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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY
960.
Bobber
"Ralph considers his greatest accomplishment."
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
PRIYATT
KUNDBERG-
This
"After you fold your boss to jump in the lake, what happened?"
new air
giant
is a solid job
VC.10 WILL FLY NEXT YEAR
BRITAIN'S most massive airplane is taking shape
at Weybridge. It is the Vickers VC.10 air- liner which, when it flies next year, will be the heaviest airplane ever built in this country. Or, indeed, in Europe.
The VC.10 will go to the windows is left three times as starting line of the London Air- thick as the skin Itself. Dozt runways for a Transatlan- the Aight with full passenger and fuel load weighing 133 tons,
An even bigger version, the Super VC.10, will have a take- off weight of 154 tons.
All this gives added strength
to the glant VC.10.
It will guard against préstaur sation blow-outs," and the VC.10.
is to be pressurised at a higher, rate than most airliners. At
The other day, as I walked 40,000 feet passengers will have through the vast erecting shops 6,000 feet "atmosphere" con-
at Brooklands which was Bri-pared with 8.000 feetrequivalent- tala's most popular prewar car in most jet airliners,
racing circuit, I saw how
modern airplane building is
entering the "heavy
ing" class.
engineer-
Tough steel
Steel-frame jigs sunk in con-
No longer is the big airplane crete are being used to assemble built up entirely of small parts the great 188-feet long aircraft. bonded or riveled together. It is The Super VC:10, will be 180 parsing out of that phase, just
* It passed to metal from wood and cloth,
Machined
Large parts of the VC.10 are being machined from the solid thetal.
feet.
I climbed up on one jig where
NORTH WEST FRONTIEN
PENING its run in Hongkong theatres today
OPENING
́ ́is the exciting, colourful story of an anti- quated train's drama-packed journey through the rebel-infested North West Frontier of India
of the turn of the century, corrying a young Indion. prince to safety. This Film, a Rank Organisation production, stars Kenneth More, as Captain Scott, Lauren Bacall as Catherine Wyatt.
THE tribesmen lay hidden in the wild, bare, scrub-clothed hills that formed the rim of a baking bowl of land— waiting.
They were patient. Not a warrior showed. Not one long, lean, lithe limb was lifted above the skyline. But as they waited their hatred grew. Their ruthless lust for blood increased. Their appetite for war mounted.
For this was a sacred cause-religion against religion. Moslem against Hindu.
So they waited for the sign. turned to gaze upon his father. For the winking light that sensing perhaps that this would would flash from hill to it. be the last time he would see The sign that would tell them him. the uprising was complete,
The signal to ATTACK.
The Rajah's palace, overlook- ed by the watchful eyes of the tribesmen, seemed to be desert- ed at least from the outside. Along the whole of the in- mensely thick walls not a soul was to be seen. The quiet be- fore the storm...
Sad leave
Within the Imposing hall the Rajah was taking leave of his son. A sad leave, yet dignified. ceremonious and regal.
The Rajab, bearded, with jewels glinting in his turban. sat in a great chair on a raised dais as though holding court.
Before him stood his
young son, a lonely figure with great, dark, pathetic eyes, and a grave courtesy that seemed to helic his youth. Prince Kishan was too young to fear the tragedy that was to follow, yet almost a man in his courtly beating.
Slowly and sadly the Rajab placed a jewelled box in his son's hands. Silently the boy took it, turning dark inquiring eyes upon his father, but keep- ing silent out of respect for the
Rajah's sorrow.
The Rajah raised a hand in sulenin salutation.
So journeyed Prince Kishan to the walled and beleaguered forl guarding the ancient city of Haserabad in the North West Frontier of India at the turn of the century.
THE onOSS), as his Governess
•
While the śmali pariy WE still within a short distance of
the palace
tribesmen the swooped, an avalanche of death flooding down from the hills and Into the palace. The Rajah was one of the first to fall to the flashing sabre-like swords.
From their vantage point Scott and Catherine saw the
(LAUREN BACALL) and their escort Captain Scott (KENNETH MORE) look on.
Government
House.' Beyond the fortified walls of the city Prince sghting was going on. Hasera- bad was in a state of slege.
Protection
.
palace ablaze. Smoke billowed Once inside Government high over the doomed building. House Scott put the prince Flames, like live, writhing down. Catherine knelt to wipe fingers, caressed each window his dirty face and soothe, him. and doorway with the embrace Scott
grinned of destruction.
reassuringly down at the boy.
"He'll be all right," he re- marked cheerfully.
Last train
The ever-expanding columns of smoke wafted lazily into the coppery sky, obscuring the burnished sun-a threatening, frightening sign to the refugees tying to escape from Hasera bad. There was but one way
the last train out. Father embraced son. There Hundreds of refugees swarm- was finality aboul It the ed into it. And when the com- portent of permanent parting partments were full more and The boy stepped down from the still more refugees climbed to dais to join the two silent the roofs, on to the footboards, figures standing respectfully in or clung to the outside of the the body of the hall.
carriages.
Salutation
"HLs been
"Of course," agreed Catherine, looking up and smiling. people have always soldiers.”
The remark was raore for, the sake of Prince Kishin than for Scott.
The little group was joined
"The important thing now is
Kishan,"
said
the Governor. "Delhi sent a special order: get him out at all costs, It seems I've failed"
General Ames, the Comman- der of the garrison, entered, looking worried and tired.
The whole party moved into the library where Scott had left Catherine and the prince.
Prince Kishan had been play- ing with a musical box, But when he saw the three men he stopped.
Catherine's
eyes opened as his father, the Hindus, will wider. "I disagree. The English have no leader. It will be a '79- on a grind never seem to do things until ligious civil war they have had a cup of tea, by scale-worse than the mutiny " which time it is too late.”
Capisin Scott came in at that Then, realising that she was moment and the Governor ask- overtired, she added: "I'm sor- him: "Scott, what are your ry. That's how it seems to on cliances. of getting Prince American."
Kishan to Kalapur in safety?”
Scatt sensed the concern, Things as bad as that, sir?”
It was perhaps, just as well that Lady Windham entered at that moment. She was, as usual, in
hurry. Lady Windham
Glared
was forceful, charming, shrewd, and devoted to her husband. *Your Highness," said the She greeted everybody in a
Catherine had come into the Governor. "I am glad to wel- whirlwind ten seconds and then
for a room. When challenged she told come you to my home."
swept Catherine away
them bath and a rest.
that she, was more com- Before she left, Catherine cerned than anyone else by the turned to face Brigadier Ames subject under discussion. and the Governor. "You'll have to excuse me for speaking my The boy smiled gravely and mind I happen to think that's bowed slightly. "I am ཇཱ་ what it's for," she said, smiling
Too late
by two othersBridie, a retired honoured to be here sir," he re- wryly." plied,
Civil Servant who had made Haserabad his home for the The Governor greeted past 20 years, and Peters, * Catherine. She said: "I pro- European salesman of arms- mised I'd take him to safety. It including the rifies the rebel was the last thing his. I tribesmen were using at that promised." very moment...
Failed
Last thing
The
:
Governor turned to Catherine. "You'll both have to stay here, I'm afraid. It'll be perfectly safe, We expect rela- forcements at any time."-
Catherine, almost glared. "I'm beginning to understand the English people a little. What you mean is that it won't be safe at all and that reinforce- ments will not be able to reach
There was in the whole of the
Later, alone in the Governor's study, Windham and Ames dis- She regarded the men with cussed the chances of holding stormy eyes. Catherine Wyatt out Windham said: "The du here in time."
The Governor turned to Scott wag a woman with a will of her patch from Delhi made it clear
Frince with a gesture to dismissal, own-and views of her own, that we were to save
Kishan's life if it is the last "Thank you, Captain Scott "I demand protection and an too..
Scott left. He closed the study thing we do." immediate escort away from
She proceeded to express
"It may well be the lust thing door and stood against it thinks this place." Peters was saying them now. Bridie smiled at him soothingly,
form in his mind. "If you had acted on my first we do." replied Ames drily. An ing. An idea was beginning to and but it was the new arrivals he message, three days ago, the Captain Scott.
Lide-de-camp went to Tetch
Unwittingly he one man addressed.
boy would have been safe in left the door open. In the ad city who might be able to help "Caplati Scott, His Excel- Delhi by now." Her tone was joining room were Lady. Wind- lency said he wanted to see you the more
His name was Gupta. Gupta's uncompromising be ham and Catherine. They listen-
teeth as soon as you arrived."
cause she was irritated by the ed intently to what followed be- face was bearded His
were whitte. His smile huge. His Scott picked up the child and, patronising attitude adopted by
heart greater.. Catherine,, and the boy reached with Catherine at his heels, the Governor and Brigadier tween Ames and Windham,
"The boy's our only chance
Yes, the one man in all India order in this pro-whe could deliver them fro of restoring vince," the Governor was sy their present danger was GNCA log. "He may be only five years old, but he's the religious leader of hundreds of thousands of Hludus.
Scores more fought for places on the train. They were repel- led by those already clinging to Once One was Catherine Wyatt, the carriages, like fins. governess to the young prince, the train got under way most of She was tall, beautiful, capable, those on the roof and clinging become and American. In her eyes to the outside would was the agony of great emotion. exhausted, lose their hold deaths on The other was Captain Scott, fall to their
the of the Indian Army sturdy, re- track. sourceful, very British. To This human honeypot had al- them had fallen the task of ready, departed-the last train taking the young prince from cut-by the palace is safely.
No word passed between them. They turned to go, the boy with them. But at the door of the chamber, the prince
the time Scott.
the fortifications of the city, It was perhaps as well. Scott pushed a way through the excited jabbering crowds to
DONT TRUST THE EAST!
Accept our aid, food
We advice
the tail is being assembled.
Large parts of this are sold.
AG OT machined metal. Not only of alloy, The engine mounting at 14, "spars" which will take the four by Rolls-Royce Conways at the rear of the airplane, machined - from solid, tough
Vickery engineers introduced steel,
are
lot of machining into the BOAC has ordered 35 VC.10's Vanguard prop-jet airliner soon at a cost of £60,000,000, and 10
to go into service. Even more 15 Super VC,10's costing being done for the VC.10.MD £25,000,000,
Big sections of the airliner's
outer skin, fricluding the No contract has yet been dows, are being cut and shaped placed but the Super
his
from the fold So ie the skin, been nices for this all-put-EVOJ UNASUTA
Bol Hots for the winge
Cahier panels airt, long by dr. wide are being cut by metal planing machines so delicately
that
the area Laround the
-pose-elsplant of the suture-for- the RAF, one that (in be a transport one day or a Skybolt missile carrier the next.
—London. Expraze Seripices,
ad tua e sabpica of
etc.
went up the staircase.
In the Governor's study Scott described his journey and the last hours of the Rajah.
NEW
4.1.
INDEPEND ENT
STATES
Ames
Brigadier Ames, irritated as well, told her: "I think we are "the best Judges of that."
DONT TRUST THE WEST! Accept our aid, food, cheap oil
“LONG LIVE THE COLD WAR!”
"These rebels are Moslems. If they manage to kill him' as well
him,
TOMORROW:
Empress of India
MEET MR CLOGGHEAD*
* CLOG; ANYTHING THAT HINDERS MOTION.
OR/ÅENDERS DIFFICULT.
DO as you would be done by.
Parker Applely
DO dip your headlights for the benefit of oncom motorists of cyclists:' it is safer and it is yo manners.
DO look behind before opening a door.