1939-05-26 — Page 2

Danzig Citizen

Earl,

Adolf Hitler, born in Austria, Chancellor of Germany, is now aeltizen of the Free Cily-of Danzig, Berlin radio plcture shows Albert Foerster, Nail district leader, presenting scroll on Hller's 30th birthday.

Locking your car doors does not mean it is safe from thieves

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 26, 1939.

33 Last Month, Sells

Treasures To-day

300-Years-Old Home

To Be Girls' School

A$

S the Earl of Buckinghamshire entered his 34th year recently an auctioneer began the sale of the treasures of Hampden House, near Git Missenden, Buckinghamshire--for over 300 years, the home of the earl's family.

The earl succeeded to the title in 1930.

The mansion was first made famous as the home of John Hampden, Cromwell's chief supporter.

The contents of the mansion are for sale, and the mansion will be turned into a girls' school,

They include pictures, furniture, Persian, and Chinese rugs, wineglasses, and rare books in French, Italian, and Latin.

EMPIRE

NEWS

FEVERISH BUYING IN NEW ZEALAND

AUCKLAND.

The new import, restrictions have resulted in bewilderment here. Un- employment and a searelty in many ranues of goods during the next few months, are regarded as inevitable.

Stocks have already been reduced. by the earlier Import restrictions. Feverish buying of stocks in band is already sending prices to high levels. The home Industry, will be unable to handle the demands except In

mited range of fashion goods 'as it specialises in the lower grades, Novelty goods must disappear, and Norman Conquest the estate was women are already concerned at the

drab outlook in the fashion world. Even the organ in the gal-given to a Norman count, who no-

pointed the former owner his steward. Business takes comfort from the lerfed great hall is to be sold.

The steward married the count's thought that the Government is fac daughter, and she received as a dowrying the position courageously. The dominant Impression is that ree the Hampden estates.

The building has undergone many years of finance theories are ended, changes since Johs Hampden's time, but it still retains a stately dignity,

QUEENS' PORTRAITS SAVED Some of the pictures, Including por- trails of Queen Elizabeth.and of Mary Queen of Scoti, are being retained by the earl.

The great house is set 700ft. up in the Chiltern Hills, Humpdens are mentioned as having lived before the

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In a Hule church nearby lies the remains of Juha Hampden.

Conquest in earlier houses on the site. WPA Drops Loafers!

in

KENYA

CLOSURE OF FACTORY CRITICISED

MOMBASA

In the Legislative Council a mo- on introduced by Major Grogan de- plored the Government's "cavalier" treatment of Liebigs, whose meat ex- bus been tract factory in Kenyn closed.

Recently, intending purchasers who

Toledo, O. parked their ears on the grass

About 100 WPA workers have been front of the house saw one of Buck- Inghamshire's views down "Queen's dismissed here because they did not Glude, un avenue of trees, a mile in perform "a reasonable day's work," length, cut in honour of Queen Eliza-and several of the dismissed workers beth when she stayed at the house. operly refused to do assigned tasks. Major Grogan accused the Govern- In the Domesday Book it is stated District Administrator W. B. Schulment of dishonest action in request-

WHEN you lock the doors of your car and leave it you that in the reign of Edward the Con- said there sipp care effect that men on ing Liebigs to build the factory and

cannot be sure that it is safe from thieves. Mr. P. Godfrey, official of a firm of jewellers, found this out recently.

Here is his story: "I left my car, with jewellery worth more than £1,000 in it. in Lime-street, Bedford. The car is specially fitted with padlocks and chains, and I left everything fastened.

Police

"I called at a jeweller's twenty yards away, round a corner. When I returned ten minutes later the car had gone." were still looking for the car la te that night.

Play Made £20,000

For Author

"FRENCHL

WITHOUT

TEARS."

the comedy which nearly all

the Royal Family have seen, was

Actress Lost Her Money

actress, Ghyslaine, French

fessor one "Baldwyne de Humpden" propaganda to the men on was "Lorde of Humpden." At the these jobs "do not have to work."

He Rewrote Bible In Rhyme

THE world's strangest

THE

Bible-

written in verse 200 years ago! and illustrated with pen and ink drawing-W9

sold for £12 Sotheby's sale room, W., recently.

The Bible was the big idea of one Abraham Sheares. He had always who wanted to rewrite the Scriptures in

GUY FAWKES!

recently withdrawn from the Ple-once played with the Comedie Fran- rhyme. cadilly Theatro after a West End caise, sold her jewels and raised

£2.700 to finance the "robot, brain.":

mathematical gambling system

And, when he did, he put in the

such people as Guy Fawkes!

run of 1,030 performances. Mr. Terence Rattigan. Its 26-year-old?

author, has made £20,000 out of guaranteed" to win at roulette. She company of the scriptural characters

tried it out in a Portuguese casino, the play in two and a half years. Proits to the management amount to but lost so much that she had to £75,000 and over 1,500,000 people borrow money to get back to France. have passed- through the box: Recently there was a warrant for the arrest of the man who sold her the

· ofice.---

system:

In spite of the great success of the, play, Mr. Rattigan cannot cheer. "But for the slump caused by the crisis. ny play might have beaten

the record run of 'Chu Chin Chow," which had 2,238 performances in the West End." he said.

NEW PARLOPHONE RECORDS.

R2042. Volees of Spring, Waltz.

Autumn Murmurs. Waltz. Goin' Places. Rhythm Style. Doin' Things.

R2632.

R2030. Kisses In The Dark. Serenade.

Kiss Serenade.

Orchestra Mascotle.

..Joe Venuli & Ed, Lang.

..Frederic Hippmann & His Orch,

.Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch. Orchestra Blascotte.

George Boulanger & His Orch.

12625. Futuristic Rhythm. Rhythm Style.

Get Happy.

R2020. Third Waltz Medley. (Robrecht.) R2829. My Dream Tungo. Tango.

By The Black Sea. Tango.

March of the Herald.

to a serpin' twisted up y tree, and with a apele ho tempted Eve as you may plainly see,"

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then talling to secure it supplies..

The mution was defeated by the offulal and Indian votes, It repre sents the views of many residents, who feel that the Government should have overcome native opposition to supplying cattle for the factory. TANGANYIKA

GERMAN FLAGS TORN DOWN

DAR-ES-SALAAM, During the Hitler birthday cole- brations here, which were restrained but marked by the usual display of swastikas German flags, two large were torn down from two German private residences and destroyed.

Following complaints by the Ger- mun householders, the police conduct- Fored searching inquiries.

SOUTH AFRICA

LOT'S WIFE And this is the story of Lot's wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt-

**Sune after see what did befall

a judgment on Lot's wife. hankering and lakeing back, she lost her tender life.

"It might be for her treasures there; then borning In the flame.

WAS

then, God's A

plifar of salt she judgment on her came,"

DEFENCE SERVICE FOR WOMEN

CAPE TOWN.

Start at the beginning-in the

Those who had not read the rhym- Women as well as men will take Garden of Eden an Abraham Sheares

in South Afrien's defence imagined it. Under his drawing of ing Bible found this catalogue des-part

scheme, uccording to a communique the serpent entwined round the cription of Lot 203:- upple tree he wrote in his own pecu-Manuscript-on-over-1,000 pages. Issued here recently by the Defence, lar spelling:..............

of paper, ilustrated by about 525 Department. "Adam was in Eden, garden by spirited drawings in pen and ink,

them of by namie, in a very happy cause. many before the temptation came. Like colour."

The communique invites members heightened with of either sex who desire to offer any

kind of service to do so.

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BOURJOIS

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Sons of the Brave.

F1387. Jolly Brothers.

Baby's Sweetheart.

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Väleta

St. Bernard Waltz. ................ Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orch. F1385. Tutti Frutti......Joe Daniels & His Hot Shols in "Drumnastleks”,

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