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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 1927.

SHARE OF £2,500,000.

A PEEN'S CLAIMĄ,

FORTUNE ROMANCE. OF

WOMAN LUNATIC.

The Daily Express understands thas. Viscount Bangor, of Castle Ward Co., Down, Ireland, has be come one of the petitioners to the Crown in the claim to a fortune stimated at £2,500,000. left by Maria Epine, a certified lunatic, who died in 1793.

FLYING IN GERMANY.

A VISIT TO EUROPE'S GREAT FRENCH TROOPS ROUND UP

CENTRAL"

NOMAD THIEVES.

IN WEST AFRICA.

GANG CUT TO PIECES.

a huge level fel, an open-air restaurant with hundreds of tables all ready laid for coffee, miniature aluminium aeroplanes alvering in A formidable gang of nomad the breeze that is what.atrikes the thieves has just been cut to pieces

Arst at Tempelhoferfeld, in visitor

Mauretania (French West Germany's greatest air port.

Africa) by French troops and par- arrive that they are really in the plundering

And to warn passengers as they tisans, at the end of a 800 mile expedition marked German capital the word Berlin is throughout ita course by burst cut out in big letters on the grass. homesteady, murdered natives," and

Flying to-day is one of Germany's stolen flecks and herds. most dourishing new industries, and everyone, says writer in the Weekly Scotsman, is interested in it.

Of course, when a Chamberlin arrives from another world they go ying-mad, but even in ordinary times they have an interest in it which only a pageant at Hendon or a special week at some seaside town arouses in Great Britain.

The petition has been "aet down for Gearing as the first case to come before Mr. Justice Romer, in the Chancery Court, on the resumption of the sittings of the Law Courts in Detober. It was originally pre- sented by Miss Amy Mason, of And they are encouraged to take Wells street, Oxford-street. W, and this interest and for the Berliner at Lord Bangor has only just joined any rate, the was is smooth. The the hand of petitioners on the disfying ground is well inside the city. sovery that he is related to Mis Mason.

Maria Epine left a fortune of £92.00 on her death. This sum is estimated, with compound interest, now to be worth £2,500,000. The original estate was administered by the Lord Chancellor, as the legal quardian of all persons of unsound mind.

No Heirs-at-Law.

He can sit and drink his glass of beer while he watches the flying and now & special station is being built on the Underground to land him and his wife right at the door of the aerodrome.

Aeroplanes Of All Sorts.

The band used.ns its base the thinly peopled Spanish territory of Rio del Oro, at its general prac tice was to make raids of varying length in French territory and re tire before help could be summon-i ed era counter-attack organised. one of the leaders of the band Culd Lajrah was wanted by the police for the assassination of a number of commercial pilots of the Late- coere line, while another WAS Mahomed Mamcun. an escaped prisoner.

Among the exploits of the band during its last raid was an attack on the French military post of St. Etienne, followed shortly after- wards by an attack on a friendly tribe about 180 miles north of St. Lonis. Three hundred camels and maay captives were taken.

Perila 01 Success..

+

I had an opportunity recently of guing, all over the aerodrome and

Success made the bandits careless, ef inspecting under the guidance of and instead of hurrying home they equipment of what is undoubtedly on French soil. They were attack one of the Lufthansa experts the were unwise enough to pitch camp Entupe's Great Central" flying ed by the Emir of Trazza, who had suffered at their hands. They hur- red, fed northward along the behind with the Emir in pursuit, const leaving much of their booty'

reinforcements gathering ether tribes who had been robbed, as he went

The Crown asserted, at the time of her death, that she WES an illegitimate child, and As such station. possessed of no heirs-at-law. As the was, moreover, a lunatic, she was unable to make a will, and the estate became, accordingly, escheat

to the Crown.

Here are aeroplanes of all sorts and sizes, the small one which takes you on a half hour's cruise round the city, the liner which takes you to Lendon or Moscow, the private plane which rushes off with the early editions of the afternoon papers, and the taxi" which you can hite

your own use.

King George III, on obtaining possession of the funds, made them over to Admiral Lord Howe in ̈re- cognition of his distinguished ser. rices with the Fleet, and cn con-

The new dition that Lord Howe gave him an

station buildings were opened with a great flourish of indemnity that they should be retrumpets some time ago, and build stored, thould a claimant ever ing is still going on. sustain a right to them.

The present petitioners now ask thas, the court shal; order the funds

to he so restored.

1.

Their claim is based on the romantic assertion that Maria was not illegitimate, and that her par ents were, in fact, secretly married

before her birth.

Patient search in the parish registers of almost every church in

London has gone on for years, and the claimants have at length di covered an entry in the register of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, which re cords the marriage of Robert Epine with Mary Jeaie Eccles, the parents of Maria.

Miltitude of Claims. There was no other issue of the marringe, and the claimants assert that Maria's aunt was her next of kin All the living heirs of the aunt, who include Lord Bangor, have united in the petition.

will be a hotel with accommodation When everything is finished there for forty peopic, and an additional holding eight hundred. restaurant with a terrace capable of

Already a post office with pneu- matit equipment allows letters to be posted right up to the moment when the air liners leave.

Every day eighteen 'planes leave the station and another sighteen arrive, for the work of the station. goes on day and night.

Strict punctuality is maintained in regard to the times of departure, and though the same cannot yet be guaranteed in regard to times of arrival, it is seldom that the planes are more than s'iew minutes late.

A Ship's Equipment. New planes are constantly ap- pearing, and this somer the Rohr- built to maintain a regular service bach all-metal Roren has been"

over the North Sea from Hamburg to London.

from

In the course of their fight the bandits massacred the crew of a Spanish fishing boat which had put. in at Cap Timiris for fresh water, but their end was near. with his increased forces suddenly The Emir

came upon them. In a fierce fight chiefs were killed with many of which followed two of the robber their followers, while the rest.

Bed in disorder:

An incident then occurred to re- mind us that this is a tale of the Twentieth Century and not the Middle Ages. French troops were warned by wireless of what had happened, and a detachment was dispatched to cover the bandits re- treat. Nearly all of them were captured, a few stragglers only auc- ceeding in escaping to Mount Ibi. thirty miles south of Atar.

The largest aeroplane in Germany is the Junker G31 all-metal triple engine passenger and freight 'plane to give its full name.

It will probably be adopted by the German airways, for it is one of Lufthansa, which operates all the

the principles of the company to use every type of aircraft which proves itself" satisfactory,

Since the action was entered, however, officials at the Law Courts have been swamned with inquiries) It carries ten passengers and has from persons who also claim to be a need of about 130 miles an hour. The new 'plane can carry fuel for the heirs to the property.

The body is furnished with water-621 miles at an average speed of The latest claimants come from tight compartments and carries 114 miles an hour, and is equipped all parts of the world, and include regular ship's equipment, including with engines capable of developing a business man in Los Angeles and anchors and life-belts, so that if its 1,200 horse-power. a shapgirl employed in a Knights- motora should ever go out of action bridge stare.

nasit can be set and the 'plane brought to land.

The point at issue, supposing the claim to be sustained, is whether the Statute of Limitations will operate in cases of ischeat. So far as it is at present known, no decision exista on this point.

There are no descendants of the Lord Howe to whom the money was granted, and thus, if the petition is successful, the Treasury will be responsible for the payment of the money.

L'Epine, the father of Maria, was Huguenot refugee from France, who made a fortune from a way ing business which he established in the neighbourhood of Spitalgate

LEANING TOWER OF PISA.

TILT INCREASING BUT SAFE FOR PRESENT.

(Continued on mert Column.)

It has three passenger cabins apart altogether from the freight and baggage compartmenta and will carry fifteen, passengers.

CHINA'S TRADE IN 1926.

SURPRISING INCREASE IN FACE OF ALL

OBSTACLES:

In concluding his valuable survey when the 1927 figures are available.

Mr. de Luca anya:-" It would be pleasant to be able to strike, a hope: ful note for the future of China's

When one considers the numerous “Mr. de Luca anticipates that the obstacles in the way of trade ex- consequences will be more apparent pansion in China during the year 1920, the Customs collection reveal ed by the annual report of Mr. de Luca, Statistical Secretary of the trade, but, while there is no oc- Inspectorate General, is truly surension for unrestricted pessimism, prising. Trade suffered from civil it is difficult to predict any im- future. provements in the near warfare, boycotta and brigandage There is no doubt that the tenacity, to a tremendous degree, yet there resiliency, and perseverance of the The vexed question of whether was such an active movement of Chinese people and their marked the leaning toyer of Pisa, alarms goods that the Customs revenue cappeity to trade under the most about the stability of which have (k. Tis, 78,12,270) exceeded that trying circumstances are a great been periodically raised during the of the previous year, only the latter asset, and it is no exaggeration to last 20 years, really threatens to half of which was disturbed, by say that there is a great boom in fall has been definitely solved by Hk. Tis 6,262,273, and that of 1924, store for all those who can afford a special commission appointed to which was a comparatively peace to mark time and wait for more report on the matter

ful year, by Hk, Tls. 8,527,145. In normal and peaceful conditions. The commission finds that the in the course of some general observa Meanwhile, merchants and pro- elination of the famous tower is tions, Mr. de Luca describes the ducers, foreign and Chinese, must increasing, but at a rate which year's results as an unexpected face such problems as disrupted need not for the present cause ap. and, so far as the Customs revenue railway services, brigandage and prehension. The movement of the is, concerned, a pleasant surprise,'

piracy, high taxation, edd reduced seventh cornice bas samounted to Transportation to and from the production. What will be the re- nine millimetres (a little more than interior was at aff times difficult, sults achieved by the end of 1997 a third of an inch) in the last mine often impossible; production was no one can foretell. Very likely interfered with by the consequences of the civil war, frequently years

immediate danger labour troubles; and heavy taxa which is now affecting the whole threatens the tower, the commission tion and high costs forced up nation, will be felt to a greater recontmends further studies before prices to allpoint that rendered extent and will have a greater adopting any plan to check a native labour unpopular, As far poreussion on trade, as the months "UN AIR EMBAUMË" greater incrence in the inclination, as export trade was concerned, the go by, that has been the case until lest tampering with the foundation heavy fall imaker exchange helped now. But there is this certainty : should do more harm than good. to equalise matters with regard to if China is to maintain her place in It advires, however, im prices, while import trade was ever the world's markets, and even gain mediate drainage of the base of the encouraged by a manifest desire to some ascendancy, she will have to tower, As the foundations were buy and by, the many inquiries com- produce more, at cheaper prices and found in a rather bad conditioning forward at every full in the of better qualities. China's indus owing to

to infiltrations of moisture. storm and at every possibility of trics are still in their infancy, and It is interesting to note that the sending goods into the interior. since she has to rely almost entirely first accurate measurements of the There resulted a great amount of on her natural produce for her ex- leaping tower were made in 1817 speculative importation, and if by port trade, she should not forget by two Englishmen, Mr. Cressy the end of the year the markets at that when her products are unsatis and Mr. Taylor. Their calcula distributing tentres were overflow-factory as to price or quality, there tions were used as a basis for all ing with undelivered and unde are other countries well able, and subsequent measurements in the la- liverable merchandise, it could be more than willing, to enter into clination.

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