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During their visit to Hongkong, our distinguished guests from Canton were shown over Jubilee Reservoir by Mr. Gifford Hull the Realdent Engineer. The glant reservair formed a perfect back ground as the party sat down to afternoon tea. His Excellency the Governor is nearest the camern.

PERFECT LOVER

He

ROBS 7 WOMEN

Charmed

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OF £10,000

Berlin, Oct. 25.

ABUXOM B-year-old widow has out-

sleuthed Berlin's best detectives, caus- ed the arrest and conviction of 44-year-old Playing dandy Gustav Schuetzenduebel, wanted by the police for having made £10,000 out of Hymns

professional heart-breaking.

CROWN JEWELS “SCARE” AT THE TOWER

Aların Bell Calls Armed Guard

MANY

"PRISONERS”

Alarin belt rang in the Tower of Lamdon one day last month. Exeited visitors, rushing towarts the Wake

than where fel Tower,

Crown Jewels are kept. heard shmp words! of command, the clatter of military "boots, and the thud of- rille-butts

the cobbles,

When the first alarin bell sounded The guard turned out. They formed up before the entrance to the Wake- the For len minutes theld Tower. bell rank on.

Kuard. mystified, Visitors and walted, for only the entrance at an unauthorised person into the funer enge where the Crown Jewris le can set going the mechanism which makes the alarm ring.

But at the end of the ten minutes) no foiled smash-and-grab raider ap- peared under arrest. The guard whil dismissed. The visitors drifted away,: It was all a mistake.

Whose mistake it was nobody could discover.

er. The Newspaper Proprie

A Berlin Judge to-day sen- fenced him to six years' imprison- ment and a fine of £50, all that was left from his heart-breaking

career.

The widow, rich and lonely, fapplied to a marriage agency for a second husband. She received la reply, mel a man who called himself Werner. He was just what she wanted, handsome, a "perfect lover," apparently swim- ming in money.

She went out with him in his chauffeur-driven car to expensive night clubs, restaurants. He told her of his big Industrial deals, made 4 promise of marriage.

-One day, however, he spoilt the pleture by suggesting that she should "end" him £3,000 to help him over a temporary embarrass- ment.

Suspicious, the widow put him of noted the number of his ear and telephoned -to- police headquarter She said; "My car has been rammed by another car Could you give me the name of the owner?"

TRACKED HIM

She gave the number, was told the It was not Werner, it was name. Schuetzenduebel. The widow turned detective, traced the man's ments.

Jove-

She foun there were other women who had received the same promise of marriage, given him their savings, She informed the police.

Pleased at finding à man they had been looking for for two years the police arrested Schurtzenduebel.

At to-day's trial his victims, one

when she found out the truth about

tors Association had obtained of whom had tried to commit suicide mission to photograph the Regalia for publication which the Coronation draws near. At lunch time the photographers stopped

her "Bance," told how they had been work. As parted from their money by

charm.

the shutters which guard the Jewels were closed, the alarm went off. Just like that.

DISAPPOINTED VISITORS Automatically, all entrances to the Jewel Room were closed. Until the alarm stopped, photographers, guards, and offels were held prisoner.

Visitors to the Tower had already been mystified before the alarm rang. The approach of the Coronation has

the heightened

attraction of the visitors Crown Jewels, and

mans overlooked the notice which said that

his

Schuetzenduebel's trump card in his courting was to all down at the planʊ, and play hymns and an- thems, his favourlie being "50 take my hand." Then he pro- posed.

He paid for expensive parties given to one woman from money obtained from another.

He was found guilty of obtaining £10,000 from seven women under promises of marriage.

the public would not be admitted to Looking Forward To

the Jewel Room for two days.

---Night Out In 1971

at

Deputy-Judge Tudor Recs, Willesden County Court recently, made an order for the payment at the rate of eight shillings mouth of a substantial sum of money.

Sold be to the defendant:"" "It will

When they approached the stairs leading up to the Jewel Room they found the way barred by two War- dens, who indicated sternly rougli a grille that the rest of the Tower was at their disposal. Outside the fixed Jewel Room a sentry with bayonet patrolled,

Earlier in the inorning the photo- graphers and other officials pd by the take you about 35 years to pay this

permits,

specially off. you come the of Lord Chamberlain. Carefully theft I hope you and those to whom you

at the entrance to the Wake-are paying. the money will have a

Tuwer

checked the numnes night out on the strength of the last gulmet a list supplied to thein: In instalment." the Jewel Room itself more Wardens were on guard. The Keeper of the Crown Jewels, Major-General Sir the difficulty of working In such George Younghusband, and the confined quarters had made it necess- Crown Jeweller, were present.. ery to hold a dress rehearsni in the

IMPERIAL STATE CROWNS

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studio, with plaster copies of the Regalia. Special lighting arranged Curefully the Crown Jeweller took by the Office of Works was used to the St. Edward's Crown and the rest] modify the blaze of the Jewels, which

of the Regalia which will be used at included the great ruby given to the with the Black Prince, worn by Henry V. at the Coronation, together two Imperial State Crowns and the Agincourt, and now set in one of the Crown worn by William of Orange, Imperlar State Crowns. from the cuses.

Since photographs are being taken The photographers knew exactly both plain and in colour, the work how the shots were to be talten, for will take two days to complete.

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