THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 13, 1936.
BRITAIN READY FOR GREAT SPEED CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD
TELLS HER HUBBY
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Lady Busan Wilkim is shown here speaking to her husband, Sir Hubert Wilkins, in the Antarelle via the air waves. Sir Hubert, the noted explorer, who aided
in the search by plane for Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick- Kenyon, who were anissing in the Antarctic for two months. It was on this occasion that Lady Wilkins told her husband of the adoption of a daughter.
PLANS FOR AIR, WATER AND LAND RECORDS
Skimmer-boat Model Tested
́in' "Loch Lomond” Tank BRITAIN will have a more successful speed year, from now until March, 1937, than any country has had since the internal com- bustion engine was invented.
Plana have so for progressed, British firms in co-operation. The that there is every probability of land machine has, nothing to do the following achievements by with Freddie Dixon's plans for an ali-British productions:
attack on the record. The fa
New car dashing at average vourite for the water speed record apeed of 330 m.p.h. over mean | Is Sir Mnicolm Campbell. mile on Sait Lake, Utah,
New motor-boat racing ali Both the car and boat projects maximum of 165 m.p.h. (mean | have been and will be kept secrets- average over mile 145 m.p.h.) on for a long time. Nothing official Loch Lomond, Scotland.
will be known of the place of Light car of Captain George building of either car or boat until Eyston capturing hour world later in the year.
record at nearly 200 m.p.h. It can, however, be stated that (maximum 240 m.p.h.) on Salt
Lake.
the builders have not been.
con-
Semi-deisel engined car beingcerned with any previous land or
waler attempt. driven by Captain Eyston at mean average of 165 m.p.h. on Pendino Sands, Wales.
Acro engine and plane design of famous British firm to pro- duce over 500 mp.h. averag (present record 440 m.p.h. held by Italy).
ma-
Firms Co-operato The car and water speed chines are the project of famous
Greta Garbo and
Noel
Coward
ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP
STOCKHOLM, FEB. 1.
VERYWHERE HERE TO-DAY TWO FAMOUS NAMES ARE
EVERING LINKED TOGETHER.
THEY ARE GRETA GARBO AND NOEL COWARD, Garbo, recovering from her recent throat illness-Noel Coward spending a holiday in Sweden-met at an evening party given by the Count and Countess Wachtmeister, Garbo's closest friends.
From that evening they were seen together many times. Coward, who visited Sweden for rest and seclusion, suddenly altered all his plans. He became a frequent visitor at the theatre, at restaurants and private parties. And on many occasions Garbo was a visitor, too.
All who have seen them, have been prompted to think "this is the perfect couple. Great Britain's mest brilliant playwright and actor and Sweden's and the world's most famous film actress."
When He Met Garbo When Noel Coward first arrived In Stockholm, he said: "I ..........tfred...........All I need is rest.
am
Then he met Garbo, and after- wards he accepted invitations to' dinner parties, to the theatre, to sight-seeing excursions into the country.
He seemed no longer tired. Hor appeared eager to attend, as many functions possible--and
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several of them Greta Gurbo was also present;
Dancing Together This week Gosta Ekman, tho famous Swedish actor, gave a re- ception.
Again both Garbo and Noel Coward were among the guests.
Many times they have laughed
and chatted together, and danced.
NOEL COWARD
the tango-the dance which de Bought a huge basket of orchids, Jights Greta Garbo above alls looking happier than any of her others.
countrymen have seen her look
At the reception Garbo was since she first left Sweden for wearing a Russian silk shirt and Hollywood. grey flannel trousers. Her Silent Greta has become Smiling throat and arms were covered in Grain, jewels.
On Noel Coward's last day in Laughingly she has been teaching Stockholm he stopped his car on Coward to pronounce the Swedish the way to the Central Station: word "Skal!" which means "to your He went into a well-known flower health
shop and bought a huge basket of Together they have discussed orchids, the largest the shop con- their impression of the stage, the tained. Ho ordered it to be sent *Dms, and a dozen other Interests. to this address:
Intimate friends of Garbo declare
6, Klippgatan, Stockholm. they have seen a great change in
her.
That. is the address of Greta's brother, Sven Gustafsson, where She seems to be more free. She Greta stays frequently..
Bride For 3. Days-Divorce
BECAUSE
HER JEALOUS HUSBAND KEPT A DOG
The car will not be a "mam- moth" like Campbell's last Blue. bird. Ita walght limit will be four tons. There are two deaigns, both four-wheel driven, it is understood, one with a single engine developing over 3,000 hp. and the other with two engines developing over 4,000 h.p.
Both designs externally aro revolutionary. The final shape will depend on laboratory tests. The boat also will be unlike anything yet bullt.
It will be a skimmer, constructed solely for speed over a straight
course, and will be of no use for motor-boat racing.
Ingenious Tests
There is no intention of building anything that can be reconstructed to compete for the international trophy at Detroit. It is under stood that three designs exist, each radically different in stem, stern, beam and hydroplane "steps."
A miniature testing tank "lake," with the geographical features of Loch Lomond surrounding it, being built, and models will be tested in "weather" conditions such as normally prevail on Loch Lamond in a certain month. The final decision of shape will be determined by these tests.
Miss England III, did 130 m.p.h, The record is held by America, with an average speed of just short of 125 m.p.h.
SIZE 5
SHOE manufacturers have decided that travellers shall no longer submit size four samples in women's shoes,
Да bas been
the custom for many years.
They are substituting size five, very fow women now. adays being able to wear "fours" with comfort.
China's: "Mac West"
FROM H.K. - TO SWITZERLAND
Douglas Fairbanks the elder and the lady with whom his namo has been romantically linked for some time past the Lady Sylvin Ashley-are among the enthusiasta goiting their All of the thrilling winter sports furnished by St. Moritz, famed Swisa Alpine resort.
Lady Decies In Ethiopia
As War Nurse
FRIENDS have pleaded with me not to go to Abyssinia. They
have pointed out the terrible dangers. But I'm not afraid." has revealed details of her plan to nurse in Abyssinia, despite This is the courageous attitude of Gertrude Lady Decles, who
warnings from the British Red Cross and her friends about the perils facing white women.
She disclosed that she is now making arrangements to leave at an early date with three fully trained nurses and a secretary.
"I did nursing work in the Russian Revolution," she said, “and | Fam not afraid of riske, although we shall be the only white women
nurses in Abyssinia."
For her splendid nursing work in the past Gertrude Lady Decies has gained 12 medals, including the French V.C. for women.
"BLIND" FLYING FOR BRITISH PILOTS
A new invention has been perfected which will enable air liners and long-range bombers built this year to fly more quietly.
The invention, by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, takes the form of an effective engine silencer, which forms part of the cowling ring round the radial air-cooled engines.
It is claimed that the inven- tion hus
all the overcome objections of previous designs. Its success means a more silent
"WHITE JADE FROST" TO BECOME MOVIE QUEEN
Shanghai, Jan. 26.
China's theatre addicts, who correspond to the cinema fans of America, in both relative numbers and enthusiasm, have been given their greatest thrill in years by the announcement that their Mac West, otherwise known as Miss White Jade Frost, is soon to become a movie queen.
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Journey for passengers in Em- pire flying-boats which use nir- cooled engines; and opportunity for the long-range bomber to escape the vigilance of sound-detecting apparatus. Imperial Airways are to send some of their senior pllota to Ber- lin to take a course in blind Approaches" with the Lorenz blind landing equipment installed at the Tempelhof airdrome. The visit has been arranged by courtesy of the Gorman air authorities.
Limited Visibility This equipment was installed | seven months ago at Tempelhof and the pilots of the Lufthansa Ines have been using it regularly to feel their way in to land in conditions of limited visibilty. stalled at Heston Airport, and our A similar system is being in- Air Ministry are to experiment with different systems this year at Croydon.
The equipment consists marker boacons set some way from the airdrome boundaries. They give constant call signa which are picked up by wireless by the pilot
of
Miss White Jade Frost has been actions of the players as they appealing to China's equivalent speak or sing, White Jade Frost of the "bald headed row for the has no peor in the fold of jump past boveral years, and her popu- and jump. Critics say she "puts larity has reached the proportions her whole heart and body into her of a national craze. Star of in-art" and because of this Yuan approaching the landing ground. numerable "jump and" Jump" Liang expelled. her from the old As he passes over the first one, dramas, considered by the Chinese capital na "too hot."
two miles from the boundary, an Intelligentsia as the most vulgar This, however, was not her frat Instrument panel light is ex- variety of dramatic fare and on a encounter with the "blue noses" tinguished as an additional signal. par with aido-street burlesque of China, for carlier in her career, At this point at a given altitude shows in the West, she has fol- ahe and her fellow jump and he throttles back and follows the lowed the examplo of her curve- Jumpers had a session with the pre-selected compass bearing soma western counterpart by offelals of the Bureau of Educa- which will take him directly over transferring her talent from tion for a discussion on decency. the second marker beacon when atago to screon. Hor success in It was reported that White Jade a second dashboard light goes Chinese talking films is expected Frest appeared at the official in- out. This tells him ho has passed to be phenomenal,
quiry, looking entirely like the the last obstacles and can glide virtuous wife of a pious official directly in to land. Warsaw, Jan. 20..
"Jump and Jump" plays, so and that a representative of her Some vertical visibility must be THREE days' honeymoon, then divorce because of a big black called because the male character jump and jump troupe assured the present for him to sea to "flatten
dog. How this came about was told in a divorce court near
is invariably am acrobat whe Government officials that although out." Warsaw by Maria, the three-day wife.
cavorta madly, about the stage, her actions sometimes seemed. *I loved my husband, and I still husband refuses to get rid of it." have boon the rage for the past Improper from a moral standpoint, love him," Marla told the judge, The judge turned to the hus- year in Shanghai, after they had she was a true artlato whose sing- her eyes rod with weeping. "But band: "That is impossible," ho
boon virtually banished from ing and acting were in accordanco when we went to our new home I said: "You can't expect your wife Pelping by the puritanical ex- with the text of the play, and found there a big black dog. It to stand that. You must get rid mayor Yuan Llang. The theme therefore should not be too severe- was very florce, and I hate doge of your, dog.",
of these plays almost invariably ly judged. anyway,
deals with sex. The jealous husband refused.
China's “groat bent" actress as "I discovered that my husband "She can take the as I am or leave The higher types of Chinese alio is termed, will make her was jealous, and had trained theme," he said. by
Then, she will leave your drama are given in the Mandarin cinema debut in "Red Begonia": dog not to allow any man in the
re-Language which is conceded to be a story dealing with the life of a house when he was not there. plied the judge pass judgment the purest form of the Chinese jump actress, and her thousands
against you. You, are divorced." tongue, while “Jump" and "Jump!" I do not wort to divorce my So Marim bride, wife, and plays, are presented in vern of followers are eagerly watching husband, but I can't live with a divorcee, all in three days, left the cular dialects said to place for the release date- United dog that growla: all the time. Katy, court.
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loss restraint on the Press.
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SIX GENERATIONS AT A PARTY
Mrs. Mathilda Steiger, of Chicago, gave a party. The occasion was her 108th. birthday. The guests:
Three married daughters, aged 67, 69 and 74; twelve grandchildren; thirty-three great-grandchildren; six Brest-great-grandchildren,”
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