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London Air-Mail Letter FISHING BOATS

Women And The Noble Art: Sir Henry Dickens: Wife Of Paderewski: Five Foundation Stones: Another Cup Stays Abroad

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RETURN Piracy Story Discredited

Dairen, Feb. 12. The strange story of a pirate attack on Doiren trawlers off Wel- hai-wei at midnight last Thursday has been somewhat discounted by the arrival of two of the mising trawlers safely to-day.

Only one ship has now failed to put in an appearance.

this morning.

a3 Was

The request for assistance trom intimate London, January 24: The Gorskis, became

Fort Arthur has not. met with a friends .01 Paderewski. whose AIR TRAVEL IN BRITAIN

destroyers invalid son by his first marriage favourable reply. No Aircraft manufacturers are re-

urged. ceiving orders for new machines spent much of his time with have been despatched

There were no casualties aboard in larger number than in any of the past few years and there are other indications that there will

the two trawlers which arrived

marked increase in civil aviation in the course of a few months.

Many of the regular services are to be developed, and one new achievement this year may be that air travel will be possible from Land's End to John o' Groats.

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Mme. Paderewski was a cultured woman, but was not particularly musical. She contented herself with helping her husband behind the scenes, managing his finans cial affairs, protecting him from petty worries, and mothering hit generally.

Her own hobby was gardening and poultry farming.

FIVE FOUNDATION STONES

A building with two foundation stones

The police, after subjecting the crews to close questioning, express the opinion that the attackers were probably not pirate craft at all, but were Shinese coastal cutters which objected to the near-shore fishing activities of non-Chinese craft.-Reuter.

is something out of the REICHSTAG FIRE

ΠΟ fewer ordinary, but one with than five must be unique. This that have beep is the number built into a church in the South

PRISONERS

of London, and none of them Three Bulgarians III

The

In Prison.

WOMEN AND THE NOBLE ART

In the South of London a school has been opened for the training of women In the "noble art of boxing. It is not an attempt to Inaugurate an era of professional- ism in female prizefighting which would undoubtedly be cried down in this country, and which the just

a commonplace stone. propriétrix coach of the school building is the new St. Mildred's thinks will never arrive here but Church at Addiscombe, now near- one to equip amateurs with suf-ing completion, and each of the clent knowledge of defensive stones has its history. The oldest

All three Bulgarian prisoners the Bith a piece of tactics to enable them to sharply with banbits and bag century tomb of the patron saint; who, at the Reichstag trial were the second dates from the eleventh ordered to be sent out of Germany, snatchers.

century and comes from Canter- are suffering from mental and bury Cathedral; the third, cut in physical strain and their nerves the fifteenth century, has been are in a bad state. following their taken from a neighboring place long imprisonment.

In addition, Dimitroff is suffering of worship; the four from from fe trouble and Fogon from the mother churon of the Frigh, which was erected in the miningtabuble Reute teenth century; and the nrth, acting as a foundation" stone for

deal

OPERATION ON BADEN-POWELL

Lord Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, underwent a second opera- tion at King Edward the Seventh's Hospital for Officers to-day...

Afterwards the doctors expressed themselves as satisfied with his "condition."

was once

Berlin, February 10.

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The first operation took place the second time, has been taken COLD SPELL IN

Lord Baden-Powell is TT.

SIR HENRY DICKENS LEAVES £19,892.

this

NEW YORK

Indications It Is Ending

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early this month, and since then from a temporary St. Mildred's Lord Baden-Powell has been pro- Church erected only a few years gressing favourably. It was an-ago. Well founded in the past nounced at the beginning of the and present, there should be no

the future of year that all his engagements for fears for two months would be cancelled, | church. '' although he was looking forward

ANOTHER CUP STAYS ABROAD to going on the Scouters' and

The Billiards Association and Quiders' cruise to the Mediter-

New York, February 12. Control Couneli, all unaware of the ranean at Easter.

The spell of Arctic weather in devastating retort in store fo them, invited Walter Lindrum, the New York, in which 40'fatal:les are so far reported, seems to be professional billard champion, to

ending. enter for this year's professional The temperature has risen from championship before February 20 two degrees below zero to 27 de- or else to return the chandplon-

Above during the last 24 grees now holds.

but

has the cold

not ship cup. which he Lindrum is reported to have been abated elsewhere. "very indignant" about the

Heavy snowfalla occurred in quest: "Boxing and other sports and the members of his family champions defend their titles in

Colorado and Wyoming.

the A startling contrast in were to decide by a majority their own country; that is what weather in Florida is seen in the whether the MS. was to be

I intend to do." In other words, fact that while people were. sun- published.

any Englishman who wants the bathing in a temperature of 72 de- The

states Press Association

cup must go to Australia and win grees at Miami, a heavy fall of that the family have decided to

It from Lindrum, since, according allow publication.

snow occurred to his implication, it carries with 1t the world's championship.

Florida-Reuter.

Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, last

surviving son of the famous nove- list, bequeathed to his wife the MS. of his father's "Life of Our Lord." and directed that his wife

The estate was sworn at £19.892

gross.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR. WROTE

TO HIMSELF

Lord Sankey, the Lord Chan- cellor, told this story at Birming

ham

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"When I was appointed Lord

re-

hours,

north-west

In New York, the coldest weather for 64 years was experienced on

the Friday, when temperature dropped to 14.5 degrees below zero, At Walkerton, Ontario, a tempera- ture of 56 degrees below zero was

The worst of it, from the asso | clation's point of view, is that the rules of the champianship no where definitely specify that it is to be played in England or even that it is the English champion-record. ship. It has always been assumed to be the English or British

Chancellor and went to, the room bf my new post, I saw a letter championship, since the game is played here under rules- quite stating that I must resign my different from those of French of position as a judge of the King's American billards. But the cham- Bench and my resignation must

not say

be sent to the Lord Chancellor. So pionship régulations do

so and the association will have

I wrote a letter to myself resigning to do some hard thinking at their

SEA MONSTER THIS TIME!

New York, February 12,

my position as judge, and then special meeting on Friday if they A sea monster, 70 feet long, with Wrote back to myself thanking are to cutmanoeuvre the recala head two feet wide 15 claimed myself for the great and valuable citrant holder of their cup. Other to have been seen by the third Services I had rendered to "the wise the biliard championship and first officers of the s.s. Mauret State, and wished myself marty cup will become another America's ania, in the Caribbean ses, on" happy years as Lord Chancellor."

January 30, during a cruise in the West Indies.

LORD HAWKE

$

Lord Hawke, Yorkshire's captath 1883-1910/1s to undergo an opera- tion for an internal complaint.

Cup for which expeditions have to be fitted dut.:

Lord Hawke in 73, ang has be RECENT "TONG”

in il-health for some time.

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WIFE OF 'M. FADEREWSKI The loss of his wife will be a severe blow to M. Paderewski, He W38 devoted to her, and the marriage was an ideally happy

one,

Paderewski was Ber second husband. She was first married to M. Gorski, a Polish violinist.

DISTURBANCES

Chinese Riots In Montreal

The Captain of the "Mauretania" entertains no doubt that the off- cers sighted, a ke Berpent.-Reu

CZECHO-SLOVAKIA TO DEPRECIATE GURRENCY

Prague, February 11, It is understood that the Czecho- Slovakian Government proposes to reduce the gold cover. from the present 30 per cent to 25 per cent., Montreal, February 12. thus rechicing the exchange value A meeting called here by influen- of the crown by about one-sixth A final decision is expected to- tial Chinese, to discuss how the

day recent Tong disturbances, can be

Democrats, avoided, ended in fighting in which The National Democrats, repre- one man was seriously injured and denting, chiefly, the financial and

Industrial circles, oppose the Gov 10 slightly injured.

The Police declare that the meet-ernment's proposals, and threaten ing was packed with, a disorderly to withdraw their representative, the Minister of --Commerce, 11, element of Chidese

Ninety people were detained for Josef Matousek, from the Cabinet

Reater questioning-Reuter.

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