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HOUGHTON 'HALL! MASTERPIECES

A Premier's Stately Norfolk Home

Houghton Hall, Nortolk, was bullt by the great Sir Robert Walpole, who for twenty-one years Was Prime Minister of England in the eighteenth century.

This beautiful historic house,

now the home of the Marquess of Cholmondeley. Joint hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain, was be gun in 1722 and not completed

IN JADE

Superb Craftsmanship Of The Orient

came to

Chinese craftsmanship is sup- reme. Long before art Greece. Rome or Renaissance Italy, the Chinese were producing.

hardstone

NEW CANON OF

CANTERBURY REV. F. B. MACNUTT

The King has approved the appointment "of the Very Rev. Frederick Brodie Macnutt, Provast and Archdeacon of Leicester, and Chaplain to his Majesty, to the Canonry of Canterbury, vacant by the resignation of Canon Thory Gage Gardiner:'

was

masterpieces in bone.

The Rev. F. B. Machutt carving. bronze and pottery. From celled in the selence of lithogly-38 years ago. Later, on becoming pre-historic times they have ex-curate at St. James's, Piccadilly,

1 vicar, he went to Cheltenham and to Surbiton, and from 1909 to 1913 was Canon of Southwark.

until 1735. The original designs were prepared by Colin Campbellphic engraving and carving In 1721, and published in bis "Vitruvius Britannicus" in 1725.

In 1721 Walpole engaged Thomas Ripley who, in the previous year, had succeeded Grinling Gibbons as "Chief Carpenter to the King's

Works," to revise Campbell's de- signs and to take charge of the building operations, including the provision of all material. These included vast quantities of grey sandstone, the first cargo of which was shipped to King's Lynn from Whitby in 1721. Bricks "burned with cole" were made locally, and timber. lacjuding the beautiful mahogany which was for the in- terior in large quantities, was all imported by Ripley.

"

ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN

Campbell's design show four square towers similar to Holkham, but Ripley substituted the four cupolas.

William Kent designed almost all the furniture in the house. and also supervised the decoration. Craftsmen were engaged from Italy and elsewhere for the magnificent plaster ceilings and chimney-pieces.

Sir Robert Walpole ved only ten years after completing Hough- ton. and his son but six years

The perfection reached by them were seen at 38. Bury-street. St. Charles Nott brought together a James's. 9.W. 1, where Messrs.

Chinese jade. collection of

car vings and other hardstones of the highest excellence, belonging to the Sung. Ming and Ch'iag Dynasties (A.D. 960-1912), all Blustrating Chinese archaeology, mythology. ritual and history. and, of course. the beauty of material and the wonderful skill of the craftsmen.

SUPERSTITIOUS. BELIEFS

The superstitions World acted BS R fuence in " the Oriental artists.

of the Old powerful in- creations of The Chinese

valued jade more than any other precious or semi-precious stone. They believed that the magic powers of heaven and earth-1.c., of mountain and water-are solldied in the tough form of jade. Powdered and mixed with Water. Jade is a remedy for all kinds of internal troubles." and it taken before death it prevents decomposition.

So the

and Chinese believed, this esoteric faith culminated in the self-persuasion that" "man made his gods... to be subser-

He then went to Leicester, where he became Archdeacon in 1921 and Provost in 1927, In 1915 he published "The Reproach of War," from Chaos to God."

Canon Gardiner was also At Southwark from 1915 to 1917. He had been Canon of Canterbury

for 20 years.

JAPANESE FAIL

Tientsin, Sept. 10. Confirmation was obtained here that the Japanese efforts to re- North China by encircling the create the "Tannenberg" battle in

Chinese troops, has failed. 50,000 Chinese troops, which found them- selves in a very precarious position. extricated themselves

south

of Peiping. The Japanese forces. whose motorised forces are, in- cidentally. able to develop" far than the German greater speed forces at Tannenberg. are trying to take up an effective pursuit. This led to some heavy engage- ments, but the big battle has petered out without giving the

alter his father's death. The vient to all his needs and pur-Japanese the expected victory.

Despite the Chinese resistance. third Earl enjoyed Houghton for poses." Thus, the Dragon. their

"god." was a symbol of the super-military observers belleve that the forty years before the famous Horace (Str Robert's third son) lative-the Celestial Empire. It is Chinese troops will not be able to succeeded when he was seventy-therefore, fitting that the hardest save Hopel Province. four years of age. Horace died materials should be chosen as the "silent guardians of the plestie six years later. when Houghton

bellefa" of Ancient China.. came into the possession of George James, fourth Earl and first Mar-

Cholmondeley, quess of

K.Q.. through the marriage of his grand- father to Sir Robert's" daughter Mary-"Sunday Times.'

SUBMARINES IN THE BLOCKADE

ATTEMPT TO TAKE SUBMARINE

Brests, Sept. 20...

A bid to selze u Spaliish Govern- inent Submarine. C2, was made in the harbour here over, the week- end by Miguel Las Haras, captain of other Spanish Government sub- Shanghal, Sept. 20.

marine

men The first admission that Japan-armed with light machine-guns

C4, who with teri

esc submarines were operating along the China coast was made by a Japanese Navy spokesman to-day who stated that submarines were a

normal part of the Japanese fleet units engaged in patrol duties. However, no submarine had yet stopped or fred on any ship of otherwise actively participated in the blockade.

to

to-

Commenting on Vice-Admiral Hasegawa's communications to the foreign Consuls, the spokesman de- clared that we cannot assume responsibility for damage to foreign Itves and property if the warning leave Nanking by noon morrow is disregarded." He added that the Ambassador of a "certain friendly Power had been requested to communicate the warnings to all foreigners in Nanking not hav- Ing diplomatic representatives in the Chinese capital."— Reuter.

THE NEXT BATTLE

Peiping, Sept. 20. The next battle may be expected along the line between Binanchen on the north bank of the Fu River. across the railway north of Pao- tingru to Nancheng where heavy Chinese concentrations are report

ed.

boarded the C2 and told its com- mander. Captain Ferrando, that ne had gone over to Franco's side and offered him over £40,000 to

en-

on hini with his ship. Ferrando refused whereupon the raiders bound and gagged him and his skeleton

were crew. They deavouring to get the submarine to sea when a member of the loyal

raiders and locked himself in the crew escaped, and shot one of the

conning tower from where he gave the alarm and signal by the siren.

The assailants fled, Ferrandu and the chief engineer taking

with them but yesterday they were arrested together with their pri- soners in making a motor car dash to the Spanish frontier.--

Reuter.

NEW ZEALANDERS'

TELEGRAMS

Twice As Many A Great Britain

A higher number of telegrams are sent per person in New Zeal- and, it is claimed, than in any Meanwhile, the Japanese claim other country in the world. now to be within 30 miles of Pao- In the last year for which com-. tingfu. The Japanese right wing plete world figures were available and centre have crossed the branch-1934---New Zealand led the way railway from Kaopeltien to the with 2.5 telegrams per head of the western Manchu tombs at Liang-population. In Great Britain, Can- kochuang while the left wing isada and South Africa less than now astride the main line several one telegram was sent per head. miles to the south of Kaopeltien.-- Reuter.

SOVIET CONSUL"

MYSTERY

Paris, Sept. 19.

A statement has been issued by the Soviet authorites here, to the effect that the report in the "Action Francaise," that the Soviet “Consut"at"Dijon has been aITESTED," is not true. It is stated that the Consul, accompanied by his staff, is at present in Paris, on his way through France -

Transocean News 'Service.

The use of telegrams hés steadily. increased in New Zealand and figures just issued here shew that in 1936, stimulated by the new sixpenny telegrams, 2.9 telegrams were handled per head of the population.

ITALIAN TROOPS FOR LIBYA

Mesama Sept- Another Steamer, the Lombardia, salled this evening for Tripoll with Italian troops for the Libya garrison. Reuter.

The great question now. is where the Chinese will establish thelr line of defence. It is stated that the Japanese are puzzling their head as to whether the Chinese retreat was due to broken fighting morale or Chinese strategy. Transocean News Servicz

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