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DEATH OF SIR A. C. TOKER
General Who Could
wit
Not Be Retired
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DISTINCTION GIVEN
BY LORD ROBERTS
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London April 11.
Major-General Sir Allisten Cham- plon Toker died yesterday at his Bedford home at the age of
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1936.
RICH FINDS IN EGYPT'S TOMB CHAMBERS
Art And Industry Of 5,500 Years Ago »
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HISTORY MUST BE RE.WRITTEN
INSURING THE QUEEN MARY
£2,500,000 POLICY
PADGHAM BEATEN
After Two Exciting Golf Duels
greater Importance WAS Plum- bridge's glorious brassie shot to the long 15th..
(BY GEORGE GREENWOOD)
London, April S. After two exciting matches, both of which finished on the last Kreen, Padgham and Brig.-Gen. Critchley were beaten in the Ad- dington Open Foursomes on the New Course yesterday.
London, Apr. 17. Lloyd's and the London marine insurance companies have now in- sured approximately £2,500,000 on the Queen Mary, and the London marine insurance market can now be considered "full" on the risk. which means that saturation point. has been reached. There still re- main, however, the important Liverpool market and the Scottish market in Glasgow, where the risk
repute. discoveries made by Mr. W. B. Emery in the stood that the American market | Padgham's, putting left much. to be
Cairo, April 10. The complete re-writing of the ninety-two. A relative of Sir Allisarllest history of ancient Egypt ton said that he was probably the will result from the oldest general in the Indian Army, and was on the active list for the whole time. He could not be re- tired
Sir Alliston carried out a survey of the Chindwin district in Burmes in 1886 to 1887. For that he re- ceived from the Commander-in- Chief. Lord Roberts, the honour that he could never be retired from the active list.
At the age of seventy-two he thought he would like to get his degree in Oriental languages, and went to Cambridge as an under graduate, only to find that the
Sakkara Step Pyramid.
Eight years ago Mr. Cecil Firth's And of this archaic cemetery, with its chapel of fluted columns, an- tedating Dorie columns by some 1,500
the years, revolutionised the theory of early Egyptian and, Indeed, of Greek architecture.
Now comes Mr. Emery's dis covery, which is likely to have a great influence on the outlook on this distant period, for there are three or four other crude brick buildings, marking the site of a mastabas, the long, low stone
will now be offered, and it is under-
of the leading
And possibly some Continental markets will also par-
cipate in the business." All these markets combined can- not Inbsorb anything like the amount which can be covered in
London, which is really the marine Insurance market of the world. but it is confidently expected that by the time the brokers acting for the Cunard-White Star Line have placed as much as possible on the Queen Mary the amount covered
will have reached £3,000,000, which would be an absolute record for any insurance on an individual
They had a lucky escape against W. C. Carr and Laidlaw, the young assistant at Malden, who is rapidly making headway as a golfer of
For the Arst half of the match,
desired. Ho missed a yard putt for a half at the ninth, where `Carr. playing a fine bunker shot close to the pin, enabled the side to win the hole in 3.
one
Padgham failed at another short putt at the 10th, and instead of being one up the side were down. But from this point their golf was of a brilliant nature, the last eight holes being accomplished in three under 4's.
Even so they were one down with two to play, a fact bearing test mony to the fighting, qualities of carr and Laidlaw. The decisive
PADGHAM'S SPOON BUNKERED
Padghani's spoon shot from a similar position was unluckily trapped in a bunker at the right- hand corner of the green. Taking 5. the side became one down, and
played in the par figures, 3, 4, the though the last two holes were opponents could not be shaken, Plumbridge holing a putt of six feet on the last green for the match. 11
Earlier Crawley and Plumbridge had beaten an international part- nership. John Woollam, the Eng- lish champlon, and R. Burton, a Ryder Cup player.
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A remarkable seventh hole had IF no little bearing on the match. Crawley was bunkered, and seeing the opponents place their second shot virtually dead, he went all out for the green. This amazing shot of 200 yards finished close to the hole, which was halved in 3.
He ran down a long putt for 3.
Stutor, was a man he had coached tomb, lying in a row to the north bull risk. The balance of the in-hole was the short 17th, where an 2 at the 9th, and the side turned
for the job! He was in France for eleven months during the war in 1913 until the Indian Division, to which he acted as interpreter, re- turned to India.
of this one and of the same type, sured value of £4,800,000 remain unusual incident occurred, Padg-1 up. They held on to their sien-
In these may be brought to lighting after the brokers have complet-ham's tee-shot struck the oppon- further untouched storerooms, riched their part of the business will ent's ball, and knocked it nearer be covered by the Government un- der the Cunard (Insurance) Agree-
in treasures of early Egypt Those so far recovered and described re- He was the first officer to trans-
cently are but part of what stillment Act. late any military teart-books intolles uncleared in the storerooms Indian languages. He had a na- tural bent for languages, and he spoke at least seven Oriental, ton- gues as well as five European.
At the India office it was stated that the official description of Bir Alliston's position was that he re mained until his death of the un- employed supernumerary list the Indian Army,
Of
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under the sand and debris of cen- turies
FLINTS LIKE RAZORS The existence has been revealed of an advanced state of art, which for so early a date as 3500 b.c. was never suspected.
A feature, which is quite new at this period, are ropes which have been found. In one room there lay a perfect coli of three-ply rope, lit- the thicker than a penell, not of fibre but of flax of the finest tex- ture, such as the best ropes used to-day on Nile vessels.
TALENT FOR LANGUAGES Sir Alliston, who was born at Hendon, Middlesex, was the son of the late Mr. Philip Champion Toker, proctor, of Doctor's Com- mons. E.C. Educated at Brighton, Among the fiints are some trian- College and Victoria College, Jer-gular tools like scrapers, of which sey, he obtained a degree of hoccur the sharpest edges are as fine as
used and gold medals in Persian and
sacrificial razors Flint Hindustani. He also passed ex- knives are so sharp that some of amination by the higher standard in Arabic and Sanskrit, and in high proficiency in Bengali and and Hindi
them cut wood with ease.
Most of the storerooms contain stone vessels. scores of jars or Here it is very interesting to note that each room is devoted to one particular article.
He entered the Bengal Army in 1860; became captain in 1872, was
In one was stored wine; in an promoted major in 1830, brevet lieutenant-colonel two years later, other fruit and vegetables; in a colonel in 1886, and major-general third ineat and grain, and so forth. In 1897. He served in the Bhutan Each room had a complete set of Expedition, 1884-65, and the Egyp-dishes, plates and cups used in connection with the particular jars tain Expedition of 1882, being pre- sent at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. deposited therein. In 1886-87 he commanded the 18th Bengal Infantry and Chindwin dis- trict in the Burma campaign.
1802-1897.
Many aint sticks were placed in leather bags that lie perished in the sand They have the appear ance of golf-bags.
PRIMITIVE WRITING
and The ivory labels
wooden
BURMA'S NEW GOVERNOR
Dumbartonshire Unionists*
Farewell
London, April 10.
the hole.
TWO MISSED PUTTS Seeing & chance of locking and bolting the door, Carr went boldly for a 2. The putt slipped a yard past, and Laidlaw missed the re- turn. The match was Dow all square, a state of things for which Carr and his youthful partner had nnt bargained.
At the 18th, Laidlaw's iron shot was bunkered and the side could
der lead until the 17th, where Bur- ton's tee shot drifted off the line. With a score of 72 for the com- pleted round. Crawley and Plum- bridge won by 2 and 1.
BIG TASK TO-DAY
In the semi-final to-day, they meet another powerful alliance in Lacey and G. H. Micklem, a vastly improved golfer since his Oxford days. In a desperate match Lacey and his partner beat George Dun- green.
The latter, 2 up with four to play,
But Anderson's
To say farewell to Sir Archibald do nothing better than a 5. Padg- were seemingly in a highly satis-
B
Douglas Cochrane, Governor ""OL
ham and Critchley won the hole in Burma, and Lady Cochrane, mem- bers, of Dumbartonshire Unionist 4 for the match. Their score for the last nine holes was 34-ve Association met last night at
Central Station strokes under beges.. reception in the Hotel. Glasgow. A company of about 300 attended and spent a pleasant evening.
factory position. second shot to the 15th was over the green, while Duncan topped a brassie shot to the next. Both holes being lost, the match was squared.
The 17th, where both Lacey and Was
They failed to survive the fourth
by Leonard Crawley and R. T.. round, in which they were beaten Plumbridge, assistant at Thorndon Duncan missed the green, pra-
in a blaze of excitement at the Park, Essex. It was a match full halved in 4. The match finished 18th, where Duncan hooked his of interest and dramatic touches.
second shot into bad place.
Sir Robert C. Mackenzie. dent of the Association, presided, and among those present were Bir Iain Colquhoun: Bt., Lord Lieu- tenant of the County, and Mr. A S L. Young, M.P.
Sir Robert said they deeply re- arted that they were losing their valued M.P., but they considered it
The honours must go to Plum- bridge, who produced a startling brassie shot from the rough at the 16th, the ball finishing about five yards from the flag. The shot of life-time, it put the side 1 up for
a great honour that he should be the first time, and enabled them selected Governor of Burma at a
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to win the match.
By comparison their next match was a picnic for Lacey and Mick- lem. They won the first five holes against Auguste Boyer and Lister Hartley, who could do nothing right. Six down at the turn, they made a fight of it, but the task was always hopeless. They lost by 3 and 2.
time when Burma was being made • STYLE LIKE HAGEN'S
A beautiful putter, Plumbridge's into a separate province. Archibad had not only done well as their member and as a suppor- style is not unlike that of Walter ter of the National Government Hagen in the old days-all the but he had taken a deep interest weight on the left foot, with the in all good causes in the con- right drawn back. From 8ft down-They had a score of TI to beat E
stituency. Anything that tended wards-the vital distances-Plum- to increase employment in the bridge is deadly.
district as
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TWINE'S GREAT IRON SHOT Dr. Flaherty and W. T. Twine were in brilliant form all day.
Gibbs and W. G. Oke by orle hole. The winners had three "eagle" 3's in the round, one being at the 18th, where Twine put an iron shot dead. They beat an Irish partnership in J. E. Dalton and W.
has spent all his golfing life at Nolan by the big margin of 5 and 4. Thorndon Park.
Though Padgham outdrove him by 40 yards, he was in no way perturbed; indeed, he was coolness personified.
With an additional 25 yards from well as the happiness He was deputy-secretary to the Government of India, military De-
and prosperity of his constituents the tee he would rank among the players. "Taught by his partment, 1887-92, and superinten-
had his full support, and he had best dent of Army clothing, Bengal, tablet in the tomb are regarded as been assisted greatly by his charm- brother. Plumbridge, who is 29,
being highly important. Bothing wife.
FUNDAMENTAL SOUNDNESS Bir Alliston was granted a good have the names of the Vizier.
OF SCOTLAND service pension for "distinguished | Hemaka, and the tablet has also and meritorious service" in 1897. the name of King Zer.
Si: Arenibald, in reply, said he For his translations of miffitary With the names is writing of the felt that that night was the crown- friendliness text-books in use in the Native most primitive form of hierogly-ing instance of the Army into Urdu, Hindi, and Gir-phics in use at that date. The and forgiveness of the people of mukhi he received the thanks of crudity of the writing makes it Dumbartonshire. and he appreciat: the Government of India.
difficult to decipher. But it is be-ped it very much.. lieved that each label will prove to fecord events of the king's reign like those Sir Finders Petrie found at Abydos.
Sir Alliston was twice married. His first wife died in 1878, and his second in 1925.
SPURRED ON TOO
FAST:
London, April 7.
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that Scotsmen are cold, and cal culating creatures, but that does not sound to be the case with two of them who were charged in
These objects, therefore, may yield valuable historical data or the period."
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other
area
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In the semi-final Flaherty and Twine meet F. McGloin, a young golfer of no mean ability, and A G. Walls, s player who possesses the knack of placing chip shots to the holeside. They beat Havers and F. Ricardo by 4 and 3.
Padgham's putting Was Ex- cellent. He holed one Di four yards at the 13th for an "eagle." but Plumbridge from about the same distance did likewise. This was a vital counter-blow, but of from the hole.
Havers missed several vital putts. one at the 13th, where his partner hit a perfect spoon shot, a yard
A PRIVILEGED PASSENGER
H. G. Wells On The Queen Mary
the
deliver He arranged to broadcast from his own flat in London. For once, however, the man of science fell down.
H.s deepest Impression of Dum- bartonshire would be those pelitt- cal meetings which he addressed in the Vale of Leven and in places suffering from unemployment. No one could speak in an where there had been much unem Dr. Relaner recalls that Sir Fin-ployment without being tremen- ders Petrie found the name Hems- dously impressed by the the fun-: ka on the tablet of a tomb, at damental soundness of the people Some people may like to think Abydos, where Hemaka is recorded of Scotland.
He was sure there was at the as being the Royal Sealer, or Lord
London, April 16. Chanceller,
bottom an absolute soundness of
Mr. H. G. Wells is a privileged his history of the development of this
Dr. Reiser adds that he based outlook which was going to carry
Country to a triumphant passenger in the Queen Mary dur-
They had ing her speed tests cruise. stonequarrying in Egypt largely success in the future.
Als broadcast was fixed för & London on Saturday with having upon the evidence of Hemaku's learned the fundamental things of He is there as the guest of Lord
D.m in New York Mentally at travelled from Glasgow without rock-cut burial chamber and the democracy, quite apart from any Aberconway, the chairman of John paying their fares. Their ex-
political party or doctrine...
Brown and Co., the Queen Mary's tuned to his task, he went to his neighbouring, tombs. planation was that they were on
To-day Mr. Wells is dat at 3 pm in the afternoon to The Remaka burial-chamber. In Burma it would be his duty builders. the station in Glasgow when an
contains the earliest known traces to help the people to establish a drinking the health both of the make the broadcast, forgetting: excursion train, was leaving für the international football match of copper-toor marks on the walls. form of government by which they ship and of the chairman, for to- that New York time is five hours. He was so absorbed in the shape at Wembley, and that they got These marks were probably made would take a greater part in settling day is Lord Aberconway's fifty- behind our own, not ahead of it.
to it "on the spur of the mo-
by copper adzes, such as were once the affairs of their own country. Beventh birthday.
of things to come that he forgot the shape of things that are... ment And the moment had attached to the huge adze handles o believed that the spurred them
and found by Mr. Emery, SO hard suddenly that, when they were fined twenty shillings for their impu'siveness. and ordered to pay the fare to Glasgow, they were unable to raise the money and were remanded in custody for kweek.
For weeks there will be a daily voyage of adventure for Mr Emery and his sta, since they are work- ing, so to speak, on virgin soll. Farther remarkable finds are ex- pected in these chambers, particu- larly if, as is hoped, the Egyptian Government now decides to give more attention to the Bakkara
experience
he had gained in Dumbartonshire would be of value to him in that difficult task.
O.B.E. RIBAND
4.
“KG." may not remain on board during the whole period of the Queen Mary's tests. He is now superintending the finishing tou- ches to his film "The Man Who Could Work Miracles, and cannot be long away from London.
"The Man Who Could Work London, April 15. Miracles"
was. bilmed before It will be The announcement of a change ""Things to Come."
within the in the colour of the riband of the shown
next two The moral seems to be obvious.
6.B.E will no doubt be welcomed months. Representatives of a sentimental and impulsive race ke the Beota,
by some holders of the decoration if they so happen to be football
who have found it embarrassing enthurás:s and hard, up, shou'a
that the dark purple riband should rigorous'y avoid ral way Stations for New York; that "spur of the bé confused as it is known to have When there are excursions to moment plus a natural and been with tilt of the Victoria Wembley running. The tempta patriotic pride in the lordly vessel, Cross The V.C. riband is lighter
lótimay ensity prove
over may inconveniently hurt them up in shade than the OBE bat not powering And perhaps they the gangway at a moment when so different as to be apparent to should also avoid the dockside the toket collecter la looking any but the well-informed medal when the Queen Mary is saling 1 elsewhere
area.
WHEN SCIENTISTS NOD,
FORTUNE FROM FILMS
Mr. Wells has not sold his rights: he has retained a royalty interest
in his Elme.
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Things To Come is already listed among the four starred mime in the United States and is sure of a big financial success.
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He has a contract for three more aims with Mr. Korda and until they are finished he will receive a Mr. Wells is getting a kick out weekly salary on the scale of a of his nim work. He got an un-im, star's as collaborator and expected one the other day.
adviser.
When Things to Come" had its I imagine that Things To first night in New York, he was Come aloriell bring him as invited to give a short trace large a reward as any book he has exception of "The atlantic, broadcast to his American written, with
Outline of History.” (7%
audience.
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