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The Corporal Who Played Cricket During Drill
By J. W. Taylor
The days when refractory NGO's of the Yeomanry were reduced to the ranks by public notice in which words weren't spared are recalled, by recently published documents relating to the Northern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry, drawn mainly from Upper Airedale, which was raised as part of a plan for the defence: of home shores by auxiliary forces.
Was
He concluded with the nouncement that in futura overy member of the corps, with the exception of the chap- lain and surgeon, must attend drill once a week; any member setting this order at defiance would have his name struck off the roll.
When an emergency over the threat of invasion arose in 1601,
The Regiment's firat Com- army would speedily become no
Officer manding
better than a mob.". Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Lister, afterwards Baron Ribblesdale, of Gisburne Park, who was raised to the peerage for his services to the volunteer movement in 1797. His second-in-com- mand was Major Bengamin Ferrand, of St Ives, Bingley the Regiment was instructed A member of the present Fer-that "the uniform, arms and ac- rand family possesses a Virginia Mayoment published in 1801 by Wil-serving in the volunteer corps docu-coutrements of the gentlemen Harn Ferrand, of St Ives, as should ever be kept contigubus commandant of the 35th York to their beds." AT 2.30, 5.15,
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If Was Somebody's Birthday
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By MAX TRELL
| (6CIOMEBODY's birthday is to-
with
for
the turned-about пате, sald to his sister Hanid as they both sat in a corner of the
playroom.
whose Hanid.
That's
birthday?" asited
It," said Knarf. "I
can't remember. But it's some-
body's.
This
didn't seem to help Benz
much. Teddy the Stuffed was sitting in tho opposite corner of the room, next
Mary-Jane, the rag-doll.
to
Mary-Jane,"
"Teddy and sald Knarf, "Somebody's birth- day is today, I can't remember whose It la?”
"Lots of peoplo have birth- |days today,” said Teddy.
"It's somebody onid Knot.
Wo know,"
Didn't Know
elther,
know
It's my birthday," Genereal Tin said.
WOE
Mr
Everyone in the playroom {excopt General Tin himsch, Santa Lucia, the Queen of ceremony that heralds
who stood quictly by the door dressed in white and mas.
and didn't know Kuhnt WELA with nine candles burning on
Teddy shrugged. Mary-Jane going on) Queen of Light this year was
dimppointed her crown, walked through the fair-haired 24-year-old Majbritt didn't
Knart and puzzled by Knari's box hall of London's
General Swedish Lindquist, from Stockholm, who asked
Tin, the tin and brushes. "General Tip Church recently followed by 11 is seen in photo being crowned soldier, who was standing next isn't at all interested in paint- candle-bearing attendants in by Britta Maritason.
to the door with his musket ing, I'm afraid." sold white.
After tho ceremony the over his shoulder, But he Punch. More than 300 members of guests, some in national dress couldn't remember any better the Swedish colony in London spent the evening with, fun and than any of the others. "I watched the traditioanl Swedish games in a pre-Christmas party. never heard of a birthday that
All didn't have somebody who had it." General Tin
muttered. Mr "Well, it's not my fault. If it they had were my birthday. I'd remem- Knast ber it well enough. Now let me has seen the real present yef see, my birthday is on...on We're all going to make it with. -ti's today!" General
this paint box and these paint
"VIOLATED" HE DETESTED
"It was our best drill day, beautiful weather within a fort- night of the time fixed by Major
for Hárman
our inspection, and I carnestly requested a fuli muster. On entering our drill Kround we found Corporal Brown amusing himself with playing at cricket, which he the State under which the continued to do in the presence Roman Catholic Church in of the corps while at drill-con-Poland is suffering" is the duct degrading to him as
The "grave oppression by
of
soldier, offensive to his brother subject of a protest by the! Department volunteers and insulting to his International Commanding Officer.
of the British Council "This public insult to our Churches. Rifle Corps demands public re-i dress; I therefore reduce him
to the ranks."
SEVERAL OTHERS Corporal Brown was only one to come under the cen- sure. Mr Ferrand, thoroughly warming up, went on to write:
"Several other members of the corps, out of uniform, were idling away their time by lean-
The Department Includes
DAMP CLOTHES
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
London.
This is a tale of the early eighteen hundreds, when almost every day saw some new and fascinating develop-
official representatives of ment in industrial technique.
the
Church of England, Church of Scotland, the Baptist and Con-
•
Real Present
the others agreed that Punch had said just what. been thinking. But. smiled.
"None of you
suddenly shouted. "My birthday brushes,"
is today?"
Knarf gave pach one in the Instantly everyone in the room a paint brush, He made playroom came over to con- them all put a different colour gratulate General Tin,
paint on their brushes-red, "Thank you," he kept saying yellow, blue, white and black. as Teddy and Knurf and Hand Then Knarf whispered some- and Mary-Jane and Me Punch thing to them. "Oh! Now we
the
"Turn
and the Hobby-Horse and know what you mean, Knarf!"- Purr-Purr
kitten, and Teddy shouted. Foremost among the which give added softness and Pooh-Pooh the poodle shook They all walked up to the
elasticity to the rubber, Some his hand. not the gregational Unions, the Metho- tangible signs of progress "plastic raincoats are, in fact, buy me
"Don't bother to tin soldier with their brushes dist Church, the Presbyterian were the huge new
any presents. I don't and paint, gas-made from materials themselves care for any presents. I can Church of England and
the holders springing up around manufactured from Conference of British Mis-
petroleum do very well without presents.
around, please, and sionary Societies.
Britain's expanding manu-by-products. For that matter, But if you buy me any just shut your eyes," Knart said to tofacturing towns, unsightly were practising chemistry today, to sleep tonight,
the inventor of the "mac" bring them to me before I go him. "We're going to give you ing over a wall and watching express indignation at the suf-installations admittedly, but he could make himselt a com- my birthday
They're a s13- I like to get your presents. presents on my prise!"
General Tin did as he was told. He turned around and stood absolutely still, with his shut. He felt the eyes tightly brushes going over him. “AIL sald right, General! Open your eyes
zca-
Church."
volunteers their brother lously learning
their Should anyone repeat this un- soldierliice conduct, unless he be absent with leave of the com- manding offleer of the day, or on account of inability to drill, I will Instantly publicly dismiss bim.
Were such gross breaches of discipline, allowed, the most ex-ing. ficient corps in His Majesty's Poland."
12
28
what
When
It said that it "wishes
ferings of the Roman Catholic tribute to the genius of plete wet-weather outfit birthday." Church in Poland, and prayer Scottish bred drillful sympathy with its fellow-
William Sou'wester, stormcoat and
Everyone wondered Christian members of that Murdoch, the man who goloshes-from petroleum-based
kind zubber. Bynthetic
of present to buy for a pioneered the commercial But It was clear that **Luman
use of gas ag
a source of covet nothing that has been distin soldier.
detracts since
from "He's rights and freedoms, and
got a mustret," par-
Charles Madintosh's inventive-Teddy. "He wouldn't be able now!" rights light and heat. ticularly the legitimate of religious communitles, One of the largest gasworkss and enterprise. Next time to use another one."
"And besides," said Mary-
General Tin opened churches, priests and religious was
be-. laymen, have been, and are be- Glasgow, a plant which proved spare a thought for the man who to buy
bult on the outskirts of defy a real monsoon deluge
with your faithful
raincoat, Jane, "where would you be able his eyes, he could hardly
He had a tin love what he saw. a muskėt for 2 Inn understandable magnet to
founded the fashion.
brand-hew red cont, a bright soldier?" certain young chemist who had
yellow already won wide respect over
It was Kaart who thought of now blue hat with a
feather. He had a new black the best his processes for treating woollen
present for General and cotton yam. He was especial-
|T!n. Puzzle intrigued by the great heap of
He wouldn't tell any of tle, and new black shoes. And.
of pair the others what it was at first. "Everybody wasle materials-a black, treacly
trousers. waft right here, mass-which daily accumulated
please. I'll be right back.”
They had all been freshly He returned a few minutes painted on him by his friendst Inter with
Generall" paint box and "Happy birthday, several brushes.
they all cried joyfully.
wantonly violated
A British Crossword
1 Exchanged for money.
ACROSS
G
Arab boats
8 Rhythm
10 Player
9 Eastern language
11 Cook
12 Flat fold
13 Colour sightly
10 Doctor
18 Medicine
20 Entreaties
22 Bearing
23 Calm
25 Irritate
28 Not so difficult 27 Build
28 Coin
29 Inclined
1 Nonsense
DOWN
2 Marine view
3 Potentate
4 Deciphers
Powerful Feverish
Injured
15 Trapped
15
10 That which is not known
17 Vernacular
19 Speed
21 Of great magnitude 24 Departed
YESTERDAY crosswor'b-héroes: 3 Itch, 7 Sturt, 8 Exit, D Hall, 10 Invalid 12 Proo, 16 Sated, 18 Logs, 19 Epoch, 21 Crone, 22 Omit, 23 Revue, 20 Bite, 29 Married, 30 Ball, 31 Bomb, 32 Cedar, 39. Sach. Down: 1 Stunt, 2 Treason, 4 Trade, 5 Help, 0 SID, 0 Hits, 11 Lager, 13 Riot, 14 Ache, 10 Demur, 17 Scab, 18 Loot, 20 Plerend, 22 Oval, 24 Emits, 25 Relax, 27 Icon, 28 Ebbs.
FERDINAND
In
yard.
a corner of the gasworks'
SCIENTISTS
TO COMPARE
Eventually his curiosity and "APE MEN"
his business acumen prompted him to offer to remove the stuff | if he could have it free.
The equally shrewd gasworks manager stipulated that, if he took one waste-product for nothing, he must buy the other by-products at a fair price, but the young chemist accepted the compromise.
Dr G. H. R. von Koenigs- wald, palaeontologist of Utrecht University, who discovered the Java "ape man," is flying to South Africa from Holland in NO DIFFICULTY
January to compare the Ho found no difficulty in mar- fossil ape finds of Dr Robert keting the coal tar and residual Broom and Professor Ray- oils: only the remaining crude mond Dart with his own naptha seemed worthless. Never- theless, its
discoveries in Java since new owner WOG determined
to make this "white 1980; elephant" serve some purpose. Other distinguished scientists After endless experiments, he from Holland,
Sweden, and tried dissolving some rubber in America will go to the Union the naptha-and evolved the
next year for a similar purpose, first rubber solution. His dis-
and to visit the Transvaal covery seemed to him a miracu-
museum in Pretoria, which has, lous means of combatting one particular
collection of discomfort which an incomparable
evidence on the origin of mon. especially annoyed him
Dr von Koenigswald has in which Glasgow's winter climate his possession at Utrecht speci rendered an almost daily oc-
mens of all early types of man curence: getting his clothes
those excepting scaled by rain
from around China,
are which
the
and
some
now
beautiful
white
Rupert's Autumn Primrose-11
Rupert and Edward hurry away from Robin Down, and as they bear Nutwood they meet Ferdy Fox who now has his brother Freddy with him. They stare at the prize jug. "Oh, you mean things!" crime Ferdy, * So you did keep that purse after all, and you've been having a good time at the Fair with the money in it.” “No, no,” protÉSTE
Rupert
"You're quite wrong: And he tells them the story while Edward nod's his head solemnly. *** won this jug.". saya the little
bear. **And the Gipay woman said that I took it back full of primroses she'd give us another.” "Yah," cera, Ferdy She was pulling your leg. There are no primo in eufuman 1'' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Ho liberally covered a length
Lost SIDE GLANCÉS. of tweed cloth with his new although they ore known by solution and then told his tailor cast. Dr Broom believes that to make him a topcoat from the specimens may be morphological of tho South African treated material. The next week, the Ingenious chemist ancestors of some of those in Charles Macintosh was striding, the collection at Utrecht. cheeffully through Glasgow's The remarkable sikull named heaviest downpours,
wearing Pithecanthropus Robustus was prototype of the garment to among the important discoveries made by Dr von Koenigswald in which he thus gave his name.
Today, we take "mackintoshes" Java, where he worked with the for granted. Indeed, Macintosh aid of a grant from the Carnegie himself would have a shock if Insitute; he also discovered the he could see just how far we fragmentary jaw of a glant man have
progressed in methods of or "ape man" which he called manufacturing
theso Indis Meganthropus. pensable garments,
A skull found at Sterkfontein, Preparing rubberised solu in South Africa, is believed by tions has been radically simpli- Dr Broom to be that of a similar fled by use of various petroleum "apo man, or being closely products which not only facili- allied to man which walked on tato the mixing procedure but lits hind legs.
Wifed Out!
By Mik
By Galbraith