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THE MAJOR-AND

6 BLANK CHEQUES

Major Gerald Stapley, formerly of the Royal Field Artillery, who lived with his wife and step-child at a ten-guinea- a-wook Piccadilly flat, appeared at the Old Bailey recently with his friend, white-haired Colonel Walter Kirby,

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They are charged with conspiring: together in an attempt to Hoods and money by false pretences. Mr. G. D. McClure, prosecuúng, said: "This is the story of a strange day in the lives of these two men-when helther Colonel Kirby nor Major Shad, any money at all.

there,

Court Stops

Girl Marrying

major had the advantage of living at Stratton-street, off Picea- dilly, a very good address, though "I think your father is right," sald he did not always pay for lying Mr. Ronald Powell, the Westminster magistrate, recently to 20-years-old The manager of these flats, 61r. Una Fellingham, of Danvers-street, Dabompre, had a banking ac-Chelsen, S.W, who had applied to count, though there was no money him for permission to marry a man of 30 whose acquaintance she said in it on July 0.

she made a few weeks ago.

Carl

"On that date Major Stapley, who had Introduced the colonel as a friend, asked Dabompre to give

Mr. him six blank cheques.

"These

were obtained from the bank, and Dabompre signed them.

"At the time the colonel had just been turned out, owing rent, from

ten-shilling-n-wook,

West Kensington.

roon

In

'TO INSPIRE CONFIDENCE' Mr. McClure said the two men went to Sutton, Surrey, inspected two houses, got the owner's visiting card ("to inspire confidence"), then

tried to cash cheques at shops.

Mr. Dabompre, in the witness-box, zald Major Stapley rented a fur- hished fint at Stratton-street, W. for five weeks, but paid no rent at #1).

The Common Sergeant (Mr. Cecil Whiteley, K.C.); What In- fluced you to part with six blank cheques to Stapley--He alwaya talked to me in hundreds of thousands, He said kis money was tied up, but

would

somne

soon be coming to him. Mr. Dabompre continued: "Once

I typed a letter for him about the Western Australian Gold Mines,

"It was to a man in France.

It was to arrange for a payment

Stow-

The father, who lives at market, Suffolk, had refused his consent to the marriage, and wrote to the court stating that he did not think his daughter old enough.

Miss Fellingham said that the man, Mr. David Kelly, of Colestown-street,

At Battersen, S.W., was

present unemployed.

SHORT ACQUAINTANCE

Mr. Powell said to Mr. Kelly, "If you are really fond of this girl and want to marry her, I see no good reason why you should not wall until you have got sufficient means to pro- vide her with a proper hame. You have only known her a few weeks,"

Mr. Kelly replied that he was ex- peeting to make profits to the amount of £ 10s. a week out of a con- fectionery and cafe business he pro- posed taking.

Mr. Powell I don't want to do anything to stop you marrying her. and it you are genuine you will still want to marry her later. I think i would be most improper for you to get married until you have had a little more time to consider things.

I shall not give my consent."

of £50,000 and subsequent pay- ments of £50,000 a quarter to

the major."

B.B.C. Hunt for 'Golden Voice'

THE B.B.C. is seeking "the golden voice of Wales."

"We want to find a Welsh equivalent to Stuart Hibbard (chief London announcer)" a B.B.C. official said. "Mr. Hibbard personifies perfect English speech, We want someone who will set the standard for Welsh speech."

Stuart Hibbard is world-famous as the man who has in- troduced "B.B.C. English." Who will standardise "B.B.C. Welsh?" It need not necessarily be a man.

DYING MAN NEAR

BLOWN-UP SAFE POLICE DISCOVERY

IN CELLAR BROTHER WEEPS IN THE DOCK

Insp. Corrigan told the Gateshead Bench recently how he found a dying man beside a safe which had been blown open, and then arrested the

man's brother.

evidence, the

brother.

Tudor Jones, B.B.C. director of Welsh programmes, says that the

Welsh commentator for whom he is searching will set the standard for tablish a atundurd of spoken Welsh. standard Welsh to non-staff broad-

"Welsh speech." He wants to es-

rules of

We will not apply our

casters who will, in fact, been- couraged ta retain their

own individual pronunciation and in- flexions.

"Our own staff speakers, an- 17001003, and commentators, however, will have to conform to B.B.C. Welsh,"

broadcast

To discover Welsh talent of all kinds the B.B.C. lo hold u

ure National Eisteddfod" at Christmas. Musical, dramatic, and literary com- positions are invited from Wels' While the inspector was giving | writers. These will be submitted to

Walter the public's verdict in a Richards, 34, of Noble-street, Els competition." wick, burst into tears and continued to weep until the end of the hearing. He was remanded in custody for a week on a charge of breaking into the Prince of Wales publle house, Romulus-street, Gateshead and stealing approximately £50.

Insp. Corrigan said that after re- ceiving a lelephone message, he drove with Detectives McKin_and

Mellugh to the public house. They found Walter Richards outside the

front door with P.e. Coatsworth.

THE HONGKONG.

TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,

1938.

Great crowds of sympathisers gathered to watch the funeral procession recently of eleven of the twelve victims of the Edmonton air dizaster. Here is the head of the cortege entering the Edmonton Parlah Church, where a service was held. It will be recalled that a full report of the tragedy appeared in these columns recently.

Spinster,

Britain's Greatest

But She's

Mother

EMPIRE NEWS

RIOT INQUIRY IN INDIAN STATE

Calculla.

A committee of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the rioting in Dhenkanal, one of the Orisan States. which broke out recently. The dia- affected peasants who started the rloting will be represented on tho committee.

The unrest, which affects the small Dhen- State of Talcher, as well as kanal, is part of a movement in the small raja-ruled States to obtain re- presentative

Police government. have been obliged to open fire, and a number

of ilves have been lost. Troops of the 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers recently left: Calcutta for Dhenkanal to assist in maintaining order.

The appointment of the committee of inquiry is generally welcomed.

Mr. N. Crefeld, a State official who was injured by stone throwing dur- Ing the rioting is making satisfactory progress in Cuttack Hospital.

Assam Ministry. Mr. G N. Bardalal, the new Congress Prime Minister of Assam, has appointed the following Minister: Mr. Alloy Kumar Das, Scheduled Caste; Mr. Ramnath Das, Scheduled Caste; Mr. Kamini Kumar Sen, Independent, and Mr. Rupnath Brahma, Tribal. He will add three Moslem members to the Government,

"The

The Drum" In India-Indian agitation against the film. Drum," in the belief that it conveys a false Impression of treachery by frontier tribes, is sprending. I is unlikely that the film, which has al- ready been banned in Madras, will now be shown in Calcutin. Sabu, the 14-year-old Indlan boy, appears In the flim, which was produced by Alexander Korda,

Bir Rabindranath

Tagore, Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the poet, in reply to a letter from the Japanes poet, Yong Naguchi, deplores "the bombing of Chinese women and chil dren and the descecration of ancient temples and universities us a way of saving China for Asia," SOUTH AFRICA

JEWS & BOYCOTT OF GERMAN GOODS

Cape Town.

In the House of Assembly Mr. Morris Alexander, United party, and the spokesman of the Jewish com- munity, denied that there was an organised boycott of German goods by South African Jews.

MISS

ISS MABEL LIDDIARD is the greatest mother in

Britain. In a great house in Highgate, London, N.,eople who, Recording to she takes care of 260 babies every week. And she's been tending children for 17 years.

It was her love of babies that made her dedicate her life to

young

looking after them and their mothers. In 1920, as sister at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, she heard of a doctor in New Zealand who was pioneering in maternity work.

When the opportunity came for her to learn his methods she went to Dr. Truby King (as he was then) and took a three months' course.

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When Dr. King returned to New Zealand she started "Truby King" clinic in two small houses in Earl's Court with Nurse Patrick (now Lady Victoria Braithwalte).

MUSSOLINI MAKES SHAW RE-WRITE PLAY

Mussolini has made Shaw re- : write his latest play! Shaw fold me so himself recently.

In "Geneva," performed at Malvern this summer, Mussolini

M.P. on Why He and Hitler, thinly disguised as Bombardone and Battler, state their political faiths and argue about them.

Did Not Vote

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger

Bombardone telis Battler he is Keyes, Conservative M.P. for a fool to persecute the Jews and North Portsmouth, explained in reminds him that, since every- Richards shouted to him. "Get in statement recently why he one is descended from Abraham, inspecter, our lad la badly hurt, abstained from voting on the, there is Jewish blood in all of was blowing the safe up when Government motion in the House us-oven the Fuehrer. something went wrong with the of Commous debate on the Czech

settlement.

wires. You cellar."

will and him

CLIMBED OVER WALL

In the

Since those days, when they were delighted if ten mothers a week came to them for advice, they have grown until they have clinics all over the world.

HELPING MOTHERS

Now Misa Liddiard presides over the headquarters of the Mothercraft Training Society at Highgate, where 260 mothers and babies attend each week,

"We do everything by demonstra- tion here," Miss Liddiard said.

"Bathing tho baby, feeding the baby, cotmaking and clothes are all demonstrated so that the mothers know exactly how to do everything in practical way. "Mothers bring their babies here and we treat them for any dielic complaints and show them how to do everything for them.

"Mothers of all classes can come what

here. We only charge just they can afford."

Bolt Turns Sand To Glass

Tampa, Fla. Lightning as n glass-maker was R thunder- exhibited here durinit storm. A bolt of lightning struck n "Now," said Shaw, a

picture of tree, ran down the tree and jumped his from the tree roots to an under- lanky, rosy health, sitting in cosy, warm, book-grammed study in ground telephone cable. Along the "I have an immense admiration for Whitehail-court recently. "Mussolint underground path the heat fused

As all the entrances to the house whose undaunted courage and per- ing on the Jews,

the gallant effort of Mr. Chamberlatu, has attered my play for me by turn-sand into an irregular tube of glass. were barred, continued the inspectorsistence averted war and the oblitera-

The

into eve of zero bour," he said.

he ordered the detectives to climb tion of Czecho-Slovakia on the very over the back wall. When front door was opened he went

Robert the cellar, where he saw Richards lying unconscious near the foot of the steps. There was

bottle

OLD-FASHIONED

not a case

"The phy is to be given soon at land were going to fight-not with the Norwich Maddermarket Theatre brave front, but drifting helpless-

wonderful "He has won the gratitude of the [~0

theatre.

quickly sent for It is ny into war-be little bigger

Chamberinin. than war whole world for what he personally mediaeval room did last week to avert the catastrophe. this one, but Monck (the director Chamberlain going to Hitler, but of that time of of whisky standing at his head par- "There can be no shadow of doubt has played everything there. tially consumed.

that the people of Great Britain are has done all of Shakespeare's plays being sent for urgently. Robert Richards had serious in-united in wishing Mr. Chamberlain and, I think, all mine."

I asked Mr. Show why Mussolin! We are paying the price of our mis- chest, but was all success in his efforts to obtain a last-

In 1918. I the British Jurles to the

ng peace by appeasement and nego-had turned Jew-balter.

Government had taken the advice I -breathing.

"I treated the wound with first-tiation.

the bar.

He

"What is happening now is that

takes

I can't for the life of me under-gave them then, to treat Germany xland." he answered. shaking his with Christian chivalry, Instead of nid dressing," adding Insp. Corrigan, "There is no indication, nowever, beard.

being tyrannous and spiteful, none "and as the cellar was full of smoke that the Government, constituted as "Ifs banishment of women from of this would be happening now. I had Richards carried upstairs to it is, has the ability or even the will Government positions in ensier la

"As for the future, I think the to inake the tremendous effort to understand. Mussolini is a little old Italian Tyrol is going to be a very "Waller Richards came into the term and reorganise their national

fashioned about women,

awkward bone between Mussolini bar,

and while Robert was being defence on anything like the

acalc

"But Mussolini certainly did some and Hitler. The German 'minority placed on a stretcher I noticed he necessary to enable the Prime Ministhing useful nt Munich. Of course, there is, as far as I know, a majority. was dying.

Before he could be ter to go to the next conference and he didn't want to go to war. He has "It is no use for us to be so in- laken away in the ambulance hereet on equal terms the dictators who his hands full already.

dignant about Hitler. Our record la died,"

have aspired to dominate the world

WENT TOO FAR

And very clean one.

túlnk by force of arms.

"And neither did Hitler want to we make a great mistake in lying, "As I am passionately convinced go to war. Hitherto he has always not only about Russia, but also about

with дл extraordinary Germany. that, unless the Prime Minister is known

"People forget that Nazism means thus fort!ßed, there is little hope of sagacity just how far to go to get

without warfare. National Sociollam. If you ask me achieving a Insting and honourable jwhat, he wants

difference between Russian peace, I felt I could not conscientious-This time he went an inch too far. the

"When he learnt that we ly support the Government's motion

and German National word Bolshevism asking for unqualified approval of digging trenches in our back gardens Socialism, I cannot for the life of their policy."

and were terrified out of our lives, me tell you."

The inspector said that he searched the dead man's pocket and found £1.10. 3d, which Walter Richards uld he had taken from the attache ense which was against the safe, After the body had been removed to the mortuary he cautioned and charged Walter Richords.

Richards replied, "That's right, will help you, inspector."

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How was it, asked Mr. Alexunder, allegations in the House, controlled the trade of the world had not been able to prevent the importation of German goods to the Union from in- creasing by more than £1,000,000 in

19377

Imported Furniture.--Mr. Eric Louw, formerly Union High Com- missioner in London and now a Nationalist M.P., sinies that last year the value of furniture Imported into the Union was £120,000, compared with £60,000 in 1930. Most of the furniture came from Czechoslovakia In sections, and was assembled in South Africa. This type of com- petition, said Mr. Louw, was most unfair.

Man Proposes In Court

Hull.

When twenty-one-year-old Alice Moran was accused at Hull recently of stealing from the inn where she worked, a young man said to the Mr. J. R. magistrate, stipendiary Macdonald, "I will marry her."

Said Mr. Macdonald to the young man, when putting the girl on pro- bation:

"If you are a decent fellow and there is any good in her you can do much more towards saving her than any judge or magistrate.

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