1936-11-10 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1936.

Father Claimed Millions-She Has 3d.

Tichborne Case

RTHUR ORTON, reputed mon of a London butcher, in 1865 announced himself Roger Tick- borne, heir so rich Tichborne estales, belloved lost at sea, 1854.

Roger's mother persunded her. Nell claimant WOR her AOIL. Chancery action ended 1874 with

non-sulung of plaintiff, who was sent to penal servitude for. 11 years. Many of his contem. borarles st believe he WAR Roger Tichborne.

BRITISH

'PLANES

FOR TURKEY Benefit To Trade After The King's Visit

NEGOTIATIONS are in

pro- gress between the Turkish Government and British aero- plane manufacturers for the supply of British aircraft for the re-equipment of the Turkish Air Force.

"The negotiations have fol- lowed the King's recent visit to Turkey," it was stated at the Turkish Embassy in London re- cently, and there is every reason to xlieve that there will be further developments in Anglo- Turkish trade.

ECHO OF GREAT

LAWSUIT

By CLIFFORD LEWIS

ALONE in a dingy bed-sitting-room, a sad-eyed woman of 70 told

me a story that brought back echoes of the greatest sensation of Victorian times--the Tichborno caso.

She la known as Mary Agnes Theresa Doughty Tichborne and Is the daughter of Arthur Orton who was sentenced to 14 years penal servitude for claiming to be Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne and to, have the right to the family fortune, title and estates,

life to establishing my fallter's Innocence."

This trogle woman, even in recent days, has anved her seant coppers so that she might visit London

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From May, 1873, to February, 1874. this famous cace lasted, niling the newspapers and exciting Gur consult muscum records in the hope parents, und running up a bit of that she might alight on some clue £230,000,

which would prove her father's

This woman who has no close a randretion with one of the most expensive ligations known, open- ed her purse before me... Three coppern fell aul,

сас.

For the Just 15 years the hog worked as a sempstress and lately a a cook, but.

"I am too Inme now to be л cook...

Arthur Orton's daughter "That's all I have in the world," looked up at me

with a

tragle she said, "except my memories—and | gesture. Let me tell I to you.” my story.

"God knows," she said, "what I can do now,"

Fight for Father

And then this grey-haired woman who lives in a bed-sitting room in n quiet village outalde London told me how for 30 years she has been fighting to prove the innocence of ber dead father.

"I wha soven

when my Kather went to prison," she said. "When him and later, as his secretary, he was released kept house for

toured theatres and lecture halls, After that we had very Bttle money. so I decided to go on the stage."

When Prince of Wales, the The 70-year-old doughter King, speaking at a dinner of Arthur Orton smiled wistfully.

the Royal Society of Arts, and

of

"I was a beautiful girl, then," she

fir gure.“

referring to his world travels,said, "fair, with good colouring and declared:

"I am very proud of having been called Britain's commer- cial traveller."

The present negotiations the greater importance, us since the war trade with Turkey has difficult

been

Although there have always "been a number of British-ande nero- planes in the Turkish Air Force, the greater number have been supplied) by France and the United States,

Attempt On

High Record

She told me of ile tienes when she sold Bowers outside Burling ton Arcade, carrying a basket with her name upon it,

"People used to negue with me in the street about my father's ease,

dit nut mind."

Refused to Marry

She never married.

Insured Persons'! "Bottle Habit”

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MILLIONS MORE PRESCRIPTIONS

An increase of millions in the num- der of prescriptions dispensed for insured persons,, attributed to the growth of the "bottle habit," was mentioned by Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister of Health, at the conference of the at Bournemouth recently

of Insurance National Association

Committees,

In 12 years, he stated, the number of prescriptions issued to England and Wales had increased to 62,100,- 900, and the total east from £1,325.-; 000 to £2,100,000. The increase wag out of all proportion to the inercate. in the insured population. The matter was being considered jointly by the Ministry of Healths and the British Medical Association.

Gigantic switches, and transformers will soon control the world's grentest Bow of low-cost power from Boulder Dain across .200 miles of mountain and desert into Los Angeles. In above photo the final connection is being made on one of the huge trans-

former, six of which have been. Installed,

BRITAIN GAINS

LEAD

IN VAST

FILM

MERGER

By A Special Film Reporter

The country was sill a long way TWO statements, issued last month, have brought to a "I did not want to," she explain. ¡ from a condition of things with which || |_|| ed, "I wanted to devote my whole a Minister of Health teotako be| climax the four-months' battle for control of the

Duce Names

His Successor” -Count Ciano

Berlin, Oct. 25.

salbifled.

"The steady crease in the bun ber of upen spices and places for recreation is om of the best signs. of the times,” It is a good thing in my judgment, that FOTO inillions were spent on recreation grounds and swimming pools But year. We want mori of both.

£13,000,000 Gaumont-British Corporation. Said Mr. John Maxwell, chair- court case may follow an all-British

tan of Associated British dent Pictures:

The whale transaction has been a case of the tortoise and the hare John Maxwell being the tortoise, "Negotiations between Messrs. Ostrer and Associated British Ple-

Four years ago, any one suggesting fures in regard to Gaumont-British that John Maxwell, with his rela have been proceeding for some time tively small and struggling business. BODILY FITNESS

with a view to preventing it from, could possibly negotiate with the "All there thing help

passing under foreign control. Nego-Ostrers for control to bring

tations are

of Caumont Count Clano, Hallan Foreign Minis-about that cult

of bodily

Bow practically fitness pleted and a joint statement of the

com-would have been laughed-R ter, and Mussolini's son-in-law, is to which is in the interest of a healthy position will be issued on Monday."" But year by year Mr. Maxwell has visit Berlin shortly, to see filer.

plodded on. Kradually improving his Sald Gaumont-Brush: "IL IN not position: reducing bank loans: The Hamburger Fremdenblat pub- An attempt to improve upon the fishes to-night the

accurate to say that a deal has strengthening his dances. statement that height record figure established by Count Clano s

been completed between Gau- to be appointed

mont-Briusa and Mr. John Max- Squadron Leader F. R. D. Swain last Hallan Prime Minister in the neur

well. Discussions are proceeding. month, will, be made during the next future-Mussolini holds The Titles of

The outcome of--these-will-i-in three or four weeks.

Prime Minister, "Duce" (lender),

expected, be the subject of a joint statement early next week." and head of the Government.

The proposed £50,000,000 Alm

'PLANE WITH SPECIAL ENGINE

By An Aeronautical Correspondent

A second acroplane, which has been bullt for high flying, is being prepared; but It may not be used for the attempt. I differs from the first machine in many ways, and is afted with a Rolls-Royce Kestrel Special liquid-cooled engine.

"Count Ciano," says the news- paper, "whom Mussolini thus ind!- cates s his zuccessor, will also continue to hold the office of Foreign Minister."--Reuter.

The calculated service celling of the first machine is 64,000ft. At this

FILM ACTRESS INJURED height the rate of ellinb should full below 100ft, per minute. It should,

Hollywood, Oct. 14. therefore, be possible to obtain a Miss Claudette Colbert received a height of over 54,000ft. if the condi- slight basul fracture

of the skull tions are good, and everything goes when she collapsed to-day on return according to plan. The existing to work utter a motor-car accident record is a little below 50,000ft.

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He believed that when the Gover- ment's plans for the coming session) of Parliament were announced, | to deal with the gap between school-leaving and the entry uf youths inte insurance would be in- cluded.

Associated British now have an invested capital of around £15.- 500,000, against £13.750,000-in-the- ease of the Gaumont company. The transaction involves the pur- chase by Mr. Maxwell's company of

Sir Kingsley Wood gave the con- merger between Gaumont-British, the controlling share interest owned ference “a first-hand account" of the Fox-Twentieth-Century, and Metro by the Ostrer Brothers in the Metro- recent serious outbreak of enteric Goldwyn-Mayer has been the sub-polis and Bradford Trust. fever at Bournemouth, Poole nadject of statements and Christchurch. The outbreak 'caused statements since the end of June, the illness of over 500 people and when it was first announced. about 40 deaths,

"The outbreak is now ended," he said. "and.

д except for few secondary cases, we have seen the list of this tragic occurrence. With- in a few hours of the arrival of Dr. Shaw, of the Ministry,

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The Atlantic has been crossed alternately by the

Schericka (American interests) and the Ostrers (British).

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Detalls have been announced, only House of Commons.

Questions have been asked in the

All-British?

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Company.

More On Monday

Mr. Sidney Kent, president of Fox- Twentieth-Century, is in London. making a statement later,

He told me that he, too, would be

tlon own 350 cinemes and cafes in Gaumont-British Picture Corpora-

England.

Cinemas owned or controlled by Associated British Picture Corpora-

one dairy which received milk from Latest statements at least seem totion number 283. several farms. Pasteurisation of the indiente that British interests have

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