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Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 2, 1939.

Spirit Husband Gave His "O.K.” EMPIRE BALD PATCH

Widow and Daughter Marry Two Brothers

-And They'll Live Together

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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

yeara ngo.

Her bridegroom was John Thomas Meller, a 36-year-old cabinetmaker.

The daughter. Miss Irene Gertrude. Iliffe-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 fatter was alive. Her mother died a year age,

Mrs. Iffc said: "We are quite sure) about our marriage now for at a

had scunce WD

a spirit message through a medium whio sald, "Job wishes me to tell you that what you are looking forward to is OK."

Job was Mrs. Ifte's first husband. The new Mrs. Meller, senior, has lived in the same house for 30 years, and said she expects to do the cool- ing, as she 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

Church will have to face as a result The total capital loss which the of the Tithe Act is £17,750,000 states the annual report of the Church of England for 1930, which was issued recently.

But the past year had been one of the consolidation, despite steady Brave difleuities created by the Ael, Is added. Queen Anne's Bounty hnd settled claims with the Tillie

and com- Iteder:iption Commission pensation totalling £2,100,000 had

been adimitted..

Under the compulsory acquisition

of coal terms the Commission would-

Mrs. Iliffe became both mother-m-Experience a substantial reduction of income when their present rights

houses,

law and sister-in-law of Mr. Arnoldcensed in 1942. Meller, and her laughter became Eighty-seven parsonage John Meller's stepdaughter and also many of them "white elephants," his sister-in-law, and so on.

were said during the year.

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

WES

Arrayed in flushing gowns, most of Hollywood's glamour girls turned out at the gala opening of Earl Carroll's super-super night club in the film city. Four of the most beautiful, whose escorts paid $1,000 a seat, are shown here. Left to right, this all-star cast in- cludes Marlene Dietrich, Dolores Del Rio, Sally Ellers and Lili Damita.

Housewives To Store

Food And Water

London. of March 17, 1936, adapting military

A WARNING to housewives slow service to fill the breaches caused by ly to store a little extra food in the low birthrate during the Great the cupboard in ee the Govern- War.

NEWS

WARSHIP BUILDING

IN AUSTRALIA

Sydney.

The inying of the keels of two Tribal class destroyers at Cockatoo Dockyard, Sydney, will be proceeded with at the earliest possible moment, {The chips are to cost £023,000 each. The construction of the 12 high- speed motor torpedo-boats also de- cided on will begin as soon as plant Is available. All are to be completed by 1941.

In 1941 the Australian Air Force will have 312 rst-line and 630 re- serve pinnes.

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

Lt. Col. Street, Minister of Defence, recently ordered more Wirrawa, Amerlenn type, planes from the Melbourne factory, because he had not obtained plans of A sultable 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 proposed Voluntary mau-power register is supported in influential quarters. Military ex- perts, however, believe that Australin could not troln adequate army re- serves without compulsory service, INDIA

UNREST IN RAJKOT GROWING

Bombay.

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

Bajkot City is observing a strike to- orrow, Mr. Gandhi's wife is going to Rajkot shortly.

Arrests since the passive resistance movement started number 1,457,

disappeared

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Rajkot State, in the Kathiawar F1277 Peninsula, Bombay, has an uren of 283 square miles and a population of 75,000. The movement for reapon- of sible government has been causing

trouble for some months,

ment's food plans failed to work in The main features of the 1986 Bm time of war was given by Sir Auck were two years' service instead land Geddes, Adviser io Sir John one, and lowering the age for callitig Anderson, Lord Privy Seal and Minis-up recruit: to 20 instead of 21. der of Civillon Defence, in the course The Government explains that the

of a specchi ut Beckenhum recently, international situation does not per- Sir Auckland also suggested that as it of a reduction of effectives. More

over, it declared that it was the water supply in certain areas

the air arm might be damaged in time of war try to reinforce

anti-aircraft defence.

would be as well to store water in' bottles.

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MINISTER OF NATIONAL SERVICE

F1200

R2577

NATIVE APPEAL FOR TANGANYIKA

R2540

R2527

Nairobl

The native Prime Minister, Chief | M400 Justice and Treasurer of the King- 0380 dom of Buganda, the leading native | 9156 administration in Uganda, Pas pre- 123 pared memorandum in support of 9001 Tanganyika.

ing

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F1103

At a meeting with representatives. of the London Chamber of Com- Sir Auckland Geddes, speaking at merce and London borstighs today. Beckenham recently disclosed that a

The memorandum states that dur Sir John Anderson discussed the Minister of National Service had al-

the wor Uganda sacrificed organisation of A.R.P. in the London ready been selected. He was

thousands of young men to help the ATCGS. Sir John undertook to con- "young and set.ve" man. He added British Government conquer Tan- sider matters further in the light of that it was no secret that a whole

Hunyika and is entitled now to make F1008 Ministry of National Service existed its voice heard. the day's discussions.

in skeleton form.

FRANCE NEEDS MEN

Paris, Tuesday: The Government has tabled a Bil · extending for an' unspecified period the provisions law:

Maizee's Sale

Commences on Monday,

Feb. 6th

On all Winter Merchandise

No Returns

No Exchanges

Alexandra Building Des Voeux Rd. C.

Cash Only

Stolen Auto Crashes Court

Pasudena, Cal. When Torvald Fredericksen went to report the theft of his automobile

F1130

Having regard to Abyssinia and Czecho-Slovakia, the natives fear 9431 that the British Government mus hand over Tanganyika also. The 9350 raemorandum continues:

"How

ow can we prevent this? 119307 you say in your thousands what you feel in your hearts, that the return Tanganyika would be a betrayal

to the sheriff's office, he was startled of the trust you put in the Govern- 9425 to And that his aulo was already in ment. Britain will listen.

court. It had crashed down a hill- "With Germany and Italy as neigh- side and plunged into the sheriff's bours your country would be open to |building winding up exactly in fronijattack at moment's notice. There

of the judge's bench in the township's would be no peace of mind, no

cecurity.

courtroom.

"Pauper" Win His Case Before The Law Lords

GREENHITHE.

HILE 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 Jolm Harris was working.

He did not know until late in

the day that his "humble pet. 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

necident nt work in which Harris

Star No. 1

New York. Temple is head of the "box-office" Nine-years-old Alm-star Shirley Just his right hand, which was drawn poll for 1938 the fourth consecutive into the revolving fan of a turbine year she has attained this position. while he was drying his leggings.

Judge Konstam, in Dartford Coun- The Motion Picture Herald's poll, ty Court, held that in putting his conducted among nim exhibitors hand too close to the fan Harris was throughout the United States, puls constituting an “added peril." That her at the top of the biggest"money- is, he was deliberately running a makers

the stars for the year,

risk which was no part of his con- It is o-day. tract of service, and dismissed Har-

| ris's claim for compensation.

The list is as follows:--

1. Shirley Temple. 2. Clark Gal·ls.

6. Robert Taylor. 7. Myrna Loy.

8. Jane Withers,

3. Sonja Henie.

1. Mickey Rooney. 9. Alice Faye. 5. Spencer 10. Tyrone Power.

"WORTH ONLY £5" Harris appealed to the Court of Appeal but lost. He appealed to the House of Lords, as a poor person,

He was provided with a sworn. "Stars of Honour" are awarded to affidavit from the vicar of his number of others, including: Gary parish and two church wardena Cooper, Wallace Beuty, Bing Crosby, which said he was not worth nore Jeanette Macdonald, Deanna Durbin, than £5. For the purposes of the Dorothy Lamour and Ginger Rogers. law he became pauper.

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

"We owe everything to Mr. Thomas" Harris, witness of the truth that Church, of Gravesend, his solicitor." even the poorest man can get justice. Mr. Church is still in his twenties. In; England, said: “Now, I am wait- The law lores upheld the appeal Ing to see how much money I shall with costs, and remitted the case to be awarded."

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