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THE CHINA MAIL," MONDAY, NOVEMBER /2, - 1959.
Cummings TAKES THE MOTOR SHOW FOR A RIDE
Motora frighten me
when they're moving
Why, tell
tell me, should the show always have to go on?
The
THE first time I ever heard the curious cliche
"The show must go on," I asked "Why?" man who had just made the remark looked at me uneasily and changed the subject.
Down the years 1 bave sought Information on this matter as the pecasion has risen. Fer, ict the fact be confessed. I entirely fall to see why the show must g
Now
we have the case of George Gee who at the age
on.
of 64, dropped dead on clage the other night.
simple-and Is to be found in the box office. I am not accus- ing Coventry's Mr Pughe of having the fiscal side of things uppermost in bis mind, for be, clearly, is genuinely caught in the Brio
strange cf this tradition.
But suspect that originally
it had its roots in the fact that
My own idea of what const some canny management-pre- tutes seemly behaviour on much
ocentions would have dictated
Irving, maybe laid 11 down
that in no circumstances was
an instant hall to the proceed an malence ever to be given its
Ings (it wea a performance of money back.
The Merry
Widow"), brief So, from that time on, actors
announcement to the audience, and actresses have solemnly and goid-night everyone.
But "in the finest tradition of the stage." 10 quote Mr George Pushe. manager of the Coventry Theatre, "he show had to go on. No one questioned the decision."
Quick...
When Mr Gee crashed to the ground dead, another member of the cast rd libbed: "Don't take the news low badly, old fellow.
Quick thinking, Declares The bomiring Mir Pughe: "It Wan ♫ clever
doubt.
allowed themselves to be "suckered" inta going elant with this preposterous business.
...and they frighten me when they're standing still.
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As I left I saw sorne cars in which I could travel at 120 miles an hour, but as was in a hurry to get back to the office and wanted to be sure of averaging 15 miles an hour: I returned by Underground (1030 model).
PRIVATE LINE by Chapman Pincher
If it be accurate that before the end of that performance of "The Merry Widow" the other night "the cast were in tears," must have been cause for Acute embarrassment
all to concerned. not to mention considerable speculation on the the new Minister for part of the audience.
Debunked
It fell to Mr Noel Coward a
he
THE situation facing THE
Mr Duncan Sandys,
is so
DISCLOSING THE
that the Prime Minister TRUTH ABOUT
has set up
a working party of top civil ser- van's to tackle it. They
will detail his share-out THE DEMOTION
few years back to debunk the thing to soy. The audience whole tawdry business in never really knew the truth." characteristically witty style.
to me 10 It seems
tum To colleague David Lowin entirely on a question of taste, sang his then newly-composed of responsibilities with
what constitutes ditty:- end of course good ste is always a matter of discussion.
I was brought up to show
respect in the presence of death,
Why must the show go on? The rule is surely not
immutable,
und the idea of completing A It might be wiser and more musical comedy while one of
suitable
the est is lying dead in the Just to close wings I had totally unaccept- If you are in the thoes
Of personal grief and private
able.
Is it suggested that if a player were to be killed during a game
work,
Why stifle a sob
nl football, the game would While doing a job nevertheless Lif completed? Most of you will remember that only a few weeks back a jockey killed ut Ascot. Result:
When if you use your head You'd go out and grab
was the ricing
celled.
real of the afternoon's
immediately Wha
Cin-
to
I
I would very much like
this weird stege know how tradition arose, and when. would also like to know how
and actors
actresses many really like it.
Bravado
me lo
At best it seems to smack of phoney bravado watch has little to recommend it.
At worst I have the uneasy feeling that the answer is very
Just Arrived
A comfortable vab And go right home to bed Because you're not giving us
much fun
The "laugh clown laugh"
routine's beên Overdone, ▾
Overd.ne? I'll say it has. My hat will be off to the Hrst theatrical manager who has the courage to break with this dis- Lasteful tradition and announce, "The show will not go on!"
-Rene MacCOLL
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Mr Harold Watkinson,
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By A Correspondent
Durban.
TEN who make deep
ME
holes in the ground. are making big money In South Africa these days.
Those at the top, or rather those who get to the bottom quickest, earn £630 month, or £7,030 n year and more.
I have been watching the pro- Tess zome of these men have Deen making towards the centre of the earth on the Far West Rand
There is a team there of 48 whites and 353 Africans led by GfL 2ins, heavily built Jim MacAlpine.
for Gold
Big Jim the master sinker and he and his team are sink- ing vertical shafts of 20ft. In diameter to a depth of 10,00011., with another 2,000ft, added if necessary.
The prize is gold-hundreds et millions of £'s worth for the companies concerned.
On October 1, Jim MacAlpine end his team started on B record-breaking. 30-day effort after mashing one world record by getting down 922 feet in the previous 30 days.
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They knocked sideways Russian record in the Don Basin of getting a smaller, 21ft. Gin.-in- diemeler shaft down 866 fret.
Jim MacAlpine got the taste cases of rheumatoid for smashing records et. the orthritis in the last eight years, Parkside colllery at Menton-le- a team led by Dr Willlam Cope- | Willows In Lancashire two yours man, The nation's leading ago.
After a thorough trial in 78 severe
rheumatologist, has found that
their
patients
con suppress
symptoms by giving themscives
a daily injection of ACTH.
IN BRITAIN
He was at Menton-le-Willows
Most of the patients, who with a team of South Africans were crippled before the treat-under the forraer South African ment, have returned to their cricket captain Jack Cheetham.
Their job was to sink two jobs. In 15 cases the drug has been
without any shafts for the colllery quickly; they broko all British shari- relapse,
inking records,
stopped
WATCH WHILE`
Service chiefs, Such record IT FLASHES
to
he had repeated rows with the
could hardly ' quality him handle the delicate problems
Secretaries.
Foreign
both
For this reason Sandys and Watkinson are
Supply Ministry, will take, three greatly increased powers the quickening trend to the Colonial or months, but the main results are originally given to Mr Sandys. to be outlined in Parliament
As a member of the Cabinet FOON.
Sandy's will have more influence After talking to the two than
the
former Supply Ministers and to Earl Mount Minister, who was not ballen I am left in no doubt that Cabinet rank, but he has Me Macmillan must declare that assured Watkinson that he will for the whole of Mr Sandys's not do any back-seut driving,
between military work, policy will be Sandys is left in no doubt that decided
Khrushchev directed by the formerly Mr Iain Macleod has now been and much more Junior Mr Walkin
perferred to him a u future revealed · after son.
Prime Minister. He was not offered
Office, and Whitehall the Colonial where Macleod has gone. Fail with secret signala ing this he would much rather armament. have remained
Defence
'UNWIELDY'
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My Inquiries recently con- potermined to avoid giving that far more was rise to any reports of fric- Elsenhower Rion between them.
vince me
than
WRE
their meetings.
The cables between Washington DRUG CURES
are
bumming about dia-
Further, too many big names are disappearing from the bomb business.
CRIPPLES
The U.8. Space Agency is seeking permission to set up a station for tracking satellites at Lasham, Iants, or. Winkfeld. Berks.
Permission will be granted. About 25 British scientists will operate it tree in return for the equipment and the information sent back from space.
But they will not be able to track the first British satellites scheduled to
The orbils
In South Africa Jim has the help of Basulas, the only Africans on the continent who will undertake work which makes all other Africans shudder in horror,
The minimum they can earn la £30 monthly. It all goes into their pockets for everything else And that is provided for them. is big-time money for Africans.
(London Express Servier).
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be launched inby Lord Weeks, chairman of American "Seoul" rockets from the
for Finance Corporation U.S. launching pads in two Industry, in London:-
the years' time.
TODAY
scientist has chosen by the advanced from the back the Ironically,
machinery Minister.
tho Mr Victor Macklin, The anti-rheumation gland. Americans for
Scouts room to the seat at the ́ right which creates this position was I am told Sandys does not
which known in the U.S. as “The poor hand of power. TozOTTOW fashioned by Sandys as part of expect to remain in his new Whitehall's specialist on atomic extract called ACTI his determined plan to bring post for more than 18 months, armament, has now decided to faded into the limbo of forgot- man's rocket" will not pass will himself have to take up the
wonder-drugs after the over Britain.
reins of leadership. This will Research Council de- the old Supply Ministry firmly it is therefore possible that he
All Britons should be able to mark the culmination of 'what under Defence Ministry control. is being held in reserve
see an hemlated U.S. satel- might be called the unconscious clared its sister sensation cor- the atom's peaceful uses. Sandys has been gunning for replace Mr Selwyn Lloyd as
movement his one to be no more effective lite which, if successfully put "suffragette” Sandys suspects the Supply Ministry cince he left Foreign Secretary--later.
1,000-mile-high-orbit, solence, It five years ago, convinced that
apparent present fate may in part be due than aspirin, looks like making into Watkinson has
will fash four times a minute.
*-*-*-*-*-fLondon` Express Service), It was hopelessly unwieldy, Now ambition to impose any defence to the persistent reports that a come-back. he has shot the albatross he finds policy of his own. himself with half its caress round his neck.
no
leave the Defence Ministry at ten to the year's end to concentrate on Medical
Indeed, after my talks I do not think any White Paper on De- fence will be issued for 1880.
He is to be responsible for the development of military air- planes, rockets, radar, elec- But a revolutionary new tronics, and all atomic weapons, defence policy will be im- But on these items policy will posed by events outside the be dietated by Mr Watkinson, who hus Inherited all the control of both Ministers--
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Just Fancy That!
Dover.
WHEN a group of boys from a reformatory were on Cross-country run recently, Harvey James Wilson, 20, kept on running and disappeared.
Police are still looking for Wilson.
Nottingham,
true-life features, Prom Nottingham West Side, sald he was so grate
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London.
FOUR angry bandits hurled cans of car polish at
George Woolmore when he refused to hand over the cash in the filling 'statión where he works.
The bandits Ünallý left empty-handed.
London.
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