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ROMANCE OF TWO POETS

TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1937.

No Permits For £30,000 Paris Flight

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No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 10th June, 1937, will be subject to Bent.

All broken, chated, and damaged Gooda are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 9th June, 1987, at 10 am, by our Surveyors Capt. Walter C. Weston.

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When Elizabeth

President Roosevelt recently place in August to commemorate

Barrett Eloped threatened drastic action to stop the tenth anniversary of "Colone!

PATHETIC LETTERS OF HER FAMILY

of English

The runaway match of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett is one of the romances literature. Any letters relating to the pair are always eagerly await- ed by collectors, and they will have full measure at Sotheby'a shortly. when the poetess's life story will be revealed by a long series addressed by her to her brother and sister. George and Arabel.

Veteran sale frequenters still talk of that remarkable dispersal, In the year before the war of the love-letters which passed between the poet and poetess. The price then fetched was £6.550.

Again the letters will not be divided. The 57 which were written to George Barrett will be offered in one lot, and the 111 ad. dressed to Arabel will appear also undivided. Each of the missives 13 signed by the pet-name "Ba," rs, "she was always styled by her

brothers and sisters.

It was to her sister Arabel that Elisabeth Browning wrote the letter (from Paris,, September 26. 1846) describing the fight from Wimpole-street the week before. She had already written on Sept.

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letter announcing her marriage to Robert Browning. a few days earlier.

BREAKING THE NEWS This historic letter is perhaps the most poignant of them all In her bewilderment she dates it that it was posted in London on Thursday or Friday." We know

the day of the elopement, Sept. 19. 1848. She begs her brother to go to his room and to read the letter calmly.

Explaining how the affection be- tween her and Browning had grown from strength to strength, she proceeds to say:

When I believed that it would be a wrong to such a man, to "cast on him the burden of my sickly life, and to ruin him by his own generosity,. His answer not the common gal- lantries which come so easily to the lips of men, but simply that he loved me.

was

The letter closes thus:

George, dear George, read the enclosed letter for my dearest Papa and then, breaking gently the news of its contents, give it to him to read.

When she was four years of age Elizabeth wrote a letter to her grandmother, Mrs. Moulton, telling how.

The other day Henrietta and I fought. I conquered, took her prisoner and tied her to the leg of the table.

No wonder that when she was only 12 she wrote "The Battle of Marathon." the manuscript of which, on 94 pages, with a still earlier version, is also to be sold.

the £30,000 New York to Paris air race and all future “stunt flying." His Assistant Secretary for Com- merce. Colonel J. M. Johnson, told the "Evening Standard.”

"There is not going to be a New York to Paris race. No permits will be granted to any airman for such a night.

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"It cannot do any good and might result in great harm to aviation, which is now at a point where stunt fights prove nothing.

of

the

"We do not propose to stand by and permit useless sacrifice lives which would imperil future of transatlantic travel.

"Two airplanes will soon begin to trave! regulary across Atlantic. We know these airplanes are safe

because they

for this purpose.

the

are built

“Furthermore, the USA, GOV-

ernment are not going to permit any more stunt fight or any kind."

PLANNED BY M. COT ... The race is planned by M. Cot, the French Air Minister, to take

South Sea Firm's

Programme

Japanese To Develop Mine

Rock Phosphate

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The South Sea Development Co. of Japan, which was founded last autumn under Imperial ordinance to develop Japan's mandated South Sea Islands. has outlined the en- terprises it proposes to inaugurate, says the "Japan Advertiser."

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Principal activities of the con- cern will be mining rock pho- sphates on Auguar and Fuair islands in the mandated territory, developing the marine lending money to industrialists in industry,

the region and sponsoring emig- cation from Japan, to the islands,

According to the outline, the annual production of rock pho- sphate on Augyar Island will be increased by 70,000 metric tons to 90,000 metric tons. The company also plans to, mine the same pro- duct on Fuals Island. beginning .next year. Annual production there is estimated at 50,000 metrie tons.

ex-

PEARL COMPANY ORGANIZED

The mandate islands are ricted for their natural pearls, and about 50 Japanese ships are fishing for pearls in South Sea waters. The. company has decided to take com- plete control of the pearl fishing, acquiring the Interests of Japanese industrialists. For this purpose; the company has established. an independent firm to engage clusively in pearl fishing. The new concern is the Ocean Pearl Co... capitalized at Y.1,200,000. Mr. H. Kitaoka and Mr. K. Yamaumi have been named, president and managing-director of the COOL- pany, respectively. About 2,000 tons of mother-of-pearl is expect- ed to be obtained yearly. The pro- duct will be exported.

... LAST SCENE OF ALL

Japanese have already begun to cultivate pineapples extensively on The curtain falls on this drama-the various mandated islands. tic series of letters and manuscripts South Sea Development will con- when Robert Browning writes to trol the enterprise, buying the in- George Barrett from Florence, on terests of the present owners. A July 2 1881, the day after the Y.2,000,000 company will be estab- funeral of Mrs. Browning:

lished to operate the pineapple

She was buried yesterday, with plantations. the shops in the street shut, a South Sea Development also will crowd of people following sob-handle the financial affairs of the bing, another crowd of Italians. South Sea Government, which has American

and English-crying an annual budget of Y.8,000.000. like children at the cemetery, Part of that business, was begun for they knew who she was the on April 1. greatest English poet of the day, and Italy's truest and dearest of friends...

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MINISTRY CHANGING SYSTEM More than 1,500 agricultural familles are to be sent from Japan Mrs. Browning had greatly to the islands. The company has treasured the gift to her from not announced details of its emi- Benjamin Haydon of the original gration plans, but the enterprise manuscript of the last 80 lines of will be undertaken directly by the Keats's beautiful poem. "I stood company. "Bouth Bea Develop- tip-toe upon a little hML" This ment, of which Baron R. Fukag appropriately ends the sale.

CORINTHIAN'S WORLD

TOUR PLANS

is president also is negotiating with the Nanyo Kohatsu Kalkha, in which Oriental Development is heavily interested, to take over the South Sea Marine Industry Co., a subsidiary of Nanyo Kohatsu Ne- gotiations are expected, to be con cluded about the middle of June, Islington Corinthians F. C. will

The Overseas Ministry, which leave London for their world tour supervises South Sea Development, on the Modasa on October 9 and has decided to establish the NI expect to return home in May 1938, chiran Industry Co., Ltd., with a Eighteen out of twenty playera capitalization of Y.10,000,000, have already been selected, and changing the system of the Over- Harry Lowe, the old Spurs player, seas Emigration Union. The new has been engaged as trainer-coach company, is expected to sponsor The party call at Malta on Detoher emigration. to Brazil on a large 17 but the opening games, will be scale. The Government is to in- played in Egypt, and they are due vest Y7,250,000 in property in the at Port Said on October 21. Among company. The remaining Y.2,250, the places they will visit ere 000 is to be raised by public sube- Colombo, Calcutta, Rangoon, cription A former Education Penang, Philippine Islands, China, Minister Mr. H. Hirao is to be press Japan, Canada, and United States aident of Nichiman Industry.

C. Lindbergh's Atlantic flight."

Ten days ago it was announced that he had refused a request. by the National Aeronautic Associa- tion of America for a postpone ment.

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The request was made on the ground that the knowledge of the meteorological conditions, is not yet adequate.

There are 22 entries, including Miss Amy Johnson.

RULES OF THE FLIGHT Rules of the fight areas

Pilots can make the attempt any time between August 1 and 31, as the race is to be judged on time. Thus competitors can choose their weather.

The maximum time for the night is 48 hours.

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All aircraft must be multi- engined and must carry radio."

The departure airport was to be the Floyd. Bennett Geld, Newark, New Jersey: the arrival point Le Bourget airfield, Paris.

The length of the course is ap- proximately 3400 miles.

POLO TURF CLUB

OWNERS WORRIED

Owners and trainers of animals racing under English Pony Turf Club rules are fearful of the sport being brought to an ignominious end unless certain conditions en- forced by the Jockey Club, are relaxed or withdrawn altogether.

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In consequence of an insistent rule relating to the height of ponies.

large number of thoroughbreds formerly well known at Northolt Park and elsewhere, have been rejected. They cannot be raced, and, having value, are useless

apping.

no stud except for

The upshot may mean a cleay- age in the relations which have hitherto existed between the P.T.C. and the Jockey Club. and that would mean open competition be- tween the two bodies.

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