THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY,
MAY 20,
1938.
BRITAIN'S OLDEST WOMAN, 108, THROWS A GAY PARTY
And She Waited On Her Guests Hand And Foot
By Joan Goldthorp
To be waited on hand and foot by a little old lady of 108 when you yourself are in the twenties is embarrassing, but that is what happened to me at Mrs. Ann Stansall's birthday party at Mansfield, Notts, recently.
They call Granny Stansall. the most independent woman in Mans- feld, and after watching her, swing her big black kettle from the hob, and carry in a shovel of coal from the backyard I think they are right.
At her party Granny recalled the penny-farthing bleyele days, crinolines, pig-tailed jack tars, nd of the reigns of George IV. and five other monarchs, the abolition of slavery, and press gangs, as if they were incidents liko to-day's football matches.
oldest Claimed to be England's woman, Granny celebrated her birth-
grand
purple and black striped blouse and black satin apron. A DUKE'S TELEGRAM From nine in the 'morning Mang- feld folk locked to the little St. John's-place cottage to congratulate their granny.
EMPIRE NEWS
MORE U.S. FILMS IN AUSTRALIA
Melbourne.
The report of the Commonwealth Film Censor, Mr. Cresswell O'Reilly, shows that there is a steady increase Australia of in in the exhibition
films. The British Hims American shown declined from 27 per cent, of the total in 1934 to 20 per cent. last year.
Hundreds of congratulatory cards and letters from complete strangers The percentage of cuts and rejec- littered the sideboard, and also teletions in British films Increased slight- gramps from Stangalls all over Engly, while the American percentage a prominent position were two decreased from 62 in 1933 to 15 last from Sir William Bradshaw and the year. The quality of Australian film production is disappointing in spite Duke of Portland.
land.
The Mayoresa
of Mansfield called for a chat at midday, and Granny's cup of happiness was Fall,
Until late in the afternoon people poured into the cottage with flowers, bags of sweets, biscuita, fruit, and boliles of wine.
CHILDREN'S GIFTS Little children came with postes of primroses and forget-me-nots, and the greengrocer sent a couple of Jaffus,
of the encouragement given by legis lation in Now South Wales.
Canada
ST. LAWRENCE DEEP WATERWAY
Ottawa. The woning interest of the Cana- dian Government in the St. Law- rener deep waterway scheme is in- diented in a White Paper tabled in! the House of Commons to-day.
Negotiations for the construction Queening it at the lop of the table, the ile old lady gossiped solidly of the waterway were opened be through the meal, so that her white-ween Canada and the United States haired "children" as she calls her in 1931, but three years ago a friends, could not get
by President Roosevelt In sponsored
was defeated in the House of Repre edgeways.
sentatives. A year later the United States offered to reopen negotiations. The Canadian Government acknow- ledged the offer, but it was never accepted.
word $3
sec,"
"You are only chicks, you she said, "und so that old hen must do all the cackling."
The "babies" of the party were Sher 40-years-old grandson, George Frost and her niece, Polly Maloney, aged 55.
HER HOBBY-WORK Since she was 100, Grandma has lived by herself in her litle cottage making her own bed, scrubbing and mopping the Loors, washing curtains and towels, and cooking most of her own food.
New Zealand
IMPORT DUTIES KAISED
Wellington.
arc
bill
an-
Higher Import duties nounced 10-day on Australian and Canadian manufactured goods 08 part of a wide revision of the New And the house is as clean as a sea-Zealand Customs tariff which comes washed shell.
"Work is my hobby," she told me. into force to-morrow. There are no increases under the British preferen- "Working at something you like is tial turft except on footwear. The the secret of happiness."
With nearly a century of hard work duty on British footwear, other than
rubber,
is raised from 20 per cent behind her, Granny should know,
to 24 per cent, or 3s. a pair, which- ever is greater.
"I went out to service when I was 10. I did not have much schooling, child, so I cannot read or write, but my days of service were like heaven to me."
every morning, she Up at
eight
She goes to bed about nine or ten. likes to potter around, or sometimes Just sits by the fire day-dreaming.
Her first fight in an aeroplane seven years ago she treated quite as a matter of course.
do not
a penny," is Granny's favourite boast.
Liars are the only people I hate," she says. "You cannot lock your doors against n llar."
owe
Another grannyism la "Courtesy is
a cheap investment,"
Mr. Walter Nash, the Minister of Finance, Customs and Marketing, states that the increasing volume of imports has necessitated further pro. tection for New Zealand industry.
tribute to Australian and: He paid Canadian good will.
Australian goods affected fall inte 46 categories, and the increases range from 5 to 20 per cent.
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The duty on South African wine
is increased from 3s. 6d. to 6s. Od. gallon, while the embargo on Aus- tralian citrus is lifted-Reuter.
South Africa
And the most beautiful memory of INCREASED VOTE FOR DEFENCE
all her 100 years?
**
"Wir field of mauve-flowered
flax under a moonlit sky," sald
Granny, a little girl again, hurry-
Ing to her Irish homestead, Leaving her birthplace, Newry, in County Down, Ireland, Colleen Annie Lochern of the long brown hair ("So
Cape Town.
An IncreasT of £180,250 in the Union's defence vote, bringing the total to £1,844,000, is the most strik- ing feature of the Government's ex- penditure from Itevenue funds for
current financial year.
the
The gross defleit on the vote actual
long I used to give my master's gally amounts to £251,250, but this dening boy twopence a week to has been reduced to £109,250 by comb it for me"), followed her em- ployers to Derby when she was 30.
At the age of 34 Annie met John Starpall, of the coach builders Hol- mos, at a party, and a year later, in a navy silk wedding dress, accom- panied him to church.
For 36 years Annie and John were
Savings. The additional pro- minor savings. vision for defence results from the extra necessity to contribute an £120,000 to the aircraft replacement fund, and to not aside £40,000 for the artillery and machine-gun re placement fund. The sum of £22,- ous services-Reuter.
: together, spending cnly two days 750 is niso required for miscellane-
apart
Of their five children only Jack in Canada is left.
FIFTEEN WOMEN CRASH IN LIFT
At Corset Factory
1938: Bigger And Better
Monsters
First Loch-Ness-Monster-glimpse
Here are two pictures which vividly illustrate the spirit of the ex- hibits to be shown at the forthcoming exhibition of "Anglo-American graphic art at St. John's Cathedral Hall. Top study is antitled "Wild Flowers", a woodcut by John Nash, and below, "The Farmer", a woodcut by the Chinese artist, Pan Yes.
Herbert Marshall Sued
For £50,000
Singer Says He "Stole My Wife's Love" New York, Apr. 21. TERBERT MARSHALL, British film star, is being sued for £50,000 damages by Eddy Brandt, singer and song writer, for the alleged alienation of Mrs. Brandt's affections.
II
Mr. Marshall was as unruffled as ever when the news was revealed.
HOW MEN KEEP HOUSE
Cooks On Bonfire In Garden
For 15 years the four brothers Attrill have done all the housework, cooking, and gardening at their home at Fittleworth, Sussex.
George, aged 81, has done ali the cooking in the garden on a Bonfire, summer and winter,
Frank, aged 60, has looked after the garden.
Alfred, aged 54, has helped in the house, where
Ben has been in charge of the housework.
His only comment was: "I don't know anything about it. See my lawyer."
RADIO BROADCAST
Harry Ore and M. Barrétto From the Studio
LONDON RELAYS
Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on n Frequency of 845 .c's, and on Short Wave from 1-2.13 p.m. ond D11 pm. on 9.52 m.c's. per second.
H.K.T. (MK), *
12.0-13.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathedral.
12.30 Josephine Baker and The Orchestra Mascotte.
Moonlight On the Danube-Woltz (Byron Gay); Gypsy Love Waltz Melodies (Lehar)....Orchestra; Sup- J. Dimon); posel (B. Dixon and Pretty Little Baby (Silvers, Baker Bernie)....Josephine Baker; Over The Waves Waltz Rogns Arr. Hohne); Amorettentanze Waltz ..Orchestra; (Gung'l-arr. Hohne)....
and
La
Tonkinolae (Christine, Villard and Scotto: arr. Christine); J'al Deux Amours (Goker, Varan and Scotto)....Josephine Baker; It Hap pened In Vicnnu-Waltz (Ferry Muhr); Castanots-Waltz Willy
Richartz)....Orchestra.
1.0 Time and Weather.
1.03 Blzet-Symphony No. 1 in C Major.
The Played by
London Phil- harmonic Orchestra conducted by Wallz Gochr.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather and Announcements.
And
1.40 Latest Varicly Programme. Organ Solo-"Snow White The Seven
Dwarfs"....Reginald Foort at the BBC. Theatre Organ; Duet Gailthaler March (Koschat); Yodelling Duet-In The Ziller Valley
The
Baldauf Brothers with Zither and Guitar.
Orchestra With Organ-Seville (Cities of Romance"-Haydn Wood); Lulworth Cove (Shadwell)....The B.B.C. Variety Orchestra conducted by Charles Shadwell with Reginald Foort at the B.B.C. Theatre Organi Humorous A Lot Of Nonsense.... Murray and Mooney with Piano; AlongSelee- Orchestra "Sailing tion..
Louis Levy And His Orches- tra with vocal refrain; Orchestra- Hey Gypsy, Play Gypsy ("Countess Maritza Czardas)....Leslie Jeffries and His Orch.
2.15 Close Down.
0.0 Verdi-La Traviata"Act I. Vocalists: Mercedes Capsir, Lionello Ccell, Ida Conti, G. Nessi, N. Villa, A. Baracchi, S. Baccaloni and full chorus of La Scala Milan with Milan Symphony Orchestra conducted by Cav. Lorenzo Molajoli.
6.33 Wagner-Siegfried Idyll. Played by The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
0.59 From "Die Meistersinger." Aha! Da Strelcht Die Lene Schon Um's Haus (Act 3. "Die Meister- singer") ...F. Schorr (Baritone) ("Von Nurnberg-Wagner); Quin- let Selig, Wie Die Sonne Meines Gluckes Lacht (Act 3. "Die Mci- stersinger Von Nurnberg-Wagner) ..Schumann (Soprano) Melchior (Tenor) Schorr (Baritone), Parr and (Contralto) Williams (Tenor)
the London Symphony Orch. cond. by John Barbirolli.
0.58 Closing local Stock Quota- tions.
7.9 Light Orebestral and Variety. Orchestra-Moorish March-Paso- doble (Mohr) Valentina-Carioca Fox-Trot (Wright-Dunn)
....Em!!
Roosz And His Orchestra; Humorous Slic Said She Wouldn't; I'm The Only Bit Of Comfort That She's Got. Mux Miller (Comedian) with Orch.:
Orch-Too Lovely To "True-Fox-Trot
The (From the Limit'); Sky's
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..Billy Fox-Trot (From Rosalie'). Ternent And His Sweet Rhythm Orchestra with vocal refrain; Vocal-
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Music
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charms
Yours and Mine (From Broadway Sunday Classical Concert
Melody of 1938); Feelin' Million (From 'Broadway Melody of with Orches.;
1938) Orch. London Is Saying
Dance Goodnight--Fox-Trot; Lambeth Walk (From Me and
my Girl')-Fox-Trot Billy Thorburn and Music
His with vocal refrain; Orchestra The Hoppy Mountaineers Tyrolean Medley (Basll); Memories Of The Alps-Tyrolean Medley
(Basil) Rae Jenkins Cosmopolitans; Dance Orch.The
Pretty
· Litle Patchword Qulit-Fox-Trot Jack Wilson & His Versatile Five with vocal refrain.
7.40
London Relay "Food For Thought."
Three Short talks on matters of topical interest.
Mrs. Brandt is a brunette, twenty- seven years old, She was once New York model, and has recently
8.0 Time, Weather and Announce- risen to small parts in pictures. She
8.03 Studio-Two Pianos-Prof. divorced her husband in November.ments.
The husband says: "We were mar- Harry Ore and Marina Barretto ried in 1933 and were very happy. 1. Fugue In G Minor (Bach); 2. I left her in California because she Suite Piccola (Longo); (a) Toccatina; wanted to da movie work, and. she | (b) Minuetto; (e) Cappriccio; 3. sent me many letters saying how Le Rouet d'Omphale. (Saint-Sacus); lonely she was.”
4. Valse In G (Rachmaninoff).
9.30 B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra. Overture "Alceste (Gluck): Minuetto And Trio (Beethoven); Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (Richard Strauss),
Gigli
Brandt's complaint in that Herbert Marshall stole his wife's heart be tween January and August last year Edna Best, actress wife of Herbert Frank, aged 60, has looked after are having to rearrange their jobs. Marshall, is at present motoring In
Germany. She is due back in Lon-1 Their brother Ben has died.
When a Sunday Dispatch corres-don on Wednesday.
of 1038 was recorded recently from pondent called on them. Frank was Fort William. First positive appear- too busy with his dustpan and
When fiftoch women, laughing ance has four witnesses the Rev. brush to talk, but George, who 147 SUCCESSIVE LOOPS together after listening to a concert Leslie Rule Wilson, rector of St. won returning from doing the week- to the assembly hall at Spirella Cor- Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fort end shopping, said set Works, Letchworth Garden City, William; Horts, crowded into a goods lift to friends,
wand
three Edinburgh "We are all bachelors and intend
to remain, so. We won't have any
zo down to the dining-room one. When they were returning by road women here. night, the lift shuddered and crashed to Fort Willem recently they saw a forty-five feet to the bottom of the disturbance in the waters of the loch.
IN GLIDER
D.O Gongs by Beniamino (Tenor)..
La Serenate (Cesareo--Tosti); Mat tinata Veneziana (do Mari-Cinque); Addio Bel Sogno (From London Film *Lullaby').
9.10 Pablo Camals ('Cello).
(Hillemacher); (Debussy; Kol Nidrel, Op. 47
6.30 ́ ́ London Belas-The News, Cairo,
9.50 Dance Records, After being towed to a height of Waltz On The Sunny Side Of The 15,400 ft. by an aeroplane Squadron Rockies ....Ronnie Munro And His cessive loops with a glider, in world Trots-Farewell Blues(specially Philadelphia, record.
recorded for The Big Apple') Margie Henry E. Caln, chief claim agent
He said he was so giddy that ha(specially recorded for The Big of the Pennsylvania Railroad's eastern landed two miles from the acro
#Apple” Bonnie Munco And His region who retired after 50 years drome, service, worked during the adminis
A-German held the previous reedri tration of seven of the company's 11 presidents.
with 125 10cps,
Blx women wore taken to Letch.Near the middle of the loch weLife And Railroad Linked Loader E.:L, Mole achieved: 147, suie-Orchestra.. with vocal refrain; Fox-
At
saw six black humps, each slicking
Worth Hospital Three were de about four feet out of the water
***I should say, the tained with sprained and dislocated said Mr. Wilson.
animal would be about forty feet Peterson, managing, Peterson, managing tot played about in the water for there are no serious five minutes, molting up a terrific
commotion like boiling water.!!
at Repulse Bay Hotel
Under leadership of
Geo. Pio-Ulski
Programme for Sunday, May 22, 1938.
PROGRAMME
1
p.m. - 2.30 p.m.
1. Light Cavalry. Ouverture 2.
.Suppe...
2.
Spanish Serenade
Herbert
3.
Marlene,' Walls
.Kaiman
4. Die Fledermaus, Selection
.Strauss
5. Extraole
.Bizet.
6. Szumka
Prisowski
.Delibes
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