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LAUNCH OF

BIG CRUISER

ON TYNESIDE Largest Turned Out In Seven Years

HMS. NEWCASTLE TAKES THE WATER

HMS. Newcastle, the first of al class of eight large and powerful cruisers, was launched recently from the Vickers-Armstrongs yard!' at Walker-on-Tyne. The naming ceremony was performed by the Duchess of Northumberland."

WOMAN'S FEAT

JOURNEY FROM CAPE TOWN TO

CAIRO ON FOOT

Follows Rail-Route Of

Cecil Rhodes

HEROINE OF GREAT TRIP DIES IN ENGLAND

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1936

QUEER TALE OF

WIFE'S REVENGE

PLOT ON RIVAL

Girl Kidnapped And Imprisoned

To-day's Complete Short Stace

The Man With The Parachute

FORCED TO BECOME "SLAVEA approaching the English ed

her

FOR TWO YEARS

Vienna.

MARTELL'S BRANDIES

KNOWN, APPRECIATED AND CALLED FOR

THE WORLD OVER

THREE STAR

(also square plats)

CORDON ARGENT

(over 60 years old)

ཝཱ༥,

CORDON BLEU

(over 35 years old)

tons of

TWO-SEATER plane was passenger when the plane crash

Brund WAS Foster's: Channel coming from the direc-! "Yes: Ition of Paris, and the markings rival." jon the fuselage "XZC-94" "Oh," replied Hawke, looking "I didn't A jealous wife of 34 who kid- showed it to be privately owned,suewhat bewildered. napped the 22-years-old rival for it was handled in a way that know that Brand koew Lilian.".

"Oh, Brand was exceedingly anx-1 husband's affections, improved the pilot to be an expert

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You marry her. prisoned her in a forest vilis, and airman, and the parachute worn Hawke, Lilian was a great catch. Mrs. Mansfeld, traveller and humiliated her for revenge told by the passenger on the rear An old unele of hers died some authoress, wife of Lieut-colonel her story in court here when she seat seemed rather a needless time ago and left her

precaution.

money, and Brand was in rather The Newcastle is the largest W. R. Mansfield, died at her home faced her trial,

month She is Mary Gruberth, and shej As the first glimpse of blue water low water fimurcially. An alliance! British cruiser to be launched for in Tulse Hill, SE, last

Istood beside her 24-years-old jappeared, the passenger stealthily with the wealthy Lilian would have seven years, the Dorsetshire (9,900 after a long illness.

another to his fert, ami. drawing an put him on his feet. Well, I' was the first woman to lover. Adolf tons) having gone afloat in Janu-

on foot man. all three being acrised of automatic from his pocket, leaned have to be going, Hawke. Good Her st will not be traverse Central Africa ary, 1929.

from the Cape to Cairo.

kidnapping Erna Podlicnik and over and deliberately shot the pilot by hom to see you soon again. far short of £1,900,000:

Then, the! "Well, giv"her." asked Tommy. As noted under the 1933 Navy With a native escort, she fol-forcing her to submit to indigni- through the head. Estimates the Newcastle and her lowed the route planned by Cecilties. Their evidence showed that machine began u lose control, he when Hawke returned to Baker sister ship Southampton were to Rhodes, and underwent severe pri-the girl wast

She

units of the Leander vations. She has told the story have been

Later. how-of her journey in many books and class of 7.000 tons.

announced that the lectures, ever, it was

She was, bitten by insects and ships had heen re-designed on a larger scale to balance the big snakes, and it is believed that the cruisers building in America and illness from which she had suffer- Japan. The displacement was ac- cordingly increased to 9.000 tons and the armiamet from eight to 12 din, guns.

Triple Turrets

The Newcastle is 58ft. long by) 61ft in, and will have turbine! engines, of 96,000 h.p. for a speedi of 32 knots. She will carry her 6in. uns in triple turrets-thei first appearance of this type o mounting for 6in. in the British Navy and will have, besides, ani anti-aircraft armament of eight! 4in. guns. Twenty-two smaller guns and eight turpedo tubes are! to be mounted. Other equipmentį includes two aircrafts and a cata pult.

In addition to the Newcastle) and Southampton the following! cruisers of this powerful class arg under construction: Sheffield, Birm-¡ ingham. Glasgow, Liverpood, Mas-) chester, siloucester,

GORDON HIGHLANDERS FOR

SINGAPORE

2nd Battalion Coming Next Year

Iz is stated on reliableau. thority that the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, will be going to Singapore from: Gibraltar dar- ing the 1980-47 trooping season.

There will then be, for the Grst time in the history of Singa- pare three infantry battalions stationed in the Settlement. The other two will be the Middlesex Inniskilling the Royal

Fusiliers.

This will ben the second time *he Gerdun Highlanders will have stationed in Singapore. they were known us the 75th Foot

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The only other Scottish regi- ment that has been stationed in Singapore is the Highland Light Infantry then the 4th Footy.. who were there in 1876-77.

Olly, and

revolvers and a whip;

-lipped back into his prekęt the Street after paying a

visit

الحرة

Threatened repeatedly with he had used, stepped on to Brand, and whist Ind he to say

[the side of the “plete, and took the labout it?”

plunge inte spam.

"Oh, said that something had Locked in an outhouse;

The paraelinte opened smoothly, gone wrong with the engine and Given icy cold.and then scald-¦and the descending man (troppeid tofilat. Poser had ulvised him to ing hot baths: and

Hearth within a few hundred yards jump out," Forced in sign documents ad of the sess, bumping along the pass mitting relations with the hüs- ture field of a blumenated French

peasant, who ruled frantically tof hand. While her husband, a naturalis. heet him.

The pilotless plate continued for Jed American. was abroad. Mary

only

its few Tes "Groberth drove her own car 160 fight, then it dived, hit the miles into the country, arriving at waters of the Channel, and tossed 1230 am. at the village where Helpless, a dead thing, upon the Era lived with her parents.

jed for many years was the result!

WOMAN'S DEVOTION of what she went through,

Twenty Years Given To Carving Reredos

It was while she was in South- Africa that she frst met Lieut.--

Colonel Mansfeld, whom she mar-

She was told that she had com-

might be sent to, prison for jlong time.

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waves.

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matic

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's Story will be

"The Big Trout Of" Oio,”

by Will Lawson.

The wife was accompanied by Dison Hawk was sitting well! only and another man and Ernack in an easy-hair saking his! was persuaded to leave with them favourite briar. A daring robbery

Įdown at Stones the previous week Despite Brands explanation, in the car.

had given him a lot of truble, and Hawke roukin't get the subject out mitted the crime of adultery, and was enjoying a rest. The calf his mind. He went about very jafter the Storms he had thoughtfully all day. And the She was so frighten-pressed it to Tommy Hurke husmor i pond-red over thé affair!

İyonug assistant

the mere he came to the conclusion led that she submitted to being Tommy was still at breakfast. that thes

was mething tishy photographed compromising reading a newspaper which was about it.

in attitudes in the forest with Olly ipropped up against the tea-cosy, H reasoned it out thu-Brand "Anything in the papers, Tom-was the only passenger on the

asked Hanken

plane. I was rescued “Foster Another

disaster, drowned. Brand was Foster's rival Lilian Howard was an in love. What-atacador? Where was heiress, while Brand was in San

chai difliculties.

und the other man.

She was then taken to the villa

aeroplane

lat Medling, where she signed do-i leuments to obey all Mary Graegus Bor," Tommy replied. berth's commands for two years

as a penalty for the two years of this one?" her acquaintance with the bus band.

MARTIN LUTHER'S BIBLE FOUND

ried in 1910 un returning to Lon- Manuscript Notes By

Great Reformer

don. He was then an engineer in Degun nearly 80 years ago, the the diamond mines, and after the work ui restoring the parish wedding they returned to Africa church of Abbess Roding. Essex, and lived at a mine.

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has been finally completed' with dedication of a Eeresos, which

took a woman 20 years to carve.

Handwriting Expert

Piepilot

**In the Englis Clunn-l." "Any lives lost You guy por jdrowned."

oh Hand Tours,

the

Who

Clap of the name of Foster.

"What!" gasped Hawk. Harold Fuster

Could it be, he wondered, that Brand had sought this way to get was rid of his rival? Te was a danger-

jous game to play-no doubt about. was thin But the reward would he great, and a desperate mum will stick at nothing to gain his end Sot Brand's business had been in bad www. And needs must when the Yes-it seemed quite

"That's the mane, quv for devil drives Harold Foster. His bly was re-fousible. joovered from the wreckage and

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much

A Bible illustrated by pictureslled at Aizy-sur-Mer,"

Totany Burke was watching his painted by Martin Luther, the Hawke remained silent for a few master closely. But Hawke was!

oblivious of his serroundings. His great German reformer, and bearinus He WAS

thoughts were far away. He was Colonel Mansfield is now wellling many notes in his handwrit-affected by the mess.

an a scientist and hand-ling. known

has been discovered by al "Poor Foster!" in muttered visandising an aemplane with but He was a real good wrt--one of two necupants. They were rivals Wher A rector came to the writing expert. In his laboratory Danish bookseller in Cologne.

for the hand of a wealthy young He recently purchased a coller-the very best, and just the type parish in 1868 he found the an-jal Tulse Hill, a few years ago, he cient church almost in ruins. A discovered that by using ultra-tion of books from a German fami-of captain that would stick to his lady, and one of them, with a sinister-looking face, was sented be could photograph ly. Among them, it is now reveal-ship until all the crew and passen-hind the favoured one. What was violet rays he new tower was built and a screenwriting long after it had, to the ed, was the precious Bible. gers were saver). **

from an old

church which had

naked eye, been erased.

Besides notes in Luther's writ-Paper says he was

is

wreat

to prevent him from-ugh! Har drned as he was to crime, Hawke been destroyed. was installed.

On one occasion during hering, the Bible bears notes written pilot. dung in Tommy. The only portion of the church

travels in Africa Mrs. Mansfield by other leading figures in the "He was one of the best in the shuddered as he thought of such a

cold-blooded murder. He was simply crazy: left unfinished was the east end!

found her progress barred by German reformation movement.untry.

about flying, and was never happier

Then suddenly he sprang to his wall, and this was because a pat- tern of a Reredos suitable to the swamps caused by heavy rains. In These include Melanchthon, who

than when sailing through the air. feet. "Tommy" he snapped. order to continue, she was classed was acknowledged to be the move Wen there any pat engers ?" building could not be secured.

One- chap called Brand... Miss J. Capel-Cure, a worship- "mail." and with native bearers ment's leading scholar.

Whitworth Brand." per at the church, decided to sup- ply one herself. She had to learn wood carving before she start her task.

could

VATICAN HONOUR FOR SHANGHAI CHINESE

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Mr. Lo Pa-hony. a well-known Shanghai industrialist, has been

swamps.

was sent "by post" across the lie was an author of many books on religion, and on the death of Mrs. Mansfield's Last work Luther in 1546, he became the do-j labroad was in 1926 when, with her minant figure in the movement.

husband, she toured Northern

Spain and carried out researches MARCH OF DEESIDE into the history of Columbus.

A few months ago she began

work on her memoirs, but just

CLANSMEN

before Christmas she was forced Braemar Pageant To

to stop owing to her illness.

Considerable material has been

appointed by the Pope as "Cape prepared, it is learned, but her

and Sword Chamberlain."

This is the first time a Chinese has been granted a permanent post of honour in the Vatican Palace. The new dignitary is an active Roman Catholic propagan- dist in China, and is President of the Shanghai Catholic Action League.

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OLD BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL TO BE MOVED

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Was ir rescued ?** Yes, guv'nor-Eanded in a para- chute.**

Hawke sat brooding for a long He was genuinely concern-

, for I had liked Fixter. He continued to pall at his pipe, un- aware of the fact that it had gone out and that he was simply draw

ting air.

he

:1

-

man,

Poor

**Was

married {govinoř!!* ventuned Tommy... The march of the Deeside clans No. but he was to have been men in the kilts of many tartans, married soon to Lilian Howard, a

claymores,

really charming girl. She was ex- carrying battleaxes.

eedingly fond of Haroki, and be and pikes, will never again add to

was head over ears in love with the pageantry of the famous Brae-er. They were an ideal couple- mar Gathering.

jjust made for each other. The sale of King Edward the It is understood that the King Lilian. What a blow it must be to Sixth's Schools, Birmingham, has Prince Arthur of Connaught, and|lier." [been completed, and one of the Colonel Farquharson, of Inver And so that was the end of poor lold landmarks will disappear.cauld, who for many years have jold Foster, mused the great detec The site, covering an acre and assent contingents of Highlanders tive. But it wasn't the end-pot half in the beart of the city, was to take part in the march, have by a long chalk. too valuable for scholastic pur-decided to discontinue the prac- The following day as Hawke was poses, and the board of governers tice on the grounds that they do fobtained £400,000 for it with not fulfil any other purpose at the

which to rebuild at Edgbaston. games.

Golf Professional's End

walking along the Strand be barged into Gus Griffiths, a rising young barrister and an exceedingly in time friend.

** Hullo, Grifiths.

Hawke, ** greeted

**Sad affair about poor Foster.** "Yes," replied Hawke. "A sad

Charles Bradbeer, formerly ¡time ago he became professional business indeed. It must have | professional at Basingstoke golf at Easingstoke, a post he gave up heen a terrible blow to Lilian.”

lub, Kempshot, was found hang-last October.

I suppose Brand will ing from a tree on the course.

Five of his brothers are still have entered into the running Bradbeer, who was 55 years of active professionals, E. A. Brad-jagain."

**Brand?" repeated Hawke. age and lived near the course, beer is at Calcot, Reading; F. J. severed his connection with the is at Hindhead; another F. I. is at What do you mean?"

Saunton, Devon; J. is at Porter's Brand was a great admirer of "Why, didn't you know that! club Last October.

He was one of seven golfing Park: and A. B. at Burnham and Lilian 2

Berrow, Devon. One brother died

**Brand?" again repeatedl

brothers.

He was for 20 years profession- some years ago. The Bradbeere Hawke. "Do you mean Whit lal at Hendon Golf Club. Some are a Devon family.

worth Brand, who was Foster's

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