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i llllfV 1 f- I mi iVTyrt Miin LONDON-BY- 1 TUESDAY JULY 1947 OF COUPLE I HE Court-story of lonely farm On SO-SO yisit from Denmark 'Dod' Orsborne at Guernsey fipipper Orshi George Orsborne who sailed A pun who is said to have tried to sell the furniture of a husband and wife after he had killed them and buried them on the moors appeared at Saddleworth near Oldham Lancashire to-day charged with murder John Edward Gartside aged 24 CLOSE THE DOOR GUY Which one 7 9 he asked rjuy Farquhar aged 60 independent of Gian Wye Builth Wells Breconshire was iV rrr'S-A "Look what Albert's found dear1 Linoleum earl selling out 1 5 nlT-ll for 1 Li riS a Evening Standard Reporter leaf to ar and he made the firm products known throughout world At 10 ajxi on Thursday Jujj the business will cease to family affair In his letter fell and CoraT- i ffi announces or mother the are each selling £373000 Ordinary stock at a of £1506250 to be rei public in the form of 10s Ordinary shares share Lord Peel says: pany was oonverted into -y company on June 24 TTS: facilitate the realisation ipir-of my holding rend: Inevitable by the burde taxation and death duties" pVederick Walton was A IhvmiIai inventor and a Yorkshire-man bom In 1834 As a youth he noticed while experimenting with rubber substitutes that skin formed on paint as it dried In 1863 he had perfected linoleum Contemporary with Walton Was another young man the great-randfather of the present Earl buflding eel who waa business in Lancaster founded his business Walton waa 10 years old There Walton leaves the story of a business born in 1844 and built up through three wars as a family concern For the- great-grandfather of the present head of Jas Williamson and Sons Earl PeeL also had his eye on linoleum now WHEN TO BUYING suddenly and alone few days ago from Dover in the 48ft ketch Lovely Lady has reached Guernsey He 'explained he was testing his boat before he and a crew of adventurers the trail of Captain Kidd" Save paper drive to be held in St Manrlebone July 7-19 aims at making everyone salvage extra 3oz-a-day nan prisoners have oined the Salvation Army at anterbury Vv- Road aafety week In Battersea during September will cost the £200 during I £4000 hot water TTot water installations for -RA cloakrooms and kitchens fat tlx LCC schools will cost £4000 Tribute to factory girls Ipswich la paid by Mr Harold Dunning of the Central Office of Informational wish that girls in all other parts of the country were as Ne Three thousand shven hundred families in Brentford and -Chiswick are waiting for homes Pullet owned by the Vicar of Docking Norfolk has laid threO 6oa eggs in four days Auction at Norwich in aid of agricultural disaster fund raised £103 Liason officers of the RAF are to lecture senior pupils of Norfolk schools on RAF as a Career" I Freight service ew weekly Mr freight service was inaugurated to-day when a British European Airways Dakota left Northolt for Athens via Marseilles Milan and Rome worth Beckenham Council have converted 17 houses Into 141 flats The Vital Flame Is title of one of the books given by the South Metropolitan Gas Company to Lambeth Libraries Committee Instead of holding picnic children of Si Sunday Sc hoc 1 Toronto sent the £24 15s they would have spent to St Church Camberwell Mr A Griffiths 70 of Hunters Hall-road Dagenham after 42 years ervlce and Mr EL Norm East cote-road Watford after 41 vears with London Transport Film Birth of a has Deen banned from put showing by Essex counciL Recruiting The 2nd Battn ng the Scots Guards left Windsor to-day by special train for Scotland where they are to make recruiting marches Village blacksmith at West Wickham Kent Mr A Holden has died at the age of 81 Appointed Controller cf Stamps by the Board of Inland Revenue Tredinnick Married 50 years Mr and Mra Matthew Frederick Hobs of Osbaldeston-road Stoke Newington Mr and Mrs Heal of Manchester drive Leigh Essex Printers pie? As far as my wife is concerned! the proof of the pudding is in the at Kent court Husband gMur pfH! VALUESlSBm GEM A ENSURE A dealer of Saddleworth is the man and 'the couple he is accused of murdering were Percy Baker 44 commercial traveller and his wife Alice Baker 42 of Manor House Farm Saddleworth Mr Claxton prosecuting said Mr and Mrs Baker were a devoted couple and went to live in Saddleworth at the end of last year Gartside lived with his parents about 300 yards away from their farm Call it a shop 'Just before May 20 Mr and Mrs Baker went away for a week-end holiday On May 20 Mr Baker collected his dog from kennels in Manchester and that was the last time he was seen alive 1 On May 22 Gartside called on a furniture dealer in Oldham and offered to sell some furniture which he said he had at Manor House Farm He also said he was separated from his wife and was rejoining the RAF The furniture dealer went to the farm and offered him £300 for the furniture' Gartside gave his name as Baker The offer was accepted and Gartside was repeatedly asked whether it was his property and he said it was He was given £100 deposit and when asked to produce his identity card produced a card in the name of Baker Crave on Brun Moor Bloodstains at the farm aroused police suspicions Gartside was questioned and at last said he woula show the police where Mr and Mrs Baker were buried He went with them to Brun Moor and in a grave two feet six inches deep were found the bodies of Mr and Mrs Baker and a considerable amount of clothing The post-mortem showed that Mrs Baker had been shot through the bead and Mr Baker in the head and body You will find the new CARRERAS ISO YEARS fM ETTA for the FULLER FIGURE Freah and coot for Summer diyst A young-looking and attractive style with white spots on coloured backgroundsor in vsri-coloured prints 7 coupons 42' hips £2 16 3 44' 46' hips £301 48' hips £340 on lir(t (election of Non-Utility dresses from £9 Pm tonal St-opot't onh New Sj BOND ST Street Croydon ana moment Grove Rd Sutton a a So such the will 511 UW steak taken to Bow-street accused of being under the influence of drink while in charge of a motorcar at Hamilton-place Park-lane He denied it So Dr Kennedy police divisional surgeon asked him to close the door on the opposite side of the room one?" askec Farquhar The doctor then put four six Fences on the floor and asked arquhar to pick them up one at time He picked up the first one then threw it on the floor and said Now you And it1 So at Bow-street to-day Farquhar was fined £10 with £3 costs -and disqualified from driving for 12 months He said he had dined with his cousin and all he had to drink was small cocktail a glass of claret and a small glass of brandy On driving home he fell asleep and he was rudely awakened by a police sergeant and told to get out of the car 'Thought he was free to statement Harry William John Hardy aged 32 tony driver of -Forest-road Liss Hampshire was sent for trial to the Hampshire Assizes cy the Alton-magistrates to-day I accused of bigamously marrying Doris Olive Bryant 27 at Alton! on April 19 Hardy was alleged to have told Detective-constable Meen who irrested him: WI thought I was free to marry as 1 had served tnree years for my last offences" packing helpful well-filled with fine Tobacco CRAVEN PLAIN in new packing solve your spending problem 75 for2fG REPUTATION FOR QUALITY 1 ill it I NITTA n- CJ- COT benson-s ISb Two of the 50 Danish girls and boys who arrived to-day for a stay In North London under scheme whereby similar number of Hornsey and os-well Hill children will visit Denmark In August escape from flats fire Warned by passer-by Mr and Mra Gilbert Gasson and Mr and Mra Daniel Mr and Mra O'Driscoll and their son escaped from a 10-roomed house divided into two data which caught fire at Stondon-park Brockley early to-day They were warned by a passer by who saw flames coming from the roof The Gannons' flat was extensively damaged WOMAN RAN TO OIN QUEUE Killed by bus Mra Dora Reed of Marquess road Islington was knocked down land killed ny a bus while-she was running across Essex-road Isling ton to join a flsh queue At the Hackney inquest to-day Mra Nellie Peart who was at the head of the fish queue said that as the bus swerved close to the off side pavement to avoid the woman I she ran with the bus and the driver I could not avoid her His only I alternative was to have mounted the pavement and hit the queue Verdict: Accidental death Not worth a farthing Mr Gamma ns (C Horn Isey) will ask the Secretary to the Treasury on Thursday if in view lof the fact that the farthing has 1 now no monetary value he has considered its abolition in commer jcial transactions and ceasing to mint it Reunions 300 (Lee) 3L Bty OCA I SO Drill Hall Merton-m Wandsworth ly II Write: -Huneerbuhlrr uapole Bra Beits 894237 Coy iRASC (78 Divl ml second Monday each moot) Victory Ies45erviees) Club Hand-eonrt Holborn 8 East Yorks Hess Welcome home dinner danra Lysbeth IXall Soho-equare WCt Sept 80 7 Ttck-ts Bunco 77 High- tre Maidenhead Berts CROSSWORD 9 Spring (3 Spindle (4)1 7 Side (61 a Refrain (3) 10 Real (5): 19 Destined (5) is Break (7) 17 Mineral (31 10 Modern (3) 80 Contradicted (7) 93 Coat Build (5i 91 Coat (5i 96 Marsh (3) 37 Retreat S) i as Drawer (4i 98 Minute (3) DOH'N-l Defile (4) 3 Judge 14) a By (3) 4 Entertain (6) Hat (5) a Place money IM 11 Bolt (5) 11 Pet (At Colour (St- 1 Mnttlur (It i ansa si is Firework (6): 31 Arrange neatly (5): 94 Stake (4) as Ve 14 1 as Not abundant (3) 1 Worn Sole 29 Amulet Cut- JJf he Ltd lef Lmitau nX) 3- 38 OLD BOND LONDON Wl Limn KM Cmt ML Choose your gem ring ai They have been selling quality gem rings for generations and their reputation is your safeguard Moreover because Benson's are a large firm with exceptional buying facilities they are able to offer you full value Visit Bcnsoo's downom or write for ffiastrated booklet of rings (Please state if details of deferred terms are required) riiET imn unoch --of4 pt ISTAUI RECenl I ri A- rttfe I I MPJP mil to-nigh LINENS It Kindle is kdZl 16 Heed 17 Tanks 18 Title 20 Drone 23 Eden vG nib 1ST True Tow 19 24 Loch Kt Hum mi s'.