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日建拾月叁年戊甲 HONG KONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1934
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"LG's" Forty-four Years: Miniature Omar Khayyam: German Spy And His Captor; Treated Her Flippantly: Jack Hobbs Bats Again: Open Air Restaurant: Visit To Ford "Works
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London, April 10.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S FORTY- FOUR YEARS IN PARLIAMENT It will be forty-four years next Tuesday since Mr. Lloyd George Arst became a member of Parlia- ment.
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now, for the first time, he has found a spot where, if he is not crowded out, he can sit in the sun and give London good marks. ·
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There are few pleasanter ways of idling through a solitary fun- cheon interval, be` continued, than sitting outside and watching the world pass to and fro. London's. sunshine and clear air may not equal those of some cities on the Continent, her pavements are pos-* sibly not so wide, and she is more particular about footpath obstruc- tions, but there is scope for many outside restauranta - And what a difference it would make, too, in the warm evening. As a rule there is not much evening life and contemplation in London; It is movement only. The life is in- doors.
Government of £200,000 for the air defence of London
She has sent the following tele- gram to the Prime Minister": “I alone have dared to point out the dire need and necessity for an air defence for London. You have muzzled others who have de- MASS PRODUCTION AT DAGEN- plored this shameful neglect, for London is the only capital in
He has sat for Caernarvon that time. His record 8.9 "father of the House" is still be- hindi.. that of the late TP.Europe, without any air defence. O'Connor, but there is every like- lihood that in 1940 he will have exceeded it. Four years ago, when Mr. Lloyd George reached his fortieth year as M.P., there ware celebrations at Caernarvon, and a remarkable silver-bound writing pad with miniatures of his fa- ourite scenes in Wales and pictures of the House, was" prèsented to No him at a great gathering.
special celebrations are arranged this year, but resolutions of con- gratulations are coming in from different bodies.
"For the last four months' my offer of £200,000 to supply this crying need has been before you and your Government, but has been ignored because I have spoken the truth about you, your own amour propre being of more importance in your eyes than the safety of London.
Therefore, with my heart full of sorrow and despair, I am at last forced to withdraw, this offer. "You have treated my patriotic Resture with a contempt such as no other Government in the world would or could have been guilty of towards a patriot.
There is, I am told, some expec- tation that be will come up to "You have lippantig behaved the House of Commons next week. as if my offer was a perserial mat If so, all parties will doubtlesster only concerning, optself but join in teclaiming the great Far- the safety of London is the liamentarian on the occasion. He greatest national importance to is as keen on politics as ever and every Englishman and English- watches the signs and events as woman the wide world over, and closely as ever. He is busy at as such the Prime Minister of
the third and Churt on
fourth England ought to consider it.".. volumes of his reminiscences, the former of which will begin to ap- pear in serial form in May. Both volames are expected to be pub- Ished this year. . The fourth volume ends in 1917, and he has two more volumes still to tackle.
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A party of visitors had an oppor- tunity to-day to inspect the huge Ford work at Dagenham and sce how the cheap modern car is made. Any preconceived notions of remorseless hurry and breath- less, nerve-strained workers were somewhat shaken by the spectacle. The continuity of the makes it impossible for any one Worker to lag behind the general speed, but most of the men seemed to have ample time for their par- ticular tasks. A few of them evid- ently had just time and no more. men who One did not envy the were doing that job detested by the owner-driver-the fitting of tyres on to rims. They did it with astonishing speed, but it was evid.. ently hard work
The mechanical devices for say ing time and labour were endless, and the total sum of human in- genuity represented is awe-in- spiring. The chain process of as- sembling the engine is not easy
for а person not: mechanically minded to follow, but. anybody can understand the final stage during which the bare chassis passes on The boys who swarm about the Founding site playgrounds had a.
to one end of a conveyor, is equip- ped with engine, wheels, and body glorious time on this the last day of their holidays for the at-home work, and is finally driven away held there by the Appeal Councy from the other end, some twenty minded to follow, but anybody can at which "Jack Hobbs had kindly
wer. It is expected that eventually consented to be present." great cricketer came arrayed as if a new car will leave the conveyor for a Test match, and for nearly every two minutes; at present the an hour "his white figure domin-interval is between three minutes ated the enclosed playing-ground and four. If the Ford Company while hundreds of youngster hang- want a new advertising stunt they Commonwealth Press ating over the railings riveted their might put a reporter on the con- Worcester, Massachusetts, has eyes on him. He seemed to en-veyor and build a car round him. printed privately a translation in-joyed himself as must as the boys to English verse of the chief parts did. while he stood by a wicket
The Bodleian Library at Oxford has been presented with a copy of what is not only the smallest book in the world, but one which. it is safe to assert, will never lose tha: proud distinction.
The
The
of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam defending it against a procession
in a volume which measures no more than fin" in height and 3-18 in," in width. It contains 34 pages. and the size of the text on each page is 3-32 in. in height and 5.32 In in width; it weighs a gralo
half, and is and a
bound in crimson morocco. The setting 'up of the type was so delicate a mat- ter that it had to be done at night when the vibration of the road traffic and office machinery had ceased.
It is due to the kind offices of the Mr. Henry H. Chamberlin, American poet, that the Bodleian has become possessed of this uni- que production.
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of the London streets. Cameras clicked near him and a cinema photographer 'mounted aloft "made a record of the scene.
When his hosts decided that really Mr. Hobbe's good nature must not be imposed on further he volunteered to give a group of young batsmen a little instruction. They took their stand with the bats that will be- autographed
site's most come prizes for the distinguished cricketers, and they followed the instructions faith- The ancient franchise of mem- All these boys will have bers of the House of Lords was set fully. a grand time it their schools aside. to-day. when the House to-morrow, and some of them are agreed to permit the attendance of young enough to repeat the story Lord Derby as a witness before for the next sixty years.
the committee of privilege' set up After these exertions the guest by the House of Commons to Winston Churchill's of the day inspected the various investigate activities of the site, which is the charges that Sir Samuel Hoare and only open space with trees and Lord Derby had exerted pressure where children can play to effect the modification of cer- grass freely between Regent's Par intain evidence to be given before. the cast and Victoria Park in the the joint select committee of Par- ended at the llament on Indian constitutional Fest. His tour northern part of the site, the three reforma, and a half acres that the. Appeal The matter arose on the written Council hopes to secure with the request from Commons asking per· help of private individual and of mission of the Lords" for Lord the London Council, which fully Derby's attendance. Lord Derby appreciates the importance of such was present in the Chamber and gave the fullest assent to the an open space. The sum still re-
motion sanctioning his attendance. quired is £150,000.
Lord Hailsham in submitting the notion said that the 260 years old standing order provided that no Lord shall either go down to the has lived House of Commons or send an A Londoner who aboard for a number of years tells answer in writing or appear by me with delight of a discovery he counsel to answer any accusation has just made in the brilliant there on the penalty of being put. April weather he lunched In the in the custody of the officer of open outside a restaurant in one the House known as Black Rod or of the City's busiest thoroughfares, in the Tower of London. Lord (Booner or later returned London-Hailsham said that Lord Derby ers and our solitary restaurant being anxious to avoid those penal- with a little terrace, and most of ties but desiring to give evidence. them build theories of a changed had communicated with the off- London upon it) Hitherto one of clals of the House and he accord- the few things in which he has ingly moved that if Lord Derby ranked London below other capit thought at the request of the Lady Houston has withdrawn als has been the absence of out- House of Commons be acceded to.. the offer which she made to the side cafes and restaurants, but British Wireless.
WARTIME FOES AS FRIENDS Captain Frans von Rintelen, a famous member of the German Secret Service during the war, was a guest at yesterday's wedding of Miss Faith Hall, daughter of Ad- miral Sir Reginald hall, who was responsible for Captain von Rinte- len's capture in 1915. Miss Marie Louise von Rintelen, his daughter, was one of the bridesmaids.
Nineteen Admirals, including Earl Jellicoe, attended the cere- mony at Lyndhurst, Hants.
The bridegroom was Lieut. Peter Stubbs, R.N., of HMS. Bable. The nine bridesmaids wore dull golden gowns, and there were five pages. all under three, in sailor suits,
Admiral Hall was Director of Naval Intelligence when he suc ceeded in trapping Captain von Rintelen. while the German was returning from the UB.A. to Ger- many in a Dutch vessel Indeed. Admiral Hall had himself sent the message recalling his enemy from America.
Captain von Rintelen was hand- ed over to the American author- itles.// LADY HOUSTON SAYS PREMIER TREATED HER OFFER
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