Tragic romance ends as Mrs Averill Rattray dies in Nairobi
The 27 year old daughter of Viscount Furness, who married Andrew Rattray in Nairobi after renouncing English society, has died in a Nairobi nursing home. The couple’s romance began five years ago in England, with marriage in Nairobi and a life on a farm prior to Rattray’s death in 1933. Lord Furness remained in contact by cable as reconciliation followed.
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Andrew Rattray
Nairobi
Rattray
Mrs. Rattray
Mr. Rattray
England
Lord Furness
Africa
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Safari
Uiness
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Melton Mowbray
Homebush and Maitland cattle auctions report mixed demand
In Sydney vendors faced irregular trade with steady or weaker demand for plain beef and lighter weights while prime animals showed better competition. Maitland fat cattle sale drew a larger, higher quality yarding with irregular trade, best bullocks quoted around 10/6, cows to 1/6, yearlings to 4/18/6, and calves strong at top rates. Pigs and other stock also priced with cautious bidding and varied results.
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Homebush
Sydney
Maitland
Seattle
Nual
Man bound over on armed hold up fantasy plan in Rochdale
Frederick Arthur Wimbush a 19 year old Leicester man was bound over for two years at Rochdale on suspicions tied to an unreal world thriller inspired hold up scheme. He allegedly planned to steal a motor car snatch a bank messenger tag and post notes to an address in Birmingham. A water pistol and ammonia bottle were found. A psychologist said he lived in an unreal world acting as a book hero and recommended treatment. The Bench ordered him bound over.
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Rochdale
Lancashire
Frederick Arthur Wimbush
Leicester
Wimbush
Manchester
Birmingham
Keith Hudson
London
RAP
Paris to enroll twenty women police force
A plan to recruit 20 women police officers in Paris is announced. The brief notes further military and political items including Greek ex-officers joining Ethiopia efforts, Italian peat refineries, a Berlin execution for spying, Italy broadcasting war propaganda, a Leeds legacy, and a British sugar beet industry association formation.
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Paris
Abyssinia
Ministry of Agriculture
Frank Zuess
Berlin
Italy
Leeds
Egyptian protests force withdrawal of Bengal Lancer screening
Protests by Egyptian students led to the withdrawal of the film Bengal Lancer from a Cairo cinema amid threats. A Hamburg Hagenbeck Zoo elephant escaped, killed a man by lifting him with its trunk and tossing him into the air.
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Bengal Lancer
Cairo
Hagenbeck Zoo
Hamburg
Federal Fertiliser Subsidy Clarified for 1935 36
The Acting Minister for Commerce Mr Thorby explains subsidy rules for artificial manure used during 1 July 1935 to 30 June 1936. Subsidy is 15 shillings per ton on artificial manure only when applied to the oil. Payments cover whole or half ton lots. Applications must be lodged by 31 October 1926 at the Department of Commerce.
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Commere
Thorby
Commonwealth
Department of Commerce
Commonwealth — Bank
Pitt Street
Sydney
King George's Stamps Collection Worth Vast Sum
Speculation grows in England over the future of King George VI’s stamp collection kept at Buckingham Palace. The UK and British Empire stamps are believed the finest, in 600 plus volumes with roughly 500000 to 750000 stamps, valued unofficially around 400000 pounds.
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England
Poperts
United Kingdom
British Empire
Buckingham Palace
Great Quadrangle
Bolind
Morocco
Royal Philatelic Society
George
Post Office
Tye Kine
Phila‘ali
New York
Roosevelt
Tor Frank Godden
London
Officials arrest in Irkutsk fire lax rules case
Following a deadly 25 person fire in Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet officials were arrested on charges of lax administration of fire protection rules.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
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