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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1936.

Film Clerk Says He Is An Earl "CHARACTER"

But He's Been Too Busy To Worry

The British Museum is exhibiting

a Ane collection of elephant tusks which belonged to the late King George, who received them ነ። presents when visiting the colonies when he was Duke of York,

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New York, Nov. 15.

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with the necessary qualifications of a million dollars each and Woman

PRESENT EARL

IS PUZZLED

STUDIES HIS FAMILY TREE

By GWYN LEWIS

THE twenty-year-old Earl of Devon will sit in his

Tibet nederham Castle, Exeter, this weekend, poring over ancient documents testing his right to the title. He succeeded to it only last year,

He will study the genealogica)! history of his family, one of the oldest in England, as the result of a clerk's claim to be the right- ful holder of the title.

This is the perpurd to the publica- tion recently of a picture of Lady Evelyn Franees Courtenay after her wedding the prvious day. She is the earl's sister.

The clerk la Mr. Austin Denis! Harry Courtenay. After sewing the picture he wrote: --

"I claim to be the Eart of Deram by direct deacent, I have never knaton this claim to be disputed, although I am aware of the fact that Powder- ham Castle and other extates are in

the hands of another branch of the family."

I found the claimaan in dales office la land of make-beltevr, where derams are daily made to mome true cinema for the utertainment of audiences.

Mr. Courtenay is cleek-in-charge of the wardrobe at 1lm studios at Den- ham, Bucks.

Ju

softly spoken, quiet-

of forty-three, mannered married, with seven children, und living In a neat but modest home near the studios.

He murmureut as he sat writing: "Just let me fill in this requisition for a dozen patra of silk stockings for Marlene Dietrich, and I tell talk to

LOST PAPERS

He said, "I worked for four years In the drawing office of a consulting i

trouble, to-day joined the vil engineer until the outbreak of

Millionaires' Alimony De- fence League.

The league aims at rid- ding America of one of its greatest rackets.

Are

These men are all targets for alimony-seekers. They pledged to spend some of their millions to bring about changes in the alimony laws and to pre- vent them from being "irresistible temptation to un- scrupulous women."

THOUGHT WAR HAD BEGUN

MAN WHO DID NOT READ NEWSPAPERS

an

Paris, Nov. 1. When the mock air-raid atarn scunded last Friday night. Joseph Raise, aged 85, living alone, turned on the gas taps in fils bouse, think- ing the war had begun.

Rescued in the nick of thing, he re- covered

consciousness yesterday. His action in gassing himself was, he paradoxically explained to-day, due to his dread of gas bombs.

"I never read the newspapers," he said. "I thought when the syrens screamed and the lights went out that it was another war, and I have too bad recollections of the last one

want to see another."-Reuter.

to

war, when I went to France.

"I was demobilised at the end of! the tar, but my employer had died, and I went to the City. I worked in a stockbroker's office down after the until it closed Hatry crash.

"I went straight from the City to i snatcher's shop, where 1 served be- ! hind the counter, did the books, and run errands for eighteen months.

"Since then i have been a'furm labourer, a temporary postman, 0 milk romvisman,

gardener, heaven knows what. I have worked in as Fast End factory, and have four navvying.

ever i became rleh I shall do something about it, because it was my father's wish that I should. In fact, it is a family tradition that the earldon should be claimed.

"Papers Inst by my father would have gone far towards proving our claim. 1 have always been brought up to regard myself as the rightful earl."

"UNASSAILABLE”

A few hours later I saw Lleulcnu the Eart of Devon, of the Coldstream Guards, at Windsor Barracks.

He said, "My name is Charles Christopher Courtenay, but I have no Knowledge

of Austin Denis Harry

Courtena

"1 am certain my right to the title unassailable, but if you will give me particulars of the claimant's family I will go carefully through our genealogical papers this week-end, and see if there is the slightest doubt to my right."

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HE SEES BACKWARDS

Wheeling, November 10. Harold Elliott of Moundsville, sees everything backwards. Ilis second grade teacher discovered his peculiarity as he wrote from the right side of a page.

She took him to Dr. G. L. Gallaghor, Moundsville oculist, who said he believed the youth's condition was caused by improper co. ordination between the eyes and the brain.-United Press.

HANDBOOKS INSTEAD

OF ACTION.

MAINTAINING its policy of keeping the public informed on air defence matters, the National League of Airmen has in. vestigated Government measures for protecting civilians against · air attack.

According to the League's president. Captain Norman Mac- millan, in a statement to the London press, "the Government is merely toying with the fringe of the problem.'

Capl. Macmiline pointed out that while France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan. Sweden, and Portugal have already carried out regular full-scale air-vald drills, under realistic condi lions, for the entire population of large citing (with fines and inprison- ment for non-participants), and are providing

ing public shelters and Oman- dally assisting householders shop-krepers to provide their own, our Home Omer prepares handbooks which the publie may either buy be ignore.

της

and

told by the Home Offer that it has all the assistance 11 requires for the time being.

A WAITING LIST The only anti-gas school is at Fal- arid, Glos, 138 intles from Londo and five miles from a railway station. ere the Home Office is training in- structors at the rate of only 20 a werk.

The course occupies a fortnight. There is a waiting list of between 3,10 and 14,000 applicants..

Recently the N.L.A. reminded the German and Italian B.B.C. that stations regularly broadcast lectures on uir-defence driii.

The Director of Talks replied that

the Home Office might not desde

Propaganda of this nature, that it for the night

unsuitable prove

the microphone, and that he had not yet

"Thr people of London. principal and most vulnerable city in the world, know nothing of ale-raid drilt or air-raid precau- tions, and the measures taken by the Government are lamentably short of what our elvil population has every right to expect," added Captain Macmillan,

N.I..A. axelation executives who have offered their servies ns in- structors in air-rald precautions are

been approached by the Home Office

the matter,

Capt. Mnemillum added: "Cin any battleship stop or help to prevent an ale raid on London

No. It war No. Or anywhere else? ever comes, the population will ery not for battleships but for bombers."

Kipling

Baby Found In Prince's Heroine

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For years the Russian, known as the had lived in Prince Kerkotl, hotel in a poor quarter of the city,

is dearest possession seemed to Writing In the current British Medical Journal, Dr. John Hill, sur-be a 'cello, without which he never

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and love," Rudyard Kipling, telling of India'a gratitude to

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for a fund she established to supply her women with medical aid, wrote the story in verse. These are two lines of it.

One day last month the heroine atd.. years of his porn died, 93 She had outlived her husband, Viceroy of India more than half a century ago, by 34 years, and all her four sons as well.

DEAD 20 YEARS Often he was seen sitting on

the Paris parks

The eldest was killed al Lady- "It will often be found that some bench in one of

smith in 1900 during the Boer War. measure of harmony can be restored hugging the cello case in lus arms.

who succeeded to the A few weeks ago the Prince left The second, to the discordant perceptions if the sufferer can

journey, leaving his title, died in 1018. The third was be persuaded to con- the hotel for a centrate all his attention on the belongings as guarantee for his un-killed in 1917 in the great war; the horizon while walking, keeping paid bill, and later wrote to the pro-fourth in the Meopham air crash in 'blind spot for the intervening [prietor, asking him to sell the con- 1030.

Lady Dufferin had three daughters. waves," he states, by way of helpful tents of his trunk.

Inside the trunk the proprietor Two, Lady Novar and Lady Hermione advice.

the 'cello case lying under a Blackwood, were with her at the end. found

The third, Lady Victorla Braith- Dr. Hill mentions' a personal ex-cosaacht uniforin.

And he opened the case to find in-waite, seriously ill, had not known perience.

side it not 'cello, but the mummi- her mother was Indisposed. A storm at sea produced wide-fied body of a little boy with fair hoir spread sea-sickness, but at the first and still rosy lips who, a police doc- suspicion of real danger many victor said, must have been dead for 201 Ums lost all the despandency of ses- years. sickness int on eestisy of hynn singing.

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VATICAN & MARRIAGE ANNULMENT

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THE Arta Apostolicae Sedis, i amelal gazette of the Holy Scr.| published a statement to clarify the inwa regulating petitions for the annulment of marriage. This follows Information that there have been two cases of impersonation during the preparations for petition for

annulment.

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"I'M NOT

COMING

BACK"

FERRING-ON-SEA,

NOV. 15.

[R. J. H. THOMAS HAS

MR.

NO INTENTION OF In each case à married woman tund bribed a girl to impersonate her. ENTERING PUBLIC The official gazetic has, therefore,

drawn the attention of counsel act LIFE AGAIN.

ing in annulment cases to the need To-day, at his seaside retreat.

of observing strictly the regulations he talked about the differ- whereby the identity of witnesses ent rumours now being circu- em be established without possibility lated that he may again enter of mistake. No change has been made in the regulation themselves.

Nazi Girls Told To Smarten Up

Berlin, Nov. 8. German girls are being officially exhorted to smurten their appearance by discarding "free and easy" styles of dressing and wearing more formal clothes.

Parliament.

"The rumours are entirely fool- ish," he said. "This is the first time that have heard any talk about going once again into the public limelight."

Ex-Cabinet Minister Thomas, util recently a prominent figure in poll- ties, has become the complete coun- try gentleman

WORK IN GARDEN Every day he goes into his garden, where he tends his flowers and "Why should we dress in sackcloth, vegetables. This is one

of the seeing that Heaven has given us favourite occupations of the man who silk?" asics Hitler Youth, which ence:swayed Parliament and political criticises the tendency of Nazi youth

affairs as Minister for the Dominions

to storn fashion and over-emphasise and previously as Lord Privy Seal

hitters' and punsant costumes.

"It will not do," the periodicat writes, "for you to imitate those who go to the opera in plus-fours and in sports-shirts, tramp across the polish- ed floot,

and ridicule the conductor's

tails.

"But now am very happy," he said. "I play. Kolf. I browse about the garden, and I take long walks along the sands.

"In my house here I am be- ginning to realise the meaning of being an ordinary householder. "Wear your uniform when you are "This simple life is just marveli on duty, your country, costumes on lous.. Can you wonder that after the meadow, but on festive occasions, the lovely, tline which both my wife dress festively. Enjoy pretty clothes and myself enjoy here that I have and do as others do without com- no craving to go back to the whirl] punction."-Router.

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