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May 1, 1939.
EMPIRE CARS HELD UP BY
NEWS 90 M.P.H. GALE
MR. PIROW'S PLANS IN S.W. AFRICA
CAPE TOWN, There is considerable interest in non-Nazi circles In South-West Africa in the plans of Mr. Pirow, Union Minister of Defence. 10 strengthen the South-West police force, and perhaps incorporate this force with the Union police.
It felt in the South-West that such incorporation might lead to the Incorporation of other administrative departments.
Mr. Plrow also stated that the Union Defence Department is giving military ossistance to the South-
West Administration in the forms- tion of active citizen force regiments and in reorganising the territory's commanto system.
These moves are halled with de- light by non-Nazis, who state that the response is surprising. A good
FREAK weather-a 90 m.p.h. gale and, a thunder- storm while the sun was shining-caused damage in several parts of Britain recently.
Motorists had to stop their cars during the gala in East Suffolk. The storm lasted only ten minutes.
An elm crashed across the road on to a motor-lorry at Thwaite, near Ipswich. The driver's cabin was wrecked, but the driver crawled out unhurt save for a cut hand.
Traffic on the minin Ipswich Norwich road was held up for nearly an hour. Telephone wires were brought down" and hundreds of acres of growing crops damaged.
At Manchester the wind reached a speed of sixty-two. miles an hour, while sixty miles an hour was registered at Lympne and Spurn Hend. *
The house struck by lightning and destroyed by fire was Hallgarth, Thimbleby, Lincs, the home of Miss Nina Roberts. It was built in 1650.
Villagers heard an explosion like that of a bomb, Secands later the thatched roof of the house was a mass of flames. Horncastle Brigade could not save The fire gained such a hold that
moral effect has also been produced any of the contents of the house. £10,000,000 Duke's
on the natives, who had been affected by Nuzl propaganda.
Company Law Amendment. The House of Assembly, by a non-party vole of 02 to 23, has agreed to an
which furniture.
included valuable antique
FIRE CHIEF RESCUES CAT
amendment to the Companies Captain W. II. Stow, chief of wie
(Amendment) Bill, now before Par-brigade, dashed through the flames lament, providing that circular let, and rescued Miss Roberts's cat from ters, catalogues, showcards and downstairs room. business letters issued by a company
Mr. S. Barlow, who works for Miss to the publle must bear any previous Roberts, said: names of directora as well as their present names,
CANADA
SECESSION MOVE IN NOVA SCOTIA
HALIFAX.
"I was standing in the yard at the back of the house watching the light- ning when I saw a fire ball come| hurtling down from the sky.
"It hit the rest of the house. There was a deafening crash and a blue dame,
and the thatched roof went up In flames."
Grandson Engaged
THE engagement between Lord Howland, grandson of the Duke of Bedford, and Mrs. Clare street, S.W.1, was recently off- (Brownie) Hollway, of Wilton-
clally announced.
Lord Howland is heir to the Marquis of Tavistock, son of the Duke of Bedford.
The duke's estate is reputed to be about £10,000,000. He Is the fourth richiest duke in Great 'Brkalu.
Mrs. Hollwny, who is one of the.
dressed women in London
man.
At Cardington aerodrome, ncar Loud speaker vins paraded Bedford, where one barrage balloon through Halifax sirects urging the secession of Nova Scotia other set adrift, the sun was shining
recently, was destroyed by lightning and an-suciety, was formerly a Miss Bridg- from Canada. Many here belleve when the thunderstorm broke.
Her marriage to Mr. Kenneth C. W. this to be the most serious threat to
An eye-witness said: "The sun was Hollway took place in London in Canadian unity for more than a de-shining, and the sky was clear except 1926 and was dissolved early this
for one black cloud near the balloons. year.
"Suddenly ♫ streak of lightning
cade.
The populace was told by the loud speakers that it was "ime to put andarted from underneath the cloud and end to the rule of the fat Montreal appeared to pass right through the millionaires and Ontario parasites thleves and robbers who have lived
balloon. on the sweat of Nova Scotia brows Fince the Confederation.
"The balloon burst into flames and floated
down trailing clouds of smoke."
BALLOON DRIFTS 120 MILES The men
operating the balloon
"THANK YOU, MR. BUNYAN"
MR. T. D. Williams, member of the
The movement is hended by Alder-
London Committee of the United man P. A. Gough and supported by
Society for Christian Literature, most of the newspapers of the Pro-
addressing the Minehead Auxillary vince. The entire matter will come
recently, mentioned that the Society up for review In the Legislature from the aerodrome ran for cover,
was now printing "The Pilgrim's carly next week.
but the balloon was burned out bersin 140 languages. Eight Drowned In Floods-Atfore it reached the ground. least eight people are reported to The balloon that broke adrift came received a letter from a man of have been drowned when the Mur-down near Waldershire, near Dover addressed to Mr. John Bunyan, 4, colour in a remote part of the world ray River overflowed its banks at It East Pine, British Columbia.
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FIND OF MANGANESE TO BE EXPLOITED
GEORGETOWN. The Governmeal recently Invited applications for exclusive permission to drill for the manganese deposits discovered at the Tasawinni mine in the North-West district.
Apart from diamonds, the mineral wealth of British Guiana hitherto exploited hos consisted chlefly of cold and bauxite. Deposits of mangunese ore and mien have been known to exist for some time, MAURITIUS
PRIEST DECOYED AND
ATTACKED...
PORT LOUIS. An Irish Roman Catholic priest, Canon Fitzpatrick, in charge of St. Paul's Church, Phoenix, was called by four men during the night to administer the last rites to a dying child a mile away.
On the way the men attacked the priest with sickles. Though Injured. Canon Fitzpatrick fought them with ] his fists. Seeing that they could not inastèr him the men fled in which they had stolen.
The Canon is not in danger.
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MISSING CAR FOUND
A car belonging to W. B. Richard- son, of the Chartered Bank, was re- covered by the Police 24 hours after it had been reported as stolen.
The car was stolen from Saigon Street, Kowloon, on Friday, and found by the Police In Pitt Street, Mongkok, on Saturday.
other day," he added, we
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threevered about 120 miles In Bouverie Street, London,'
much he had enjoyed his book. He "The writer told 'Mr. Bunyan' how
The gale is thought to have caused the death of Thomas Barratt, forty-stated that he had the autographs of street. Bath, who was killed by a six, a railway employee, of Dorset
train at Bathampton, near Bath.
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