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Largest Bronze Gates: Australia's: Part In The World: Twenty Years Of Aviation
Progress: Archduke Eugene: Ben Tillett: A Hurried "Turn Round": Clever Woman Orator: War Artist: Lord Erskine
(Special Air-Mail Service)
In the first exhibition in Eng- land of his paintings, which opens to-day, there are no beautiful
The Majestic's puraer for one will I imagine, breathe a sign of rellat when the world's largest liner is once more Westbound Her thirty-six hour. fa. Southamp- tom are likely to be hectic
She is due to arrive on Thura- day night. During Friday, in addition to the normal loading of stores, she will be prepared for the 800 guests at the "Star Ball" to be held that night. This en- tails providing cabin accommoda- tion for the majority of the 800, who will sleep on board, until ten. on Saturday morning.
The cabins will then have to be got ready once more for the liner's passengers, who will sail with her at lunch time.
A PUBLIC-SPIRITED FAMILY. Mrs. Tate, the Conservative member for West Willesden, who has made it her business to as- sist Frau Segar out of the clutches of the Nazis, was Miss Mavis Hogg. and is, a relative of the Quintin Though too good a gastronome Hogg who built the Polytechnic.
be a thorough pessimist, M
"Her.
husband's family were Poiret does not believe that wo equally public-spirited, her father- men's dress can now be rankedin-law having presented the Tate among the arta Fashion, he de- Gallery to the nation. clares, no longer affords the de- signer of dresses that freedom without which the creative artist cannot ifve.
London, May 30. The largest bronze gates ever erected in London will grace the new RIB.A. premises in Portland-women.. But there are some eleg
sant joints à l'anglaise and convinc- place, which are to be opened in
ing studies of a Bahmanger's and October.
Designed and executed by Mr. | green-grocer's wares Flowers and James Woodford, who won the Paris-particularly as seen from Rome scholarship in 1922, the the terrace of his flat-also in gates depict the life of the metro-spire him. polls, with the Thames flowing as the main down each panel- motif.
Various buildings represent Lan- don's varied interests St. Paul's symbolises the Church, and Houses of Parliament the Government. Stafford House (now the London Museum) suggests the homes of the wealthy, while a block of modern fats typifies those of the masses.
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Road transport is represented by Waterloo Bridge and rail by Hungerford Bridge, while the river Hifa is depicted by harges and ships, gulls and fam,
to
She was Arst fired with a desire to enter the House of Commons when working for her cousin. Lord Hailshamn, then Sir. Douglas Hogy. He has, therefore, no desire to when he contested Marylebone.
Mrs. Tate is one of the very few resume the authority which "en- abled him in his youth to abolish | women who excel in the discuit the corset, and in his middle-age are of platform orators, in the to impose the hobble skirt upon protesting but pliant women.
DOVE FROM THE HABSBURG.
AN AUSTRALIAN OPTIMIST. Mr. Philip Coller, the Premier of
The Archduke Eugene, the fuss the Habsburgs to return to
of Western Australia, the Legis- | Austria “since the Revolution, is a lative Assembly of which has pass-distant cousin of the Archduke ed a bull to petition the Imperial Otto, the Pretender, Parliament for secession trom the Commonwealth. has very definite views about the role that Austra Ha should play in the world.
The writer remembers his state ment in a speech here some years ago. that within a few generations the centre of gravity of the Em- pire would have shifted to Austra~ lia, which would by that time have a population of 60,000,000 or 70,- 000,000.
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AN AIR FORCE CONTRAST The RAF display whico the King" and Queen witnessed Bircham Newton yesterday was a little different from the Royal Flying Corps demonstration which they saw at Aldershot almost ex- actly twenty years before. "
On that occasion-May 13, 1914 -they were greeted by '25 ma- chines drawn up in front of the hangars and by two more in the
air.
In common with the numerous Habsburg Arénakes who had lands in Austria, and who refused" to recognise the Republic and to strip themselves of their tities, Eugene has not previously been allowed to return.
· Those Archdukes, on the other hand, who had lands in Hungary were allowed to Temam there.
House of Commons her speeches
on child welfare and kindred sub- -jects have been listened to with An Interest which has been en- haneed their dashes of hum our
AUGUSTUS JOHN WAR PICTURE
A picture of a Canadian soldier on "exhibition in the window of Messrs. Tooth's Galleries in Bond- street has been exciting a great deal of interest lately. It is a study by Mr. Augustus John for one of the figures in a very large wall-painting which he has never completed.
It was started during the war, | when Mr. John like Bir William Rothenstein and the late Sir Wi- lam Orpen, received official per- mite to attach themselves to vari
Moreover, four or Ave of them headed by the Archduke Josef, who at one time during the Reious unita, for artistic purDORES. volution looked as if he would play the part of "Philippe Egalite continued to exercise their here ditary right of sitting in the Hui-
arian Upper House.
After the war it was destined for well-known public gallery in Canada. Now, I have reason to belleve. Mr. Johri will soon com. plete the composition.
The return of Eugene and the. It will be the biggest work—in reception he receives will be an-point of size-he has ever done. xiously watched by Otto. Monar- As to its quality, I remember when chists will be eager to see whether Mr. John was first working on it or not this dove seat out from that his old friend, Professor Hen- the Habsburg, ark returns with any Tonks, expressed the view that olive branch.
it was "by far the best picture John had ever painted.”
A feature of the occasion was MR
that one BE. machine had "wireless installation" which con-
veyed the news of their Majesties departure from the Royal Pavilion. Later on, it is on record that at the Royal Aircraft Factory Major Clive Wigram made a Eight as"a
MR. BEN TILLETT'S MANT ROLES
Mr. Ben Tillett; who is to under-- go an operation to-day, has been for the major part of his 74 years a man of great activity, :.
He has played many roles in a most varied career, making effect
YOUNG GOVERNORS
Lord Erskine's appointment as
Governor of Madras confirms the impression that the National Gor! ernment favours young men for these overses, posts.
The first sign of this new prin-
passenger in the stable Army seroplane R.E1, in which Col
and patriot -Indeed, the out- Seely new at the end of last week." standing episodes of his life pre-bourne to be Governor of Bombay. ment earlier this year of Lord Bra- The stable aeroplane was
sent. great contrasts his dedant
tive appearances as both rebel iple was provided by the appoint
vouched for by Major Wand militant leadership of the At the age of 30% Brancker, R. (later Bir Befton dockers and his lecture tours for taken over the duties of Governor Lord Buntingfeld, who has jump Brancker), of the Aeronautical the national cause during the of Victoria, is only 50. Lord Ersk Department of the War Office:
Great War
Ine is the same age as Lord Bra
It was the first
A much travelled man.
#fool-proof " plane, as it was claimed that knows the Empire in every part totally inexpert person can and and most of Europe The rule of has flown it without training."
"opposites has applied to his wan-
Formerly these appointments were almost invariably alles by
nearly to the top. or by politicians who had risen
stration no definite decision had arrested as a menace to the public
At the time of the 1914 demonderings, for by turn he has been distinguished soldiers, and sailors." been arrived at as to the equip peace and honoured a distip ment of the Force--the heavier-guished visitor. He excels as 3 than-air v. airship discussion was raconteur and singer of jovial
| still in progress.
zonga,
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The new principle opens up avenues for advanćeziánt to mudg men of proved political sagacity who would have little chance of so preferment at home for some
The position, was vividly reflect- ed in the fact that when," some months after the Royal visit, war The Majestic's hurried "turn-years. broke out, our aeroplanes totalled round in New York harbour to about 80, and Lord Trenchard's day is not entirely, the result of first task was to seize eagerly on the cancellation of the Berenga göything that could fy,
ria's Westbound passage. It is dud partly also to the fact that the normal summer schedule has Just come into force.
POIRET CREATIONS=ÓN
CANVAS
Mr. Paul Potret, the ex-dictator
of feminina fashions; now wishes
-Lord-Erskine, both as Parlia mentary Private Secretary to the fate Lord Brentford and mote re- cently as a Conservative Wh shown an exceptional fair for ac- quiring "inside information" on great variety of topics.
has
Under this none of the big liners. He holda very decided views and can spend much more than thirty- | is never afraid to express them to be known merely as a painter. six hours in port-a - regulation with equivalent, forecīzile He states that he paints only distinctly harassing to the pure siltutkmally an optimist the things he likes.
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