1938-11-21 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1938.

OIL KING'S

EX-WIFE Christ

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MARRY COUNT

He Is Exile

From

Russia

Wealthy Lady Lydia Deterding, ex-wife of Sir Henri Deterding, millionaire oil king, is to marry Count Hilarion Woronzow-Daschkow, 28-years-old Russian exile, who claims to be a direct descendant of Peter the Great.

Their engagement will be officially announced shortly. "Count Hilarion is terribly in love with Lady Lydia Deterding," a friend said recently. "They first met at a cocktail party about three years ago, and at once became friends.

"When Lady Deterding went to Cannes for a holiday this summer Hilarion followed her, and it was there that they became secretly engaged,"

Count Hilarion Woronzow-Dasch-

kow, who lives in Upper Berkeley-

Tailor's Dummy Stops a Tram

Applying his brakes violently to avold running over what. appeared to be a well-dressed man rolling full length across the train track in Pinstone-street, Shemfeld, tram-driver jumped out and went to his aid,

He bent over him and found the "pedestrian was a dressed model blown from a tailor's shop, after had been a plate-glass window shuttered by the wind.

"Greatest Roinsman

Honoured

Placerville, Cal.

A plaque has just been dedicated here with the following inscription: "To Remember Hank Monk, the Who World's Greatest Relasman, Drove Horace Greeley From Corson

city to Here in 1959, Making the 199

Miles in 10 hours."

street, Mayfair, Is slim and dark-CRISIS NEWS IN LINES! haired, and looks younger than his

years.

When he was 10 he escaped with: his family to Constantinople.

From

there he was taken to Parls, where he went to school.

FASHION EXPERT

He bas tried his hand at dress- designing, und for a time worked with a West Eng fashion house.

Lady

"

Delerding, fair-faired, attractive, was first married to a General Bagraiunt, an Armen- lan. There was a divorce, and In 1024 sio married Sir Henri Deterdlog at a London register office.

For 12 years Sir Henri and his wife, who had two daughters, Lydia

HUNDREDS RUSH

TO GET MARRIED

in

Almost every register office London has had six times the usual: number of applications [about six or seven for wedding licences during crisis week.

Registrats' telephone bells rang continuously with inquiries from prople wanting to know how soon they could morry.

A number of R.A.F. officers were

and Olga, divided their time between to be bridegrooms. Inshionable London and -Parls.

Keen winter sports fans, they owned;

at St. Moriiz.

"

BIG JUMP

IN BRITISH SHIP SALES

Total value at exports of British goods for October was the highest £3,477,487 and more than in August.

In 1038 a divorce was granted to Marylebone Register Ofice was since March last Lady Deterding at the lingue (Hol-crowded recently with people fitting land) Court. According to Dutch on gas-masks that a bridal couple custom the action was brought in frs. Elyzabeth Woodcock, daughter Lady Deterding's malden name of Lydia Pavlovna Koudoynraft.

MADE A PRINCESS After the divorce Lady Deterding, returned to the society of White Russinns.

She paid for the establishment of a Russian school in Paris, and the Grand was rewarded by

who made her Duke Cyril, "Princess Donslaya."

time

Nowadays she spends most of her in her luxurious flat in Paris. but when in this country she lives Buckhurst Park, the beautiful

at

Full Board of Trade returns, issued recently, Indicate that the Improve- of the late Brig.-General Grenfell, ment was largely due to the delivery and Mr. Edward John William Davies, of new ships. thirty-two-year-old financier, of The value of these new vessels, Porthcawl-had to be taken to the which included six warships, was

for basement for the marriage ceremony. £2,003,250, whereas in August this

year

accounted

only ships 148,917, and in September last year the figure was £210,007.

Eighteen Southampton schools were taken over recently as gas-mask dis- school tribution centres. In one senior pupils helped to assemble and fit the masks.

Although the total increase com- pared with August was mainly due 10 one group, the figures of other in- dustries indicate that no further gen- Jeral recession took place in

export trade last month, in spite of the disturbance enused by the poll-

There are now sufficient air raidtical crisis. estate neur Ascot which she and Sir shelters in Middlesex for 2,000,000 of Henri inade their English country the 2,100,000 population. The others;

will be completed shortly.

home.

Mother Of 4 Killed

In Her Home

Staggering from his home one recent morning with a wound in his head, Mr. Sydney G. Paul, of Rosebury Vale, Ruislip, cried, "There's a man in the house," and collapsed.

our

LOWER PRICES Compared with a year ago, a de- erease was again shown in exports, but the decline was less

than In several preceding months this year. Imports recorded a decline of nearly £13,000,000, partly owing to the lower prices now ruling compared

with a year ago.

.

This is how the effcial figures for last month compare with previous months:

IMPORTS at £75,000,000 were an increase of £900,033 over the pre- vious month, but decrease of £12,843,430 on the corresponding month of last year. The figures for September 1937 were £1.194.049

a

higher than August 1937.

EXPORTS (excluding re-exports) at £39,000,957 were

neighbour raced to the house and found Mr. Paul's 39-more dam the previous month but years-old Belgian wife, Claire, dying in a flower-decked suntrap balcony, also with severe wounds in her head.

were at the bedside.

WOUNDED IN WAR

the

previous the

year.

were

Church At Sunset t

"Day to dying in the west, Heaven is touching earth with rest, Wait and worship while the night Sets her evening lamps alight Through all the sky.“

-Lathbury -John Bechtel,

Kowloon Tong

EMPIRE NEWS

TREASURE SHIPS OF TABLE BAY

Capetown.

During dredging operations in Table Bay for the new harbour, the remains of many wreeks have been struck.

The latest to be located is that of a vessel, apparently a frigate or ship of Sixteen the line of the 18th century. cannan, which it is believed formed part of the vessel's armar vnt have been found.

Many of the wrecks in Table Bay are thought to contain treasure,

Equipment-Mr Detenco Force

of Pirow, Minister Defence, has stated in the House of Assembly that the Union Defence Force is equip ped with artillery and small arms of

those the same calibre

used by the United Kingdom's military forces. Mr. Pirow also said that it would not be in the public interest to divulge what provisions had been made at Union ports for minesweepers, mine- layers, and other defence croft.

Polical Truce. "Dit Proposed Kerkbode," the organ of the Dutch -suggested Reformed Church, has that the Voortrekker centenary cele brations in December should be made the occa

occasion of a political truce among tht parties.

Bush Fires Menace-To stop the devastating veld and bush fires of re-

PAID FOR DEAD cent years, the board of trustees of

WOMAN'S KEEP

Owing to a clerical error, a man and his two sons paid maintenance for six years after the death of the man's wife at a Surrey mental hospital.

The error was revealed in a cent report of the Surrey Public Assistance Committee.

re-

in the

the Kruger National Park Transvaal have decided to burn the veld systematically every two years. The fires are ascribed to the careless- ness of motorists, AUSTRALIA

DOCK DEFENCE FOR PRISONERS

Sydney.

The English system of dock defence Into the New has been Introduced South Wales courts and is proving beneficial.

A prisoner, having been granted in the lower court a certificate for legal ad, is thus able at his trial to plek counsel from barristers present in court to conduct his case.

Two

women named B. E. and E. E. E., chargeable in the hospital, were both transferred to another mental hospital on the same day. In Victoria a different system ob- Owing to the error the relatives of tains. There prisoners on capital or E. E. had been charged with the non-capital charges may apply to the cost of her maintenance since her

for legal aid free of charge, Crown death in 1932, the husband and two the application being granted if the sons paying a total of £07 11s.

authorities are satisfied that the op- The mistake was discovered an plicant is indigent. the death of E. E. E. Repayment While this system does not give to has been made to the relatives of the prisoner the actual freedom of

E. E.

ZENA DARE'S DAUGHTER

Married At Greenock

Naval Officer

choice of available counsel that exists in New South Wales, barristers in Vietoria maintain that their system is the superior.

Capt. A. Junner-Capt. Alexander Junner, a Scottish master mariner, who took part in many rescues at sea, 77. has died in Brisbane at the age of

To He held the gold medal of the Ship- wreek Relief Society of New South Wales and the Royal Humane So- ciety's medal and certificate. BURMA

The marriage was confirmed be- in fore Sherlir Narinan Macdonald

گواری

Greenock Sheriff Court, recently, of MONKS LAUNCH "BUY Lieutenant A. R. Cheyne, R.N., son

Colonel

Reginald Edmonston BURMESE" CAMPAIGN and Mrs. Cheyne, of Three Bells, Cheyne, of the 8th Cavalry (ret.),

Rungoon,

He

thin

Ditchingham, near Bungay, Norfolk, A "Buy Burmese" campaign has and Miss Marie Louise Brett, daughter been launched in Rangoon and other of the late Colonel the Hon. Maurice perts of Burma by groups of Buddhist Lane, Brett and the Hon. Mrs. Brett, Park monks and patriotic youth organisa-

London.

tions. The campaign is thought to be The bride's mother is Miss Zenajan outcome of the recent Indo-Bur- Dare, the neiress. Her father, who mese riots in Burma. died suddenly in 1934, was brother of Burmese women are being urged to |

Viscount her.

use pinni, a Burmese hand-woven the present

cloth, for their Jackets instead of the Zena Dare in 1911. very married Miss

white foreign linen, There were three children of the

Burmese

already of whom Mig Marie Brett pinni on a large scale. marriage, is the youngest. She is a niece of

Japanese Goods Boycott-Chinese the Ranee of Sarawak, who is Lord pawnbrekers in Rangoon have joined Esher's

her's younger sister.

In a boycott of Japanese goods. No Lieutenant Cheyne is engaged on longer will Rangoon residents be able Admiralty work at Messrs. Scotts to raise money by offering us pledges Shipyard, Greenock, and has been articles manufacturer of originating residing at 11 Caddtehill Terrace in Japan. te has joined Greenock Wanderers Rugby Club.

and

Attending the ceremony were Mrs. mother of Lieutenant

CANADA

men are

using

CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION

Ottawa.

July last year

Canada's production of crude pe- The witnesses were Ernest Mill, troleum In July was 083,332 barrels. naval offleer, residing at the Army This was a new monthly record. arad Navy Club, Pall Mall, London. The production in June was 537,-

presently of 32 Kertland Street, 654 barrels, and in Glasgow, and Mr. Angela M. B. 244,931 barrels. Thornton,

4 Culross Street, London. The engagement notice was publish- ed only a week before, and the inarriage arrangements were kept a close secret.

£4,454,121 less than the correspond ing month of last year. Figures for September 1937 were £1,804,873 Meanwhile another neighbour early hours of the morning, and the higher than those for August 1937.

Cheyne, RE-EXPORTS at £4,037,952 were

Chyne: below

Lady £1,008,104 dialled 999, and in a few minutes whole of the family were rescued in

Ester, grandmother of Mr. J. Broadhurst, who found Mrs.month and £1,107,816 below

the bride; and Lieutenant C. C. police and an ambulance arrived, their night-clothes.

Gosling, a "She was dressed as corresponding month of inst

a brother officer and Rugby Mrs. Paul was taken to Hillingdon Paul, said:

clubmate, and his wife. 1037 County Hospital, where she died that any housewife might be in the morn-September

Ögures night while Scotland Yard oficers, Ing. except that she had no shoes £1.481,332 below August 1937. under Chief Inspector Burt and Div-over her ankle socks. Everything MORE FOOD IMPORTED sional Detective Inspector Ferrler, appeared to be in order in the house." In imports, the total of the food, drink, and tobacco section last month Another neighbour sald: "Mr. Paul showed an increase on September but the was an Australian who, I believe. last year of £1,530,952, met his wife in Belgium while on movements in the various groups war service. He was badly wound- were irregulur. Grain and four fell ed, and his wife, who was a nurse, £1,081,044. In the case of wheat, nursed him back to health. Mrs. however, while the total value was At a late hour ho was still at the Paul could talk very little English" lower by £410,984 the quantity re-

Mr. W. Beck, a friend of the couple, ceived was

1,590,232 cwt, larger. station, and met his brother, who was said: "I saw Mr. Paul about seven Raw materials recorded a decrease called from Peterborough,

o'clock that evening, when he seem-of £8,528,857. Chief Inspector Cherrill, head of ed very cheery. Mrs. Paul was the Imported manufactured goods the Anger-print department of Scot-daughter of a wealthy Belgian manu- were down £5,870,040, of which land Yard, searching the house for facturer, and had, I believe, a mar-£1,050,533 was in non-ferrous metals possible clues to the mysterious inried sister living in the North London and £1,447,700 in fron and steel. truder, took a number of exhibits district." BWAY.

Mr, Paul, after receiving treat- ment, went to Ruislip pollee sta- flon, where he made a slatement, which it is believed will give the police great assistance in their inquiries.

BROTHER CALLED

Chief Inspector Burt and Divi- sional Detective Inspector For- rier, who reached the house at a, late hour, left carrying an object' wrapped in a parcel, which was handed to the driver of a Flying Squad ear. The car immediate- ly drove off. ly dr Eye-witnesses of the police nativi- tles were two chlidren of the couple, Leon Paul, aged 7, and Claire, aged

12, who are being cared for by neigh- bours.

*

Help Kidneys

£

KITTEN GIVES FIRE WARNING

Loudon

A kitten belonging to a family Bittern Stout Fighter Feilea-road, Balham, S.W., gave the living. In a ten-roomed house in

Tulare, Col.

alarm when fire broke out. The fire broke out in the dining room on the A streamlined bird, possessing the ground floor occupied by Mr. and fighting qualities of a hawk and the Mrs. William Kerr. A guest who solemnity of an owl, which was was staying with them, was awaken- holding down the centre of a high-ed shortly before three .m. by the way near here and refused to yield kitten scratching on the door. When even to an approaching truck, was she opened the door she found the finally subdued and captured after a passage in flames, She warned the hard fight. It was identified by ex-other people in the house. The kit- perts as a bittern which had gotten ten which gave the alarm and another out of its native habitat of marshes, ore missing.

PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF

Exports of British manufactures Another friend said: "The night for the month totalled £31,134,590, a before the fire in their house they had decrease on September last year of been to a concert in a London hall. £3,330,153,

night before this unfortunate Thie

The pelnelpat changes compared affair they also visited a London with a year ago were: concert, and when they returned

Increase --} home they recalled their previous

Month's

or visit to the same hall, and laughingly

Total Decrease (~) wondered if any further I lucke

£ Iron and Steel 2,995,822 would follow."

960,111 Machinery. 4,471,848 + 218,082 -1,801,521 Cotton goods 3,881,720 Woollen goods 2,288,343 604,287 Miscellaneous

textiles 1,133,120 636,270 -310,000 Your kidneys have nine million tiny Vehicles ....

Photographs, taken page by page, of bank ledgers and other morning Mass when their mother was

tubes or filters which are endangered_by

5,575,839 +2,420,701 found. An hour earlier she had

Reglect or drastic, irritating drugs. 10- For the nine months to the end of records are to be stored in secrot hiding-places in various parts ware! It kuey troubis or Bladder weak- September Imports. given them their breakfast and sent

totalled of the country. neas makes you suffer from Gelting Up Nights, Leg Pains, Nervousness, Dix £001,110,002, a them off happily to church.

Neighbours described Mr. and Mrs. Stiffnes, thoumatiam, Lombaco, £51,465,072. British Paul as a devoted and happy couple, Circles Under Eyes, Swollen Ankles amounted to £340,050,020 or a fall

Neuralgia, Burning, Ztching, Amarting, Their two other children, Nancy Acidity or Lon of

don't delay, of £30,902,304, while re-exports aged 10, and Marie, aged 17, are in a poster new discovery called have been £40,344,203, a drop of Belgian convent school near starts £18,030,945, making total exports

-Six months ago their house, to minuton, Brings now work in 16

Youth and 2303,003,025, or £52,028,809 Iesa which they had moved only a few di guaranteed to end your troubles in than for the corresponding period of weeks previously, caught fire in 'thel a days or JODIY back, At all otsemists | 1937.

NO SHOES

They were returning from early Don't Take Drastic Drugs Chemic 1,720,474

jo

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linve

detrense

exports hava

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If a branch or head office of a bank is damaged the authorities will still have duplicate and even triplicato records of customers' accounts,

Recently bank officials continued preparations to protect their staffs and the valuables entrusted by customers. deads and wills, but valuable collections of stamps and butterflies. Customers have brought in not only such things as securities,

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