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For One Night Only
IN Calne, Wilts, you end
the week it is. Pa
SINGAPORE
TIGHTENS
SHIPPING CONTROLS
Singapore, March 26. Controls on British ship- ping have been further iiightened with regard to
| voyages to Red China
and North Korea.
|
An official statement said it had he deckled to Justituie a system of voyage Hcensing of
means
eans of preventing the supply of strategie materials to China and North Koreu.
father
every third hour the carik lon in the parish church play a tune, a different tune for each day of the week- The Bluebells of Scotland on Thursdays, for instance; m on Saturdays, Home, Sweet Home.
Last night, while the bells rung out above them, and over the evening-silent streets of the town, a score of people rehearsed in the church play which, to morrow evening. they will per- form in the bustling heart of Londra--in the Crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral.
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The ·Calne Church Players the Company of actors are called, and they form fair cross- section uf country town's population. There is a butcher umong Them. und two bank managers: girls who work in the focal factory, and a boy who works on a farm housewives, secretaries, schoolboys and their masters.
THE VICAR'S WIFE
asked some of these how they came to be in the play, and
all gave they
the me
same Oʻllanion, the answer: "Mrs vicar's wife," they said.
One added: "She came into An- the shop, and asked me," other: "She stopped me in the street." "Sho's our producer," &
third explained. "She makes actors val of nothing. She's our star, really."
So I sought out the vicar's wife who, like a talent senut. had toured the parish seeking people' to play the 25 speaking play-Gordon In the Paris Bottomley's verse-drama The Acts of Saint Peter-that was to be brought to London.
Mis O'Hanlon, whose Christian name Is Katherine, is handsome woman, young in manner, who possesses, besides the power of persuasion, A London University diploma in
unte art and, rather sur- prisingly for a country parson's wife, an aircraft pliot's licence. (She was in the Civil Air Guard when she met her husband, who also was entitled to wear wings wih his RAF chaplain's uniform during the war).
SO IMPRESSED
IN their last parish, a Dorset village, Mrs O'Hanlon pro- duced a miracle play that was brought to London, and fleet the crypt at St Paul's a year
"Those players came over to Calne," said Mr O'Hanlon, "and people here were that they, too, wanted to form u company to put on plays In churches.
It said export of goods direct from the United Kingdom and from nik British Colonies,
Including Singapore, already
WIS controlled but there was nething to prevent ships from pleiting up cargoes in certain other places and carrying them wherever they please.
The statement said it was now intended prohibit British
ships from doing this,
Un and after March 31, the communique said, a fleence will be necessary tor all Briush ships registered in the United Kingdom or the colonies, of 500 tons or more and going to sea from anywhere in the world on a voyage to China or North Korea.
It said a licence also would be necessary for voyages · be- twem places in China and North Korea. It added that diversiona at sea to China or North Korea would not be allowed without Ileence.
It said all licences would bo subject to ure condition that the
question carries shilp in
110 strategic materials to China or North Korea
Wie
voyage licensed.
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If there is any breach of order or of licence the per- 50 llable
to prosecution will be the Muster and persons having management of the ship.
United Press.
Gen Clark
Leaves
General Mark Clark, ac- companted by Mrs Clark, left by atr for Taipeh this morning after their informal visit to Hongkong.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1953.
WOMEN
POLICE FOR BARBADOS
The population of Barbados In' the British West Indies has modelled its forces of law and order on Western lines as can be seen by these four smart young ladies, members of the local police force.—London Express.
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STORY
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Parliamentary
'Revolt' Delays Mayer's
Departure For US
Paris, Mar. 24.
Premier Rene Mayer's departure for the United States was delayed- abruptly tonight by a Parliamentary "revolt."
The special plane in which the Premier was to have travelled to the United States was warming up at Orly Airfield when he hustled over to the National Assembly building to threaten to resign if they voted against him.
The Government won its battle in the Assembly, but informed sources said M. Mayer would not leave until the Upper House also had acted on the disputed measure.
Deaf Mute
Not Guilty Of Murder
If the Upper House voted "no", a second · Assembly vote would be necessary, delaying bla start at least until W Wednesday,
The last-minute wrangle was touched off by reports that France had agreed to conces- sions on the proposed Europemi Army Treaty, ending the latest French "delaying action" in the campaign that has stalled the of Western Germany vital army for nearly three years,
Negotiators from slx nations reached agreement today on the French "protocols" designed to water down the pnet. The
London, Mar. 24. A murder charge against a deaf mute was dropped at Cardiff Assizes yester- day after the prosecution details of the agreement were announced it had no secret, but France was said to
have compromised further evidence.
points.
The jury were instructed to return a verdict of not guilly against George Roberts, Gi. charged with murdering a 78- year-old
Miss
woman
E.
on
soine
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Dichard upponents mon rearmament
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 By Air
of Ger- British using a six-inch cigarette, holder. Country, two
the Yet there was a time when she
in soidlers came in and one, nol of his reign in 1935. Never
National Assembly called out was regarded as "advanced" Thomas at her home. her,
promptly recognising
Slam, Malaya, Indonesia, Austro- before had there been such per-Hi, missus! Two cups of tea." when
retaliated by trying to defeat a she took to smoking sonal affection for the sovereign She remarked with some cigarcites, She liked to smoke He was discharged.
bill authorising the government New Zealand, 4.30 p.m., CPA, Formosa. Okinawa, U.S.A. (New and for George V and his wife
to borrow
0 $228,000,000 to re-York) Canada, amusement afterwards:
p.T "That but never took more than three
I.K.A./ The Judge told the jury
plenish the nearly empty N.W.A.L. applause.
Japan. I p.m., 1.0.A.C. would never
treasury, have been asked to conviet on the evidence
By Surface offered.
Marzo, a.m.; 6 p.m.. A Lea
it was £1 year of tumultuous was the first time I was ever or four a day, usually after her
drove
Hundreds of thousands more
called "missus."
#
their
with
her
tea and dinner. She Uked Turkish
cor-
in the afternoon, if the weather was fine, she liked to go for a drive in her big, old-fashioned car, which she refused to ex- change for a more modern one, WELL-INFORMED In the evenings, she would biographies or historical Often her
Hundreds of thousands lined She also organised knitting brands best and preferred coffee the streets when they together to St. Paul's Cathedral Parties and she hersdif kaltted to tea. She never drank more
scarves for the men of her than a tle wino. for die Thanksgiving Service. own regiment, the Queen's She was always up by 7.45 to calling | um, and by 9 o'clock had theered them as they made their Royal. She took
unannounced on local villagers, finished her breakfast and was Julice Drives through the city and it soon became her regular busy over her Iminense and suburbs of London. Always, practice to "drop in for respondence. She took great Queen Mary had a special cheer chat." It was one of those, pains to Write to friends and
characteristic from the crowd.
gestures which relatives abroad. She liked her But her
happiness did not last made her so widely loved and ladies-in-waiting to read the long. Her husband fell ill again. I never caused embarrassment morning newspapers to her and She nursed him as before while fon she took herself and her crowds waited night after night calls for grnated, She had a outside Buckingham Palace for real interest in the villagers news although Before embarking in his Con-
the
and who would King
discuss stellation plane, General Clark Queen were
Sandringham personal problems Inspected a guurd of honour where her husband had loved to freely. provided by the
WOOD-CUTTING Royal Air ❘ spend his time quietly why his Force.
Most remarkable of her war friends, shooting and walking, At Kai Tak
activities was her wood-cutting, to bk General He died as he lived quietly.
They were greatly attached She would frequently go into Clark forewell and Mrs
were
the woods at Badminton and, Lt-General Sir Terence Airey, to one another and his death was
a great blow to the Queen, But with the help of a servant or Al
Commodore she bore it with the characteris companion, wield a two-handed Pearson, Station Commander, the dignity which has supported saw. She would carry on for Kai Tak, Mr D. A. R. Colborne, her through the many tragedies several hours without a break
an amazing feat for a ADC, representing
His
Ex-
The last great tragedy of her Governor, Cat E.
approaching 80. collency the
Sir Osbert Sitwell wroto
life came in 1952 when she lost M. Blight, US Military Attuche,
description of this:
another 501), the
ale
King and Mrs Blight, and Mr J. F.
Often would
and myself
morning George VI. Her doctor advised Harrington, US Commul-General. { of
towards the end of
her against attending the or skulk be
funeral. But she went to West- inclined to shirk hind a tree whereas Queen Mary minster Hall when his
his body vas still conducting operations brought
from
Sandringham without a sign of weariness," where fe had died, for the When the war was over, she public lying-in-state in London.
Commander, British Forces.
Hongkong,
so impressed His Wrath Was Turned Away
Paris, Mar, 24.
So the Caine Church Players came into being, Members pay
The French Minister for no subscriptions, and production
Economies, 31, Robert Buron, had or less covered costs are more by collections
21 prepared taken after the
speech to blast performances the Players give in neighbouring churches,,
THREE PLAYS
THEY have a repertory now of three plays, a wardrobe of in the 80 costumes, All made vicarage out of the annual gift of remnants of materials a manu- facturer sends every year, by Mrs O'Hanlon and a dressmaker from Dorset, who comes over to Calne for a week cach' summer for the purpost.
Lighting equipment, important when, us in a church, there is neither stage nor scenery and only a minimum of "props," cost £50, "And we pald it off Inst year," said Mrs O'Hanlon, with something of triumph in her
voler,
The cost of the trip to London (motorcoach hire, £10, and meals for the cart at a teashop near St Paul's) will be covered, It
is hoped, by the collection taken there is no admission fec. "But if we're down, we'll do another play down here later on and make up the money." Mrs O'Hanlon said cheerfully.
of her life.
QUEEN MOTHER Even in this moment of deep personal grief, she was conscious the the
of supremacy monarchy. Her first act was to bow to her son Edward, the King and head of the family, and
to kiss his hand.
She went
back, as
Queen
Mother, to Marlborough House,
woman
A
read
novels, end ladies-in-waiting would read to her for several hours. On one occasion, one of then had to rend for as long as seven hours. Extremely well informed,- Queen Mary was a real expert
on the Georgian era,
they
THURSDAY, MARCH 26
The bill was voted down by Com- the Assembly's Finance mission on Tuesday and Premier Hong/Tek Shing. The evidence comes down to Mayer warned the full Assem- the fact that Roberts was seen ly to vole "yes" on the measure before and afterwards and the unless it preferred to wrestle fact that he had previously a with another another
France's of knite in his possession.
Crises,
These things are coupled with unconial govern agreement of
is
"It there no certain statements said to have this proposal, there will be no been obtained from a man with
plane trip to the United States, whom communication was
If there is no plane, trip, it
It will almost impossible.-Reuter,
be because
so there is no
no govern- ment. That Len why usk you to ratify
the (loan) lext before Premier Mayer sald. you
The Assembly took his word and voled 253-222 to overrule the Finance Commission's de cision.
A few minutes later, it approved the loan by a vote of 280-221,
Ready For The Order
{
Anslut, Mar. 24. Lieutenant - Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser' tolik General Mohammed -Naguib, the Egyptian Premier, tonight that if be gave the order the nation would "rise as one man to rid the country of the Bridah."
Lieutenant-Colonel Nas-
ser was speaking on be- half of the pessanta.
Ho told the Premier "Go forward, we Bre behind you."---Reuter.
May Return To Work
Two
in London, where once she had returned to Marlborough House Her face was set with grief a
in London. In the meantime, she lived for eight years before her there had been another tragedy at stood in the doorway await- husband become King.
She had lost her the arrival of the gun- Within a year, tragedy struck in her life.
carriage bearing her son's body. Britain's economic policy and may
The abdication of her son youngest son, the Duke of Kent But there was no sign of break-
well have been the dent
who
was killed in an air oc-
ing down. announce drastic import restric-
while on active service
Later, she visited the Hall Hons to help close the balances rentest sorrow of her life.
She bore it with mixed feel. in 1942.
again,
her One of her favourite pastimes eldest son, the Duke of Windsor,
accompanied by of the Sterling gup.
Birmingham, Mar. 24. But he tore it up-after ings. First, she was the Queen
needlework. In 1950, she
who was staying with her at
thousand carbuilders Britain's Chancellor of the Ex- Mother and as such she thought was
as a blow Anished' a
magnificent carpet Marlborough House.
whose six week strike has crip- chequer, Mr. R. A. Butler, had of the abdication
against the monarchy whose de- which took her eight years to When. Inter, the
vital export production, funeral pled announced the easing of cur-
ted 1 to the procession passed her home on mands were supreme. But she make. She presented
tonight debated whether to re- rency
restrictions 013 British was also a mother with a deep nation to help the campaign to the way to Paddington Station
turn to work or lose their jobs. tourists in Europe and COL/CES.
earn more dollars and it was and St. George's Chapel, Wind- s|ons to British merchants
the Canadian
The strike traders of Im-sor, she stood alone at a window. Austin Motor Works here plead- the thought by trading with Europe.
A lesser woman might have perial Order of the Daugliters As the bler went by, she gave a succumbed to the condict of of the Empire for 119,651 dollars little wave of her hand-ber ed with them to wait before act- personal feelings in this crisis.
ing on the Company's ultimatum Not so Queen Mary who bore collected while the carpet was last farewell to a beloved con
taken on an exhibition tour, The The French left-wing news- that they should be dismissed with herself throughout
unless they returned to work by paralleled dignity and restraint, carpet now hangs in the Nation paper
Friday. al Gallery at Ottawa. Quech The crisis passed.. Mary settled down again to a ille of endless worki She
and amazing energy watched over the training of carriage
and she was over 80 when the best informed old lady in the her grandchildren
M, Buron today joined with other European leaders in wel- cutning the British concessions which include the raising of the
overseas travel allowance from £25 to £49 a year-Reuter,
Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
0, Programme Summary: 0.00. A Slenky Black Showcase and 21 Orchestra with Vocal: 8.30, Forces 11all) Concert Banditand (Concert by the Band of 1st Bn. The Royal Norfolk Regiment By kind permis
Bricbar sion of I-Col J.H.B.
(Commanding Officer). Conducted he Ms D. Harvey News and News
(Band Master); #7 Time Simal, Talk (London Relay);
7.15, Bong from the English Countryside—A Selection of Fulk Songs, súng by Marlin Dodday and the BBC Ringers with the Wynford Reynolds Quartet 150, Orchestra of the YOU L'OTCHESINO De La Societe Des
concern for her son.
Lin-
more carC-
cess Elizabeth was now helr pre- sumpilve to the throne.
WAR WORK
AMAZING ENERGY
Conco
"Franc-Tireur described her as "The Champion of Professional Royalty".
"Her hats have not changed
She still retained her upright since 1910 but she is perhaps the breaking today when 250 strike- |
She was indeed a mascot, a "character," well-loved. She was more than that she was Britain's most remarkable woman of the century-Router,
NEW RESERVOIR IN OPERATION
The strike seemed to be
weary men were reported back at the factory after
the uill- fully than ever before, for Prin. curtailed her evening engage 'world. She has travelled a lot matum. But the strike leaders mvi.is on the advice of her and read more White Papers.
claimed that only a handful had other con- than Winston Churchill. More responded and urged the rest to dector. The only cession she would make to her even than the King or Princess
wait for a meeting of the Trades increasing age and sciatica was Elizabeth's baby, Queen Mary is Ursion Congress General Council When the war broke out, she to use a wheel-chafe when she a masco, an old and venerable in London tomorrow. Reuter. refused to leave London despite had to appea in pubile for long totem of the tribe that species her age and the danger of periods. But the never used it English," ferred town to bombing, for she always r unit she became tired and
country life.nover used it at home at all. Eventually, however, she was She was a remarkable woman, persuaded to go to Badminton bath old-fashioned and modera. Park in Gloucestershire, theShe disliked home of the Duke and Ductices and hardly ever used a tele- modern "gadgets". of Beaufort and for the rest of phone. She had no telephones in tho war the made the West her private apartments. She diallied radio and television and wah going on.
Slie was constantly visiting never changed the fashion ef Someone was speaking whose 1932 Hongkong Annual Report by war factories and welfare her clothing, whatever Christian volce, with its Jon Stricker (Studio) Wess centres in the area. While the Dlor or other top-level designers soft, country
nesday rounded
would have `vowela,
Mollere adapted
would stop, decreed.. into English by was driving she made government statement Allee Malleson, Produced by Wilfrid
the had roam, to give life to Grantham (VUCTS); 10.45, Diezing
She is sold once to have re- sound like poetry. Now it richly
in the Dark-To the Music of Que-
American and British soldiers primanded Princess Elizabeth for married Te not a novelist adorned the accomplished
men Cavallaro (Piano) with rhythm and to factory workers,
"Cari, &e in Janssen who wrote She
wearing à scant on be; head.. www.accomplished verse
** Bobbed Hair” Daphne must be @poke.
Ackome; 10.58, Weather Report: 11,
sometimes served soldiers'
In
"You look like a kitchen maid," the author of “The Traadiņlije Radio News Joel (London Holay Thos corded): 11.10. Late
cantcem. Night Muste:
she is reported to have cém-
"the crilo, Be "Eulo, 1150 Racing-The Lincolnsaire
mentod
Dapbop in the vytiin una, Mertje Handicap Commentary by Raymond God Glendenning (London Relay),
wrote "Bawdzat (for Espricorn." Save. The Queen; 1150, Flore down.
London Kepratt Service.
GIFT IN RETURN WENT back to the darkened
durch, where the rehearsal Weather Heport: B. Let Country her special province,
Variety Bequests presented DY Margherita (Sludo); 9, Review of the
I thought of the gifts that London has given the country--| here was a gift from the country to London in return.
The story is told that ono day when she was serving, tea On another occasion she re-' at one of these canterns in the primanded Princess Margaret for
jo
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After eighteen months,, the construction of the, new Service Reservoir on Bowen Road is all but complete. It actually went into use around Chinese New Year, and supplies the Wanchai Area.
The Roservolt, which holds five million gallons of water, re- places n. three quarter million) gallon tank which was previous- ly on the site....It will provide
By Air
Formosa, am, via C.A.T. Sjarn, Burns. India, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain & Europe, Noon, B.O.A.C,
Philippines, .S.A. (San Francisco), 12.30 p.m.. Guam, Itawali P.A.A.
Philipptes. N. Bomeo, 430 p.m.. C.P.A
· By Burface
Macao, m; p.m., as Lea long Tak Shing.
Republic,
UN B
People's China, a.m... train via Canton.
Philippines, Noon, ss Ceylon. Malaga, Noon, Ho WUK. Furmoka, 1 p.m., Winx Song. Japan. Da.m.. na Umarla.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Ly Air
Formosa, am, via CAIT, Japan, U.S.A., Canado,
Although there has been no formal announcement of Pre- mier Moyer's-Washington-plans, C.P.A.L
Stan Burma, India, accounts Indicated newspaper
T.A.C. that he has two main objectives:
a...
A.)
Indo-China, France, French North Als 1. To trade French approval & West Africa, 1230 p.m., af the European Army Pact for France. Increased United States aid 10 West Africa, 4.30 p.m., Air Viet- Indo-China, France, French North
France at home and abroad.
2.
To
persuade the United States to fake seriously France's claim to be world power,
A high priority item to be dis- cussed is the situation in Indo-
Bam
Philippines.
Guat
U.S.A.. & p.m., P.A..
Iawal
Formoss, Okinawa, U.S.A. (Seat- Canada, 0
le & Western Statess,
pm., II.K.A./N.W.A.L.
N. Borneo, Australia, New Zea
China where France has been land. a p.m. Q.E.A fighting the
Malaya, Indonesia, Ceylon, Middie Communists for East. 6 p.m., D.0.A.C.
Japan..m.. B.O.A.C.
seven years.-United Press.
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