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Board Of Admiralty's Visit To The Medit- teranean: Changing America: A Great Irishman: St. Patrick's Popularity: The Army Estimates: Dean Inge's Successor
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FASCISTS AND POLICE
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Disorders Quickly Suppressed At Bristol
London, April 9. Answering questions in the House of Commons regarding the recent Fascist meeting in Bristol, the Home Secretary (Sir John GU- mour) said that a large number of stewards wearing Fascist uni- form prevented an outbreak of disorder in the hall but after-
cists assembled outside the bai where a large crowd had collected and some disorder occurred which the polce. quickly suppressed.
London, March 27. In spite of the Bouthern Irish-wards four or five hundred Fas- When the Board of Admiralty man who stated that he had two pays its official visit to the Medi-sons. "one living and one in Bel- terranean and Home Fleets at last." It would be difficult to find Gibraltar next week the civilian a better "son of Eria than the members will, I hear, wear for the famous Ulster leader, first time a new "badge of office "
bas
experimentally which
been adopted.
Before the war trock coats and
hats top "uniform" on such occasions, but these have now been discarded. In recent years, when First Lords
There was no doubt that this to the At the age of 80 he is a vigorous disorder was largely due
adoption of semi-military evolu- and respected force in Conservations by the Fascists, whose gen- eral behaviour was regarded by the crowd as provocative.
tive politics."
Only last Tuesday, at a meeting were the recognised of the India Defence League, Lord
Carson displayed all his old Hibernian fire.
The only concession to the
The Home Secretary added thai the whole question of the wearing of uniforms by political parties
Dep7.02 7.80 10.30 10.48 12.10 244 3.29 4.08 4.30 1.89 5.34 8.12 8.507.41 7.119.00 and other civilian members of the March winds and to his 80, years was receiving his careful consider-
Das 7.148.02
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Taumati
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board have visited HM. ships in an official capacity they wore ordi ..17.17 9.07nary clothes and a yachting cap with the Royal Yacht Squadron badge.
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was that the meeting" was held In Lord Carson's house to avoid the necessity of exposing him to the draughts of a public hall.
ST. PATRICK'S POPULARITY
While on the subject of Irish- meri.. I might, mention that St.
They are enabled to do this by the provision in the Royal Yacht Squadron rules whereby the First Lord becomes a permanent honor- ary member, and the other mem-Patrick is the most popular Saint bers of the board honorary mem- bers during their term of orice.
This cap has now been supersed- ed by a new one of Admiralty de- sign. The badge is the Admiralty foul anchor on a red field, which I reproduce here, surmounted by: the Royal crown, the whole device being oval in shape and edged with gold.
TO BE WORN BY THE FIRST LORD
On the present occasion this cap. in conjunction with a blue double- breasted suit, will be worn by the First Lord. Sir Bolton Eyres Mon sell; the Permanent Secretary, Bir Oswyn A. R. Murray; the Naval Secretary to the First Lord, Rear- Admiral S. J. Meyrick-who will not be in naval uniform-and pos- sibly by one or two other members of the Admiralty party.
The naval members of the board
in the English-speaking world. judging by the number of churches and cathedrals dedicated to him.
Great Britain the USA., Canada, Australasia, and South. Africa there are 380 of these."
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St. Peter the chief apostle, is a bad second with 64301
There are no statistics for tre land, but in that country - St. Patrick may be presumed to have great a relative
at least 2.5 "superiority.
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS?
I have just heard the story of how an exasperatingly ingenious business man, who had to select one of three applicants for a post. tested their quickness.
"
He blindfolded all three, and told them that he proposed to make either a blue or & white chalk-mark on the forehead of each.
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ation.-British Wireless
NEW GOVERNOR OF NYASALAND
Sir H. Kittermaster Appointed
London, April 9.'
H. M. the King has appointed Bir Harold Kuttermaster, Governor of Balti Hondria, tovon Co ernor and Commander-in-Chief of Nyasaland, in succession to fir Winthrop Young, recently appoint- ed Governor of Northern Rhode- ria. British Wireless."
KING AND QUEEN OF SIAM
London, April 9. The King and Queen of Siam will pay a private visit to London next month.
According to present arrange- ments they will arrive on May 3
British Wireless.
Each was to laugh if he saw a who are making the visit will wear blue mark on either of the others: and" will remain for seven weeks-
uniform.
but as soon as he had guessed I hear that if the new cap
what mark he himself had upon proves satisfactory it will become his forehead, he was to hold up the orthodox "headwear for civi-his hand. lian members of the board on all future official visits to HM. ships and naval establishments.
LORD LONDONDERRY'S Åvro
CADET
Lord Londonderry took his pilot's certificate last December. He has now bought an Avro Cadet.
The 55-year-old Air Minister is by no means the only flying mem- ber of his family. "Lady Mary Vane-Tempest-Stewart, his young- est daughter, is well able to take control in the air. As, however, she is only 12, she will have to wait another five years before she can have her certificate.
CHANGING AMERICA
I hear that Mr. Winston Guest, one of the best-known young men in America, has decided to enter politics.
Although he graduated from Columbia Law School only two years ago, he has become legal #dviser to Mr. La Guardia's sup- porters on the board of New York aldermen, at a salary of one dollar a year.”
Mr. Guest, who is a son of Capt, FE Guest, but a naturalised American, is principally distin- guished for his polo playing.
He was a member of the teams that defeated the Argentine in 1929 and 1932 and England in 1930, He has been described as the best player in the world.
The fact that he is now follow ing Mr. Vincent astor, who recent ly started the magazine "To-day" into the political field indicates almost as great a revolution in the American social world as President Roosevelt has brought into that of politics
Mr. Guest, who is 27, 18" named after his godfather and cousin, Mr. Winston Churchill
"A GREAT IRISHBIAN
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At one time that of Dr. Mat- The three men were duly blind-thews, Dean of Exeter, was easily folded,, and each had a blue mark the favourite. His action in invit- made on his forehead. Naturally ing Nonconformist. divines to enough, when unbandaged, they preach in the cathedral is, how- all started to laugh.
ever, considered to have minimised Suddenly one held up his hand his prospects in that direction. and said he had a blue mark on Dr. Hensley Henson, Bishop of his forehead How did he know? Durham, who is also mentioned, Would probably welcome the op- SENTIMENT . EFFICIENCY.portunity of. learned leisure, especially as he is the forthcom-
Mr. Duff Cooper's speech In ing Gifford Lecturer. introducing the Army Estimates. He would, of course, have to was generally conceded to have surrender an episcopal pension in been well up to his usual high exchange for the deanery's £2,000 passage in a year, diminished to some extent. standard. But the
by a pension for the retiring Dean. which he dealt with the amal. gamation of Sandhurst and Wool-; The deanery of Westminster, by wich is likely to cause some com- the way, le at present: worth ment.
£3,000 a year. He announced that a committee Other names that are being dis- recently set up to examine the cussed are those of the Rev. H. R. matter had reported that the L Sheppard and Dr. Cranage, Dean scheme was "perfectly feasible, of Norwich, Neither is a scholar and that a very large saving of in the strict sense. Dr. Cranege money would result." He then has been a great success at Nor- He is an antiquary and surprisingly added, "The Army wich. Council, having considered the re- proved himself a first-rate ad- port, decided finally to leave mat- ministrator at Cambridge, He is chairman of the House of. Clergy ters as they were." "
in the Church Assembly.
His appeal on the grounds of tradition and sentiment, wittily upheld by the obvious undesir ability of amalgamating Eton and Harrow, in spite of the consequent economies, seems a curious way for a Financial Secretary to dispose of the question.
The Master of the Temple (Canon Carpenter) is also among those on whom choice may not unexpectedly fall
THE FINEST FREE SPECTACLE For Oxford to-day's boat race The taxpayer has also his sen- I will probably be the most expen- sive in the history of this very in- timents.
expensive contest.
I wonder if sentiment will neces- sitate the return of the War Office from Whitehall to its historic site in Fall Mall, now occupied by the Royal Automobile Club.
TO SUCCEED DEAN INGE?
The boat which will carry them to victory or defeats the third they have had built this year.
Each boat has cost £110. Oars; too. of which Oxford have had two sets, cost £20 “a setman
Compared with the cost of other sporting events not half so specta cular this sum is small.
Ecclesiastical prophets are still wrestling with the possibilities of E successor to Dr. Inge, who retires A quarter of a million people, for at Michaelmas, A whom no expensive stands have
The Dean's own gifts, which been built, may see the race. dering the twenty-one years he Mr. Tex Rickards, the famous bas, been at St. Paul's have made American boxing promoter, his him an outstanding national mouth watering at so much good
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