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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FORMER WIFE

TELLS

Germans Fortify Heligoland, Defy Pact:

Britain Has No Examination" Right

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Heligoland

GERMANY

HOLLAND

LAST

ROCKET SAVED SHIP

Adelaide, July 15. THE last rocket on board the

Liverpool liner Nestor saved the lives of the crew of the Aus. tralian coastal steamer Mungana when the latter's engines falled. during a terrific storm.

The Nestor arrived in the outer harbour at Adelaide To-day with

Th the Mangana in low, the story the crews told:

The engines of the Mungana stopped suddenly while she was driving through a storm 200 miles,

Efforts outh of Port Adelaide. were made to repair them, but without success, and the ship was blown Towards

rect that threatened to rip the bottom ont of her unless help came.

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LONG-RANGE ROCKETS The Nestor came ap, but femal that she could not apprunch neater than one mile to the Mungan owing to shoals in this area, and the fact he is a much bigger! vessel of 14.629 Inna. The i Manana's tonnaér j× 3,350 tons.

With the necessity of getting; a towline to the Mungona as soon as possible to save her

altic Sea

EPORTS that Ger-

RE

Konigsberg

EAST PRUSSIA

POLAND

many is refortifyNEW U.S.

ing North Sen island of

Heligoland, in spite of

Eden,

Versailles Treaty were put to Mr. Foreign Secretary, in the Commons recently,

He promised: "I am mak ing inquiries."

"Have we the right," AD M.. asked. "to exsinine and

whether 1.6.

“i don't think so? said Mr. Eden.

Coursespondent writes to

TYPE OF

WARSHIP

ADVANCE ON BRITISH VESSELS

THURSDAY,

JULY

23, 1936.

OF ESCAPE FROM "SNAKE KILLER"

"I Still Kind of Love Him"

Los Angeles, July 15. ME

WELODRAMA exceeding in horor the fantasics of Edgar Allan Poe, marks the trial which opened here yesterday of Robert S. James, a former barber,who is charged with drowning his fifth wife after he had failed to kill her with spiders and rattle-snakes.

The Public Prosecutor, Mr. Buron Pitta, has secured as one of his chief witnesses Vera Vermillion, of New York, the second wife of James, whom she married at the age of 15 and divorced.

Veru, a blonde of faded appearance, testifies that her former- husband used to bring to their home "loads and black widow' spiders" which he would spend hours in watching. "I STILL LOVE HIM"

"I thought it very strange at the time," she says. "but I did not realise how lucky I was to escape with my life until I heard of the black widow' spiders and rattlesnakes with which Bob in alleged to have tortured his fifth wife."

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Though rejoicing in this escape, | Vera declares: still kind of lovel

Bob, curioas as this may appear to! Priceless

you."

With James in the dock is his chief ineenser, Charles Hope, a sailor, who Is charged with being his accomplice. was Hape who revealed to the police that he had gathered a collec tion of rattlesnakes and deadly spidera for use by James,

LEG IN BOX OF SNAKES

Regalia For Coronation

The U.S.S. Erie, at present alergoing trials at the Brook- lyn Navy Yard, is the latest type of vessel designed for the protection of trade routes.

14 lix The Erie a altership completed at Ciston is known in The American Navy a "gunboat," the interpart of the she is

"being shops," which are

in Westminster built for the British Navy. She feet, pinned his unfortunate wife used when King Edward is however, lar huge powerful than the and thiet her naked leg into a box crowned

of rattlesnakes, by which she was Abbey, May 12, 1937. severely bitten. intu

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Bertin

ball

Fortifications in eight ther man islands ans rapidly being completed.

Frie

NORTH SEA, Of land, islands Burkum, Nor- dinere, Langenng, and Spie- koog are fortified: Schleswig-Holstein. lands Sylt, List and Wyk.

off

BALTIC - Fortifications have been built ON Illide- Wiek, Bug and ner, Serlin. Roosiitn,

Each island has been turn ed into a seaplane base, with Ammunition storehouses, 424- derground hangars, and all equipment for building war- evaft.

Can

live inde

Garrisons finitely underground.

from the reef, the Nestor started DIED AFTER

firing rockets from the distance

a

of nearly mile. One after, another rocket went up, and ench. one fell short,

SLIMMING

British vessels.

The Convey Stoop" came became obvistas bing when it

that

the limitations of and treatles did not allow of affaient vessels in the ertiser and destroyer entegories for the protection of trade. The Landon Naval Treaty of Tot allowed ang nember of ships at wenig tons to be. built provided g carried no tor), Ipedo tubes, guns at over 1 inch fenlibre, and if not have a speed in

jexcess of 20 knuts.

It was not unill the spring of 1934 that Great Britain galled herself of this "Free category" by laying down the first "convoy sisop,"

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It was confidently expected that this ship would be built up to limit of the "free category" so as to make it as powerful as possible for the task of envoy protection.

UNARMOURED

But when the Enchantress can into service she was fitted for four Ber guna of only 4.7-inch enlibre. tonnage was 1,190 tons-little more. than half that allowed. posi

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London, July 20. £5,000,000 wouldn't buy Hape declared in his confession thai dantes, after inline that the bite the regalia which will be of the spiders had no appreciablo

When this second ordeal failed to

It is impossible to estimate

bring about her death be told Ilope its actual value, but the age and that he had drowned her in a dish, historic value of the different crowns, jewels, and articles, pond near his home.

Is a

Jump dessribes the story told by, makes them almost priceless. - his former friend as "delirious."

Among those parts of the regalia Mr. Pitts is bending all his efforis which will be used at the coronation to defeating any plea of insanity. He there is the Ampulla. This intends to press for a sentence of medieval term for the vesir) of death against James, whom he de-gold, in the form of an eagle, which

"Bend of monstrous pirts As

stores the oil for the anointing. cruelty,

weighs about ten ounces, and is about nine inches in light. Part of it is older than 1660.

Then there

into Is the Spoon which the oil is poured. It is of silver gilt, the handle set with four pearls, is believed to dale frum ihe 13th century.

Janies's first wife divorced him, his third man found dead in a bathtub, and his fourth obtained an annulment after Hving with him for a day.

BEARDLESS. YEOMEN OF THE GUARD.

BALL OF GOLD

The Orb is a ball of gold, about six inches in diameter, with a gold band set with a number of various jewels. The cross on its top is set on a large jewel,

The Ring usually called "The Wedding Ring of England," is of MISS WINIFRED FROST, aged was 18 knots, and she was completely

London, July 12. ship Meanwhile, the Munguna was

thirty-five, of Maushield-armoured. A further

Jewel having a flat pure gold, with and a your

As a result of an order issued surface upon which is engraved a perilously near the reef and those

recently been ordered. aboard her could hear the ominous road. South Croydon, worried bee was laid down last

A new ring is made for euch cruss. plump. She third has

The American Erie dings have been by the King, Yeomen of the

that sounds as her hottom scraped the cause she was too

course of slimming pills, designed right up to the limit of the Guard, who have, hitherto been sovereign. An old tradition is

the elcser the

its, the jonger shoals on the edge of the reef, took a

"Fres category." They have a tan compelled to wear beards, can

will the reigu last. That happened The Nestor changed position and tried tight-lacing.

nage of 2,000 and a speed of 20 knots.

to come true in the of Queen fired several more rockets from

Last month, two days after her They carry four 6-inch guns and two now shave if they wish,

The Yeomen of the King's Victoria, for it was Szed on so another,ungle,. Once again they return from a holiday at Bourne-inch anti-air-ernft guns. They buy fell short, and the time came when mouth, she entered the Croydon an armored belt protecting their Bodyguard, formed by Henry tight that it could only be removed the Nestor had only one rocket office where she was employed and vagine and boiler rooms, and they VII in 1485, were reviewed by

collapsed.

· tell.

The captain of the Nestor then

A few hours later she was dead. ordered a lifebuoy with line A relative is stated to have uttached, to he thrown overboard | said: In the hope that the currents

Mungana.

"Winifred hated to think that .would rift it towards the she was fatter than other women, I know that she tried hard to makes herself slimmer.

When this failed a raft WAS built, and this was thrown over board with

jine it

attached. "She had an unfortunate love Again wind and tide drow if away affair some years ago, but I think from the Mungana.

she had forgotten all alhout it."

The Nestor's beat had been prepared to go to the reseve of the. erew of the Mungans if necessary, Į One of them was despatched with a low-line attached, only to be driven bnek by the wind and the

waves.

ADVERTISED

CHEQUE

GIFTS

London, July 15.

carry a seaplane for scoutine par- the King inst week,

ring

and she by putting the higer into iced water,

reigned longer than

nuy It was

other European sovereign, 63 years. When one consid.rs the limits or after the inspection that is there are two sceptres. The Royal the "free category as laid down in Majesty gave his permission for Sceptre is about three feet in length, and divided into three parts, of plain the 1930 Treaty, one realises that the beards to be removed, United States has taken these limits Į

Apparently this decision has been cold. studded with jewels, notably part of the Cullinan diamond In the as the specification for her new welcomed by the majority of them. "gunboats."

One man said that he understood to part, surmounted with These ships have been the subject the order for yeomen to wear beards set on a large Jewel. of considerabl controversy among earne into force on the accession of · STUDDED WITH JEWELS American Cavul fliers. There are King Edward VII in 1801.

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whu

H1 Cross

The Scepire with the Duve Is

The so-called Stoll of St. Edward'

is not really a sceptre, but a

rod, with an urb and cross on the top, without any jewels. It is here- ly carried in procession.

maintain that it would The older yeomch will regard the) have been better to expedite the change with some regret. In addi-rather longer than the Royal Seep- It is sturled with jewels,, the building of cruisers. This attitude tion to being the oldest bodyguard, tre. is understandable, and in no way and the oldest arined corps in the Dove being moulded in wlifte enainel, detrnets from the us: fulness of ships world. the Yeomen of the Guard held und set on in orb of gold. of this type.

the distinction of being the only It must be remembered that the bearded corps in the service of the United States in not preoccupied with | King. trade defence as is the British Em- pire, and also that, at the time these ships were laid down, Amerlen had not laid down sufficient cruisers In commemoration of his all-bring her right up

Trenty to the Isador ver wedding, Mc.

Abra- limits in this category. A mate of the Nestor tripped hams, a London business man, Moreover, the United States was over a line and fell overboard dur-published an

was the advertisement re-not victimised as ing this operation. Seaman cently offering to send a cheque Empire by the 1930 Treaty with re- Pearson went in after him and

of all Card to the replacement of over-age for £5 to the secretaries

cruiser tonnage, rescued him.

London and Belfast Hospitals on receipt of their names and ad- dresses.

MATE RESCUED

At last the captain of the Nuster ordered the last rocket to be fired It reached the Mungann, the line! attached to it was seized and the tow-line drawn on board.

After that the Nestor took the Mungana in low with compari- tively little dimaulty.

to

British

SOLDIERS AND FASCISM

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Two crowns are used. The one with that called St. Edward's is which the sovereigns are crowned. It is of gold and set with countless top is orb. sur- mounted by a cross, and inside is

COUNSEL'S OPINION TO jewels. On its

a cup of velvet. The Imperial State. BE SOUGHT

crown is the crown also used on

occasions. The British Union of Fascists is a ruby, which it is belleved be-

plate

Among the jewels stated recently that Sir Oswald longed to the Black Prince, and a ROYAL AIDES-DE-CAMP Mosley had sent the following sapphire, which, probably, was set letter to a firm of solicitors: in a ring of Edward the Confessor, The King has appointed as per-

"I think it is worth taking an in whose tomb it was found..

STONE OF SCONE. aides-de-camp his three opinion on the subject whether mem- brothers-the Duke of York, the bers of the active military forces of the Crown may become members of

As there are some 300 hospitals in London, it can be realised that Mr. Abrahams, is being kept very soul busy signing cheques,

King Edward's Chair and the

Ten hospitals from Belfast have Duke of Gloucester and the Duke political parties. We have hitherto Stone ut Seone figure prominently The Nestor Is owned by the replied to his advertisement. Mr. of Kent and Prince Arthur of followed the rule that they may not in the coronation ceremony, but are

Athlone Oconu S.S. Co., Ltd., and is regio- Abrahams was married at the Connaught, the Earl of

and the Earl of Harewood, tered at Liverpool.-United, Presa, ¦ Belfast Synagogue.

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Batt

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be, members, but if the law clearly not a part of the regalia. The chair. penite it, I see no strong reason why offen called St. Edward's, is of oak, we should continue the practice." and was rude in 1300, by order of The matter, it is stated, arose from Edward 1 ut a cost of one hundred the It was first used as Pritt, K., in a recent case, that "lots. af officers and men do belong to poli-February 25, 1300, and has been lical parties"-n suggestion apparently used ever since as such. The Choly Is acored with hundreds of initials accepted by the Court

Sir Oswald stated in Court that and names of tourists. It rests on membership had been denied to men four carved lions, at its feet, and in the Forces because his organisa-was, it is thought, originally gilded, tlon "had to be careful not to expose and covered in paris with glass itself to any charges of Interfering mosaic. with the Forces of the Crown."

a suggestion by the Socialst M.P... Mr. Chale for Edward H.,

The use of the Stone of Scone ot It is now considered that there is coronations goes back to the Anglo-. no reason why re Fascist movement Saxon days, when every English king, should be the only political movement from Edward the Elder to Ethelred, which refuses membership to mem-was crowned on a stone ai Kingston- bers of the Forces provided that the on-Thames which, still stands in the Union have counsel's opinion that ILis market place of that town on the perfectly legal-for them to join. Surrey bank,United Press.

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Look out for thir woman! She's

You took me in out of pity... that hurt my pride. I wanted to hurt yours. I teased you with all the tawdry tricks knew until you tried to kiss me, just so I could laugh in your face."

"Loving Joyce Heath is likeshaking hands with the devil the worst kind of luck! I'm bad for people...the kind of woman who de- stroys-not builds!"}

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tion, their hopesi"

DANGEROUS

...A bolt of drama that'll blow the fuses!

BETTE DAVIS

AS THE KIND OF A GIRL THAT MEN REGRETI

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Taamad for the first time with,

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