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Heir £10,000,000

Three-Minute Courtship:

Says He Was Drunk

THE marriage of a

£10,000,000 heir after a three-minute courtship had an amaz- ing sequel recently.

Declaring that the marriage was the result of "some excel- lent whisky," the bridegroom added: "I don't remember a thing about it."

Miss Martha Barkley, the bride, has been refused access to her hus- band, Mr. Bush Iyan, grandson of the American "Copper King." Mr. Thomas F. Ryan.

"acute After treatment for alcoholism,** the bridegroom, who is heir to part of the huge fortune left by his grandfather, Hickory. North Carolina, recently.

His lawyer said: "Mr. Ryan has one weakness-a desire at times for alcoholte beverages. He yielded to! the temptation to give North Caro- trial. whisky a mountain When he came to himself he learned, that marriage ceremony had been performed."

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The bride, however, insists that Mr. Ryan was suber, in spite of the testimony of a doctor at the hospital that he was drunk.

When he left hospital Mr. Ryan' placed himself entirely in the hands of his lawyer, and he is not seeing

Mr. Ryan is 28. his wife, who is 21.

BRIDE'S STORY

After the marriage it was revealed that M Barkley was already the mother of a baby.

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The ride went home to heri parents after spending one night in hotel with her husband. The next time she saw him was in hose pital, and she says there was no talk of annulment.

Her baby was born lu Septem- ber. Mr. Ryan knew about her former lover and about the baby, she said.

"He was terribly sympathetic, I think that was what won me.

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He asked me to marry him and I said "Yes,"

Support for Mr. Ryan's descrip- tion of his condition on the day of the wedding was given by Mr. Albert football coach, who said: Spurlock, "When I went to Ryan's room there was a girl in a baby in his fad.

"I shook him and said: "What are a girl and a you doing here with baby?

He stared as if sinned and "I don't know how this hap-

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Bride

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SHAW CHUCKLES AS IBSEN'S 'GHOSTS' GO

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London, Dec. 20. CEORGE BERNARD SHAW, who, 40 years and more ago, championed Ibsen's "Ghosts" against all the tirades of Victorian respectability, chuckled gloomily when he learned that the present revival of the play at the Vau- deville Theatre had lasted only for a three-week season and was leaving London for Cambridge at the end of this week.

"If it's lasted three weeks, it's done very well," he said over the telephone from his country house near Welwyn. "A fortnight is all that an Ibsen play will stand to-day, usually.

"I have not seen Miss Marie Ney, but she must be very good if she can draw money for three weeks,

"It's a time play, but, of course, it dates a bit. That doesn't recount

SPECIAL EMPIRE for the shortness of the run.

CABLES

CAPE TOWN DOCK CONTRACT

Cape Town,

The contract for the reclamationi and development of the foreshore

There has been awarded to the Datchi Arm, Hullundsche Annneming Mat- price being schapply, the contract

£1,125,262.

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"You see," went on the golden Irish

*415 voice that gives no hint of age, not a very cheerful play. You might call it a gloomy play.

"And it hasn't the excitement it had when it was first produced, and half of intelligent London said: "It's a masterpiece and the other half of unintelligent London said: 'It's flithy.'

"The Archbishop of Canterbury could see it without being shocked to-day.

This firm was responsible for thei construction of the dock and basin at Sucrabaya, Java, where the con- ditions were somewhat similar those that exist here..

"But a three-week run! Bless my soul. Cymbeline—by Shakes- peare and me-is only running for Wiree weeks at the Embassy, I think it must be the mark of a superior play to run for three weeks!"

wire the eluckie the Across rumbled through the beard.

"What's that? Stalls empty and or to cheaper parts of the house full?

course! That's always the case, when Arst-class piece of work is put The successful tender was

NATIONAL THEATRE lowest submitted. Work will begin

Asked whether the experience of early in 1938 and will, it is under-

Theatre stood, continue for about three and "Ghosts" confirmed him in his view for Britain.

the

un."

Mr. Shaw replied:

"Well, all can tell you is that

Federal

a half years. The construction of aon a National new dork and mole is involved.

Aircraft Pratsci-Ex-have told the American German perience has shown us that for the Theatre-a large theatre with the better is highest-priced seat at half-a-crown-- present, until something Belgrade.

Junker machines that they can produce any of my on the market. Adyar Alchiovrlich has been

with American engines are our best plays us often as they like.

Government puts sent to gaol for four and a half

"I the British years. Reason: He believed his

proposition," said Mr. Pirow, Minis-

Defence, up a similar theatre, rim on similar wife was unfaktiful, so traded

ter of Railways and of her to a soldier for a donkey.

speaking in Johannesburg. For the lines, they can depend on the same

en-operation from me. time being." he added, "they give that guarantee for safety to which the public are entitled."

NIGHT and DAY you'll be glad you kept to Johnnie Walker

No man was ever the better for mixing his drinks; and everyone who keeps to Johnnie Walker for an evening is glad the next morning that he did so.

There is something essentially clean and refreshing about the taste of Johnnie Walker-evidence of the purity and age of the fine whiskies from which it is blended. An evening with Johnnie Walker is a pleasant evening and pleasant to look back on-- so always ask for Johnnie Walker by name.

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PEASANT UNREST IN

BIHAR

Leningrad 'A Door Calcutie-To-Spies"

The province of Bihar appears to

be faced with peasant revolt which SPECIAL TRAINS FOR

threatens to assume serious propor- tions. Thousands of peasants mar- elied on Putan, demanding that the Congress Government futal its élec- tion promises.

PROPAGANDA

Moscow, Dec. 15.

The present Soviet electorul cam-

Mr. A. Sinhu, the Finance Mem-paign is mainly being "fought" against fortnight ber facing a crowd of 20,000, de- foreign agents and Trotskyist spies.

Everywhere during this clared that the Congress ministers were mindful of the debt they owed before the elections hundreds of thou the peasants, and were slowly doing sands of people march nightly to the their best to amellorate their con- public squares, illuminated with giant starchlights, and are told they must dition.

struggle against the wicked agents

capitalist The literate peasants apparent-Russlan and foreign-of

sincerely belleved that Con-Governments.

the rule meant almost

Speelal trains spread the millennium. They demand a higher gospel through the grain belts and

ly

gress

minimum price for sugur cane, re- duction of rents by half, and aboli- tion of debts owed to landlords for arrears of rent,

landlords.

sume

forests. The Soviet Press has been ordered to give almost the whole of its space to election propaganda.

Speaking at Leningrad, President Kulinin urged workers to make life impossible for foreign enemies in "Wherever he goes," their midst. said M. Kalinin, "the enemy must feel a hostile atmosphere

and the

Fatal Village Alot-One person has been killed and 24 wounded as result of police ring on a crowd of land tenants in a village in the State of Patiala. The tenants have been ground burning under him." refusing to pay land dues to the Leningrad used to be the window on to Europe, he said, but now it had loor through which un New Governor et Bengal.Lord become the door

enormous number of enemies entered Brabourne, the new Governor of Bengal, was warmly cheered when the Soviet. Such enemies were more He arrived in Calcutta recently, numerous than was supposed, The ath of allegiance was adminis

long as the capitalist regime lasts elsewhere hundreds and thou- tered by the Chief Justice. while sands of enemies will be sent to us. guns Loomed a salute. Sir John If and when the moment comes to Anderson, the retiring Governor, basfight, the fewer the number of threads left Bombay for England..

| Australia

BUSH FIRE ON SIX- MILE FRONT

Sydney.

"As

connecting the capitalist world with the Individual sples inside Russia stronger we shall be and the better It will be for the Red Army at the front."

PURGE EXPLAINED Explaining the present

purge In

the party, M. Kalinin declared that all A bush Bre, sweeping along on a left-wing groups who in the early ix-mile front near Macedon, Vic-years of the Revolution joined the toria, was only brought under con- Bolshevik party because they con- trol recently after a fight fasting 22 sidered themselves separated from it hours.

The wife and family of Mr. only by tactical detalls had now Menzies, Attorney-General, had to fallen into the hands of foreign bour abandou

their country home and geoisie, who were using them for take refuge in the Macedon golf wrecking and terrorist

The same theme was emphasised by club.

M.Vyshinsky, Chief Soviet Prosecutor the electors of Saratoff. in a speech to lie said he would "exterminate" the Trotskylst monsters to the last man. Twice the Soviet Government had It is believed that the fire was done him a supreme honour, he said deliberately started for the sake of

Macedon itself was lucky to es- cape, the fire sweeping across the rond just outside the town.

nuts.

to

he was ordered the ane young grazing grass that once when

prosecute the Zinoviel "gang" in follow fres. It was intended to August, 1930, and again in February affect a small area only, but got out this year, when he was told to show of hand, and ended in disaster.

were.

the world what flende Pintakoff, Chair of Bolany-Dr. Eric Ashby, Hudek and their fellow-conspirators of the Department of Bolany, Uni- veraity of Bristol, has been appointed by the University of Sydney to sue ceed Prot. T. GB. Osborn in the chair of botany. Prof. Orbom" has been at Sydney since 1927.

"Where else in the world," be asked, "could a lawyer and doctor of social selences, like myself, hope to be nominated to Parliament-by I workers and peasants?"

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