OUR SCOTTISH AIR-MAIL
LETTER
Scottish Party and the White Paper: "The "Thirteen: Women Spartans: Scotland and National Government, Edinburgh Rectorial: "Dis- covered" Sir Harry Lauder: Mar. riage to end Airwoman's Career.
(Special Air Mail Service)
Edinburgh, January 20. Scots in the Abbey. Interest has been
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towards the end of the term. Tax, who was 80 yesterday, is remarkably virile cetogeharian,
Sir Dewer Cormack C.MG CBE IDEAL CITY OF THE THE KING AS LICENSING
Hu was cleated last night in Glas-
a
Prines Send FICO.. Prince Georgs has sent a cheque. for £100 to Lord Provost W. J. Thomson, Edinburgh, for the benefit of the unemployed relief organisa tions in the Capital."
go in succession to the late Mr. Archibald Gilchrist.
Professor Cormack by this olet- tion follows many of his predoces- sors in the Chair of Civil Enginear and Mechanics at Glasgow, a de- partiment which he has mada second to none, as a centre for the training of engineers in every branch of the subject,
Sir Ian Hamilton's 80th Birthday
Massages.
General Sir lan Hamilton, who
FUTURE
Bomb-Proof Roofed Skyscrapers
SAFETY FROM
ATTACK
AUTHORITY
ANCIENT POWERS OF BOARD
OF GREEN CLOTH
London. There are still public houses and restaurants of which the licensing authority is the King
The London County Council report
NEW TALKING BIRD AT THE ZOO
Indian Mynah Acquires A Repertoire
Laudon.-Visitors to the Small of the licensed premises in the Bird's House at the Zoo are fre County of Loudon mentions sixquently intrigued and oven worried, which are within the verge of the by the sound of coughing coming. Paris, Jan. 8-A city of sky palaces," and which receive their from the direction of a cage oc pters, mutually isolated and licences from the Board of Green cupied by a little barish-black bird: This coughing, however, has no protected by bomb-proof roofs, is t
They are at the north end of signifientee it is just one of the ac tect, M. Paul Vauthier, in an im Whitehall and foreshadowed by a French archi
Northumberland-complishments of the Zoo's now portant work entitled "The Danger
jurisdiction of the palace, which The Indian hill-mynah, a member published. ning from the point of view of the
M. Vauthier studies town-plan-extends 200 yards beyond the gates of the starling family, can be
of the old Palace of Whitelinll.
most pleasing and attractive talker next war, when the principal dan- sion the licensees must appear betone than that of the parrot and it When licences come up for revi- as his voica is softer and richer in
ger will be from fire, explosion, fore the Board af. Green Cloth, often imitates a human voies and and poison gas,
In a letter from the Prince's Comptroller it is stated:-"A phi- Ianthronie friend has placed at the disposal of His Royal Highness Prince George sum of money for distribution as he thinks fit to charitable organisations. As un- employment relief is a subject in yesterday Blebrated his 80th birth- which His Royal Highness takes day, said on arrival, late last night much interest and is deeply con grams of warm congratulation were
at Abeerdeen, "Forty-four tele
the enclosed cheque for £100, with
mont, who had imagined 1 was His Royal Highness' requeat that about to be married. The tele you will expend this amount on grams had come from districts, employment relief organisations in branches, and women's sections of your pity that you consider are the Metropolitan .of
Area of the deserving of support."
British Legion, and still they come. The Lord Provost, in acknowledg The Fleet Street branch sont a George's interest in the unemploy the City of London and the Taxi ment relief organisations was great-School, but if I began to enumerate ly appreciated by the citizens,
I should be lost. As it is, I don't know what to do, and so I turn to you and beg you to help to let my intense gratitudo be made known to my comrades of the area and their gallant chairmbo, Admiral
agrees, and points to what is hapcerned. I am desired to send you handed me by the hotel manage from the Air," which has just beon Avenue, within the verge " or the talking mynah.
Lord. Steward
ing the cheque, wrote that Prince most charming message, and so did will be separated to avoid the day-attached to the department of the In his ideal town the buildings committon of the Royal Household ger of fire spreading, and set back from the street, in order that ai Can circulato and disperse the gases..
pening this week to reinforce its view. The incidence of lues raised by cannot be predicted, and, the argu- Westminister's ment runs, when absence thus caus suggestion that 50m9 the ed supervetes on absense due to memorials in the Abbey should ordinary routine it is obvious that be removed elsewhere they our Judiciary is not over-manned.
monstrosities, in memory
Women Spartana! of insignificant people, or vulgar things." Fow Scots have achiev- The young women of Glasgow are ed the honour of Westminster Spartans
Burns is repre commemoration.
In an all-night queue which wait- sented in the Poets' Corner, with ed in the bitter cold and fog to Scott not far away, while in the buy tickets yesterday morning at transept Campbell-Banner the offices of the Scottish Football man has a memorial. Livingstone | Association -in Glasgow for the is buried in the middle of the nave, International match between Scot-young players to give it life, Sir Henry Bruce, and his staff,””; and Kelvin at the choir screenland and England several young One of the chapels has a memorial and pretty women were to be seen.
north
Scotland's Bugby Fifteen, Scotland's Rugby lifteen for the match with Wales at Swansea next month may best be described as workmanlike. The pack has enough though the newcomers have brought One or little weight with them. two forwards built as generously as would add much-needed back,
"Discovered Sir Harry Lauder,
The death occurred in Glasgow
business, industrial, and
There will be special residential, other quarters, and, large supplies of water will be collected in lakes. The building surface will be re-
much duced as
as possible to diminish the target presented to the bombers.
The Board is ancient, and its name is derived from the green- covered table at which its transac tions were originally conducted.
ALCHEMIST SENT TO PRISON
Paris.-Dunikowsky, the Polish engineer who claimed to have dis
picks up accents.
But not every mynah will talk, and when the last startalker died about eighteen months ago it was not easy to find a successor. All the other mynahs in tko menas gorie were invited to try and 611 the vacant place, but until recently.
seemed disposed to learn phrases and repeat them for the Amusement of Zoo visitors.
** 4-Smoker's Cough.". However, a young bird known na
pone
to Mary Queen of Scots, and an- They were wrapped in thick coats .other one to James Watt, but the and heavy woollen scarves and did D.. 1. Brown, the new Scottish full-yesterday of one of the most out. As regards the house of the fu- covered a process for extracting -a / Eliza gives promise of becoming an
not appear to have suffered dis comfort. One of them had brought novel with her to pass the time. The sale of tickets started at ten o'clock. There were 4,000 tickets
most interesting Scottish monument in the Abbey, and one in no danger of removal, is the State of Des tiny, which forms the seat of the Coronation Chair.
Scottish Party and the White Paper.
cnclosure.
Scotland and the National
• Government.
stantiale his claim. The damages bye." are due to the financiers who back- ed the invertor."
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"Crocid
Now that she has got going, Eliza is to be taught a wider range of ramarks, but she is not expected to learn more than about six senten-
A political demonstration in sup only rivals in the English language Munro was intimately associated and three feet thick will prevent the maintenance of the walls, cas, for although the mynah has
Already a large number of letters The statement issued by the Scottish Party commenting on the making applications for tickets bave recent White Paper dealing with been received from all over Scot- the distribution of revenue and ex-land as well as England. penditure between Scotland and England is moderate and reasonable in tone. But like most of the por- formances of the party it is quite ineffective. Even if it were possible to accept the conclusions reached by the signatories after their examina tion of the figures-and they are all highly disputable there would not final assumption that the White Paper justifies in every way the Scottish.
scrummaging power. Behind the ing personalities, in the North- ture, M. Vauthier believes that the very high percentage of gold from expert talker. She has acquired ** serum the best has probably beon O.BE,, of Banchory, the newly the tall, narrow building
East, ex-Provost Donald Munro, best type to resist air attack is auriferous ore, was found guilty repertoirs and likes to:" show of "
con of fraud and sentenced to two and mystify passers-by made of not too encouraging ma-
In addition to her cough terial. Scotland is clearly in need appointed convener of the county structed on a steel skeleton with years' imprisonment and ordered husky, smoker's cough she has a
of Kincardine. of a first-class stand-off half-back,
คล armoured roof. The outer to pay damages of £30,000 hore. He took ill while on business cover consists of a convex slab of
The conrt based its verdict on whistle which is human enough to for the stand and 4,000 for the land until ono is discovered there visit to Glasgow about a week ago. concrete threa fect thick and shap- the findings, of the committee of deceive, while her conversación con-
cannot be much hope of the possibi litios of the three-quarters being career, and will be remembered condiary bombs to ricochet off kowaky's experiment failed to sub"What's the time?'' and
Mr. Munro had a remarkable ed so as to enable the lighter inexperts who concluded that Duni-sists of "Hello!" "How are you fully exploited.
principally as the man who dis harmlessly. covered" Sir Harry Lauder. Dur
On an Alarm, ing his frequent visits to the North-
The heavier bomb will penetrate East Sir Harry has always been his and explode just inside, but a con- guest.
creto floor ten feet below the root For many years Mr. Donald
which can
be destroyed without the vocal, powers it lacks the par- with the public life of the Mearns.
the damage being extended, und Deeside. He was for long au top three floors in
Eliza's predecessor was excep On the alarm being given, the fear of the floors collapsing. The rot's memory,
a 30-storey same principle, it is interesting to clessively Town Councillor Provost of Banchory.
building, will be evacuated, but the note, was used by the Gothie tionally good, for in reply to the who constructed the call "puss, puss," she would say Meow meow," and she had an other inhabitants will remain in architects, be the slightest warrant for the light Hon. Neville Chamberlain,- Tales, from the Hills." His poetry timber controller for the area, and cupying the first seven storeys,parate from the walls, while the amusing way of dismissing her
During the war Mr. Munro was their apartments, except those pe framework of their buildings se- received the O.B.E. in recognition which will be evacuated for for classical buildings and those of the callers by suddenly exclaiming,
“Who are you Good-bye.!!!! of his national services.
Nineteenth Century: unified frame,
Whether Eliza realises that her gas and fire.
"cough puzzles visitors is a quen will be protected by curtains made
The lower part of the building work and walls in a single shell.
Underground Shelters. tion that cannot be answerd, büt of rope or sand bags hung on the In buildings of this sort it would Harry, the Zoo's talking raven, "is outside, and extra solidity will be be necessary to provide an under- always suspected of deliberately given by the adaption of an X or ground shelter with at least twelve teasing passersby. Frequently Y shaped form.
feet of concrete above it, and suit-man walking past the Eastern The great advantage of the mo-able air inlets and a system for Aviary can be observed to stop dern steel framed building, M. purifying the atmosphere. This and look round in amazement and Vauthier emphasises, is that it form of protection, however, M. annoyance owing to the fact that does not depend for its support on Vauthier considera inferior to the he has board & deep, husky voice
sny."You're a rascal (Continued on next column>
**The Thirteen,”
part of the National Government will be held in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, on Tuesday, February 21, under the auspices of the Scot tish Unionist Association. The
M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer will be the chief speaker.
Edinburgh Rectorial,
It was officially intimated from Edinburgh University yesterday that General Sir Ian Hamilton, G.C.B., who was elected Rector of the University in November last, is to deliver his Rectorial address on Thursday, March 2. This is un- usually early in the Rector's term
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Scott Sells in France, Sir Walter Scott, the centenary of witose death is to be commemo- rated at the Sorbonne to-morrow, is still a best-seller in France. His
aro Kipling and (somewhat unex pectedly) Fenimore Cooper,
The Kipling chiefly read by French students is the Kipling of "The Jungle Book" and "Plain
is practically unknown in France.
Dickens and Thackeray are less admired by the French than by the Russians. Meredith, Hardy and Wells are little read. Probably more French readers are familiar with Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf and David Garnett than with the Brontés, Fielding, Smollett and Defae.
At the moment, as is well known, there are not thirteen Judges on the Scottish Bonch,, only twelve, a auc- cessor to Lord Ormidale not yet having been appointed. It has been contended in some quarters that the
́Engineers' President. round dozen are sufficient to carry
The new president of the Institu- on the work of the Supreme Court of office for the delivery of thegion of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Scotland. Expert opinion dis-addresy, which has generally come Seatland is Professor John
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Mr. Munro, who was a native of Banchory, hegan his career as a clerk at the Silver Stripe Saw Mill at Banchory, which belonged to the well-known Glasgow frm of timber merchants, Messrs. A. and G. Paterson, Ltd., of St. Rollox. He altimately became joint managing director of that firm,
He was mainly responsible for the formation of the North of Scotland Home Timber Merchants Associa tion, og which he became president.
The Minimum Stipend. Thounouncement that the Maintenance. of the Ministry Committee of the Church of Scotland have fixed the minimum stipend for 1032 at £300 will be hailed with relief in many Scot tish manse. And there will be real satisfaction throughout the Church and among laymen generally who understand what might be called "manse economics" that such a re sult has been found possible.
Marriage to End Airwoman's Career,
Miss Dorothy Norman Spicer, whose engageincrit has been so- nounced to Mr. Robert Malcolm Riach, Queen's Own Cameron High- landers has decided to give up her career as an airwoman,
Miss Spicer studied aeronautical engineering at Stag Lane for two years, where she took her ground engineering and pilot's. "A" licences. She is in partnership with Miss Pauline Gower, the daughter of Sir Robert Gower, in an aerial } taxi-business. Miss Gower as com mercial pilot, and Miss Spicor" as ground engineer.
She is member of the famous Spicer Brothers family, her father, Mr. Norman Spicer, being a Com bridge triple "Blue" (rugger, Incrosso, and athletics). Her mother, is the daughter of Edward Sisterton, iron and steel magnate, of Hexham, Northumberland," while another relative is Miss Thompson, who, in spite of her ags (83)-re- [ mains one of the most active mem- bers of the City of York Town Council Miss Spicer is going out to West Africa for the wedding..
Mr. Riach, who is at present serving in the West African Fron iser Force, hails from Ferth. "It is an interesting facbethat there has been a Riach in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders evar since the formation of the regiment.
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