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By ARTHUR STANLEY

... reads: '“When His Majesty the Cat Receives in His Drawing Room.” The reason for this is that the French word for cat and the Persian Shah are pronounced in the same way, and the Government concerned thought that a pun was implied. In fact it is of such incidents ...

Published: Friday 22 December 1939
Newspaper: Cambridge Daily News
County: Cambridgeshire, England
Type: | Words: 119 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

PANTOMIME

... read, When His Majesty the Cat Receives in His Drawing Room.” The reason for this is that the French word for cat and the Persian Shah are pronounced in the same way, and the Government concerned thought that a pun was implied. In fact, it is of such incidents ...

Published: Monday 16 January 1939
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

KING FEISAL OF IRAQ: 1921--1933

... mngnetism, Feisal did much to strengthen his country's relations with neighbouring States. In April, 1932, he visited the Persian Shah at Teheran PEACE BY ARBITRATION The historic meeting of King Feisal and King Ibn Saud on board H.M.S. Lupin in Febru ary ...

Published: Saturday 16 September 1933
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

Prise-IVlnners

... —Girls: 1. Daphne Parsons (Christmas Tree); 2. Sylvia Henvest (poppy); 3. Mavis Mengeham So-Peep). Soya: 1. Tommy Mengeham (Persian Shah); 2. Jimmy Houneome (Will Hay - ). Consolation: Iris Pratt and Daphne Cox (bride and bridegroom). Dress made from materials ...

Published: Friday 06 January 1939
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 226 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Hello, New York! Leeds Publicity Club’s Telephone Greeti

... ” to be produced at the West Leeds Girls’ High School during A PROUD PERSIAN CAT. —Miss Simpson Baikie. with her cream Persian, Shah Jehan,” at the Southern Counties Cat Club’s Show in London, x..i# mm** \iP • t ' . • '. ,; i !• E;. .. ;.v ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1932
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 332 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

“Hail 1939—the New Year's First Entertainment Tour

... —Girls: 1, Daphne Parsons (Xmas Tree); 2, Sylvia Henvest (poppy); 3. Mavis Mengeham (80-Peep). Boys: 1. Tommy Mengcham (Persian Shah); 2, Jimmy Hounsome (“Will Hay”). Consolation; Iris Pratt and Daphne Cox (bride and bridegroom). Dress made from materials ...

Published: Thursday 05 January 1939
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 340 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MY NIGHT in HAREM tea were brought

... husband, but as the girl proved delicate she had been supplanted by a mere child, applecheeked and plump, grand-niece of a Persian Shah. rmly behind me, and I found myself among a group of n-omen of the harem, Rosita Forbes, who has recently returned from ...

Published: Wednesday 12 November 1930
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 522 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Try These New Recipes

... chess board you can make friends in the train with people without speaking their language. The name chess comes from the Persian Shah. King. and the word checkmate which ends the game, from Shah mat, meaning The King is dead. Some think it was meant for ...

Published: Wednesday 11 December 1935
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 537 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Will Take All Necessary AcHod

... for the company’s protection.” (Ministerial cheers.) Shah in Need of Money. Our Political Correspondent writes that the Persian Shah, Riza Khan, is not a tool of Moscow, but his capital, Teheran, is nearer the Russian frontier than to the Persian Gulf ...

Published: Friday 09 December 1932
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 503 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE FELIXSTOWE TIMES, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1936. “GUIDING” IN SUFFOLK IPSWICH VISIT OF DEPUTY CHIEF COMMISSIONER

... taboos and caste. The Chinese Government vsed its Scouts, Cubs and Guides as instructors in public morals and manners. The Persian Shah had decreed a Guide and Scout troop in every school, hoping by their means tn help the development of the recently unveiled ...

Published: Saturday 21 November 1936
Newspaper: Felixstowe Times
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 573 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TEMPSFORD

... attended. Fancy dress prizes were awarded as follows : Miss W. Boness, Miss R. Wilkinson, Mrs. F. Wooding, Mr. P. Wooding. Persian Shah (uamo unknown), and Mr. G. Cowley. Mrs. F. Gammons, Mrs. C. Cross, Mrs. W. Spavins, and Mrs. F. Wooding arranged the d ...

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... and the ght “Irish Sweep Draw Results On Page 4 Anglo-Persian Oil Agreement Ratified has Oil the The of of signature the Persian Shah St Margaret’s Lodge RAOB by Kingdom W Mr J “FAITHFUL TO THE BITTER EtND German Tribute To 2nd Devons BOIS DES BUTTES STAND ...