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FRIDAY,

JULY 17,

1936.

Rush To Share Brewer's Fortune ALHAMBRA

Of £250,000

Has Begun

NINETEEN years ago old Caleb Diplock, heirless

son of an Eastbourne brewer, made a will, locked

it up.

No one know what was in it. No one wondered: Caleh Diplock I had never married, had. no near relations, hardly ever saw any one at his house, Southdown Hall, Polegate, never much more than £1,000 a year

or so.

VICTORIA

pent AND ITS

Be was ninety-five when he died In March. His will went to Somerset House, s of wills must, to bel proved, and after a will is proved any one who caress to go to Somer- set House and pay a shilling can read St.

Caleb Diplocic's will was ready for publie inspection recently. By the end of the day 200 charities f all parts of the country had gol In touch with his three exreu- tors, had pleaded to be given a share of Calch Diplocic's money. He had left more than half million of money. And he had ins structed his executors to distribute

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nearly £950,000 amen "such Claritaliy institutions or objects in England" as they might getel.

These 200 applicants for Caleb Diplock's bounty Ate only the

*Thr advance

exentors guard, are expecting letters from thou- sands more 'who were left at the jret.

JOY IN POLEGATE But one of the first places to benefit will be the village of Pole- gute. There was great joy there last night. One of the executors said:

BARMAIDS

Empire Press Conclave In Secret

BUT NO "DREADFUL" SECRETS

con-

When the first annual ference of the Empire Press Union was opened in London Inst month, Major J. J. Astor, M.P., the president, mentioned that when it was felt desirable, some of the discussions would take place in private.

"It is not that we have any For many years, the Austra-dreadful secrets to keep from Han State of Victoria has been the publle," he said, "but certain banishing its barmaids by re-matters are surely discussed fusing to issue new registration with greater freedom behind licences,

closed doors."

Ahough there were 3,600

The conference will continue for a the register when it was closed permanently in 1938; only 3a. week, and is being attended by repre- can now he found pulling beer sentatives of the Press in Britals.

the Dominions, and the Colonies.

Major Astor introduced the sub- rumps and dispensing pontes and shandies to thirsty way" | Jeet of Empire communications, based farers. The government have on a resolution adopted by the Press deelded to give fourteen days' Conference at South Africa last year, grace for the lost 3,300 to apply urging that a committee should be far, due re-registration, but it formed at once to work in London appears, says Austral News, that for prompt review of Press cables at lenst 3,000 barmaids have and beam rates and the utilisation of definitely vanished, and, after surplus capacity by a low, deferred Press rate which should be one penny the final round-up, 508 at the per word between all part it the autside will remain in passession British Empire. of a registration licence.

Private Burial Of

Sir Keith Murdoch (Australia) opened the debate, saying the question Press communication was of epire Interest, but particularly Australia's, and it was of the utmost Importance that something practical meet present should be done to difficulties both of service and cost.

Sir Keith paid a tribute to the Press of England.

The Press here," he said, "

40-Stone Man pendht and rich, and sets for the

whole world an example of printing.

"We propuse to build about a dozen collares, and endow them for the old people. A number of ald Mr. Diplock's small servants on estate will be retired.

Then we shall turn our attention

is amazingly strong and vigorous. Other to charities at Eastbourne.

To avoid publicity, the funeral its news services are enterprising and Sussex charities will follow, fally

It is the hit written Some in other parts of the country. of Mr. Richard Harrow, a 40-stone) far-reaching.

"This is going to be no easy task, man who died at Southend last Press in the world, and its productions M. Diplock's property will be sold week, was carried out before the properly recognised by all news-

paber

masterpieces I do not think cemetery, officially opened.

It In the autumn.

| technique." the coffin was! will be possible to do much before.

At 7.30

But there was one aspect of its

then.

..

Diplock's taken from the mortuary to the The amount of Mr. estate was a complete surprise. He cemetery.

Behind locked gates the coffin had an income of about £15,000 a year, but as he spent so little his was lowered into the grave by fortune accumulated very rapidly.** means of a crane,

Mr. Diplock earmarked £20,000. apart from the quarter-of-a-million for other charities, for hospitals and homes for disabled soldiers, £5,000 to the Princess Alice Armorial los pital, and £5,000 each for his three

exccutors.

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production that was open to criticism. carried of Dominion Just Colonial life and development was, in his view, very inadequately clone, and to Australians that was a factor. Two hours later, and ngain be that came into the question of cost Referring to the cost of news dis- for the public was admitted, the and news service transmission. mourners arrived for the funeral tribution in the Empire, Sir Keith said service, which was ennducted by that they were not getting the advan Canon Gowing. The coin wastages which the invention of the beam ft. long, 3 ft. wide and 4 ft, deep, wireless should have brought.

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Add five and multiply

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Subtract from this total the number of days in the year-ignoring leap

Then add 115.

Mr. C. R. C. Nixon (India) pro- posed that pressure should be put on the Governinen to get cheaper rates. Unless this, were done, something would happen and it would be a sad May

for Journalism Ir anything beurred to prevent the great news- papers of India from disseminating and writing the truth about what was happening in this great country.

EMPIRE-UNITY-

Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Dominions, who had been delayed. addressed the delegates during the debate. He praised the work of the Union in promoting the interests of the Empire Press col- currently with promoting knowledge and understanding, harmony, and of the Empire. and unc

"Huw are we going unity of purpose and harmony er action between the six completely au-

years. To this number add the number of coins in your pocket or handbag, Junity between peoples maintain ai

The first two figures will be your are the last two figures will be the number of coins you had in your pocket.

The Air Ministry has Destructed tonomous Governments which are Messrs. Siele Gorman and Co., Ltd..now contained within the Common- the submarine engineers, to cinke wealth of Nations?" asked Mr. Mc- Now you try it even though you special suit for the pilot of the R.A. Donali. it used to be comparative- don't know the mathematical rea-aeroplane which is to attempt to break by simple to maintain a unity of poitey for the answer being right the altitude record for heavier-than-in the Empire because on all ir sport- every thre.

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Downing Street. To-day six Govern. imento upeat for the Empire,

In these circumstances how can we provide that there is not a diverg- enec in policy between the different self-governing parts of the Empire? in the years since the war, the minds of many people in the Dominions and some Dobrilon Governments have been concentrated on gaining their national freedom. It is not an easy problem at all.

"People in the Empire need not be.

Government nervous. Nelther the

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unimpaired, of the spirit and the fact of that freedom one essential condition of harmonious co-operation between the self-govern- ing countries of the Empire.

Any new forms which may be, devised have got to be forms which are in conformity with the constitutional status of the Dominions,

"The time is ripe for a great deal of hard thinking on this problem by people in all parts of the Empire."

Tiger Mated With

a Lion

THE London Zoo hopes to

breed a "tigon.”

A young liger, born at Whipsnade, (and a year-old lloness are to be {mated for the experiment.

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Only one tiger-lion hybrid been shown previously at the Zoe, It was bred by the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar in 1921, and lived for! len years..

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