1936-07-20 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1936

CLYDE BEATTY IS FINED ON CRUELTY CHARGE

A WOMAN'S DEBTS

"FATHER WILL

PAY IN END”

House And 4 Servants On £55 Per Month

STAYS AT LONDON HOTEL AT £25 A WEEK!

Colchester. "I have a rich rame, and people trade on it,” said Miss Dorothy Tollemache, at Colchester, a grand-daughter of the first Lord Tollemache, when she appeared in the Bankruptcy Court here.

Her affairs showed a de

She attri- ficiency of £1.413.

bated her insolvency to living beyond her means.

Mis Tollemache stated that she had an allowance of £55 a month from her father when she left! home. She admitted that she:

Took a house at Frinton and had four servants,

'Kept 36 dogs at one time.

Stayed at a London hotei ati 425 a week and visited Vienna and Switzerland her father paying the bills.

"I know I have been insolvent for two years" Miss Tollemache agreed. "I always thought my father would pay in the end, and be will.”

The examination was adjourned.

FILM CONTRACT FOR EARL OF WARWICK

£100 A Week Salary

After seeing the screen tests recently made of the Earl of Warwick Warner Brothers offered him a contract.

The suggested-contract pro- tides for a salary of £100 c week for the first 20 weeks, with an option for a ther 20 werks, at £100 and then a contract for five years with a rise of £50 a week.

Lord Warsirk has not yet decided whether in accept the Hollywood offer. :.

OLD DRAWINGS FROM WARWICK CASTLE Nearly £5,000 Realised

accident Our pictures illustrate the unique

which befell Clyde Beatty about two years ago at Bay City, Michigan, when one of his wild beasts charged him. As he stuck up the chair as pro- tection his gun accidentally discharged and injured him

These summer accessories will enhance the charm of many a illustrated sporis dress, as is

here by Jane Hamilton, the screen actress. The hat is banded with heavy black and white strip- ed silk. Her white silk pique dress is set off by black and white belt while her zipper purse carries out the ensemble note.

1,400 DANCE WHILE STEAMER SINKS

Band Prevents Panic

Detroit (Mich.). -Fourteen

hundred passengers danced on

board the excursion steamer Tash-l

moo last month while water pour-

Queen Mary ASSERTION

Kills Whale

DENIED

At 29 Knots BUT ALDERMAN

The liner Queen Mary killed a whale on her most recent trip.

"We were ploughing along at 29 knots when a huge black car! case, fully 70ft in length, suddenly bobbed up out of the water right| in the course of the ship." writes! Ja correspondent.

INFLICTS FINE OF

EIGHTY DOLLARS

Firing Gunpowder In Lion's Faces

HUMANE SOCIETY ACTION

When he stepped from a lions'

"A few seconds later the bows! of the Queen Mary struck the cage at Pittsburg (USA), where he had been putting the animals whale. There was no tremor in the liner. A fountain of blood through their paces, Clyde Beatty, the animal trainer and film star, shot upwards, and the ship's was arrested on a charge of

cruelty,

creamy wake was turned to crim- son for a considerable distance.

Mr. E. M. Smith, chief agent | Several other whales have been of the Humane Society, told *sighted."

the court that he had several complaints that Beatty fired gunpowder into the lions' faces

VOLUNTEERS FLY SOLO

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Pilot-Officers Whitley, Allen and Hart, of the Straits Settle-faces.

Alderman Ray E. Schneider ments Volunteer Air Force, are already flying solo in, the new

assistant Avro Tutors that were brought from England to train the found Beatty and an

guilty and fined auxiliary force.

Air-Commodore Sydney Smith, Air Officer Commanding the with costs. RA.F., Far East. şaid recently that Squadron-Leader C. H. Flinn, commander of the Volunteer Air Foree, was very pleased with the way the recruits were shaping.

The Air Commodore said that more officers would be chosen soon

and that Volunteer aircraftsmen

CHANNEL MIRAGE

Folkestone, Tuesday.

TWO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS FOR GERMANY

Each To Carry Over 50 Planes

were also being added to the There was a mirage in the Chan- strength of the new force. Thejnel one evening last month and aircraftsmen were being trained passing ships were reflected in a strange manner. One effect of in the B.A.F. repair shope, and

"the mirage was to give steamers would also learn photography, when seen from a certain angle signals, spotting and gunnery. The tremendous height. Another ef- REARMAMENT AT FAST PACE Volunteer

would feet on aircraftsmen

one steamer proceeding eventually take over the mainten- past Dungeness was to make it jance of the Avro Tutors, Dual appear for a time as though it Harts and Hawkers. Audaxes used were painted like the camouflag by the Volunteers.

ed ships of war days.

TRAEASCA DE

ed into a gaping hole in the side TRAIASCA O

of the vessel, which was racing full speed for Amherstburg, On-

Marjorie Countess of Warwick and her friend, Lady Algernon tario.

Gordon-Lennox, sat throughout The Tashmoo had been on a the dispersal at Sotheby's last month of the collection of draw-moonlight cruise, and was return- ings by the old masters removedling to Detroit when it struck a from Warwick Castle. The satis-rock in the Lower Detroit River. factory total of £4,951 was reach-i -ed.

Almost at once the engine-room) staff found themselves working! waist deep in water. Ten minutes

MIHALACH

Dr. Tancred Borenius, acting later the lower deck was submerg- In a mass demonstration against their present form of government,

ed, but the negro orchestra, with

Landon: Two aircraft carriers for the German Navy were laid down early this year and are now well advanced.

Press

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BRUNSWICK,

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Up to now the German has merely reported that the building of one ship of this type¦--

The was "under consideration.” fact that the keels of two suck vessels had already been laid down was not revealed.

The new ships are understood

to displace over 15,000 tons, and to have accommodation for 50 to 60 seaplanes each.

The new cruiser now on the stocks, whose existence was dis- closed for the first time last month, is a ship of 6,000 to 7,000 itons to be armed with Gin guns. The cruisers G and H begun last year are much larger vessels, dis- placing 10,000 tons and mounting eight 8in guns.

120,000 members of the National Peasant Party assembled in Bucharest and¦-

Launching dates for all Ger- man warships are now kept secret, but it is known that during the next 12 months the following ves- sels will go afloat:

2 battleships of 26,000 tons;

2 big cruisers;

1 aircraft carrier,

for a famous collector, paid the highest price of the day, £450, for a powerful Rembrandt sketch magnificent self-possession, conosced their cry for a democratic form of government last month. Follow 16 super destroyers of 1,625 of "Isaac blessing, Jacob," another tinued to play dance music until

all the passengers were ashore.

of a beggar and beggar-woman' bringing $245.

Francesco Guardi's Venetian drawings are always coveted, and -one of the Piazzetta brought £320)

(Durlacher).

This is a new portrait of Gen. eral Anastasia Somoza, camMRI- der of the American-trained a tional guard, whose control over the military forces of Nicaragua «mustren him of victory. He was «poguinated) for Preddent by the National Liberal party at Lon

the streets carrying banners emblazoned with sich slogans as "Three Cheers speech by M. Mihalache, president of the party, they marched through for Democracy," "Down With the Government," "Down With Anti-Semitism?”

£254 Thrown On Fire: £108

Recovered And Then Lost!

NEW COCHRAN SHOW

Mr. Cochran announces that he . has engaged Miss Gitta Alpar, the celebrated Central European actress, to play the leading part in the new musical play which is now being written for him by AP. Herbert and James Bridie, The music is by Nikolais Broda

BRAVEST MAN IN WORLD? Harlem Electrified By Announcement

DAUGHTER LOSES

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HER GIFT

Akiershot. Mrs. Ellis, of} Canning-road, Aldershot, kept her savings, £254; in a little card- board box,

One day, in mistake, she threw the box on the fire.

MORE "TOTE" BETS

The turnover of the Racecourse Betting Control Board's totalisa». tors last year · was £6,149,253 over £1,000,000 more than in 1934. This figure is given in the Board's annual report, published. fast, month as a Eine Book.:

Realising almost immediately HYMN FOR AVIATORS

what she had done, she pulled the -

burning box out of the fames; but Canterbury Cathedral she was too late. Only charred pieces of the bank notes were left.

Service

On come of these, however, the numbers were stil recognisable, A special hymn for aviators and Mrs. Ellis was allowed £108, was sung in Canterbury Cathedral last month at the Aviation Service which opened the Festival of Mu A few hours after receiving the sic and Dram

Surely William Cooper is one of for them.

the bravest men in the world

tons; and 14.submarines.

A large number of motor torpe- do boats with speeds up to 48 knots will also be launched.

FRANCE TO BAN TIPS

Bill In Preparation

Paris M. Lebas, Minister for Labour, was requested at a recent Cabinet meeting to prepare and table as quickly as possible bills making tips illegal. The abolition of tip- ping was one of the main de- mands of the restaurant and hotel staffs during their recent strike.

During the period of pros perity kere, tips were so high that employers took them into account when engaging their staffs. Waiters on the Grands Boulevards actually paid some cafe proprietors for being eme ployed, and even so they were able to make a good living.

Be its negro. Sitting in a Har kem saloon be announced that he £108 she lost it, and, despite an The Archbishop of Canterbury, preservation in the cathedral had had a bet on Max Schmeling intensive search, it has not yet Dr. Lang, dedicated a Royal. Air Viscount Swinton, Minister for and was going to celebrate.

Ten minutes later the ambu- lance took him to hospital,

been found.

Force ensign and a Civil Air en-Air, was present at the service,

Shich was The £254 was intended as a gift sign wresented to the Dean

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