THE CHINA MAIL; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1958.
PEOPLE
in the news
THE EVA BARTOK AFFAIR
Eva and daughter Diana are seen in London in the Rolls Royco, a present from Prince Shiv of Palitana. Latest developments aro Prince, going that tho home to Palitana af the ond of the month, an- nounced that ho would not be seeing Eva in either Paris or Rome. Thoy had no appointment to meet in Paris after har arrival, but Eva phoned. Besido bar was a vase full of red roses and a note
from her Princo, who now occupies
**
a nearby room in the same París hotel, Central Press
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Break The
In
Show
London, Oct, 28. Mrs Dertice Rending, colour- ed linger at present starring in London show, was ordered today to be committed to pri son for seven days for contempt
of court.
The order followed her failure to appear in court 10- day to answer a summons for £93 arrears of rent,
George VI Biography
The publication this month of the monumental official biography of King George VI marks the end of four years' concentrated work for the author, John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett. In that time he has studied more than 2,000 documents and interviewed more than 150 people, including members of the Royal Family.
It was in a pense surprising there on the King's story he that Mr Wheeler-Bennett, fel- would receive no caller and low of St. Anthony's College, for many months his telephone Oxford, Was invited by the was disconnected.
Queen to undertake the life- story of her father. I re- putation had previously rested mainly on his studies of history rather than the lives of famous
men.
On This project, Wheeler Bennett had one great ad-
When he is not recording the
he
history of nations and the liver of the famous, Wheeler-Bennett takes a lively interest in affairs of his local parish comell and the local cricket club.
vantage over Sir Harold Nicol Biography Of Kaiser
on, biographer of King George
He also rides, but has given Van carly start. While Sir
"I lave broken Harold began his work 12 years up hunting. afler his subject's death, too much already." he says. Wheeler-Bennett was commis- To concentrate on the inte sioned by the Queen only a few King's life-story, he postpuned months after George VI died, his blography of the Kaber. Thus, nearly all the relevant whom he met shortly before documents
still were
at the last war. Now, nine years Buckingham Palace, not buried after he collected the material.
in the Windsor archives. The he looks forward to Onishing
author waAN able to complete the job.
much of his research there and
spent many hours discussing
the project with the Queen and
the Queen Mother,
An Old Nun
Banned By Hitler Got A Touch
Assistant Of The Blues
After leaving Oxford, s Arst job was 08 Publicity Secretary to the Lon- gue of Nations Union in 1923- 24. But it was not until 1930 that he made his same as the author of "Hindenburg, the Wooden Tilan", which hanned by Adolf Hitler.
was
Laster he wrote the history of the Munich ngreement and was appointed official historian of the Nuremburg Trial. For two years he edited the captured
mebis ding back to 1878.
Andover.
Hampshire, Oct. 28. 40-year-old nun was put un probation for two years here today for setting fire to nine beds at her convent school. The u Margaret Elizabeth McMorrow, who pleaded ulty agreed to live for the first year in a hostel,
A Weekly China Mail Feature
MOTHER AGREES Lady
ZEALLA BRIGGS
No uniform
for me, says
high-heel Zealla, 14
COURTEEN - YEAR
Fog
OLD
A
Zraila Briggs bas wardrobe consisting of
stiletto-heeled
Six pairs of shoes.
Fifteen coloured Thirty blouses, and Ten skirts.
dresses,
the
And she refuses to wear uniform of her school. Brent- ford Secondary Modern.
Lewisham is absolutely shaken
By MICHAEL BROWN
LEWISHAM,
paigner for things bright and beautiful, was in huff the other night over a set of paintings.
"I'm absolutely appalled, you kurow, and shaken by it all, you know," she said.
The paintings-live of them----- hang on the walls et Bourne- side House Hostel for old folk (oldest Inhabitant 92) in Gloucester Street, Victoriu. Their value is indeterminate,
Lady Lewisham gave them to the home "for a friend who wanted so much to do sane- thing really cind." Bul the committee administering the home Indicades that they are not ker; and would she be good enough to let them "con- Ber" any tuture offers slic might makei
No tree
Result: Lady Lewisham has told the home that they can no longer count on her for:
A Free tea parties. B Outings 10 the circus, the theatre, concerts, and Lainmento.
enter-
C. The annual
strawberry- and-cream ten, D. A Christmas tree and presents for the 301 old folk, E. Reading visits from her friends. F. Her com- pany.
She explained: "I'm trying terribly hard to be nice about t:"
"One can't just go on doing ono's best in the face of such absolutely
impossible apposi
tion, can one? The committee