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EX-KING OF SIAM
Buys Sixteenth Century House
Weather Warming Up
Slightly warmer weather was ex- perienced this morning, the tempera- ture at 10 am. rising to 83,
All of the 1120 dwellers of Bid- denden, a quaint old-world Kentish village, are agog. The ex-King of
with Siam has bought Vane Court, an
The old house there, with five acres of humidity at 85 per cent. land.
maximum temperature yesterday known as the "Vest-pocket best-was 81 degrees, and the minimum dressed man in England," ex-King last night 77 degrees.. Prajadhipok, Prince Sukhodaya, is Rainfall for the year is now 2.23. a well-known figure at Biddenden inches over average, .61 inches hav- Until recently Biddenden was ing fallen in the past 24 hours. famous for its celebration of Easter The Royal Observatory reported Sunday and the ritual of giving this morning that pressure is high- "Biddenden maids-loaves jest over the Pacific to the east of and pieces of cheese-to the parish Japan, and a shallow depression
covers South-West China.
away
poor.
There is a legend that Biddenden A typhoon is indicated about 600 maids were Siamese twins who lived miles East-South-East of Manila, in the village in the year 1100. They which will probably move West- were joined at the hips and shoul- North-West- ders. They left money in their wills for distribution of food to the poor. The custom is now preserved by distributions of a small flat cake bearing an impression of the sisters joined.
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Vane Court is a -sixteenth cen- tury house. black timbered, with its outward shape. The ex-King will enter into possession of the house în October.
WAR PLANES MADE IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Local forecast:-South winds, moderate; cloudy, occasional rain.
GIPSY "PRINCESS”
SHOT DEAD
Kidnapper Of Crippled Babies
COLONEL GOODMAN, M.P.
CHINA MAILANG
London, To-day.
-The death took place yester- day of Colonel Arthur William Goodman, M.P.
Born in Melbourne, the late Co- lonel Goodman started life as a newsboy - and later made a for- tume in India.
His death means a by-election in North Islington. Reuter.
NEW ITALIAN CAPITAL SHIP LAUNCHED
Genoa, To-day.
In the presence of the King and Queen of Italy, the second Italian |35,000-ton battleship "Littorio” was
launched yesterday.
The ship was named by the wife of one of the workmen engaged on A gipsy "princess," Liuba Cere- her building, who smashed the tradi- bowski aged 21, who was chief of tional bottle of champagne over the tribe of notorious bandits, was shot battleship's bows.-Reuter. dead after a fierce fight with the police near Pitesti.
The tribe specialised in the kid- napping of crippled babies, which they sold to beggars.
Two of 65 Hartebeest aeroplanes
The police surrounded Cerebow- manufactured in Pretoria were suc-ski's tent. She jumped out, brandish- cessfully tested recently. They gaining a knife, and injured four police- ed altitude with great rapidity and men. Twenty gipsies have been ar- rolled and half-rolled several times. rested.
The Hartebeest 'planes at pre- sent are being manufactured from imported material, but later it will
be made in South Africa.
The Hartebeest is a two-gun, gen- eral purpose aircraft equipped with
TAIPO FIRE
N.W. FRONTIER
Ban On Abdul Gaffar Khan Removed
Abbottabad, To-day
The Provincial Government has ordered removal of the ban on the entry of Abdul Gaffar Khan, leader of the dispersed Red Shirts into A small fire broke out near the North-West Frontier Province.
It has also cancelled the orders
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SPECTACULAR NIGHT RAIDOS ON NANKING
Nanking, To-day. Three Japanese bombers stag- ed a spectacular raid on the Chin- ese capital when they appeared at 10 o'clock last night from a south-easterly direction under brilliant moonlight and a cloud- less sky..
Searchlights from the ground im- mediately spotted, the raiders and the Chinese anti-aircraft guns boomed out, firing tracer shells one after another, which burst all round the Japanese planes.
The adventuresome populace took advantage of the moonlight and ventured outside, obtaining a full view of the combat.
DAZZLED BY LIGHTS
The Japanese pilots appeared to have been dazzled by the powerful searchlights.
After dropping their bombs, which missed the city and fell outside the south gate, they flashed across Nan- king but returned again fifteen minutes later, disappearing almost immediately without dropping any bombs.
The "All Clear" signal was sound- ed at 11.30.--Reuter:
BELGIUM AND CHINA CRISIS
Brussels, To-day.
the most modern electrical bomb-the old Tai Po market at 1.45 this releasing apparatus, has a 600 morning resulting in two houses horse-power Rolls Royce Kestrel en-being badly gutted. The fire start-declaring the Congress Party and The Sino-Japanese conflict is gine, and is capable of a eed of led at No. 4 Tai Po Road, premises its allied associations unlawful.
being closely watched by the The entry of the former Red Belgian public, although no Bel- In future one 'plane will be com-fire spread to No. 6, which is a Shirt leader into the province was gian political or economic inter- pleted every week.
grocer's shop. The Fire Brigade got discussed by Gandhi and the Vice-ests are at stake in the Far East. the fire under control at 3 a.m.
186 miles an hour.
Chess Champion Plays 31
Nuremberg, To-day.
Dr. Euwe, the world chess cham- pion, gave a demonstration of his extraordinary powers
yesterday
when he played 31 of the best chess players in this district.
Dr. Euwe won sixteen games, lost five and ten were drawn. Trans-Ocean.
being used as a residence, and the
earlier this month. Reuter. [roy
Belgians consider it highly grati- fying that the Belgian Government, wisely anticipating future com- plications, voluntarily returned the former Belgian Concessions to China several years ago.
Some concern. is felt regarding residents in China, who Belgian number about 1,500.
Belgian press comment stresses the renewed failure of the League of Nations in connection with the conflict-Trans-Ocean.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
SHANGHAI REFUGEES
COMMITTEE
Offers of accommodation in private houses for refugees from Shanghai are invited.
A charge of $3.00 a day for adults and $2.00 a day for children under 15 years of age may be made, and in respect of those, who have no funds immediately avail- Refugee Committee
the
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Offers shoul
PAILUNGKANG LANDING THREAT
Nanking, Yesterday. Information emanating from military sources state that rein- forcements from Japan may at- tempt to land at Pailungkang m an effort to attack the rear of the Chinese entrenched in the Poo- tung area
Pailungkang, which literally means "White Dægon Harbour,” is situated approximately 20 miles east of Shanghai on the coast and 15 miles south of Kiaochiao Beach.
due
The same source reveals that 30 Japanese warships and tra ports are concentrating at that point preparatory to making landing-Central News.
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