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A.R.P. Plans
"LIKE PUTTING UP UMBRELLA AT VESUVIUS"
More Asylums Needed
London, June 14.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1938.
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Architect Scorns RADIO
"So far as air raid precautions are concerned, in my opinion, either we should do nothing or else go the whole hog and go back to the worms, before our time become cave men again,"
This is
what Sir
Samuel
Hoare, the Home Secretary, and
head of Britain's AR.P. WAZIRISTAN
schemes, would have heard one
of his own departmental officers
declare at
conference a
of
FRONTIER
HERO
architects last night, but for a
time limit on speeches.
As it was, Mr. Frederick T. Bush,
deputy police architect to
Scotland
Yard, caused a sensation by attacking Mother Says He "Did
the whole principle of A.R.F. and de- nouncing Sir Thomns Inskip បន hypocrite.
MEANT TO SAY MORE "But for a three-minute Himit I had Intended to say much more." he told a correspondent early to-day.
"It is time someone lifted the vent on these things. I only wish M Bernard Shaw had been my guest at the meeting, for he is the greatest de- bunker of to-day.
П
"I should like to see him appointed of De-bunking with a re- Minister of taining fee equal to the price of a battleship. We should save the tax- payers' money and over ist.
NO REFERENCE TO WATER "I spent Sunday afternoon think- ing over this matter. and I came to the conclusion that the time had come to be frank about War Officer, De- fence, and A.R.P., and bare it to the
bones.
com- war?
"Can A.R.I". protect the munity from the horrors of The answer is undoubtedly nu "No reference has been made to the protection of the sewer, gas, water and electricity supplies-because they cannot be protected.
NOTHING PROO
PROOF AGAINST BOMBS
"I do not think buildings can be made proof against the devastation of high explosive, short of burying them in the bowels of the earth.
Sir Samuel Hoare suggests in a broadcast that we should all dig trenches in our gardens, fortify our homes. I cannot visualise my family wandering out to & cold, damp trench in the middle of the night, "Further by such action I am no longer a non-combatant, but lawful
prey to an enemy, according to inter- national law, because am manning a virtual fort.
"I for one must refuse to take part in another war in this way. I cannot be so indecent.
SAW MEN GO MAD "Probably the first appointment he would make would be a Minister of Lunacy, because what they omitted to mention last night was any reference to the necessity for big extensions to the asylums as part of the precautions.
The human machine is
is not made
to withstand modern warfare.
Twenty years ago I I saw my own
friends become manlocs under the strain. major disaster ever hop-
pens again I am quite sure we shall create tens of thousands of tunatles,"
{
His Job"
For day after day, in a lone fron- hop bluck-house among Waziristan's wild hills, a _young_British officer, with only 60 Indlan troops, has been holding at bay a swarm of rebel tribesmen backed by the Brebrand Pakir of ipl.
When news came that the tribes- men and at last been driven off, the officer's mother in London told the Sunday Dispatch:
"Hot of rather a rettring per- sonality. 1 am sure he
will not Uke all this publicity."
The ofleer Lieutenant Godfrey Lerwill
His father, Squadron Lea- der F. W. Lerwill, and his mother Ilve 1. Bedford-park, Chiswick,
BROADCAST
Sitson Ma (Violinist) With Harry Ore
THE TEST MATCH
Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 kc.'s. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. & 8-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.c.'s. per accond.
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12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe dral.
12,20 Excerpta from Paceln!'s Operas.
"Madama Butterfly" (Art 2); Perche Con Tante Cure ....Rosetta Pam- panini and Conchita Velasquez with Orchestra; Un Bel D Vedremo
Rosetta Pampini Manon (Soptano) with Orchestra
Lescaut Intermezzo....Milan Sym- phony Orchestra conducted by
Cav. Lorenzo Molnjohli; "Madam Butterfly" (Act 1); Bimba Occhi; Io The Ghermita
Dagli Sheridan
(Soprano) and Perlile (Tenor) with La Scala Orchestra conducted by Carlo Sabajno; "Tosca"--Selection ....Marek Weber & His Orchestra.
1.0 Time and Weather.
UFS
1.03
German
Konrad Henlein, militant lender of the Sudeten party in Czechoslovakin, leaving Winston Churchill's home in London; on his surprise visit the re. Later he hurried to Prague for a parley, when war seemed imminent,
Call
for Minister of Shipping
Once, in the thick of the fighting We Have Lost
dashing sortle. Lieut. Lerwill's garrison
made ++
Yet to the Army he is simply young ofeer carrying out a job of work emciently.
"QUIET BOY"
by his mother:
Here is how the hero is described
"He is 27 now, unmarried, and hus been in the Indian Army for seven
years.
"Always very
"He went to Sandhurst from East- bourne College. he was a clever, persevering boy, keen on the Army,
rather quiet.
"He was home on leave this Febru- ary-the first in three
years and went back to India on April 14.
OUTPOSTS ATTACKED "Yes, I suppose he has been brave, has done his job well. but I'm sure he will only consider he
Pacific Trade"
Urging the appointment
of a Minister of Shipping
the Council of Officers (Merchant Navy) Federa- tion claim, in a report issued recently that the future of British merchant shipping is the most vitally important issue facing the Government.
"Neglect will constitute rt crime against humanity, the punishment for which will be the desperate but un- availing wrath of 50,000,000 starving people," the report says.
While admitting that shipping--ex- tive rebel Fakir of Ipi, hostile tribes comparatively prosperous state ut pre- Said to be accompanied by the fugi-cluding the short sen trades--is in a have now gathered in fighting formu-sent, the council regards the real state Frontier. tion near Datta Khel, North-West of British shipping with the utmost
concern.
There has been a renewal of ac- This country has 2,000 fewer ships tivity in the Datta Khel recently. than in 1914 and 28 per cent. Instead Scout outposts have been attacked of 44 per cent. of the world's tonnage and an Indian force has several casualties, including five trade is in the hands of the Japanese; suffered 0 per cent. of the Indian-Far East Indian other encounter with tribesmen.
rants killed JB an and the liner trades in the Pacifle are almost wholly lost to foreign cam- petition.
"DEFEATIST REMEDY "
Wife It Told
She Failed,
PLEASED WITH NIGHT'S WORK Will Try Again
this
Mr. Bush is an important offlcini. When I asked him whether he was Jeopardising his position by attack, he replied: "I don't know, i sincerely hope not. But in any case, I must stand by my principles.
"After the meeting I went home and told my wife, I have done the best evening's work of my life. An opportunity came my way, and I had
the courage to go through with it."
MONEY WILL BE WASTED "As architects, we are taught to use our Imaginations.
"It doesn't require much to see that all the expenditure on A.R.P. will be wasted in a few years' time.
"Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour and keep him in sickness and in health."-The marriage vow.
A young wife who was re- minded of her marriage vows and told that she had failed badly at Birmingham police court when her hug- band was charged with attempted suicide, was later happily reconciled.
es she had promised.
ed
Voluntary laying-up of ships is des- cribed as "a defeatist remedy, design- essentially to preserve profits at a time when the nation needs to pre- Ferve and increase the number of Rs ships and sailormen.
"If the situation were less alarming the national point of view such a proposal could be regarded as grotesquely amusing.
from the
"As a nation dependent on 100,000 tons of imported foodstuffs and raw materials daily. ft would be suicidal
Japan Seals Lips Of Her Wounded
and
Tchaikovsky - Theme Variations From Suite No. 3 In G.
Played by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir London Ronald.
1,23 Songs by Elchord Tauber (Tenor).
The Song Is Done (Robert Stolz- Walter Reisch-A. Robinson) Good- bye (From Erik Chorell's "White Horse Inn").
1.30 Reuter &
Rugby Press, Weather and Announcements.
1.40 Dance Music.
Novelty Waltz-The
....
Strawberry Roan: Quickstep --- The Lonesome Trall Ain't Lonesome Any More Big Bill Campbell and His Hilly Billy Band with vocal chorus: Waltzes-Whoops We Go Again: The Old River Thames Were The Daube
.....Prime Senia's Accordion Band with yuent chorus;
Fox-Trots Thanks for the Memory (From "The Big Broadcast of 1938'); Ilave Ever Been In Heaven?
'Manhattan Musle
Box')
Cotton and His Band vocal chorus by Sam Costa; Kunz
Medley-Charlie Piano Medley No.
R. 13 Intro: On Treasure Island;
Thanks The Japanese Army for a Million; The Music Goes Round reasons unstated, is exercising
and Around
round....Charlie
Charlie Kunz (Plano extreme caution to prevent re-Club Orchestra: Tangos-Hear My
Solo)
accompanied by the Casani turned soldiers from talking Song. Violetta; Jealousy.....Robert about their experiences in China, Renard Dance Orchestra: Polka-
It is reported that the men have Ragamumn; λ Fete In
Santa much chastened and a Lucia.....Mantovani and His Tipien little uncertain about the glories of Orchestra with vocal chorus.
Down.
come back
war.
2.15 Close
Protection Law, plus certain less
But owing to the Military Secrets 6.0 Excerpts from Gilbert & Sullivan, "The Gondellers" We're Called formal restriction, the soldiers are
Gondolleri Derek Oldham, George about reverses, defents, blunders or Oldham, G ments. not openly discussing their senti- Baker and Chorus: Arc
Certainly
You Peep- Information ing?....S. unusual casualties
Gordon, B. Elburn, D. W Lawson, A. lips of any returned men.
has passed the
Davies and Chan,
From The Sunny Spanish Shore; In Enterprise of Milliary wounded lie, are not exactly closed.
hospitals, where
Martial Kind....Henry A. Lytton, the Bertha Lewis, Mavis Bennett and All you have to do to get in is to write applications to the War Office and the Time....Mavis Bennett and Arthur Arthur Hosking; © Rapture When particular hospital you want to visit, Hosking: 1 Stole The Prince Medical Affairs Board and
Alone Together; There Was
You state your nationality and
Sheffield, Henry A. Lytton, reason,
Bertin Lewly, Mavis Bennett & Nationality is
Arthur Hosking; But, Bless My very Important. Heart; Try We Lifelong....Mavis German and Italian groups-large Benett, Leo Sheffield, Henry A groups have been passed through
to the
Leo
your
A
Arthur
Third
V
smoothly. Apparently, this is one of Lytton, Bertha Lewis & the advantages of Anti-Comintern Pact.
subscribing to the Hosking.
6.25 London Relay Tho Then you have to wait ten days. Australia.
Cricket Test Match-England The War Office replies that you have Board also answers affirmatively, but from Old Trafford, Manchester. Its permission. The Medical Affairs A commentary on the opening overs
the match by Howard requests day and hour of the visit.
notifications of the specific 6.40 Band of H.M. hospital Informs you he will be happy The Arcadians"-Selection (Monck-
Guards, Finally the Commandant of the "Martha" Selection
Of ton), Policeman's Holiday-One-Step
to receive you at that time,
of
to lay up a single British ship with course, you cannot go into a ward to (EWIDEnt Vocal Variety.
relates few instances once lost being regained. "
of sen power
is
talk with the patients.
But you can sit in the Command-
Marshall
Coldstream
(Flotow),
Mackintosh's
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The
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"It is hopeleas and dangerous for! British shipowners to imagine that ant's office, chatting with him aboutFitz); If You Want To Know The Honeysuckle And The Bee (Kappa they can, unaided, successfully combat this spring's cherry blossoms to your Time Ask A Policeman (Burando- the organised and determined com-heart's content, petition of nations resolved to wrest The restrictions are almost as tight At Trinity Church (Gilbert).
Rogers), Sweet Genevieve (Tucket); the trident from our hands. History for the Japanese themselves.
Light When
Opera
Chorus. Male man goes to see a friend or Three relative, wounded In
Ravens (Arr. Kennedy Scott); the war, The Boatmen (Harris)... John Goss medical officer afts by while they (Baritono) and the Cathedral Male talk. This, the visitor is told, is to Voice Quartet. Wonderful To Be In prevent the patient from becoming Love (From "Des Hofkonzert"); Do iired from too much conversation. You Ever Remember? (Valse Triste
From Des Hofkonzert) Eagerth (Soprano) with Orchestra. Little Annie Rooney (M; Nolan); Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow- Wow (J. Tabrar)....The Maestros* (Vocal Quintette) with Plano,
7.26 Closing local Stock Quotations. 7.28 Schumann-Concerto In A
It would acem obvious, stated, that the first step really to preserve our shipping might well be to place one man-a Minister of Shipplug-in a position of sole responsibility to the Government for the maintenance of British shipping in "good heart."
The Defence Minister as hinted When she said, "I don't feel in- himself that we have many famous clined to go back to him now. scientists at work devising more de- has been a coward," she was re
He vilish ways of killing. Doubtless buked by the clerk (Mr. F. May), other countries can say the same. who told her that she should love The results of their work will cer- and cherish in sickness and in health tinly demand new types of defence and the scrapping of present methods. The husband,
"Sir Thomas knows all this, and he Barlow, a motor body bullder, of nationalisation of shipping - "that Stanley Wilfred The counell. does not urge the is president of the Crusaders' Union, Elmay Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, would inevitably be a political issue, to which I send my children. 1 de- had been discharged on giving an and the position is far too serious to undertaking that he would not be permitted to be one of party con- attempt to commit suicide again. traversy."
REBUKED Married only 18 months ago, he improve amenities. I would ask them fell ill with rheumatisin two months
test. hypocrisy and I believe that Christianity
with war.
cannot Uc
reconciled
"My fellow architects are here to
role.
You
"CUT-THROAT" COMPETITION
to
No Carfare, Gets Divorce
BOSTON. Mrs. Germaine L, Sanders testified
WAR WORK AND DEFENCE
T'est
Marto
Match-England
in probate court that her husband Minor, Op. 54. had $50,000 but would allow her Played by Alfred Cortot (Piano) only $1 a day for household expenses and The London Philharmonic Orch. to climb above this muck and filth, afterwards and spent nine months in ultimately find it necessary
and refused to give her a dime for conducted by Sir Landon Ronald. After remarking that shipping might cartove. She was awarded a divorce Let us entla
0.0 Time, Weather und Announce- world conference of bed. His wife, he told the Court, organise itself, in self-preservation,
re-and $10,000, architects and tell the men whom we went back to her mother.
ments. honour with gold medals every year
8.03 Albert Sandler's Orchestra, Mrs. Barlow said, "I did as much to the Central Electricity Board or the conditions on its employees, must be Of You (From the Film). The
Into a public utilliy corporation, akin that we are as envious to preserve as I could."
Prelude (Haydn Wood); For Love their masterpieces as much as we are
falled badly," commented Mr. the council states:
London Passenger Transport Board, overhauled.
Fairies Gavotte (R. Kohn); Roza Mia our own.
F. P. L. Hickinbotham (magistrate). THE CHURCH HAS FAILED
(Gutzor, Fisher and Potter). Song Mr. Barlow, who is 24, said after-
"A Minister of Shipping, with
Of The Nightingale (Hudson and "The church has failed by playing ward: "We are reconciled now and Cabinet rank, would be charged with Our coastwise fleet might well be Allbout); The Second Serenade its usual Dr. Jeit 11. and Mr. Hyde we are going to begin ngain. It has the sole duty of protecting and deve- called on to perform work of the (Jonny Heykens).
I would appeal to the architects done us both good and I think we inpores, with due regard to the inter- cluding the effective distribution of Cricket
loping British slipping, in the nation's highest importance in time of war, in- 8.20 London Relay-Tho Third to make this great gesture for Inter-shall make a happy marriage of it ests of shipowners and of officers and food supplies. antional understanding..
Australia. "We all know that to design a
The report mentions that many A commentary on the closing overs building which is proof against chor-
The present proposed remedy of thousands of officers have completed before lunch and a summary of the mous bombs is about as effective as taken a courageous stand, the Abya-ships by which it lives clearly shows lion with the Admiralty,
In my opinion if the Pope hnd saying the industry by laying up the the defence courses set up in associa-morning's play by Howard Marshall putting an umbrella under Vesuvius. sialan war and the troubles arising the need for a man, armed with the
from Old Trafford, Manchester. The only protection lies in pence,
8.35 London Relay-The Open Golf They have readily avalled them- out of it would, I am convinced, never knowledge and power, to urge fundo salves of the opportunity to familia- "I cannot run my home without have come to pass.
Championship. love and affection, and the sooner our
mentally curative measures,” "I am afraid he hadn't the heart,
rise themselves with the intest deve Ministers and Church Ministers and and neither have most of the mint throat competition" in the home and ships, and will acquit themselves as St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich.
An account of the morning's play Referring to unorganised cut Tapments in the defence of merchant by Bernard Darwin from the Royal all of us realise that the world can-sters of the Church of England. Well, short sea trades the council expressen vallantly, if the need arises, as they not be run without it also, the belter, some one else must take the lead."
8.45 Studio-A concert by Blison "LACKING IN COURAGE"
the view that a complete reorganisa- and their predecessors did in the past. Ma (Violin) and Professor Harry Ore "We went this country to glue the a great friend of the inte Dick Shep-An industry that could only endure officers' conditions of service improved
Mr. Bush, grey haired, sincere, and ton of this section is necessary.
Never before, it is stated, have (Piano). world a grant lead in applying Chris-pard, fought with a Canadian regi- by accepting inadequate freights, and with the speed and to the extent tint (b)'
1, (a) Tango (Albeniz-Elman}; tinn principles.
mant during the war.
by imposing what were virtually sinvo, were evidenced during 1887.
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