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4 Brides Borrow A Ring To Wed

Colchester, Essex. FOUR brides were married at the register office here, recently with one borrowed ring.

The four couples are refugees, now

at Clacton.

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There was handsome Bernard Fleischer, aged 30, and oft. tall. Ile a plasterer, and a few months ago he and his boyhood sweetheart, Inir- haired Elka Škurmk, a 29-year-old Czech clerk, were married secretly in Czecho-Slovaktu nccording to their Jewish falth,

Later they learned that the marri- age wasn't legal.

Then there Were 33-year-old Oldrick Blum and Josephin Helena, his 23-year-old bride. Oldrick is a Ger- man, Josepha is a Czech.

They met in England two months |

ago.

Stefan Krezir, a 23-year-olt clerk, and Elza Spitzer, 20, il university

student, were engaged when they fled to this country from their homes

in Czecho-Slovakia.

were

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The fourth couple Jakobson, 30-year-old Sudeten- German elerk, ond Anni Hanr, 35, a Czech.

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None

of the bridegrooms had enough money to buy u ring, SU motherly Mr. E. Clark, of the Cle- ton Refugee Committee, solved their problem. She took her own wedding ring from her Anger and presented ¦ It to the first couple. When she re- turned it to her finger half an hour later four bekles had worn it for their weddings. Later

Mr. Thomas Barnshaw, secretary of the Clacton Unempley- || ment Committee, took the couples Into a Od store and saw that ench smiling bride find a wedding ring of her own

Greyhounds Are Nose-Printed

MAN

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 1, 1939.

OF 70 FIGHTS

FIGHTS BANDITS

JUFS

Government ordered Airs. Madeline Buchols of Los Angeles, mother of eight, departed to Canada and strain caused husband, Fred, to run amuck. Ite's shown in straight Jackel. Stay order

came later,

U.S. Order Bear Hunt|

SPOKANE, Wash.

The US. biological survey reported

10 hunters working on state and fed. eral funds killed 312 enyoles,

one

Girl, 7, Button Collector

Little 7-year-old

Spanners Used To Fell Bank. Clerk Carrying £800

70-YEAR-OLD man put to flight three bandits armed with long steel spanners who attempted to snatch a bag containing £800 which a bank clerk was carrying at Cheam, Surrey, recently,

The man-George Jones, of Church Lane, Cheam-is Ja bank guard employed at the Cheam branch of Barclays Bank. He was walking with a cashier, Mr. Norman Hill (35), of Stonecott Hill, Cheam to a sub-branch when three powerfully-built men leaped at them from a wooden hut.

Mr. Hill, who had the bag chained to his waist was felled by

n blow from one of the spanners,

While Mr. Hill was on the ground, Mr. Jones tackled the men single-handed and they fled down the street to a black saloon car and drove off in the direction of Banstead.

Mr. Jones then helped Mr. Hill-who is now in hospital with a severe head wound-back to the bank with the money and gave the alarm. Mr. Jones also sustained head injuries. Ho said to the News Chronicle;

"The men must have been watch- ing our movements for some time, The fight lasted five minutes, and after Mr. Hill had been knocked down threw my mackintosh over one of the men. While he was try- ing to free himself landed some pretty stit punches un the other

The manager

of the bank said the two inen presented a terrible sight

as they staggered back after the at- tack.

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Irene Meyrick Marries An Earl

from Fowey, Cornwall, to Bar-Hong Kong Depot, Tel. 21279,

Herts, County Court Peak Depot, MISS Irene Meyrick, 23.net, Clatskanle, Ore.

recently to defend a case "in the years-old daughter of public interest." Alleen Brock LONDON (UP).-- Racing grey-bobcat and one predatory bear in claims she is the youngest charter the late Mrs. Kate Meyrick, hounds in England ore now having Washlugton in one month. During member of the American Button

once "Queen" of London's St. Dunstan's lecturer.

He was Mr. Alan Nichols, a their nose prints taken by veterinary the summer the hunters were directed Society. The youngster, who is a surgeons. The ubject of these ex- to concentrate their efforts on dealing Brownle Girl Scout, has more than night-club life, was secretly claims to have been a pioneer of who periments is to devise a system of with bears that committed depredn0,000 buttons in a collection she start- married to the 22-years-old the household air-raid shelter. identiflention for greyhounds.

ed before she was old enough to read.

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He was sued by a local firm for the cost of removing several tons of earth from his former home of

The secret of their marriage, Brooklyn-hill, Golffers Green, N,W. which took place on May 3 at St. Peter's, Eaton-square, S.W.,

"PUBLIC SERVICES"

The plaintiff did not put in an

has been known only to their appearance, and the Registrar struck closest relatives.

out the case and awarded Mr. Nichols

And this is the story behind the

Miss Meyrick, dark and beauti- | £3 costs. ful, is the youngest of Mrs. Meyrick's daughters. Miss Dolly Evelyn Meyrick married Lard de Clifford in casei 1020. Her sister, Miss Mary Ethel Isabel Meyrick, married the Eart of Kinnoull in 1928, and died last De- Cember shortly after his death.

RESIGNED COMMISSION

It was a Miss Irene Holmes-her father is Dr. Ferdinand Holmes

when the Home Office was appealing "Before the crisis lost September, to people to provide air-raid protec tion, I decided to show what could be done in a suburban garden," Mr. Nichols said.

"I believe I was the first private

Meyrick-that Miss Meyrick mar-individual to have a shelter bullt. rled Lord Craven.

At any rale, the Home Office was in- "Irene used her second name lo terested. Avoid attracting publicity," a rela- "I was informed that I had per- tive of Miss Meyrick sald.

"There were only about six guests demand in several towns. Later, I formed n public service and was in at the wedding, including the bride's two sisters.

spent a week at Leeds preparing a Lady

de Clifford and model for the council.

Miss Bobbie Meyrick. After the ceremony they left for their honey- moon in the isle of Wight, and have

NEIGHBOURS. OBJECT "After had done all this

was

for some weeks been living quietly pestered by neighbours who objected in the country."

Lord Craven, who is the sixth to the pile of earth that had been earl, succeeded his father, the fifth Omce, and everyone to whom I was thrown up. I applied to the Home in 1032. He was educated at Downside, and, until his marriage, ret

carl.

heki

referred passed me on to somebody

a commission In Reserve of else, so I finally decided to get the Officers, Coldstream Guards, which work done and the bill sent to the the has resigned. His mother, Mary local authority and to the Home Of- Countess of Craven, was not present fice,

at the wedding.

"Whether or not anybody paid the

Until last May Mlas Irene Meyrlek bill I do not know." lived with her

unmarried sister. A few months ago Mr. Nichols sold

Bobble, in their mother's old house his house and went to live in Com- near Regent's Park, N.W.

wall-and he still prepared shelters.

Navy Buy Trawlers For Minesweepers

THE Admiralty, it is said in Hull and Grimsby, have bought 86 modern steam trawlers, which will be converted into minesweepers.

But recently the Admiralty refused to confirm or deny this, after one Grimsby trawler owner had said, “Wo regret. that the step is necessary, but it is in the national interest and we have no option.”

Of the 86 trawlers, 54 will be from Hull and 32 from Grimsby. They are from 160 to 180ft, in length and represent about third of the deep-water fleet, and 50 per cent., of the larger trawlers of the two Humber ports.

Blunder Turned To Use

NEW ORLEANS (UP),—A con- struction blunder will be turned inta a recreation centre for New Orleans' youth. The city purchased an im mense unused street tranalt garngo from the Public Service, Inc. The | alte will be made into a huge skating rink and playground, one of the largest in the United States.

MEN WILL LOSE JOBS The ships, It is said, will be de- livered, as they return from

the the Admiralty. fishing grounds and after survey by

The effect on the market supplies of fish will be counterbalanced by lifting the present voluntary restric tions on landings at Hull and Grimm by and by working remaining ships to their full capacity,

The purchases will probably result In unemployment among fishermen at both ports, and hundreds of people In various branches of the industry will be affected; ·

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