STION NO SILON
by CARL MYATT
Kong Ling's
Ling's success
Early next week Hongkong's own singing star, Miss Kong Ling, will return after a successful six months visit to the US.A
As you all probably know Kong Ling was invited to appear in Arthur Godfrey's TV show, when the latter. visited the Colony last year.
It has just been learned that Kong Ling made her TV debut on May 19, and that the reception was overwhelming.
The Americans loved her, the critics gave her first class reviews and Godfrey was so pleased that he has asked her to make a return appearance in the autumn.
A friend of mine who watched the show wrote to me saying, "Great! That's the only word I can describe Ever Kong Ling's appearance in Godfrey's show since then Kong Ling has been the talk of the town .....
Prior to the big TV show, Kong Ling appeared in various radio shows and was heard by millions of Americans.
Her popularity was confirmed when she sang before a packed-house of over a thousand at one of Miami's leading clubs.
The audience was fascinated by the Oriental singer and she was warmly applauded. She received several encores!
So after six exciting, eventful and successful months in America, Kong Ling returns.
Will she perform here once again?
future plans?
story
What are her
Kong Ling with Arthur Godfrey during a rehearsal
I hope to have these questions answered when Kong Ling returns next week.
BRAIN TEASER
DOGS have been man't
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best friends for cen- turies. Here are some of to- The day's top favourites. vowels have been put in to help you name them.
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SLICK TRICK
Joe and Tam
were walking 1 290) to school when Jos asked Tomis
a question, Joe asked, "Tom
can you change feather?"
a trailiato a
Tom said, "What's the mat- fer with you? Who do you think Of course I
1 am, a magician?
can't!"
"It's
easy,"
Joe told
friend. "I can do it.
his
So can
you if you think hard," "moya Tom thought all the way to Moys 6 Bapting gods school and just as they went aydays unwinto the school room he had the answer. Have you solved the puzzle? Can you change a fruit into a feather? ANSWER: Add
pood
"I SIDASUY
an E to Plum and make it Plome!
The Hit Parade by Mitch Meredith
Louis Armstrong is
1. Suddenly
going to Russia! Yes, the Russians, it
2. Belonging to You
3.
Hello Mary Lou
4.
I Gotta Love You
seems, have asked
5.
Never On Sunday
Satchmo to tour for
6.
Kiss Me Honey, Honey, Kiss Me
eight weeks. This
will include visits to
7.
Moody River
8.
Tintarella di Luna..
30 cities.
word
has
9.
More Than I Can Say
10. Tonight My Love, Tonight
From FranCO,
reached us that
an ofer is also under consideration for Louis to participate in the Antibes Jazz Festival from July 17 to 22.
Bobby Darin is to miske a the Newbart Bab Elva comedian will be in the cast, Parker. together with Fess The trio are making "Hell is fct Repes",
We also learn that Elvis, in "Blue Hawaii" his new dim will accompany himself on Alsc breating the ukulele.
Mark Dinning Carmen McRae Rickey Nelson Mona Fong The Pete King
Marilyn Palmer
Pat Boone
Giancarlo and his Italian
Comba Bobby Vec Paul Anka
into the film world is British day, yet still managed to Jazz' star Cliff Richari
...
NOT NEWS-but of general interest; the point in question is the fact that unbeknown to all and sundry, the Moder Jazz Quartet
visited Hong- kong on the 16th of this month-in the dead of night. Literally!
They were here for only a
things up at two of our local nightclubs.
They were passing through un their way to Tokyo. Eow- ever, they spent most of their time shopping, as the saying has it, up to the last mishte'. I hope they have forgotten to buy something. It they have, we may see there here again,
Hits here and there department
U.S.A.:
(1) Mother-in-Law (Emis K. Doc)
(2) Runaway (Del Shan- Boa)
(3) 100 lbs of Clay (Gene McDaniels)
Britain:
(1) Blue Moon (Marcels)
Me (2) You're Driving Crazy (Temperance 7)
(3) Wooden Heart (Elvis)
Australia: (1) Runaway non]
(Del Shan-
(2) Blue Moon (Marcels) (3) Pony Time (Chubby Checker)
AMP NEWS
Spaceman flies again on postage stamps
IC2
Russion spaca
“ZECHOSLOVAKIA anticipated the -flight by issuing a postage stamp showing a man in Then they released tho space just over a month ago. on April 13 carrying an same design on two values additional inscription of the date of the Russian achieve-
ment.
The Czechs Arst issued a series of stamps devoted to Cosmic Explorations on March 6. Among them was the design man in space. picturing a Hungary will also issue two stamps 40 commemorate the Sovie: space fight. The design will show Major Gagarin's portrait,
An unconfirmed report says that Russia issued a similar commemorative postage stamp
is your name Noel ?
A POPULAR NAME IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND SINCE
THE MIDDLE AGES, NOEL OF LATIN ORIGIN, MEANS CHRISTMAS BORNI
143151
19/24
The Czech "spaceman" stamp.
25 soon as Gagarin landed. The design is said to show the earth as seen from space and carries the date of the night.
The Spanish Post Office is trying to get all the countries
of the world to recognise May 6 each year 29 World Stamp Britain introduced the Day"
May 6,
first postage stamp 1840, the famous Penny Black. To set an example, Spain is to issue three special stamps on ¡May 6.
Following
in
protests America against the large num→ ber of special U.S.A. postage stamps issued last year, when over 30 commemorative stamps appeared. Postmaster-General Day has announced that there Is to be a limit of 15 issue reer.
*fewer commemoratives will of these heighten the value special issues," SONG Mr Day. "Too many stamps dilute the one; too signicance of each wany stamps make impossible the
of maintenance
high standards of design and produc- tion."
(London Express Service).
The day Britain's train beat the world
THE
CHELTENHAM
FLYER
THOUSANDS CHEERED THE RECORD BREAKER ON HER TREMENDOUS RUN
HISTLES shrilled. Doors slammed. A tubby stationmaster ran up
W and down the platform shouting "Stand clear of the train, please"
Men with notebooks and stop-watches leapt on board. Driver Jim Street looked at his watch.
Fastest men
in the world
discussing whether the train After the run, driver Street (right) and fireman Sherer. would meet its schedule, "This
is 'going to shake-up the
ak
C.P.R.," said one, *Providing When he had room, Street between North Platte nothing *es wrong," said pulled out his watch. Then he Kearney, Nebraska, 95 miles in another. We shall be a laugh- spoke "A nice little run" he 79 minutes-72.1 miles an högum. ing stock if it does."
said.
And then with one great hook ******** from the engine and cries of *GooKi luck, Jim" from the railwaymen, the 3.43 pra train began to huf and chut out of Swindon carrying with it British prestige. The train was the Caelien- become a fireman and then a Within five and a half miles ham Flyer, always one of driver, had been driving for 29 and running at over 60 miles
Britain's crack trains,
years and on the footplate for
they were up to Shrivenham Little progress
Indeed the fastest regular service by any type of train... held by the Twin Zephyrs diesel traction
train which runs milles between
At the end of the first world 36 years. He had driven some an hour and still going faster. Later he explained: "Oh, 1.511 war it used to do the stretch crack tratus and know every At Uffington they were doing could have got more out of her Dubuque and Prairie Gne Chian from Swindon to Paddington fence and cutting and bank on 85. at Challow 87. 774 miles in 85 minutes. In 1923 this was cut to 75 London.
the nun
but I couldn't overrun the in America-is only 85.2 miles Their speed was to go from Swindon to
up Cornish Rivera Express. There. an hour. and down all the way due to were other trains about you minutes, giving an average In some ways be
traffic and track conditions but know." was an speed of 61.8 miles an hour odd man, inclined
it was not to drop below to fuss, and making it Britain's fastest strict in his regard for railway until they
almost were train.
Paddington, rules and regulations, given to And in 1929 it had been cut reporting the slightest irregu
On again to 70 mins, raising the larity or trouble in an engine. Sherer was shovelling coal into Flyer.
80 in
Before his retirement in 1936:
Laugh corner
Street was to touch 100 miles the footplate Fireman an hour with the Cheltenham But he was known as the 26 cwt, in the next hour. the Erebox. He was to shift downl At Tilehurst up to 84
New service
average speed to 05.2 miles an hour and making it the fastest mest reliable and dependable regular train in the world. driver
At Choisey they were on the railways in fog OT
Street
would get to $0. again. through nearer to time than any other man.
But in April 1931,
the
With him on this run was to usual mate, Fireman
Smooth rhythm
Harvesters in the
famous Canadain Pacific Rall be his
way re-scheduled two of their F. W. Sherer.
But now he was a national A
hero, Airmen made him a guest
MAN from outer space
come to earth. He
of honour with the R.A.T.'s felt out of place dressed, in fast-flying Schneider Trophy his spaceman's uniform.... winrers at a dinner. At another aluminium suit and helmet оде he was honoured with
Kaye Don, the water speed ace, with antennas,
J. S. Wright holder of the felds mater-le world speed, record,
Finally he wandered into a
home and friends and wished be
runs to specds of 673 and 68.9 On the front of the Launces stopped work to cheer. Service and jockey Steve Donoghue, restaurant. Ke missed his miles an hour and the record tan Castie's smokebox a huge men at Didcot golfers on the went to Canada.
signboard was fixed, It said links, railwaymen on the track, He was flown over thehad never made the trip to ear The Great Western Railway simply and boldly "Chelten women leaning from the up Cheltenham Flyer while an- World's Fastest stairs windows of their homes, other driver had her at speed -as British Railway's Western ham Flyer.
all waved. Region then washad no in- Train." tention of sitting down under
They
this.
Here we go
As
he was thinking about so that he could see it from the home the nice, new shing juke air. The plane with a speed of box in the restaurant started were through Reading 120 miles an hour, was not a playing. at 84 miles per hour at 4.20- great deal faster than the train. three minutes early.
Today the fastest steam train
The spaceman jumped ty
Why
Their time-table experts got There to work with their jix-saw of
six were
coaches, timings, their best locomotives including a tea car behind the In the carriages the stop in the world is little faster than threw his arms around the juke went into the engine sheds for loco. With passengers they watches were in use. "Surely the regular running Cheltenham weighed almost 200 tons,
Sirect's not going to try and Flyer of 28 years ago. And then they announced It was 3.48 exactly when a cut the time," gasped ane It is the Union Pacific Overing to earth? that the Cheltenham Flyer had bigh Great Western official told newspaperman.
servicing.
Bow been re-scheduled to take Jim only 67 minutes, This would driver." give an average speed of 69.2 miler an hour,
Then-"Good Leavens, it's
Street:
"Right away,
J'ards
"Here we go," said Street to the his Areman. And then gently cut. Within
Twyford already." Twyford at 82.
To start the new service-on Launceston Castle was moving On the
Street
Through
footplate Shertr September 14, 1931-they chose
lowered scoops and still roar- a Castle class engine, No. 5000,
Was ing on, the Launceston Castle the Launceston Castle.
opening it up. The train moved gobbled 2,000 gallons of water To drive it they chose Jim faster, the wheels began to sing from a trough in a quarter of a Street, who had started on the and the telegraph wires to hum. minute.
railways as a cleaner at the age In the carriages the railway- of 15 back in 1891. He had men and newspapermen were
Singer Bobby Rydell
Credit card to Roy Fay
Up to 86 miles per hour as they ripped through Maiden- head and Taplow. On through Slough holding that speed and the sun came out for the first time. Workers from the great trading estate there had turned out to see the flying train.
Road bridges across the line were black with spectators but Street, hand on regulator, eyes watching for Signals, Mad Sherer, still shoveiling coal with the smooth rhythm na experience. bad 120 time to ccknowledge their salutes.
Through Langley, Iver. West Drayton and Hayes they few at cearly 85, through Southall and then up to the fastest speed of the run, close en 90 as they rocked through Ealing and Acton where factory workers lined the tracks. Theu
through Westbourne Park and the brakes were on. Royal Oak and they were going quietly.
And in Paddington Station
an even birger crowd was going wild. For the hands of the great clock there showed that it was still not 4.48.
Street was seven and a half minutes early! The Launceston Castle had done the 773 alles in 59 minuics 36 seconds from start to stop an average 77.6 miles an hour. This was nearly 10 miles an hour better than the Canadian trains.
من
On the train experts were jumping us and
down
slapping each other's becks. As the train clattered to halt the men from the
and
train
3
calmly
joined the crowd in the station In a rush for the footplate. Street
Sherer. and hands on cotton wiping their waste,
Bien shook their hands. A bouquet of flowers was handed up to the embarrassed Jim Street,
were mobbed.
Limited land
box and said: "Hi pa!! didn't you tell me you were con
We could have which runs made the trip together!”.
Teenage Elegance
London model Sandra Shire models sophisticated dress styled for special occasions. The dress, seen of a recent showing of toenoga Fashions in London has a top of taffeta, teamed with a full skirt of satin.
This is a frock ideal for Hongkong's summer. You can have it made in the one colour or the one piece, and it is also ideal for those of you who love to mix'n match. If you are going to have it mode, don't forget the perky rose on the shoulder.