Ballard Purchases Griswold Farm For Development
County Commissioner Frank E. Ballard has bought the Frank Griswold farm of about 20 acres on Long Island. A Norwalk broker has secured adjoining Short property and other nearby tracts. Ballard with Meck Bennett plans to subdivide the Griswold land into building lots for sale, though the price paid was not disclosed. The Griswold estate has hosted many local outings and barbecues.
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Exchange Situation Worries Londoners
Londoners fret as sterling again falls on Thursday intensifying talk of a conference between the chancellor of the exchequer and bankers early next week. Reports say prominent statesmen may attend and observers doubt an international conference will ensue. The meeting is expected to be private with a possible brief statement later.
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Primitive Plumbago Mining in Ceylon Reveals Deep Pits
Reports describe about one thousand plumbago mines in Ceylon reducing all action pits open works and deep mines. Depth ranges from a few yards to seven hundred feet with most mining done by natives led by a central European operator. The mining gear uses a long wooden barrel with a band at each end and a two to three turn crank, operated by seven or eight men. The garden and yard are not included in the purchase, only the farm proper. Development of the mine is said to begin immediately.
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Motion Picture Showdown At Empire Theatre
Amusements note large scale acts at Pon’s and Reed in a U S A thriller. Tonight is last chance to see When the Clouds Roll By with Douglas Fairbanks. The Adventures of Truth and a Durton Holmes Travelogue plus news and Mack Sennett comedy. Empire promises a real year’s top film with Bert Lytell in Hight of Way.
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Gilbert Parker
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Broadway Comedy Upstairs and Down At Lyric
The Lyric theatre presents Poll Players with a love comedy Upstairs and Down at the palatial cottage party on Long Island. Interwoven are witty exchanges and a jealous captain romance. Also tonight The Woman in Room 18 ends its run as John Petticoats and Back Stage headline at Strand and Hippodrome features Pearl White The Black Secret and Evelyn Greeley Bringing Up Betty with matinee for children.
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Auto insurance rate set for 40 to 50 percent rise
Hartford January report notes a quarterly meeting of the National Automobile Underwriters Association will study an increase of 40 to 50 percent. William I Whittlesey of Hartford is a vice president of Aerial Insurance and will preside. The panel in Chicago will base the rise on recommendations from the national rate committee meeting in New York next week.
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