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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1959. 1
THE LOCAL SLANT The Queen
By ELIZABETH FOX
Thought Sir Wavell
About Rediffusion 30 Years Ago
"PEOPLE were highly sceptical at first, but as the old
saying goos the proof of the pudding is in the cating, said Sir Wavell Wakefield who is one of the first people to onvisualise having a rediffusion service for wireless.
He continued, "We wanted to A under-director of An- give people
and a cheap and per- sorlated Rediffusion led wireless reception that they member of the International otherwise couldn't get. The Rugby Football Board, Sir chief engineer of the BBC, Cipt. Peter Eckersley was con- vinced of the future of wire less along the wire, so 30 years ogo he, a cop called Lyon and myself farmed Rediffusion Lid
The group had to get permis-
from many different trees before they could start their project in England, 11 and required new techniques much disrupting of streets lay the necessary wires.
Fascist Radio
to
In
"Now Rediffusion established all over the world --in Canada, the West Indies, Singapore, Ceylon and bere ត Hongkong." wald Air Wavell, to name but a few of the places.
Wavell, who is on his way to Australia was accompanied by his wife Lady Dorls and their grandson Peter Hensman whose Inther is the commanding ofcer of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers stationed in Hongkong. Westmoreland
Sir Wäyell comes from a Westmoreland banking family who many years ago, used to be Quakern. A school at Seaburgh In Yorkshire he flent began his career as a great ruzzer player. He has at Times captained the farmoun Harlequins, the RAF. Cam- bridge University and Middle- sex County and tins 31 aspe for England,
I asked Lady Doris how she felt about rugger. "Oh, I love
He went on to relate. “During the thirllen in Malka, | it," she said warmly, "and II Mamolini
the monopolied
never miss a match if I can hely
radio beaming Fascist pre- 11. I've even own to Ireland paganda the entire time so, we to watch a game."
SIR WAVELL AND LADY WAKEFIELD
Installed Redlitusion and en- | During his lifetime Sir Wavell abled the people to listen to his accomplished a great deal other thinga!"
in many different felds.
Sir Wavell told me that in Budapest in the 1800's, before wirelers was
ever thought of. the Hungarians ran a wired scr- vice by pubile subscription from the opera to their own houses where they listened to the music with earphones, was perhaps the very first step towards listening along the wire.
RITZ CINEMA
In the middle of World War I he left school to join the Royal Naval Air Service.
Princess Alexandra
Admission
Charges To Royal Dances Criticised
Mother Has Quiet Birthday
Sandringham, Aug. 4. Qupen. Elizabeth, the Queen Mothbl, quiorly celebrat- Ing her 39th birthday to: day, recolved messages of good wiher from the Commonwealth and other parts of the world at Sandringham, Royal home in East England.
The Queen Mother, who re- turned to Sandringhum with Princess Morgaret ufter wel. coming the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh home from their Canadian tour a. the weekend bad nn public engagements to- day.
Hundreds of people gathered outside Sandringham Park hoping to call "happy, birthday" when she took her usual wall with her dogs.
Flags were flown frein public buildings throughout the coun- Lay.
Royal Naval ships and shore batteries rel salutes in her
honour-Reuter.
Two Acts
Sheffield, Aug. 4. Alan Sykes compiled with n 1701 Act of Parliament and called a meeting of the Culler's Company of Sheffield for yez- terday, the first Monday L August.
Nobody come. Nobody ever comes. Another Act of Parlin- ment made the rst Monday in August the national Bank Holl- day- UPI.
Ship Cut In Two
Istanbul, Aug, 4.
The 1,207 Hungarian curgo ship Beke was cut in two and rank in the Dardanelles, West Turkey, early today after being In collintori with the 4,753-lon
italium Uner San Giorgio,
Libyds Shipping Agency said all of the Beke's crew were The San Glorgio was charges for saved.
taken to Canakkale suffering dances to be attended by from Heavy tinmigo.China
Brisbane, Aug. 4.
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Princess Alexandra dur-Mail Special.
ing her forthcoming tour
of Australia are criticised
In the Queensland State Parliament Here today, Mr William Knox, Liberal- Country Party (government) back-bencher, said he had been distressed to learn that several local authorities In. Queensland, who had clam- oured for the Royal visit, were now charging for adni slon. Admission
be
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Ile took an engineering degree #1 Cambridge while with the RAF. After leaving the RAF, Sir Wavell went into commerce"
coast. This and joined Boots In Nottingham
and London.
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"Amongst other things in my
time I'm spare
qualified chemist," he commented with a smile.
In 1934 he beat a leading Socialist to the poll and became Conservative member of Parlia- ment for Swindon.
War broke out again and he went through the Central Flying School finishing up as a Nying Instructor. Afterwards he joined the Air Ministry and was ap- pointed Director of the Air Training Corps, It was at this time that Sir Wavell was knight- ed for his public services.
First Visit
HOSPITALITY
Mr Rox zald Queensland's hospitality to the Princess should be "spontaneous and He hoped much of warm." the formality which had been associated with previous Royal lours would be dispensed.
with,
"Because she is a young lady of wide Interests, she should be given the opportunity of meet- ing as many people as possible during her stay here," MI Knox added.
Princess Alexandra is due to
start her tour of Australia on August 14.-China Mall Spe- |
clol,
French A-Bomb Precautions
This is the Wakefields' first visit to Hongkong, which in fully living up to expecti tions, apart from the weather. Combining a family reunion with businest, Sir Wavell told me, "Perhaps the most impor taut of all In connection with
Paris, Aug. 4. my visit is the fact that Sky- A Franch Foreign Once ways Ltd of which company spokesman said today that the Chairman on behalf of precautions with which France Boac, has Just started now will surround the explosion of freight service linking Hongkong her first atomic bomb in the and Suppore with the United Sahara Desert will be 40 or 50 Kingdom. It will be an impor- tunes is eltective for the health tant commercial development of the surrounding populations for the Colony, providing easy as those taken in the United, communication for freight by [States,
RIN
rir. Increased according to de- Test explosions in the United mand, it will be a fast freight States were sometimes less than Alight supplementing the existing 45 kilometres from the nearest Beas service,”
Ibig towns, he said,-Reiter.
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