armlets and flags.

smith In Artern in Germany. "wrecking" the rabbit farm-a Following the annual tortoise One of his sons, a tailor, moved case of "rabbotage?"—Reuter This sign was used to Represent race in the hospital grounds, the to Frankfort, and his son- Was a flame of sucred fire, the sun in winner was pitted against the famous Goethe.Reuter. ita duly rotation, or a flash of light hare.

The towel is on view in Rome, -Reuter.

PENINSULA HOTEL

ROSE ROOM.

Re-opening On Oct. 7,

SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT

ARRANGED.

Ining. and signified benediction, Just as in the Aesop fable, the

health, good-omien.

tortiose plugged along steadily

In America, in pro-Columbian and passed the finishing line well GERMAN MINISTER

times, it was in common use by the ahead of its speedy but erratic Aborigines and was thought to have rival. insticated the four cardinal points and to symbolize the ruler of the winds and rains.

wedding

TO MEXICO.

Baron von Collenburg Appointed.

Bandit Menace in Spain, The days of highwaymen are not past in some parts of Spain. Twenty masked "men of the road" rode up to a farm near PRESENT CONSUL-GENERAL Seville in broad daylight,

AT SHANGĦAL ·

Shanghai, Yesterday. The Evening Post learns that Baron Ruedt von Collenburg, the German Consul General In Shanghai, who is now in Germany on fur-

They stole the aged farmer's

I found in Chinese robes as a symbol of good augury, The reopening of the Peninsula and in Chinese decorative art it Hotel Rose Room will take place on signifles "the Creation." Saturday, October 7. The function Variations of the Symbol. is recognised as "the event of the Sometimes the arms of the corn, and shot him dead when season", and this year the dance will Swastika are bent to the right and he tried to frustrate them.

No arrests have yet been made.

Jealousy At 76,"

extend to 2 a.m, while entertain-sometimes to the left. ment will be provided by artists who Professor Max Muller holds that are on their way to Hong Kong if the arms are leftwards, it denotes direct from the United States. luck, whereas sometimes Buddhists Jealousy caused a 76-year-old lough, will be appointed Minister to Their names will be advertised in maintain that the arms should be man to quarrel with his wife, Mexico City, to which place he will due course.

to the right.

agred 70, and to stab her to The menu will include delicacies In some cases the Swastika has death in San Sebastian, Spain. calculated to satisfy the most dis-suffered variations, as in the cans He said that he could not bear criminating .connoisseur. Further of the triskele in the arms of Sicily to think that she might not love more, it is rumoured that a big sur-land of the Isle of Man.

prise in being prepared for the bene- fit of patrons.

LOCAL WEDDING.

Mr. G. P. Murphy And Miss Violet Hard.

י

The wedding took place on Tues- day at the Registry Office of Mr. G. P. Murphy of the Public Works Department and Miss Violet Hard, The bride was attired in a charming ensemble of ivory biê-

him any more.

The Swastika has been found de-

Child Bartered For Ass picted on tombs at Hisaarlik near. anicent Troy, on coins of Gaza and Almeria, Spain.

A gipay has been arrested in Corinth, on rock carvinga in Sweden

It is alleged that he sold his

proceed without returning here.

The Evening Post says that this. hai by private sources, but hitherto news has been received in Shang- the German Canaul-General has re- ceived no notification on this sub- Ject-Reuter.""

and' on Cellic stones in Britain. child, aged 6, in exchange for a CHURCH WITHOUT

As a protective charm against the "ovil eye" it is found to-day on cuff- Bouthern Italy wear as their ear- links and pendents. Peasants in

rings a similar device,

ARMED ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE,

Accused Remanded.

donkey.

- Austria's "Wild" Man.

CONGREGATION.:

Tourists on the Elchberg, near Passports Needed For

Gloggnitz, Lower Austria, came upon a wild-looking man in a cave among the rocka,

At first he fled from them,

Border Chapel

Belgrade.

On the Italian border of Yugo

but eventually spoke to them and gavia, there is a little church, that proved to be an educated man born in Vienna p

atanda silent and emply in a gravor

Long unemployment has caus-yard that grows no larger.

It is the village - church of

LA

phant crepe, trimmed with crystals, A sum of $8,700 and a quantity led him to flee the haunts of man. and smart heret of the same of valuable Jewellery were the He lives on berries and mush-Drenova, near Bushak, and it iss "material" with a Lulle vell. Her subject of the charge against rooms, and says that he is so Just over the Italian border.

bouquet was of white gladioli.. Chinese, Wu Oblu Wing, at the happy that he has no wish to re- Churchroers; mourners and wed. Her mother was attired in a lace Central Police Court this morning, turn to civilisation, we go on ding gisesta in Drenova all had to ensemble artistically carried out in of committing armed robbery; with belge and tangerine alik lace, She others not yet arrested, at 275 De

Spanish Beau Gestes, wore a French hat. to tone, and Voeux Road Central on July 17 wafters, are 1-

Two kind-hearted carried a bouquet of fame colours last, and of using personal violence. Alicas ed 'gladiofi..

to Puer to the complainant, Ship Mui Fung The bride's going away dress. On the application of Detectiy

"distance of 480 was a delightful creation of sap. Sub Inspector Murphy,rk week's

meni: to phira blue and dove, after a mioda) formal remand was granted

ere for political

by Jean des Coynes. Her hat and Mr. Rin Bhing Lo, appeared, föi plíben ware also of thesa aliades." the defence.

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