THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1958.7
PEOPLE
in the news
LORD MONCKTON
MAKES
BANKING HISTORY
URING
By Richard Borry
West, a sute Tay
the past 20
Bristol years Lord Monckton seat offered to him because Sir Winston (then Mr) Churchill wanted him in his team.
of Brenchley has hit the
headlines
His 11 famous
Monckton made (L great
lawyer, a brilliant politician, anelal sacrifice by, accepting.
at a confidant of Kings,
He had no political ambition:
When, at the beginning of but took the step through his 1957, he retired from politics personal
admiration Di and
with a viscountey, it seemed loyalty to Sir Winston,
that Ford Meeklon might at Just step out of the limelight. But now, at 47, he is making bigger headlines than ever as Muckton, the busnessman,
After
18 months only
As
ity
LORD MONCKTON: Man of the Midland
A Weekly China Mail Feature
"It Will Not Make Any Difference"
Rome.
A young Italian white collar worker today claimed he was among the heir of a huge fortune left by his uncle Rlecardo Cresti who emigrated to Brazil in 1896 and died there in 1949,
The reported lucky man was let, had continued his search Raoul Vittucet, an employee of for him. the Halias initistry of publie works. He is married and the father of a 12-year-old dugh ter, Patrizia.
Vitueri sold his uncle Riccardo Cresti was born ni Acquaviva, neay Siena, 1802, sludied there winning !i du;£ret༤ 445 20 norartan, and emigrated Brazil in 1886 teaving behind a two-year-old daughter, Vera,
to
For years al the family in Acquaviva heard was Dint Crui hal won fame as
He recently karned that he had died in Brazil and had left eight billion e ($12,000,000) to be divided among his heirs,
I was here that the major problem rose. Rome Inwyer's questioned whelber the offspring of the alleged illegitimate sore of Cresti were entitled to their
share of the fortune, or whe ther it should all go to his nephew, Vittucci.
While Viltucci was jubilant.
THEY TOOK AWAY BABY GERALDINE
IN TEARS
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province,
A South African apartheid law has forced Mrs E. MacDougall, from Glasgow, mother of British tilm actress Maureen Swanson, to part from the five-year- old coloured child whose life sha saved and whom she mothered for four years.
Under the Group Arcas Act, which bans
non-whites from prescribed white arcas, it is illegal for the child. Geraldine, to sleep in Mrs Mac- Dougall's home, Geraldine has gone to a home run by
Anglican sisters in Grahamstown, 80 miles from here, where Mrs. Mac- Dougall will pay all her expenses. She will be sent to a training school when she reaches school age. When the group area's officers called on her after a tenant in the block had reported Geraldine's presence, Mrs MacDougall said that it was as if they had come to take her own child away.
she said. "I am not at all interested in politics,"
butfirst and had two liopitis wife Jenny was somewhat "She is our child and our responsibility.
skeptical. Mio sons. They were numed She said she had heard! of Egisto and Bosalino,
many announcements of colossal by uncks and Vittureis fold newsinen Existo fortunes tert An a lawyer, Munckton hich
came to Italy with the Brazilian relatives in America to heirs In expeditionary
which furce been in the £30,000 a
were during Inly
without your class. As a
the late stages of World War Icundation, £4,000 a year
"We shall see what comes out Cabinet Minister he had to give
his county regiment,
I and was killed The
in action. West Kents,
The other Royal
It will soon Rosalino, ag of this entire matter. Je wot: in his country home, which he
much difference to decoracordat Vẞtucci, come back to not make the Mility Cross-a could RO longer afford dua
he died leaving me whether we get a fortune addition 10
London he does not mention in the Italy where his
14 fernes booic-anal
or just remadu simple working.
sho are now," Vittuce said he lust contact people hervily passed in netion.
with his uncle many yours ago said. In 1919, Monckion was called to the
Bar, Married, and with a son and daughter to suppert, he quickly made n success of his carver and by 1930 he was Reculer of Hythe,
An Minister of Labour. Monckton and his staff helpost lo
chairman of the Midland Bank. resklenee Lapel Monckion has made baking history with his easy- to-get "Joans and personal ne- counts schemes, And following the crisis in traq, he has been made chairman of the Petroleum Company.
Iraq
Great Negotiator
Bul of all "flehigh" "offIZES hell by
Lord Monekton, "he will be best remembered as Minister Labour. 10 this Cabinet post, which he held from 1951 to 1956, he saved Bellain eamless millions of panda by his great work 14 negotiator between unions
o employers,
He came to be recognised na the most successful and fr apreted Minister to emerge Torles grind power since the in 1951. He was even acclaimed by his political opponents. was a remarkable achievement. Before 1: appointment
'It
ag
Labour Minister he had been Member of Parliament for
a mere nine months.
He dki bol enter the House tatil February, 1951, when he
Was
421
selje 300-400 dbsputes threatenta disputes every year, No politician was more con- scientious in his work; oner, at the age of 62, he rose from a slek bed to continue his peace efforts in a rallway strike.
A Wit
Walter Turner Monckton was born +1 Plaxtol, Kent, <T> Jantry 17, 1801, and eduiented at Irrow art Ballo! College. Oxford. A Harrow, he made his mark as a wit and wicket-
keeper.
Was
At Oxford, Monckton President of the Union in 1913, There he made valuable friend-the Prince of Wales, now Duke of Windsor
The Prince
under was an attending £ Union grashuate debate, when Monckion, notic-
Was
He came into the pubile eye for the first time in 1932 when The Prince of Wales inade him h?። legal adviser, ま nist beeanne legal adviser to the Nizam of Hyderabad, one of the richest men in the world,
£60,000 A Year
Manekton was now one of the most envled men In the legal profession. His income WW17
at one time estimated at £60,000
He was year. straightforward legal artist, not given to dramaties or trickery in court, and he handled a wide variety of cases.,
il
But Lord Moncklon was not
ng that he was bored, sent him get a very well-known public a slip of paper with permission sure.
Then, overnight, he
to leave before the end. Theis became internationally known friendship dates from that as the Halson between Prince time.
and Premier during the Abdication crisis.
1,
an ofeer
During World Wor returned in a by-election Monckim served as
A British Crossword Puzzle
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ACROSS
16
19
120
02
24
3 Proverbially, a cheap price
(4).
7 Churchillian symbol (5).
8' An hour by the riverside?
(4).
9 Whisky weakener (4)
10 It's right for man to have a
datel (7).
12 Game for the boastful (4).
DOWN
1. Town in Italy (5)
It is bound to helji an injury (7):
4 Wind inlrwnents (5);
S Seize (4).
13
A shilling in the. continenti (4),
Best of a horsy establish- ment (4).
11 Make revisions (5).
Euding the crisis he remaine cou discreet and trosed by all parties cuseerned He went with the King witen be made his farewell zatleast and arcom- punted him 10 to ship which look him abroad. He was also the only friend who flew from England to attwad the Duke of Windsor's wedding and be st welcomes the Buite on his care visits to littl
Monekters spent many hours) with Baldwin in attempts to avert abdication, and his great service was specify recognised. A few clays after the Abdication, George VI chubbed him the first Knight of the new.reign,
was appointed
up
In 1989, Monekton guve his lucrative practice to tater wartime Government service. Ile
Director- Genern of the Press and Censor- Bureau, then Director- General of the Ministry of Information and additional Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
ship
Statement For Farouk
From 1041-42 he took charge of the information services in Calro and it was there that ho wrote an abelicatice statement for another King-Farouk. But at the time, this King did not need to use N.
Immediately after the war, Moockton WILS appointed Solletior-General in Churchill's caretaker Government, In 1047 his first marriage was dissolved anti he married the Hon. Bridget Helen, eldest daughter of the oth Baron Ruthven....
Hò had one Bon and
One
13 Space to tie up a ship (4) daughter by the first marriage
14 Stick to-them, even Though and has a step-son and step
they go off! (4).
daughter by the secoup.
His
17 It's inside the church, other.. son is now a Brigadier and, like Hulg father, a holder of the
16 Divert (5).
18 Getting on (4).
19 Bedeck (5).
21 The stranger with
cur
gates7 (5).
10 Merits (3).
23. She's the very reverse
help (5).
of a
20 Sheep (4),
ment (7).
22 Precise and proper (4),
wise It might be the vane Military CIOS.
(4).
18 General Davlatent? (4).
28 Evidence of bad govern- 20 The historian of his day, one Big Disappointment
30. Go ahead (4).
31 London ory” (4).
might my (7).
22 Settled up for a dip (4).
24 Refforted Wreness?" (5).
32 Just give time. It's 26 Garden pests which may be
(usually done! (5).
93 Break down (4),
shot (4).
27 Tuber (4).
28 Snail time, maybe (4).
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TUESDAY'S CROSSWORD,--Acrona) I Feints, 7 Eton, O Baron, 10 Astir, 11 Ramp, 13 Fres-trader, 15 NATO, 18 Neat, 19 Gramophonej 22 Xiro, 24 Reina, 25 Agent, 20 Lien, Dressy. Down; 2 Eerie, IN-one-t, 4 Seaman, 5 Re-tronch, C Nam, 8 Tiara, 12 Proec, 13 Final, 14 strain, 17 Agree, 10 Am-used, 20 Peaco, 21 Overs, 23 Iris
Lord Monckton has made a
great success of his new role as
a banker just as he has done
in every other job, /Probably
his only big disappointment in He has been missing the job of Lord Chief Justice of England,
He was widely tipped for the post, but by the time Lord Goddard Anally `decided to res tire, the onerzelje Monckton was basity engaged in another im- portant work.
five children,
FIN WE
+
Mr and Mrs MacDougall, who came to South Africa in 1949, employed Geraldine's mother as a servant In Cape Town nearly five years ago. Twice when the child fell ill, Mrs Mac- Dougall nursed her back to health and she took Geraldine into her home "after the mother-had-deserted-her-
People Special,
"I'll Be Able To
Watch Him Grow"
Said His Father
A
BY HUGH MEDLICOTT
FATHER walked into a maternity ward the other day and gave away his 13-week-old son to his employer. And a woman who vowed she would never have a family when her only nephew was murdered, became the baby's new mother.
JACK SPRAT
REALLY COULDN'T
I.ondon.
A South African doctor suggests today. It might have been true about Jack Sprat.
The old nursery rhyme "Jack Oprat could eat no fat"
gives no reason why he couldn't, but maybe it
upset his bowels, Levin, of Johannesburg. ́auggests' in an reliels in
the British Medical Journal.
B.
"In tracing ta origin of this ditty, we learn that the term 'Jack Sprat' was used In the sixteenth and sover- tuanth centuries to denote a dwarf," he writes.
"Could it be that some prophetic individual had ....... unwittingly described ass- Uno dwarfem 7′′
Comolino dwarfism 1. caused by 邋 wasting disease In ahildhood In which thora la inability to abeorb fat from the In- testine,-People Spaalal.
Then a nurse cune out with the baby, handed IL to Mr Hiskey who promptly gave it to Mrs Wood.
The give-away father she listened to the sister give Was 27-year-old Ronald eeding Instructions for Nell, Hiskey, a fitter, of Epping, Essex. His wife died fortnight after giving birth to their fifth child, Alun Neil.
Mr Hiskey placed the other chikiren in homes run by the Incaluthority, but did not knowVhit to do about Alart, lying in the premature unit of the Hertfordshire and Essex General Hospital.
She said: For nine weeks I plex.ded with Ron to let me have the baby i knew his wife.
A fortnight ago he sud- denly agreed. I was thrilled.
"At first I was a lait appre- hensive about glving baby lus files bath and looking after him. "Now I've held him iri niy krins all my worries have gone. His employer for the past six He is a darting" years, 32-year-old garage owner
WONDERFUL DAY
Mr Christopher Wood, and his ' Back ht their home in Weald,
wife Patricio, 28, sympathised.
Queen's Road, North
cover in a new prom.
They have been married Essex, Mrs Wood tucked the Raven years and always wanted baby under a bluc and white a family- boy first.
But when Mrs Wood's only As she started to prepare his nephew, seven-year-old Alan first feed she sang "Oh! This Warren, WAS found brutally murdered at Loughton, Escx, last August, she said she would Bever have a family.
n
Hugging baby Nell in ยกพ white woollen
shawl. Mrs Wood told me: "I've for goften all about that vow.
THRILLED
a wonderful day." Said Mr Wood: "In months, we will know from the
three
welfare officer if we can legally ndopt baby. We haven't yet de- cided on a name for him, but it will include Neil."
Mr Hiskey sat quietly smiling. He said: "At fesi I didn't like "This is going to make all the idea of his calling my boss the difference to our lives." Daddy. Then I realise be With her husband and Mrs would have a good home with Hiskey, Mrs Wood climbed the Chris and Pat, and 1 told them stairs to the first floor maternity they could have him. ward of the hospital carrying aĨ shail be abic to cortboard box, filled with now watch him grow, though I clothes for a baby,
never tell him I am his real She smiled as for 20 minutes father.”
The start of a wonderful dayishdi Hiskey, sünfre,' hands over motherisin Alan to his employer and his wife Pat. › They hope to adopt him legally,
can
Before the parting.. Mre Maċ- Dougall at home with five-year-old Geraldine and her daughter” Gloria.
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