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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 30 1939.

English Girl of 16 Elopes With German

Wealthy Couple Hunt France, For Red-Headed Daughter

NICE.

POLICE throughout France were recently looking for Joan Valentine Thomas, red-haired, freckled, sixteen- year-old daughter of wealthy English parents, who has eloped with Fritz Arronge, twenty-six-year-old German. Fritz, well-mannered, bundsome in i "At about 7 pm, she asked me London-intilored clothes, et Joan for some money to buy some chew- init gum. She was only going to some month ago.

one of the shops near. When she worrled. did not return I became and my husband suggested that we should go oul and look for her.

Joan was dining in a Nice res- taurant with her father and mother and! twenty-two-year-old sister Doreen. I was love at first sight.

the Mother disapproved romance. Only recently she warned Fritz that she would go to the pollee. borrowed a In the evening Joan

"Then it occurred to me thet she had run away with Fritz.

would not mind so much if it were an English boy earning only shilling from her mother "to buy 1 week, but it slie marries Fritz Home chewing-gum." She was not she will become a German. If R zeen afterwards. Neither was Fritz, were Doreen, who is older, it would Mrs. Thomas, who is the wife of be different, but Joan is so young. Mr. Harry Thomas, retired merchant, of Durban, South Africa, told the story.

TOO INTERESTED

She said: "Soon after they met I noticed that Fritz was a little too in- terested in Jean, but he seemed a nice young man and I thought no- thing of it at the time. After all Joan is only a baby.

"Fritz told us about all his troubles, Ile left Germany because, though he claims he is not Jewish, e la strong- ly anti-Hitler.

'CANNOT GET FAR'

"Joan has only the wore.

coul

clothes she

She left without even her,

Nice polive have discovered - that Fritz had transferred about £1,100 to a Paris banking firm. Detectives i will wait there for him to call for

the money.

Air. Thomas takes a different view of the romance. He said:

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"Fritz seems an upright young man. He told me he wanted settle in South Africa and became a "When he wrote and asked to British citizen. I helped him to fill murry Joan I decided it was time up the necessary papers. Of course, to put a stop to it.

I did not know that he intended to Yesterday morning 1 wentelope with my daughter. shopping with Joan and Doreen "The police and the British Con- and we inet Fritz. I told him that if he did not leave Joan alone 1 would go to the police. He said he loved Joan, wanted to marry her, and sited me not to make a fuss about it,

"Joan refused to come home with me, nu 1 believe she met Fritz on the Promenade des Anginis.

sassure me that he cannot get far, but, on the other hand, what

is the good of bringing Joan back

if she is madly in love with him? She would only go off ngain.

"I have nothing against the young men personally, but I do think he should come back and do things right.

Tragic Wife Pins Hope

to Letter

Bolton, Lancashire,

MRS. WALLWORK, pretty young mother of two children, whose hus- band, is reported to have been shot on his way to take up a new post in the Philippine islands, is playing

all her hopes to a letter.

She expects to receive this letter, from ber husband, by air mail.

UFS

Many uniformed Field Marshal Herman Goering of Germany wears a while one, as he inspects the guard of honour on arrival nt Tripoli, Libya. At right is Italo Balbo, Italian governor.

Fourteen Sites For School Camps

FOURTEEN sites have been approved in the Home Counties for camps to take children evacuated from treatment his condition improved and London in case of war and for use as school camps in

lie bade a cheery good-bye to his pence-time.

he was able to acept a new job.

and Barbara, aged nine, and

they

wife and children, Margaret, aged 13, Nine sites have been provisionally approved in were to have followed him out in Scotland. Several have been inspected in Wales, but so

Mrs. Betsy Halidearn, an aunt of far no decision has been reached. Mr. Wallwork's, said

a few months.

that shortly Mr. Archibald Wallwork, aged 39, before she heard of Mr. Wallwork's uf Calvert-road, Bolton, is said to death his photograph fell to the floor

have been found dead in his cabin in the German liner Guelsenau when the ship reached Singapore. An automatic pistol was clasped in his hand.

twice from her sideboard.

Defendant Upsets Judge

EMPIRE NEWS

SCHOOLBOYS FOUND AFTER 13 DAYS

KINGSTON.

The five Jamnien High School-boys- who climbed into the Blue Mountains in an effort to blaze trail across an almost inaccessible, part have been found safe, ufter being missing for 13 days.

Several partles of searchers num- bering over 100 have been looking for the boys.

Higher Taxation Hint, The Colonial Secretary Informed the Legislative Counell that there was a prospect of Increased taxation later to provide for unemployment reller and the campaign against leaf spat | disease in bananas,

BRITISH GUIANA

CONTROL OF RADIO PROGRAMMES

GEORGETOWN. The Broadcasting Committee has outlined a scheme for Government control of programme policy, and niso closer co-ordination with the B.B.C.

ALL OUR YESTERDAYS

"Good party last night, wasn't it 2" "Er-501 — I suppose só. Somehow I don't seem to remember things very clearly, I've got a vague recollection of sonubody wearing a fez"

**Yes. That was you."

"Oh, I see. Tell me, Philip — do you remember me being dropped head downwards from.a great height on to a concrete flour, by any chance ↑ **

"Slight headactie, eb?"

Philip with I had your flair for understatement. I feel as though I had ticed on an exclusive diet of iron filings and broken glass for the last five years. What amazes me is that you seem to be

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Announcers and technicians, from British Gulana would go to London periodically for training at the B.B.CR2032.

staff college.

EAST AFRICA

£50,000 FOR NATIVE EDUCATION

NAIROBI.

so disgustingly cheerful and bright this morning." “I know. It must be very exasperal- Ing. A medicina man warned me to stick to 'Gimlets at parties. So I always take the precaution of bring- ing my own bottle of Rone's "Llore Juice. You may cock a sceptical eye- brow, Edwin -- but it works." "How ?**

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"Rose's Lime Juice is the latest thing In therapeutic agents. It restores the metabolic balance. In simple non- sclentine parlance suitable for a mind such as yours, Edwin → } preventa hangovers,"

*Why oh why --- didn't you tell me thir last night **

NEW PARLOPHONE RECORDS.

Volces of Spring. Waltz. Autumn Murmurs. Waltz,

Goin' Places. Rhythm Style.

Doin' Things.

R2030, Klases In The Dark. Serenade.

Kiss Serenade.

Orchestra Mascotte.

Joe Venuti & Ed. Lang

.Frederic Hippmann & His Orch..

Frankie Trumbauer & His Orch.

Orchestra Mascotte.

.George Boulanger & His Orch.

R2625. Futuristic Rhythm. Rhythm Style.

Get Happy.

R2028. Third Waltz Medley. (Robrecht.) R2630. My Dream Tango. Tango. By The Black Ses. Tango.

In advance of Kenya's next loan the Secretary of State has authorised F1300. the Colony to contribute £50,000 as is share of the Makerere College F1307. endowment,

The Legislature has accordingly F1388. voted the grant, though the European F1390. elected members expressed the opin- ton that there were many other more urgent Colonial needs. AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY.

This progress was reported in 'the House of Commons by Mr. Elliot (Minister of Health) recently, when the Camps Bill, NAVAL MANOEUVRES authorising construction of the camps, was further considered.

Members were anxious about any But Mr. Elliot insisted that the

The Royal Australian naval threat to the amenities of the highest architectural and planning squadron, with the New Zealand country-side that might result. from authorities would be available to the flagship Leander, began recently the the presence of the camps unless great care was taken in their design Ministry, and that nothing would be biggest defence manoeuvres since the

and construction.

EXPERT ADVICE

18 MONTHS' BAD`LUCK But Mrs. Wallwork, who is staying

SANTA CRUZ, Cal. with her parents in Bolton, sak:

Pollee Judge W. A. Deans Was "It can't be true, I have heard somewhat disconcerted when, after nothing officially, and I am hoping detailing with care the bill of rights Efforts were made from all parts there has been rose mistake.

to Vietor Johnson, 57, charged with of the House to persuade the Minis- This awful

when. news comes

we having entered a hotel and spending ter to include on the board of after 18 months of bad luck, thought our troubles were at an end the night on a lounge, the prisoner companies that will put up the camps wo-Trust or Council for the Preservation had to return from Chile because of remarked: "Six men and

of Rural England. Wallwork's ill-health.

done without their advice.

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They are taking place somewhere He refused to go further to meet off the south-east Australian coast, members, and in the end his attitude In conjunction with eight squadrons

of the Australian Air Force. why endorsed by 224 votes to 110.

The

"Blueland" attacking force the An amendment by Mr. Mander consists of the cruisers Leander and (Lb.. Wolverhampton, E.) also Adelaide and a number of armed rather more success.

Less than 18 months ago the family glanced around the court room and a representative of the Nulion designed to preserve amenities; had merchant land" defenders are the

Mr.

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After man." It developed he was deaf.

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cruisers Canberra, Sydney and He proposel that the companies Hobart, three destroyers and

two should have power compulsorily to escort vessels. buy land surrounding the camps and It was officially announced that the so be able to prevent any undesirable defenders repulsed the raiders alter development near the site.

"MISERABLE SHACKS"

16 hours "fighting." They theoretic- ally destroyed one cruiser and dis- abled another after the loss of six

He was supported by Mr. Chuter armed merchantmen. Edo (Lau, South Shields), who_re=|

Dame Enid Lyons Annulty-Sir ferred to Deep Cut Camp, In Surrey, Erie Page, the Acting Prime Minis where the War Ofice, he said, took ter, announced recently that an un- nome trouble in laying out the camp. nuity of £500 is to be granted to Dame Enld Lyons, the widow of the

"On the opposite side of the road late Prime Minister. A similar an- now," he added, "there are miserable nuity for the children is to be granted shacks in which refreshments of aunt the youngest, now aged six, Is very dubious character are sold, and 21.

I understand that late at night | MALAYA

private entertainments of a reprehen-

sible character are carried on."

He thought there might be similar developments round the evacuation) camps unless there was power to ac- quire the land.

On

After further pressure the Minister agreed to consider the matter. this understanding Mr. Mander with drew his amendment.

Sheepdogs "Trained"

On Three Legs

A FINE which the defence declared would affect the whole of the sheep- rearing industry in the North of England was imposed on a farmer Saddleworth, Yorkshire, recently.

£1,000,000 DEFENCE

GIFT APPROVED ·

SINGAPORE.

The extra gift of £1,000,000 by the Straits Settlements towards the cost of Imperial defence proved by the Legislative Counell at a meeting here recently.

was ap

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The Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, expressed the British Government's appreciation. The gift is additional to the contribution of £750,000 year which the Straits Settlements nlready make for Imperial defence. INDIA

EUROPEAN FAMILIES

EVACUATED*

Assom

'CALCUTTA. European families have been sent James Gartside,, of Playfair Cotto Dibrugarh or Shillong from Digbol, tage, Denshaw, near Oldham, was in North-East

A critical Oned...£1 for........causing...unnecessary, situation has arisen there_awing_10. suffering to a dog by putting one of the strike of labourers in the Assam its forepaws through its collar.

Oil Company. Evidence

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The Europeans ure undergoing a state of siege. There servants havo from axone on strike, and exorbitant prices are being demanded of all Europeans In the bazaars.

One European disguised as

shopkeeper Kabuli was found out by and was forced to pay 1s. 6d. for a loaf of bread and d.. for an egg. The strike has been exceptionally well organised. '

given was R.S.P.CA: Inspector and a police constable kopi observation window and saw a dog running on the moors with a hopping motion.

They followed and met the dog and its master on the main road. The dog's foot was still through its collar and the animal was exhausted.

Gartside told the court that sheep- dogs were trained. to obedience in that way throughout the length of the Pennines.

Several other farmers gave evi- dence in support of this contention.

The presiding magistrale, Captain

W. G. Bagnall, euld neither length of

City Collects Oil Royalties

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Pasadena is one of the few cities

itime nor usage could condone such a successfully engaged in all pro-

March of the Herald.

Sons of the Brave.

Jolly Brothers.

daby's Sweetheart.

.Philip Green & His Orch.

Victor Silvester's Harmony Music.

Park Parade, Sequence Dance. (with Dance Instruction.) Velets.

St. Bernard Waltz,

Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orch. F1385. Tutti Frutti......Joo Daniels & His Hot Shots in "Drumnasticks".

Mutiny In The Nursery. CF.T.

ETC., ETC.. ETC.

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