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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

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NOVEMBER

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MOTHER FIHTS FOR CHILD'S CUSTODY

MRS VANDERBILT CALLED "UNFIT TO BE A PARENT"

FRIEND RALLYING

Friends of Mrs. Gloria M. Vanderbilt are rallying to her aup-. port. She is fighting In the New York Supreme Court against ut- tompts. by relatives to deprive her of the custody of her 10-year-old heiress daughter, Gloria, herauso who is "un to be a parent.”

Extrao way of and stren

Y charges about her have been made--

denled. Lady Miltord Haven (wife of the Marquis of Milford Havon), whose name has been mentioned in con- nection with the caso, stated that she would stand by Mrs. Vander- bilt through thick and thin.

"I cannot say anything definite yet," she said, "as I am going now to sen my husband and my lawyer, What I can say, however, is that the allegations

I have

rend are -nothing but a set of terrible and

malicious lies.

"I don't know yet whether I shall go to the United States, but I think

It probable."

The following statement has been lasted by Messrs. Charles Itussell & Co.:--

"Lord and Lady Milford Haven have consulted Messrs. Chorles Russell & Co., and a partner 'of that firm is proceeding to New York to represent their loterests and investigate the position,

"In the meantime no further in- formation can be issued."

SISTER LEAVES FOR NEW YORK.

Thelma Lady Furness. Mrs. Vanderbilt's sister, left Chebourg for New York in the Empress of

“Bishop George Arundale who ran cently succeeded Dr. Annie Besant as President of the Theosophical Society.

Britain recently to help her sister.

She said that she was glad the hearing of the case was postponed as that would give Prince Tohen- lohe and herself a chance to tell the real truth about this matter.

Prince Hohenlohe--Prince Gott- fried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, to give him his full title--sailed for New York in the Bremen later lo give evidence on behalf of Mrs. Vanderbilt,

He said that he was taking with him two letters written by his mother to Mrs. Vanderbilt at the time the engagement between him- self and Mrs. Vanderbilt was broken off.

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expect to present these letters the Court," he said, “and I am convinced that they will have deel. sive weight as ovidence, I reject utterly any suggestion that Mrs. Vanderbilt mistreated her daugh- tor Gloria."

Prince. Hohenlohe will be ne- companied to the United States by

Sir Alan Cobham whose attempted Bight from England non-stop to Indie, failed recently,

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his wife, who is a cousin Princess Marina, flancee of Princo George.

"Both my wife and myacif are ready and anxious to do whatever wo can to help Mrs. Vandorbiit," he said.

SECRET HEARING REFUSED.

It has been revealed in Now York that Judge Carew's offer to hold the resumed hearings of the case in secret has been refused by

Mrs. Vanderbilt's lawyer.

RICHEST FOLK IN HOLLYWOOD

CHAPLIN'S PROPERTY WORTH $3,279,230

LITTLE KINGDOM OF THE STARS

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Los Angeles, Oct. 18. Charlie Chaplin, who property valued at $3,279,230, still is the wealthiest man in Holly- wood, according to annual recorda! of the County Tax collector,

Chaplin'a fortune, founded a warped bamboo cano, a pair of baggy

trousers, run-over shoes and a tiny 'mouslacht, is largely. in stocks and bonds, although he

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tossesses his film studio and large home in Beverly Hills. Rogers when he pays taxes, is the Will Rogers, who is William P.

He says that his client is en-heaviest land owner, with a long list of properties assessed at $322.020. is holdings, including mules, horses, cows, houses and carà, are estimated at well over $1,000,000,

Greta Garbo, who receives $300,- 000 for each picture she makes,| recorded also that she received $65,100 bonis. Her only taxable possession was an 380 automobile, inco her new car was bought too late for Inclusión, on this rear's rolls.

John Barrymore's most valuable possession in his yacht Infanta;! valued at $59,010, but jewelry, furniture and other property raised the total to $96,440,

Harold Lloyd, who has the big- Kest house in town, owns property. usnessed at $864,545 but it does not cover so much ground as Wil Rogers ranch. Joan Crawford's jewelry, house and furniture are assessed at $65,966 and Richard Barthelmess is put down for $109,340.

Constance Bennett is the leading] furniture buyer, with $43,000 worth assessed against her. Joc

This is Gloria Vanderbilt whose E. Brown's four huge tutomobiles mother and grandmother are contest. I helped build up his $56,510 assess- ! ing for the right to educate the littlement. Gorla Swanson, despite haiross. Gloria is happy enough in her financial troubles, still com-

and out of court.

mands property assessed at $34,-į 630.---United Press,

titled to an open hearing to cuable her to demonstrate the falsity of the charges which have been brought against her regarding her mode of life.

One of the witnesses when the Case in continued before the Supreme Court, was Mrs. Laura Kirkpatrick Morgan, Mrs. Vander- bilt's mother. Sho is being called to give evidence against her daughter on behalf of Mrs. Payne Whitney, the child's aunt, who contends that Mrs. Vanderbilt is not a fit person to have charge of Gloria.

It is not yet known when the; little heiress to £800,000 will be put on the stand. She is regarded as the principal witness in the case, and from her the Court will learn whether she really loves or fears her mother.

OPENING UP EUROPE

AUSTRIA'S NEW MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY

IMPORTANT TO MOTORISTS

The last section on the Salzburg side, of the Grossglockner arterial road, a highway of vast importance to European motorists, is to be Judge Carew has been greatly opened officially to-morrow at the angered by the number of letters so called Fucschertoerl, nearly 8,000 of advice which he has been re- feet above sea level. ceiving ever since the case began. He had read none of them, he aald, but if the letters did not stop he threatened to fine the writers for contempt of Court,

As the road on the Carinthian side is also fully open to traffic, all that remains to be completed is the tunnel through the mountain-top in the so-called sens section. Owing Mias Constance Bennett, the film to the high altitude, work on the star, has offered to give evidence road must shortly cease till spring about the character of her friend, of 1935, so that the road as a whole Mra. Vanderbilt, but she has de will probably not be ready till next cided that her first duty in towards autumn. her husband, the Marquis Falalae!

Dr. Seth Kenneth Squires and his bride outside Holy Trinity Cathedral after their wedding in Shanghai. The bride, formerly Miss Conagh Orr Welply, arrived from England recently and was given away by Dr. E. G. Gauntlets,

Mr. and Mra. - Alutândro Sakharoff, internationally famous artists, arrived in Shanghai recently. Mr. Sakharoff is, perhaps, the greatest of Russian dancers.

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City near by, and will carry it into mark is exceeded. Almost Carintha. Here a further series of tinual bends and turns, allowing arterial ronds lead on into Italy, superb vistas of Yuro-Slavin, Hungary, or whatever mountains, lead a further five miles may be the desired goal.

to Kasereck, where the Glocknerstrasse will branch off on A few figures give an idea of its way to Salzburg when the tunnel The Grossglocknerstrasse will the audacity of the construction. has been finished. Meanwhile, the de la Coudraye, who is in a start at Zell-am-sce in the Salzburg The Southern (Carinthian) part of temporary terminus of the road on nursing home in Hollywood. She province, and will finish at Helligen-the road begins at Heiligenblut, the Carinthian side is a couple of is therefore departing in haste for blut in Carinthia. At Zell-am-See (3,950 ft. above sea-level, but already miles further up to the Franz Josef the Pacific coast, but is willing to it will receive the main stream of at the first turning an altitude of house, 7,160 ft, high. The North- dy back to New York if Mrs. traffic from Western Europe, of 4.600 ft. is reached, and four miles ern ascent from Zell-am-Seo 18 Vanderbill needs her.

which the junction is In Salzburg from the starting-point the 6,000 ft. | similarly constructed.

DIAMOND CAPITAL

TOWN OF TRAGEDY

During last year thirty-five in overy 100 of the coloured popula tion of Port Nolloth, Namaqualand died. The number of people in its slums was almost halved.

This is the most alarming death- rate achieved in South Afrien.

Under these conditions, Port Nolloth, once rich, when the Namaqualand copper mines were booming, and even now the capital of the world's richest diamond fields, is n town of tragedy;

RICH HARVEST IN

BRITAIN

London,

Britain, after a year of drought, la reaping a rich cerent harvest..

The corn crops are yielding fig- urea that astonish the crop report- era of the Ministry of Agriculture. Most of these officials have had to revise their values and outlook on farming practico in the light of the results of this season's harvest.

Wheat in the best of all cereals cut in the south, southwest and southeast counties,

Wearing a uniform that might have symbolized the grim events that were soon to follow, aged Fiald Marshal vonjackenson, attired as a Dantiz's Head Hussar, ia shown rovinwing in Berlin Ston) Halants after 'a ceremony Hnouring officers whó, fall while commanding independent German troen datachements in tha World War. At the extreme last may be seen Generál von, Fritsch, ons of the oncurs" arrested during - Hitler's bloody coup... Marching next to von Mackensen la Genaral. Wertiner von Blomberg. -

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