Belgium And Pact Proposal
London, To-day. Belgium has notified the Bri- tish Government of her attitude to the proposal of a new Wes- tern Pact.
A Note was handed to Foreign Office by the Ambassa- dor, Baron Cartier de Marchien- ne-Trans-Ocean.
the
BOY'S THIRTEENTH
ESCAPE
after
a
HIGHER PAY FOR DIPLOMATS
Soviet Government's Decision
Moscow, To-day. The Soviet Government has de cided to increase the salaries of Soviet diplomats abroad by twenty per cent.
The increase is being made in or der to allow them to entertain on scale required by their position.
Special allowances for the Coro- nation of King George VI and the Paris World Exhibition will be al-
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GERMAN HE-MAN'S DRINK
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13, 1937.
Mrs. Simpson Going
To Naples
Paris To
Rumour in Society circles here has it that a confidential agent of Mrs. Wallis Simpson has arrived in Formia from Can- nes, with the object of making necessary preparations for Mrs. Simpson's sojourn in Italy dur ing the spring ``and months.
*
summer
It is reported that Mrs. Simp son will stay in a villa on the coast north of Naples.-Trans- Ocean.
Victor Holmes, 11, Burton-street,loted to the Embassies in London Pendlebury, Lanes, left the Parkland Paris.-Trans-Ocean. Hospital, Davyhulme, recently the 13th escape of his life. On three occasions he has been rescued; once knocked down and seriously injured by a motor-cycle, twice run over by motor-cars; injured when he fell from a wall; crushed in the spokes of farm cart wheel; burned when a tin at Reinerz, near Breslau, for a local
festival of carbide exploded; injured by
The basis is ordinary beer. To this scalded by boiling Alsatian dog;
drained is added ginger, nutmeg, black pepper water; and rescued from a lake bed as he was disappearing un-end various strong spices. All that is der thick mud. The 13th time he brewed together.
Then olive oil is added and the damaged his ankle at play, septicemia developed, and for four months he had brew is drunk-hot. lain dangerously ill in hospital
HONEYMOONERS
A real "he-man's" drink is brewed TO VISIT DUKE
OF WINDSOR
ап
Blooming WM
Tine.
AWSON
THE
"Special"
SCOTCH WHISKY
OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE
Sole Distributors:-
H. RUTTONJEE & SON
PETER
DAWSON
SCOTCH WHISKY Peter Do
Princess Juliana. Accepts Invitation
London, To-day. Princess Juliana of the Nether- lands and her consort, Prince Bern- hard, who are at present staying in Vienna, have accepted an invitation to visit the Duke of Windsor at Castle Enzesfeld.
SABOTAGE
IN AUSTRALIAN
NAVY
INCIDENTS NOT SERIOUS
Melbourne, To-day.
It was revealed fo-day for the first time that cases of sa- : botage have been occurring in the Australian Navy.
Considerable surprise has been surprised by the announcement, following as it does upon the dis- missal of dockyard workers in England for alleged sabotage.
The Minister of Defence, how- ever, is satisfied that the accidents were caused by a few disgruntled men and that the morale of the Navy is excellent.
This followed an official enquiry into the sabotage, all cases of which are stated, to have been only minor ones.-Reuter.
LOST TREASURE OF KING JOHN
Diviner Declares He Can Locate It
So says the "Evening Standard,” which adds that the date of the Professor Emerich Herzog, of visit and the length of the honey-Vienna, the waterdiviner, who recent moon couple's stay would have to ly arrived in Paris from Brussels, told be determined by Queen Wilhel- representative of the "Daily Mail" that in the New Year he had complet- mina, who is at present in the Ty-ed arrangements to: rol-Trans-Ocean.
RECOGNITION OF LIBERIA
Head a new expedition to discover whether King John's treasure lies in the Wash, and to locate it;:
Carry out tests in the Sahara for the discovery: of many more, water supplies than are known to exist; a
Search for diamonds in the Belgian- Congo;
Explore the grounds of Richmond Castle, where he believes there is more bidden treasure.
London, To-day. The resumption of normal diplo-
"I Cannot Fail" matic relations with the Liberian "In my effort to locate the Crown Government on December 16 last jewels in the Wash, I shall use four simple instruments," Professor Herzog was referred to by Lord Cranborne, said. "One consists of a sort of loc- answering a Commons' question. ket, containing gold, which is suspend- He said the appointment of His ed from a rod. It is a scientific princi- Majesty's Consul General at Mon-ple that gold, when it comes near a rovia as His Majesty's Charge d'Af-large quantity of gold, is attracted to faires, resulted from the decision "After 50 years' experience of divin- of the British Government to recog-ing in all parts of the world, I nise the Liberian Government. British Wireless.
CHAMPAGNE FOR
SOVIET
it.
tell you that if that treasure is still in the Wash I cannot fail to find it.
"The persons who approached me to carry out the search are putting £40,- 000 in reserve, but the search, will not cost anything like this sum, if it works as I expect it to. Having found out where the treasure lies, we shall start salvage operations.
"I have found during my stay in
Eiffel
Moscow's Newest Plan Paris that beyond any doubt there are
Soviet citizens, according to the Moscow paper Pravda, will soon be able to slake their thirsts in unlimit ed supplies of champagne.
The present annual output of 200,000
State bottles from the
big oil deposits beneath
n Tower.
POOR ENGLISHMAN!
vanlts at "Without imagination, without Abrao-Dyurso, in Caucasia, the chief sense of humour, unexcited when ex- Soviet wine centre, has been increased citement prevails, unmoved when it is to 400,000 bottles by the opening of time for tears, unsmiling when the land is loud with laughter! What use new vaults at Rostov..
During this year, it is hoped that has the Englishman, for life?"
In such unflattering terms did the total output of champagne from these two centres will reach 600,000 Khin Myint, well-known Burmese wo bottles, graded "extra dry," "dry" man lecturer, conclude a talk
"Englishmen as seen by Burmese Wo "half dry," and "sweet."
men" to the Rangoon Rotary Club.
She found him the slave • 3y-
mere cog in. tem," content to be a the machine of life..
Englishmen respect their women, she decided, but will not entrust their pay envelopes wholly to the women's charge
Plans have been made to construct more champagne vaults at Tiflis in Transcaucasia, capable of producing 4,000,000 bottles, annually,
A footprint, 181⁄2in long and 9in wide, of a prehistoric labyrinthodont, an enormous crocodile-like newt, has been discovered in sandstone quarries! at Lazonby, Cumberland..
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VOTES FOR MOTHERS
Married-women who are mothers
The number of persons receiving have been given the right to vote in relief on one day in December in 47 municipal elections in Bulgaria a selected areas. states the "Ministry of put up as candida Labour Gazette," was 788.189, 6.2 pc Childless wives and unmarried
men may not vote. less than in December, 1935.
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