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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1952.
GILES at the CIRCUS
beginning a pre-Christmas revel with the famous studio-caravan
THE MAJOR IS
THE
AN EXPERT ON CROWN JEWELS
M
By J. W. Taylor
TAJOR-D. H. Souther- Charles II later ondered the ton, who served with owns to be remade as close to the original as possible. It is the, 4th Battalion the thu crown, weighing soven Royal Lincolnshire Rogi- potinds and richly encrusted with ment in the war, is one of jewels, the Queen will wear at only two men in the whole the very moment of her Corona
tion. Empire who intimately
The Iniperial State Crown knows every historic plece
will be the 'one-It' is much.
of Royal heirloom jewellery lighter-the Queen will wear and Crown Regalia.
on the way to the ceremony, Ita foundation is tho Regal Circiet
Ho is now a member of composed of clusters with large
centres
the firm of Lonton jewellers diamond
alternating
plain
doing restoration work on held together between
with quatrefoil ornomente, ali
the Royal Regalia and diamond fillets.
Crown Jewels of Britain,
some of which will be used
at the Coronation of the
Great Ruby
Queen.
Above the
circlet are
four
archite
four
CL
THE GILES FAMILY, circus-bound in their studio-caravan; have been fog-bound, ice-bound, but have at last reached the circus winter quarters at Ascot where they will be living for a while. Nevertheless, there will be a slight delay with funny jokes about circuses while a certain amount of thawing-out takes place. London Express Service
Cerebos THE OLD MARSHAL
*
Salt at its finest'
-Plain or lodised
See how it runs!
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OUTLAWS 'PERKS'
-Athens.
OLICE were huddled
P
around the table in
'the Minister's ante-
SEFTON DELMER meets PAPAGOS
of
#
During the war the Major cross patees, and four flour do
supporting gave lectures on the Crown
These carry A diamond Jewels to many sections of crusted ball or monde, which is the battalion posted in dif- topped by diamond CroGE ferent parts of the garrison Prince's ruby, the pearl cor pates. In It ore, the Black in Iceland. He has pre- rings of Queen Elizabeth 1, the vlously visited Buckingham sapphire of Edward the Con- the Star of South Palace in connection with fessor, and
Africa diamond, part of tho the regalla and fitting the famous Cullinan stone. The crown on the late King, as great ruby of the Black Princo he will have to in connection was won in battle from Podro, with the Queen's ceremony. butchered his predecessor in King of Castile, who had
1887 to acquire it.
The Major and his crafismen, some of whose families have banded the abulous collection of with all from the State Am
-The Queen will be anointed jewels and plaže - for more than
two centuries, are now handling pulla, a wonderful piece of gald the most princely collection of carving, surmounted by a golden regalia in the world, one stone cagle, sald. to be the original alone the Koh-I-Noor Alamond Ampulla made more than fou
having been insured for two teen hundred years ago. Tho million pounds. Same of the cople contains six ounces of pieces are more than a thousand holy oll. The accompanying years old ani, along with the silver gilt anglaling spoon has more modern items, tell of reme, four beautiful pearls in its ritual of kingship that has grown handle and is more than a out of history. Each of them will thousand years old. have some algnificant part to play in the solemn act of. Coronation
Used Once
1
Most beautiful as well as the most valuable sword in the world, the Jewelled Sword of State, has a hilt thickly enth ed with precious stones and a scabbard of gold, Tac will
accept it
homely hand
baz
Greek civil servants have built themselves
impene- When the Queen 'take's
to the Church, but will trable system of "perks." They the Archbishop of Canterbury
it back upon are paid extra for witting on the Sceptre, "the ensign .........of ft. Ecing redeemed by committees and Commissions, Queenly power and Justice it to the Sovereign of one Hundred room when I arrived parties combined,
for instance. No one knows will be the only me in her
velvet the marshul marshal's own trusted followers, how many such commiitees and reign that she will do so; it now shillings in a
once missing And that is what will make it there. They were taking is in for the toughest fight apart a time bomb. A his long fighting career,
most dangerous.
commissions there are or what not be used again until the reign. The sword was
ends. Known as the Baculum for, a quarter of a century from they are costing,
Sception, it has at its head under the regalia, and was eventually, primitive time, bomb, but a For the field-marshal, who "If we can survive. this bttack
the So ono of the first things. 2 Jewellet éross major Bound in a wooden box at the time bomb.
hos twice already saved his and carry on with our pollby-
Papagos and Markesinis mean portion of the Cullinan diamond back of a cupboard in Windeer
Custic. kountry-trom Halian invaders which will be harki, ruthless, to do is to cut out "porks and the Star of Africa which was In 1940
and Communist and unpopular-then "Yes," said my
cut into tour pieces by order of friend.
cut out the committees. guerillas in 1948-is at work halt way home.”
King Edward VII, after the Panayoris Slincios, the Minister
original again.
OF enormous stone I had come to see, after he had
I called on Papagos at his
weighing over 135 pounds, had offered me the customary colice. This time he is going to wor liftici house in the Athens
been given to him by the The bomb Wes found live against thousands of political suburb of Ekall. He lives there
Transvaal Government, minutes ago in a cubby
his hole and bureaucratic grafters who with his wife and family,
November 1907). .. next to my office. Just in time, have reduced Greece's economie Alsatian dog Fritz, and a couple TILL the marshat be able to too, the police tell me."
vitality to a most perllous low, of green-uniformed gendarmes
Well, I am delighted to be able to report the failure of this first time bomb attempt against Greece's few-weeks-old Govern- ment,
:
more
".
First test
who guard him.
что are
been
Essential
Great Globe
Other pieces in this vast col
Do Jection
be cleaned, dad examined before the Corones- grey
The Koh-I-Noor, said to date tion, are the Orb, the Dush through his schemes? Well, I hope so, for I agree
from $7 BC and to carry with it. - globa of gold digaifying the threat of death to any man aupremacy they are essential to tho.....re-
of Christianity A simple supper was waiting generation of Greece and Greek victoria by the old East India Sovereign
who wears it, was given to Queen widch only
reigning for him on the thing-room recovery
essential to the
holds in the hand, table, a contrast to the sump safety of the Western world...queem of all Uuture monarchs, behind
Company. She willed it to the the Sword of Justice, carried the Sovere on the PYROS Markosinis, dynamic tuous banquets he had
Turkish visitors giving his
Yes, it's a great relief to have; and it is set in the crown wom Sword of State, carried in four-foot-eloven wisp of a
their three-day visit a clear-headed man of energy by Queen Consorts. during
front, and the Sword of Mercy. Who is the lawyer
marshal's
and courage in charge here la No. 1 adviser,
There are two State crowns- told me of the just ended,
Athens for the first time in
Thero is also, St Edward's difficulties,
the Imperial State and the St The marshal is remarkably many years. I am keeping my Deward's or Coronation Crown. Staff -- the Rod of Justion and "The first real test," he said, vigorous and a young-looking fingers creed that he survives Oliver Cromwell ordered the Equity made of gold with a will come three months from man for his age. He was com political time bombs, as safely original St Edward's Crown to be spike of steel at its ily, and now. By then we shall have pletely frank and direct,
my- friend Sifpelos has destroyed, and it went into the said to contain a piece of the prepared in detail the first key
survived that first one.
melting pot, but a great any of True Cross taken mensures for, econornie and ad-
its famous Jowels were preserved, original staff. ministrative regeneration, Yes, despite the fact that the field-marthal's is far away the "Vested interests will launch strongest Government Greece powerful forces ans had since the war, despite Those I am most afraid of will
Bald of Wil' the fact that his "Rally" has a attack from insko the Rally vast majority over all
other itself, yes, from among the
But from all I have learned since
my arrival here from Egypt there are many time bombs waiting to go, oft under the Cabinet of 60-year- old Field Marshal Papegos. And these other time bombs may be more dangerous, for they are political,
quote by the Marshal
on the issues between us
ANGLO-GREEK RELATIONÉ: "Tho only issue which divides us is Cyprus, an overwhelming majority of whose Inhabitants want the island to join the Greek motherland and stop being a British Colony.
I am sure that with good will on both sides this matice can be solved satisfactorily. In any case, there is no need to ruch things.”
Hangers on
-(London Express Service)
from tho
* A STRANGER FOR CHRISTMAS
ince the war has appointed ACH successive, Government its hangers-on, and friends of its hangers-on to the Civil Service or to the staff of one of the
7OU can ease the unhap- many State - controlled
piness of a child at State financed undertakings. Christmas by the gift of a The result is that today the dog, or a new toy, or an in- Greek administrative machine
You is clogged with a superfluous vitation to a party. and inefficient staff.
and
can persuadeshy young men, even if they are proud There are many excellent
and difficult, to be follied men and women in its ranks. But they are unable to do their into joining in the festi.
dis- | vities. jobs because of lazy and
oncials who impede honest them,
But what if the lonely person is old?
became the strong, self-reliant,
By LEONARD MOSLEY
Second chapter of nows-in-true-story appeal
to "spread a little happi ness this Christmas by Inviting to your homo some UNEXPECTED guest; by discovoring yourself the pleasure of giving surprise, pleasurd to others **- •
not even gaiety and friend- liness can curé. ....
Oh yes, Will Hawkins has en invitation for Christmas,, He will not be lonely to that way. He will spend it with one of his. married children and the four grandchildren he adores.
Ho
is an expert hand when It "comes to running toy rallways or launching jet-planes, and the kids love to have him around.
For that other kind of comI- panionship he needs this Christ- mas, however, there will be else. Somo. friends of
D beloved
TC-
his children haye somothing
Mason and a 'daughter alone..
Her memories of her partner I have rarely seen two are fainter, for she lost her hus
band when her children were. people, so happy together - babies.' Her loneliness is of a and a man so dependent on subtler and, perhaps, even more his wife as Mr and Mrs poignant kind. Will Hawkins.
"This mess I am determined For old people there is children, and brought them to clear up. Greece can never often no easy solution at to adulthood, and launched lative too-an old lady who lost and prosperous nation she de-Christmas. It needs more them into marriages of her husband and brought up n ON LAKE COPAIS, $5,000,- Govenient," he said, "wo want serves to be and which she than a phone call or a card their own.. 000 British agricultural venture foreign capital to invest in must be to play her part in of invitation. For their.
defence of the West-until we in Greece, which the previous Greece. Government with a touch of "I shall be sure to see that have created an efficient- and loneliness is probably of a Abadan fever had expropriated, this matter is treated in a way responsible civil administration, different kind. the marshal rave me the same which restores British and other."we know there are at least ussurance I had already receive foreign Investors' faith in our 20,000 emcinis too many. But country “as a feld for their HWO
wo can't just sack them for: Take the case of someone are, realists in this enterprise."
fear of the social, disturbance I know called Me Hawkins. And this summer she Anyway, she will be at the **OF THE BUEZ VANAL BASE: "A British base in the Suez such step would have. Where
This will be the first died.: are they to go for a new job?" Canal Zone is essential not only to the defence of the Middle East, it is essential to the defence of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean, just as Greece, in turn, is essential to the defence of the Suez Canal base,”
ed from Markesinis.
ON BULGARIANS: "The Bulgarians have four times: our
No
lists
strength. in armour, They are also enormously superior & SYMPAT
us in artillery and aircraft. Their network of bomber and Aghter basta is constantly being expanded."Map MP4,
Christmas Will Hawkins
the whole, Will
Christmas party along with Will Hawking this your.
We are hoping that her lone
· linnas will: --ino," not cancel ous
richer. We are work
has spent without his wife for 40 years. I wonder if Hawkins has taken it ex- Wii Hawkins's loneliness, but you can realise, just what traordinarily well. He has that means. Not even war not gone to pieces. He has with it, and make with him succeeded in separating come out of retirement and and when the children grow
hoping
000 officials in Grecco. The them until now.
gone back to work, so that he will not have to sit oprostive and molay, or when OF THE YUGOSEAYS: "The Yugoslavs, like we Greeks last coallion Government, ap- For nearly half a century around and gloom, on the grown-ups become too loud
pointed at least 20,000. But no Will Hawkins and his wife
and assertive, perhaps WI require a great deal of equipment in the way of aircraft, one hugs the exact figure of shared every experience of But that will not prevent
Hawkins will armour and artillery. It is a question of time
Stato posts are kept "Provided. Kuronlayin, Greece, and Turkey are armed in time roll-for
will have an experienco they will not only be able to defend their own vital sector of Western defence they will be able to increase the depth of No one knows exactly how They struggled through the from being monstrously and some memories to the Balkan bridgehead and inebace the dank of any Soviet force rouch ply they draw for there poverty and trials of the lonely this Christmas. Lome. With someone his own deat *no one elev af the party ha VRE "attacking Central and Wesletta Buròpe
"Hato either li vil garly Years,
Feared ly in the kind of way that ze had lane, to know. S
La full and happy marringe, him—and his relatives know sich „botų, mind "500"