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Nell Gwynne Relics For Sale

THE receipt for the garters which encircled the limbs which enchanted a Klapit sounds like the House that Jack Built, but it is actually a lot in the sale Sotheby's held on December 20 of the Crofton Croker Collection of Nell Gwynne relics.

Many of the lots are pictures of the great courtesan. Several show Nell with a lamb, some with her children.

There were also pictures of Nell's rivals in the affections of the King-- Barbara Villiers Castlenuine, Duchess of Cleveland (spelled Cleaveland) and Louise (speliat Louize) de Querounlle, Dutchess of ports. mouth.

£5,000 PENSION

The rent of the rollection consists of documents: a warrant to pay Nell ond quarter's pension-£1.250-she drew £5,000 a year-igned by Clarendon; a warrmt ta pay £250

to her out of exclar money; # recelot nude out to her for a miniature of Charles II: a bill signed and receipted by her; bill for clothes, for a Sedan chair, a bed and other furniture; a receipt for £10 for painting and gliding her charkt; and, of course, the receipt for the 12, pair of rich -embroidered garters.

Tiniest Tube Exhibited

NEW YORK (UP.)-The world's iniest melal tubig-will an out- side diameter of 28/10,000 of a inch und an inslite diameter of 7/10,000 of an inch-is on display at the New York World's Fair. The tube is enade of pure nickel.

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 22, 1939.

BEHIND THE NEWS

HITLER FINDS THAT STALIN IS

WORSE THAN OLIVER TWIST!

Stalin, not content with get- ting his strategic positions in the Baltic, is now pressing Hitler for preferential rights of passage through the Kiel Canal to the North Sea.

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Reason given is that indis- criminate sowing of Nazi mines in the Kattegat is endangering Soviet ships. Real reason — Stalin now sees his chance to take the first step in making Kiel an international waterway providing a cheap outlot for Russian Baltic trade.

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: This demand is one reason for the furore now going on be- hind closed doors in the Wil- helmstrasse. Admiral Raedor, Navy Chiof, and his staff are revolting.

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Ex-King Alfonso has at last made friends with General Franco. and his Falange (Fas- cist) Government for the sake of his son Prince Juan.

Franco

has accepted his rocognition bo- causo, internal troubles in Spain are becoming threatening.

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Franco recently instructed his Ambassador in Italy to offor "test invitation" to Alfonso to attend a celebration in Romo to Primo de Rivera; Falange Party founder. Alfonso accopted.

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Afterwards he met the Span- ish Embassy staff, Count Ciano, and the leaders of the Italian Fascist Party. Prince Juan was Franco intends to present. revive the Monarchy if condi- tions in Spain reach a state that make it necessary.

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At the request of Count Czaky, Hungary's Minister in Moscow has asked for an ex- planation of the concentration of Russian troops on her Ruthen- ian frontier, The reply was that Russia intended to prevent German plans against Rumania from maturing,

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