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Thursday,

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Spirit Husband Gave His "O.K."

Widow and Daughter Marry Two Brothers -And They'll Live Together

WIDOW and her daughter were married to two bro- thers at Birmingham Parish Church recently and, according to the mother, they are all going to live as one happy family.

The senior bride was Mrs. Eleanor Louisa Iliffe, of Barford- street, Birmingham, who is 50. Her former husband died 12 years ago.

Her bridegroomi

cabinetmaker.

was John Thomas Meller, a 36-year-old

The daughter, Miss Irene Gertrude iffe-aged 18-was married to Mr. Arnold Meller, who is 25.

The elder bride had promised

her own mother that she would

not marry again while the latter was alive. Her mother died a year ago.

scance

Mrs. Aliffe said: "We are quite sure) about cur marriage now for at a a spirit message we had through a medium who said, "Job wishes me to tell you that what you are looking forward to is O.K."

Job was Mrs. Te's first husband. The new Mrs. Meller, senlor, has lived in the same house for 20 years. and said she expects to do the cook- Ing. as abe has always done.

NOW SISTER-IN-LAW

As a result of their marriages mother and daughter became sisters-in-law and the Meller brothers became stepfather and stepson-in-law.

Church's

Tithe Loss

Lic

The total capital loss which Church will have to face as a result of the Tithe Act is £17,750,000 states the annual report of the Church of England for 1938, which was issued recently.

But the past year had been one of The stently consolidation, despite Krave difficulties crented by the Act, it is added. Queen Anne's Bounty the Tithe had settled claims with Redemption Commission and com- pensation totalling £2,100,000 had been admitted,

Under the compulsory acquisition of coal terms the Commission would Mrs. ifte became both mother-in-experience a substantial reduction of income when their present rights erased in 1942.

houses,

law and sister-in-law of Mr. Arnold Meller, and her daughter became Eighty-seven parsonage John Meller's stepdaughter and also many of them "white elephants," his sister-in-law, and so on.

were sold during the year.

UFS

Here is a new studio portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Kent; of Great Britain, taken on the Duke's 30th birthday. The Duke will leave London this year to become Governor General of Aus- trada. He will be accompanied by the Duchess, the former Princess Marina of Greece.

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Arrayed in flashing gowns, most of Hollywood's glamour girls turned out at the gala opening of Farl Carroll's super-super night olub in the flim city. Four of the mast beautiful, whose escorta paid $1,000 a seat, are shown here. Left to right, this all-star east in- cludes Marlene Dietrich, Dolores Del Rio; Sally Eiters and Lili Domita.

Housewives To Store

A

Food And Water

February 2, 1939.

EMPIRE BALD PATCH

NEWS

WARSHIP BUILDING IN AUSTRALIA

Sydney.

The laying of the keels of two "Tribal class destroyers at Cockatoo Dockyard, Sydney, will be proceeded with at the earliest possible moment. The ships are to cost £925,000 each. The construction of the 12 high- speed motor torpedo-bonts also de- 'cided on will begin as soon as plant is availabic.. All are to be completed by 1041.

in 1941 the Australian Air Force will have 212 Arst-line and 630 re- serve 'planes,

A British Admiralty surveyor has been invited to advise on the feasl- bility of site for a battleship dock at Sydney costing £3,000,000.

L.-Col. Street, Minister of Defence, recently ordered more Wirrawu, the American type, 'planes from Melbourne factory, because he had not obtained plans of a suitable British

type.

Manufacturers are making a census of factories throughout Australia in order to obtain a detailed report on their munitions capabilities, The Government's propesed voluntary man-power register is supported in Influential quarters. Military ex- perts, however, believe that Australia could not train adequate army re serves without compulsory service. INDIA

UNREST-~ IN RAJKOT GROWING

Bombay.

The Rajkot passive resistance movement is becoming more serious. Miss Manlhen Patel, daughter of Mr. Vallabhai Patel, who is a leading member of the Congress Working Committee, was arrested at Rajkol recently on a charge of defying an order not to address meetings and not to lead processions.

Rajkol City is observing a strike to- morrow. Mr. Gandhl's wife is going to Rajkot shortly.

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Arresta since the passive resistance London. of March 17, 1938, adapting military avement started number 1,457. WARNING to housewives slow-service to fill the breaches enused by

Rajkot State, in the Kathiawar F1277

Brea of ly to store a little extra food in the low birthrate during the Great Peninsula, Bombay, has an

F1200 283 square miles and a population of the cupboard in case the Govern- War. ment's foud plans failed to work in The main features of the 1936 B75,000. The movement for reapon- time of war was given by Sir Auck-were two years' service instead of sible government has been causing land Geddes, Adviser to Sir John one, and lowering the age for calling trouble for some months. Anderson, Lord Privy Seal and Minis-up recruits to 20 Instead of 21. iter of Civilian Defence, in the course The Government explains that the of a speech at Beckenham recently. international situation does not per- Sir Auckland also suggested that na mit of a reduction of effectives. More over, it declare that it was BLCCS- the water supply in certain areas!

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MINISTER OF NATIONAL SERVICE

NATIVE APPEAL FOR TANGANYIKA

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H2548

R2527

Nairobi. The native Prime Minister, Chief | 9400 Justice and Treasurer of the King- 9380 dom of Bujanda, the leading native 9156 administration in Uganda, bos pre- 9091

red a memorandum in support of

At a meeting with representatives

Sir Auckland Geddes, speaking at Tanganyika. of Com- of the London Chamber merce and London boroughs today. Beckenham recently disclosed that a discussed the Minister of National Service hud al- Sir John Auderson

selected. He organisation of A.P. in the London ready brem arcas.

Sir John undertook to con- "young and active" man. sider matters further in the light of that it was no secret that a Ministry of National Service the day's discussions.

FRANCE NEEDS MEN'

Paris, Tuesday: The Government hus tabled a Bill extendlag for an unspecified perlod the provisions Jaw

Maizee's Sale

Alexandra Building

Commences on Monday,

Feb. 6th

On all Winter Merchandise

No Returns

No Exchanges

Des Voeux Rd. C.

Cash Only

in a skeleton form.....

was

0123

9070

F1103

F1130

The memorandum states that dur- ing the

racrificed Uganda War He added British Government conquer Tan- thousands of young men to help the whole nyika and is entitled now to make F1000 existed its voice heard.

Stolen Auto Crashes

Court

Pasadena, Cul,

When Torvald Fredericksen went

... Having regard to --Abyssinia- and

Czecho-Slovakia, the natives fear 0431 that the British Government may band over

The Tanganyika also.

inemorandum cont event this?

"How can we

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you say in your thousands what you feel in your hearts, that the return

to report the theft of his automobile of Tanganyika would be a betrayal

to the sheriff's office, he was startled of the trust you put in the Govern- 1425 to And that his auto was already in ment, Britain will listen. court. It had crashed down a hill- "With Germany and Italy as neigli- side and plunged into the sheriff's bours your country would be open to building winding up exactly in front witnek at a moment's notice. There

no

of the judge's bench in the township's would be peace of mind.

security

courtroom.

"Pauper" Win His Case Before The Law Lords

GREENHITHE,

NO

WHILE the law lords of England were deciding the

case of David John Harris, pauper, of Eynsford-road, Greenhithe. Kent, versus the Associated Portland Ce- ment Manufacturers, Ltd., recently, David John Harris was working.

He did not know until late in

the day that his "humble peti Shirley Still

tion and appeal in the matter of) the Workmen's Compensation

Act of 1925" had been success-

ful.

The case, one of great importance

to workmen, was the result of an

Star No. 1

Nine-years-old

New York. Alm-star Shirley

accident at work in which Harris Temple is head of the box-office" lost his right hand, which was drawn

into the revolving fan of a turbine poll for 1938--the fourth consecutive year she hos attained this position.. while he wo drying his leggings.

Judge Konstam, in Dartford Coun The Motion Picture Herald's poll, ly Court, held that ring putting his (conducted among

nim exhibitors hand too close to the fon

was throughout the United States, puts constituting an "odded peril.” That [her at the top of the biggest money- is, he was deliberately, running · a jmakers pmeng the stars for the year, risk which was no part of his con- t 1 announced to-day. tract of, bérvice, and dismissed Har ria's claim for compensation..

The list is as follows:--

1. Shirley Temple, 0. Robert Taylor, -“WORTH ONLY 15"

2. Clark Gable. 7. Myrna Loy. 13. Sonja Hente. 8. Jane Withers, Harris appealed to the Court of Appeal but lost. He appealed to the 4. Mickey Rooney. 9. Alice Faye.

6. Spencer Tracy. 10. Tyrone Power. House of Lords, as a poor person.

He was provided with a sworn

"Stars of Honour" are awarded to amdavit from the vicer of bisa number of others, including: Gary parish and two church ardens Cooper, Wallace Beery, Bing Crosby, which sold he was not worth more Jeanette Macdonald, Deanna Durbin than £5. For the purposes of the Dorothy Lamour and Ginger Rogers. inw. he became a pauper.

When the family, were told that the county court for an award of Harris had won, his mother said: compensation.

“We owe everything to Mr. "Thomas" Harris, witness of the truth that Church of Gravesend, his solicitor.aven the poorest minn can got fustices Mr. Church festill in his twenties. In England, anid: "Now 1. am; wait- The law lords upheld the appeal Ing to see how much money, Uni With Costa, na ramitied they chúg to be awarded..

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