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· THE · HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,

NOVEMBER 16, 1935.

LASSETER'S REEF FOUND.

Lost Eldorado

Of Central

Australia

GOLD PROSPECTORS FIND FAMED MINE

HA

Adelaide, Nov. 1. AS Lasseter's Reef, Aus- tralia's lost Eldorado, been found?.

This question is being ask- ed here following return to Adelaide to-day of an ex- pedition which went into the Australian wilds in search of the lost reef.

The expedition have come back with rich specimens of gold-bearing ore.

They refuse to disclose where the ore came from. But they admit that they have pegged out large arcas,

a

The story of Lasseter's Reef; has excited prospectors in Aus- tralia for more than 30 years. Young Harry Lasseter, lost in the Austrailan wilds, found reef "with yellow stuff in it as thick as plums in a puilding.' He gathered a few specimens and set off along the trail back to civilisation.

Discovery-Despair

But he became lost. He Was found by an Afghan camel driver, raving with thirst, but still clutch- ing his bag of gold.

Lasseter was nursed back Lo health, but it was years before he dared to face the desert again.) When eventually be set out ho failed to find his bananzo.

Years passed, and once more

Lasseter set out. this time at the

head of a well-equipped expedi-

tion. For weeks the expedition

JAPAN'S S'HAI PLANS.

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Alf Japanese military officers in China gathered at the Military Attach's official residence in Shanghai last week to hold ■ ference with Major-General Y. Okamura, who has gone there as a liaslon officer of the Tokyo General Staff to convey the new policy towards Chinn. All the attending officers are pictured in front of the officini'rosidence of Major-General R. Isogni after the meeting. Second from left, Major-General Y, Okamura and third, Major- General R. Isogai,

GIRL'S ORDEAL IN

SHIP'S CABIN

STUDENT STRIPPED BY

GERMAN OFFICIALS

searched, and eventually abandon-THIS IS GERMAN LAW” WAS CURT

ed the attempt. Lasseter, how- over, carried on with ONG com-

panion, saying, "If I don't find the

reef I won't come back."

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1 A singular business, more hearty

for two.

4 Crammers? They certainly drive

you on.

D Get on.

10 Science of the happy medium.

12. West African isio full of prisons.

13 Lent ends then.

16 Shortly, a British Isle.

16 Let him "go. Pon" my word, the Wild Man of Borneo ?

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One day he found familiar land-

A YOUNG BELFAST WOMAN EMBARKING AT HAM- marks. He sent his companion to Alle Springs with the news, while. BURG AFTER A HOLIDAY IN BERLIN WAS TAKEN TO HER he pressed on alone. Ile found, CABIN, OSTENSIBLY FOR THE USUAL CUSTOMS EXAMIN- hia reef, pegged a claim, photo-ATION OF LUGGAGE, STRIPPED NAKED BY A WOMAN graphed it, and gathered more OFFICIAL AND EVERY STITCH OF HER CLOTHING specimens.

SEARCHED, APPARENTLY UNDER THE SUSPICION THAT. Then his two camels bolted, SHE WAS SMUGGLING CURRENCY OUT OF THE COUNTRY. and he was alone in the wilds

No money was found on her. No apology was without food or water. For weeks he lived among hos-tendered. A protest by one of the ship's officers was met tlle aborigines. Eventually was left to die in the desert. by the curt reply: "This is German law." search party found his story,

The story of this astonishing, treated similarly. Why they should

not often realised. photographs, and specimens, burl-action, which occurred four days have picked on us out of all the

22 Modern ice age man. ed-beneath the ashes-of-his-comp-ago, was told by Miss Mary Kane, passengers I cannot imagine.

"An officer of the vessel who 21 Clear the cellar. of Eliza-street, Belfast. Since then, many expeditions. She expressed her indignation at spoke to me about it was mogt in 27 Punch, not July.

promised that he 28 Spiders. have sought Lasseter's Reef, the undignified treatment meled dignant, and which, it is thought, may be atout to her.

would look into the matter. He 31 A state arrangement, The Granites, 400 miles north- "I was three weeks in Berlin with told me I ought to have restated 32 Come you back to

34 To ware the hair would be its west of Alice Springs-United friends," she said, "and nothing the examination, or at any rate Measure, this yarn.

opposite. eventful happened. We were com-protested against it."

Miss Kane added that the officer You don't pay so? ing back via Hamburg and Grimsby on board the L.N.E.R. steumer seemed to be of the opinion that

DOWN the man who tapped her on the Dury.

"When I went aboard at Ham-shoutkler as she stepped aboard and burg a man told me to wait a few the girl who examined her in the minutes. A German girl, came cabin had followed the party all along then and ordered me to mythe way from Berlin. cabin. I assumed it was for the Custums examination, and had the keys of my trunks ready.

fires.

Pres.

The Most Beautiful Legs

BOUND BY £1,000 JEWEL THIEVES - June Knight's legs, acclaimed ns Hollywood's most beautiful, were bound roughly to a chair in New York recently by bandits who

made a £1,000 haul of jewellery.

Two well-dressed men called on Miss Knight, said they were re- presentatives of the Metro- Goldwyn Films Company, and wanted her to endorse an adver

tisement.

and arms

"When we got to the cabin, however, the girl proceeded to take off everything I had on mo-my coat, my undercloth- ing, even my stockings. Every thing was examined,”

about.

Film Star Risks Her Life To Get Married

which Miss

Phoenix (Arizona), Oct. 10. "Little Sylvia risked her life for me." said Mr. Bennet Serf, "She searched the linings of the wealthy New York publisher, my coat and hat-even my proudly, when he learned that shoes did not escape i still the airplane in have no idea what it was all Sylvia Sydney, the dark-eyed

film star, had flown from Holly wood to be married to him to

make a forced day had to landing at Barstow, California.

They were married later in Mr. Surf'a hotel

in suite Phoenix, and afterwards both flew back to Hollywood,-Reuter.

Officer Indignant "After it was over I put up one of my still unopened trunks for examination, but the girl did not even look at it. She left my cabin. without saying a word.

They seized her, bound her legs with the belt of her pyjamas to a chair, stuffed a towel

"Afterwards I heard that three In her mouth, did the same to her maid, then took the jewel box and other people in the ship had been

SALESMAN SAM

Sam's Act Goes Flat

1 One leapt (anug.).

Finding provisions is work for those getting on.

3 These are always made by In-

vnders.

5 The cuckoo in the next does this. 6 Sounds ag. if money is hidden she's not so bashful newadays.

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11 Twin stars.

14 A rose sort.

18 Without a knot or knob.

10 Indicative of true love (4 hyphen

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By Small

Makes and unmakes shadows.

21 As of great importance.

23 Less than kind,

25 Taken in hand..

25 There have their days,

20 Men do this with winter coal.

30 This is really silly.

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