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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, .1938.

MIDNIGHT "GHOST" HUNTS IN TOWER Eat at

OF LONDON

Booby-Traps For A Phantom Wailer

By D. CROSBY FISHER

As the first stroke of midnight rings out over the gloomy precincts of the Tower of London these nights, Yeomen Warders look questioningly at one another, soldiers of the garrison returning to their quarters hasten their steps. Will it come to-night? they ask.

Each night for a fortnight, the peace of the ancient and grim prison-fortress was disturbed by a blood- curdling shriek: regularly as the 12th stroke of the Tower clock died away it came, starting as a low moan and welling-up to a scream.

But the Tower authorities do not associate these unnerving manifestations with any nocturnal wanderings of Anne Boleyn (with or without "hend tucked underneath her arm"), or with the still-painful recollectiona of some victim of the torture- chamber.

They are seeking to end the visitations by expedients such as watchers in hiding, and thread stretched across windows and doorways to betray the phantom waller's route.

For, though the official view is Dist a member of the Oxford and Bucke Light Infantry-now stationed at the Tower is responsible, and therefore emerges from (or at least returns eventually to) barracks, the "ghost" has no fixed venue for his perform-

Ances.

AMONG THE TOMBSTONES

One night the cry arose from the vicinity of the chapel of St. Peter wi Vincula an appropriate scene, since it overlooks the site of the reaffold, and hon "two dukes between two queens, all four beheaded," lying be- fore its high altar.·

selves.

transferred Itself

to

to emanate

Tower, scene of Colonet Blood's st-

Sleeping Woman

Falls In The Sea

Saved

By Passing Ship

Mr. Fong Gin Tone (third from left), prominent San Francisco Chinese newspaper proprietor, photographed wiir friends after his arrival by Clipper from America. Mr. Fong is searching for an Ideal giri who will represent China as "Miss China" at the New York World Fair.

De Verteuil Mourns, Writes To Daughter

FREDERICK J. de VERTEUIL, disbarred barris-

ter, sent a message of congratulation to his daughter, Leonie, when she was married recently ago, on her twenty-first birthday, to Pilot Officer John Goodhart Mason. He said, "This will lighten my burden."

A fortnight later he sent her a message of condolence. He had learned that her bridegroom had been killed in un R.A.F. crashi ut Shipton-under-Wychwood In Oxford.

shire.

Leonic de Vertoull's brother said "The news has upset him tremendous- ly, us it has all of us. We thought

A woman who fell over-we had had all the upsets one family

could have.

In October 1937 Pilot Officer Mason,

crowned t

| was newly drowned in an unsuccess- a fellow-pilot

their

plane and sank, at

from drowning when Lunan Day, near Montrose, Forfar-

crashed into the sea.

The next night watchers iny in waiting behind the tombstones out-board in her sleep and was side, only for the ery from high up in the barracks them-given up as lost was recently So n sentinel was secreted in the brought to Bushire, Persian clock-tower; whereupon the phantom Gulf, by another ship two the Martin days after she fell into the tempt to steal the Crown Jewels. sea. And she cannot swim. Johire.

By this net the "ghost" seemed to establish itself as a belog with few nerves, if of normal flesh and blood, for the Martin Tower has a quite recent reputation for being haunted; some years ago the womenfolk officinis then in residence complained of massive doors flying open without

touch of hand,

~TAKE

TO HEELS"

of

The woman, Fathomeh, went to sleep on deck with her husband. Bul the ship rolical and the wife woke up in the sea.

When the ship arrived at Bushire the authorities were informed of her loss.

Next day a regular service vessel As lhe rries have not been board parrived with Fathumeh. She had since last week-end, there is some been found struggling in the water. suggestion that the spectre may have scared itself to death,

Be that as it may, the midnight watch for the phantom goes on; and if he does reappear, and is caught, he wi

will need all his elfin powers to escape the nemesis of disturbers of! military peace.

Wrestler Loses All Around

Oakland, Cal. Frank Foster,

wrestler, After all, though it may be some

gigantic people's idea of a joke to to wailing became a three way loser all in one about at midnight, it is no joke huy- |bout here. First, he lost the match; ing to stand in cold and cerie arch-secund, he lost his head and tried ways waiting for the Joker to appear. to hit the referee with the wooden N.C.O. who knows told me: steps leading up to the ring, and "The Tower is not the most congenial then, under the terms of the match, of places at night; and when that cry he was shorn of all his Summon-like goes up, even the most practical man locks and beard.

As one

feels a bit strange when he's lurking near a tombstone or on sentry-duty alone at some out-of-the-way spot. "I have seen youngsters re- turning to barracks practically take to their heels Across the paradeground,

"Rumours of the midnight shrieks have even reached our headquarters at Colchester, where another detach ment of the regiment la preparing inke over our duties at the Tower. When we do lay our hands on that Jaker, he'll be for iL" "SHOCK" TACTICS

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plied.

be

For three-quarters of an hour he struggled in the waves to save his colleague.

"The

""

Terror Resigns

Divisional Det.-Inspector Ro- bert Halliday"The Cheat" to the Landon underworld, because of his amazing power of disguise the from -retired recently

29 Metropolitan Police after yenra' service,

Det.-Inspector Halliday, who is 40,

cara

EMPIRE

NEWS

WAVE OF UNREST

IN KASHMIR

Recently there has been consider- able unreat in Kashmir, and on come occasions it has been necessary to call out troops. The district mögis- trate has had issue a warning to the public not to throw stones or other missiles at the police or troops, under penalty of being fired upon. There have been several cases of rowdylam, and on one occasion the fire brigade came to the assistance of the

police and dispered a crowd with a hosepipe.

The Gangella Basin. — Evidence

that the pre

stream

e present day Gangetle Busin

to exist In the

of comparatively recent origin has. been found by the Zoological Survey

India when

the investigating fauna of the Rajmahal Hills, Hill nat hitherto known only in the hills of Assain, it Eastern Himalayas, in Burma and

been discovered. further cast hav

have been Police Hanger Strike-Sections of the Cawnpore pol

police have been fast- ing us

with orallon of sympathy

who is now under trial on a criminal charge. Dist |ciplinary action has been taken by

the authorities. AUSTRALIA

are

DUTCH FARMER IMMIGRANTS

MELBOURNE.

Many thousands of Dutch farmers want to emigrate to Australia, but prevented by lack of money, according to Dr. II. A. Colijn, the Assistant General Passenger Mann- ger in Batavia of K.P.M., the Dutch shipping

who is in Australia on a visit, is a son of the Prime Minis- ter of the Netherlands,

expert

from

An agricultural Holland will probably visit Australia soon, says Dr. Colijn, and the next to be the preparation of a step is report for the formation of a co- operative company to finance likely migrants. In any case, it is un- likely that there will be any appre clable flaw of Dutch migrants to Australia for 10 months.

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Flight With Broken Propeller-Mr. 1. 0.

O. Brown, of the Essendon Aero Club, near here, has flown aeroplane a distance of 30 miles with broken propeller. Flying near Belgrave, Victoria, hls machine struck high-tension wires, breaking | pieces off each blade of the propeller. In spite of this the plot managed to keep the aeroplane above stalling speed.

His young widow attended the has recovered £200,000 worth of tuneral, which was hetd, with full stolen cars, a police record. In one CANADA milltary honours, at the dead officer's haul in 1929 he recovered depol, No. 6 Flying Training School, valued at £10,000, and secured the BRITISH GOVERNMENT Bourton-on-Water, near Cheltenham.conviction of a North London garage

OFFICER FOUND

Second Lieutenant Frank Ducsbury, the 20-years-old subaltern who has been missing from his regiment since Septem- ber 11, has been found in Dublin. At his home at Avondale-road, Bromley, Kent, it was stated that his fother, Colonel Duesbury, had left for Eire to bring him home.

Second-Lieutenant Duesbury, who

But what the charge might I could not discover "imp- was posted to the 2nd Bn. Leicester- ersonating one of his Majesty's late shire Regiment from Sandhurst on subjects" perhaps?

September 9, disappeared from Postscript: It is with regret that Malplaquet Barracks, Aldershot.

unable to work the B-y would have been such opportunities Palestine on September 15. Tower into this narrative. There His regiment left Aldershot for for literary "shock" neties in the

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have been

It is believed that his absence is

hosts of the murdered Princes. due to loss of memory through

proprietor.

In his disguises Halliday used to go into rambling dens and thiever haunts in the East End to find out his victims' secrets. An- other of his nicknames was "The Terror."

He was Involved in seven murder cases, the most famous being that of | Field, an ex-RAF._man, who mur- dered a woman at Clapham after he had been acquilted of the murder of another woman in Soho.

& CANADIAN OIL

CALGARY. Mr. R. A. Brown, chairman of the Alberta Petroleum Association, has promised "every co-operation" w the British Government in the plans which, according to reports received here from London, it is considering for the development of the Turner Valley Oilfields, south of Calgary.

The plan is, reported to include the

line Vancouver.

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construction

of

a

never

A German Arm, incorporated in Berlin, recently offered to build a Inspector Hafilday said: "1 consider similar pipeline, taking oll by way that serious crime in London is on of payment, but the offer the wane, and this is undoubtedly reached the stage of negotiations.

the Flying Squad. The due to criminal finds that the Flying Squad is always at his elbow. He has 'MUDDLE-HEADED’ transferred his activities to the North, and London is left with practically VIEW OF LAW clean slate."

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A New Operation In the interests of accuracy, how overstudy. ever, it has to be admitted that the

Striking relief has been afforded "ghost" has not yet ventured so far By "for it" I gathered that a nice south as the well, the Tower I have said his mind might have slipped ten removal of the thyroid gland in the When he disappeared his father in cusce of severe heart pain by the little period of detention wna Im-mentioned.

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the cardiographic department, St. Mr. John Francis sald that acting Bartholomew's Hospital, and

Mr.

J. on instructions, he asked Miller to Paterson Ross, surgeon to the hospital. repair broken upper denture.

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can only be applied to a certain type In reply to Miller, Francis said "A

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and two patient or At anything in the patient's have shown Improvement,

mouth," have since died.

Miller sald that under the Act of One man of seventy-three who could walk only fifty yards had after-1878 dentistry was defined as dental clearly surgery. An operation was wards been able to walk four miles. defined as an extraction of a tooth. Three men were back at work, one as

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I Sambo's fetish, half elephant?

(10).

6 Modern weapon or

head (4).

Surrender (10).

10 Victorian statesman bakers shovel (4).

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14 With an attached after he

would be foul (5).

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12 Boer war leader (0).

17 Animal in 22 across (3). 18 "Tla strange but this sort

person is not found in the best circles (9).

of

(5).

a steeplejack, another as a silver that there seemed to be a muddle-

Mr. D, Barticy, prosecuting, replied 21 Famous golfer or material line'

(5). smith, and the third as a car works headed interpretation of the law. 22 Unnecessary advice to the hiker Coreman. Another man could now Up to the Act of 1921 anyone could work in his garden and ride a cycle, carry on the whole trade of dentistry 23 A topping feature in the vegu- and a woman who had previously to under the old Act of 1878 withou! table world (9). Tie on a bedcouch could now walk any restriction except that he must | 25 "Golden ---- again.

not call himself a dentist.

The reason for the effectiveness of

Miller announced that he intended the operation is not yet clear, though to appeal.

several theories have been advanced. The length of time that has elapsed proves that this measure is of great

and girla oll chimney-sweepers, come to dust" ("Cymbeline")

must,

(3)

26 Part of the Hellenic heavens (ask some classical expert) (5). 27 A saintly Atlantic island (0),

and lasting benent in appropriately Wo wish to inform our customers 32 Corn that is this may have to choven cases, it is added.

that

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This city's Chamber of Commerce has found a new field of activity. It has underinken to care for babies of delegates attending all conventions here. The bables will be "parked" In the San Jose Day Nursery at 50 cents a day, including lunch.

Mr. Ahmed Din whose cut and fit in Ladies 20 popular has roturned from his short leave.

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been used before? (10),

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1 Club spice (4).

2 A form of poem (4).

3 This trawl is to catch fish not

their enemy (6),

4 Foreign soldier (5),

5 Weed that is divided

breakfast tablo (9).

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7 A reason why some of the ac-

count is incorrect (10).

8 A Norse hero with a Morse

tall? What rubbish (10).

11 Many with colour become use-

less stuff (0).

13 This word is often abbreviated

by pools (3).

15 Epithet for the space you are

Diling up (10).

16 This means a

fewer (10),

competitor the

10 Town of Italy (0),

20 A modern inn perhaps (9).

24 Can only a fearsome person be

held in this loch? (3).

20 Sec about the beast; something

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