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Austrian Socialists' Arms: The Royal Gardener: The "Hunger Marchers" A' Railway. Innovation: Gen. Goering, Animal Lover

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LONDON, Feb 20, Lack of the practice to which be Vienna's municipal houses, in has devoted much time in the past which the Socialists have been resis-must inevitably weaken his chances ting the Government forces, are not, of achieving his ambition to as some reports suggest, humble the Parliamentary Golf Handicap- dwellings being gratuitously deson ambition which came near to troyed by brutal Fascists.

realisation last your.

On the couteary, they ruther résembla political fortresses, both from their solid construction and the entirely Socialist character of their inmates.

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STRATOSPHERE

BALLOON

Bursts At Height Of Nearly 11 Miles

Moscow, March 13.

The new envelope of the auto- matic stratosphere balloon which is to be used shortly by Soviet scientists for another attempt on the existing height record Was tested a second time near Lenin- grad to-day.

The balloon reached a height of nearly eleven miles and then burst.

A Barachute with a number of scientific instruments. attached had previously been released from the balloon, but it has not been found. It is thought that the parachute descended either in Finland or in Ladoga Lake.

An addition to the very large number c Service members in the

During the ascent of the robot- Since 1919 the Vienna Council, present House of Commons

balloon the automatic wireless with its Socialist majority, has built by the arrival of Ct.-Edr. installation aboard transmitted great tenement blocks like the Karlufnell, the new Conservative mem-information regarding the tem- Marx Hof regardless of expïense.

The building programme Wig. alded by means of A special municipal tax ranging from 85 8d to £1,500 per annum on every person who occupies dwelling-house within the city boundaries.

AUSTRIAN SOCIALISTS' ARMS

Since the Austrian civil strife broke out many people must have wondered how the Socialist forces have inanaged to acquire such con- siderable armaments.

ber for Cambridge, who took his seat yesterday In all there are 131 M. P. who have held rank in the forces-and still use their Service titles.

The Army has provided the House with 117 ex-officer M.P.8, including six brigadiers, a major-generni, "and, a lieutenant-general.

In the event of Sir Roger. Keyes being successful at Portsmouth next week, he would thus head the Naval Parliamentary list.

THE "HUNGER MARCHERS".

L.C.C. elections three weeks be facilitable the 2,000 DOW

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Yesterday I was told a story which may throw some light on this.

Thi My informant, an astute observer hence will

presence of of Austrian politics, maintained that by the these munitions have come

marchers" from "bunger Czochoslovakia.

verging on the capital Last year The railways from Pragus and it took three weeks to affect their Pilsen, where one great armament return to their homes and then firm has its factories, join to enter there was no special political attrae Austrian territory at.Gmand. Run-ion to keep them here. Their ning through the northeastern corner accommodation during their stay of Austria, the line returns to cost the London ratepayers £600- Czechoslovakia at Bratislava. figure which takes no account of the According to my informant's story. cost of polling their activities and eases containing munitions consigned those of the London hooligans, who to eastern destinations have been joined forces with them. entering Austria at Gmund under seal. They have been leaving at Bratislava also sealed-but empty.

The Communist organisers are boasting that they will organise 100, 000 London workers to join in the demonstrations next week-end, and

in

their propaganda are using events in Austria to incite their followers to violence.

THE ROYAL GARDENER The thorough way in which the Prince of Wales takes up any sport or hobby which interests him has so often been noted that I am not surprised to learn that he has re-inconvenience and expense of ac cently become a patron of the commodating these visitors. Rhododendron Society.

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. During the past year he has be- come increasingly fascinated by his garden at Fort Belvedere. Until the Prince went into residetice there he had never had a garden of his

The previous occupant, Sir Malcolm Murrey, had somewhat naturally gone to no expense in the matter of reclaiming the garden from Windsor Forest, and not until the Prince went there

Was any

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ed.

I am told that the work is ad- vancing most promisingly. The Prince is devoting every spare mo- ment to it, and is becoming most knowledgeable.. At the present me he is particularly occupied with rhododendron problems.

Some of his friends will regret his new preoccupation on one score. It has taken full precedence over golf as his leisure pursuit. Indeed, I believe he has not touched a club for over three months.

Despite these circumstances there is no power to spare London the

A RAILWAY "INNOVATION" One of the railway companies has recently announced as an innovation the provision of a typist's office on the train for the use of business

men.

perature, the atmospheric pressure and the humidity of the air.

The temperature at the maxi- mum height reached was 55 de- grees below zero-Reuted.

WHISTLER'S "MASTER SMITH"

The subject of Whistler's "Master Smith of Lyme Regis has long out. Hived the artist.

Samuel Goyler, who was Whistler's

sitter, is now in his seventy-ninth year. He celebrated his golden wedding, this week at Lyme Regis where for sixty years before him his father was master blacksmith,

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ODDS AT BRIDGE

Frum time to time the statisticians attack the problems inherent in a pack of playing cards. The latest assessor of the odds on

VARIOUS

combinations. is an American, Prof. Woodruf.

According to this mathematician's calculations, the odds against a player holding thirteen trumps is

158,753,000,000 to 1.

Accepting his estimate that there are 10,000,000 bridge players in the United States, an instance of the all-trump hand should occur only once in three years, even if every one of those players played fifteen hands a day throughout the year.

But Prof. Woodruff's calculationa are based on the assumption of the perfect shuffle, hardly ever achieved by hand-shuffle at the bridge table. GEN, GOERING, ANIMAL LOVER

Yet I have before me a picture, taken in February, 1910, of Miss Tarrant typing for business men on General Goering, the Prussian the City to City" express of the Promier, who treats bis human London and North-Western Railway, opponents so drastically, has never- About acventy passenges travelled theless one very tender spot in his on the train between Wolverhamp-composition-a remarkable love of top, Birmingham and London, and animals. several of the passenges-states my He has just introduced legislation record-availed themselves of Misswhich imposes severe penalties for Tarrant's shorthand and typing cruelty to animals thao are to be services.

found in any other country.

No smoking was allowed in "the He has also, in a country where office," shorthand notetaking cost 2s vivisection bas been widely 6d an hour, transcription 2d per practised, instituted greater restric 72 words, and typing, with carbon tons than exist in Britain. copy, 33 &n bour stationery It is now to be excluded from being provided by the railway com- teaching in medical schools, and pany.

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