Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April, 11, 1939.
GIRL DID NOT KNOW OF HER £50,000 GIFT
IF Nurse Ada Ryan, aged 28, had not suffered, at 15, a disappointment which caused her to abandon hopes of a scholastic career, she would have missed the £50,000 legacy which was recently left her.
Miss Ryan, a charming brunette, had been out shop- ping all day. Not until she was shown a newspaper when she got home at night did she know of her luck.
It is certainly exciting to return) She did, faithfully and well, until from chopping to find you have been his death last December, left a fortune," abo mail.
As a girl at Ebbw Vale (Mon-
He left E00,824, giving Nurse Ryan £50,000-in grateful recognition of mouthshire) Miss Ryan gained every her services to my Inte wife and me." distinction nn alementary school could offer her.
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had been out most of the day, Passing the secondary school en-and when I get back the maid, asked trance examination with ease, she me if I had heard of my luck,” she went on to build up a britilant record sold. "She showed me a newspaper, and lanned to take up a scholastle and for the first time I learned 1 hod career.
Educationists prophesied a distin- guished future for her. Then the blow fell. was taken ill.
Her mother
SACRIFICE The stender income of her father, Mr. Jack Ryan, a garage foreman,} would not permit the engagement of outside help.
£50,000.
"I come as an awful shock to me. You see just before he died Mr. Gundry told me I should be provided for, but I had not the slightest idea I should be left as much as that.
"HOME OF MY OWN"
"I haven't had time to make any plans. I haven't even thought about what shall do with the money."
"Isn't there perhaps something that
There was no alternative but for 16-year-old Ada to leave the secon- dary school and sacrifice her future, you have always secretly wished to
For 4 years she was a devoted be able to do?" she was asked. nurse to her mother: a capuble "No, honestly, there isn't" house-keeper for her
and Ryan replied, "I have always want-
brother.
father
When her ninther died it was too Jate to think of a scholastic career.
But her experiences at home had bred in her i fondness for nursing. She started in that profession by entering the loyal Infirmary at Hud- dersfield,
DEVOTION For three years she studied; then took her certificate
n qualibed
nurse.
as
She joined the stuff of a private nursing-home at Malvern.
From there, four and a half years
• ago, she retired a post with Mr.
Mies
a home of any own, and now I have one, for the house and every- thing is mine. shall stay here, at any rate for the present."
Asked if she was engaged, Miss Ryan said: "Oh, dear, no,'
"But," she added more seriously, "I'm afraid I may have a lot of that sort of thing, and they would scarce- ly be the right kind."
"I suppose some people would im- mediately dash off on a tour round the world, or something like that, if they suddenly found theriselves with all this money.
"But not me; oh no, thank you. I Harold Gundry, u director of gas have a horror of the sea. I dare not companies, at his home at Lindfield even go to Ireland, which I have always wanted to see, because I dread Gardens, lampstend, N.W.
Two years ago she promised Mrs. the crossing. Gundry on her death-bed to look "I am not a pleasure-seeking girl, after 77-year-old Mr. Gundry: anyway."
"Bombs" On A London Station To Test A.R.P.
in
The Paddington area was blacked out for three hours, after midnight recently to test the arrangements made Paddington Station to deal with air raids.
Because goods and other traillespelul fire engines, part of the station hud to be despatched, one plat-A.R.P. equipment, arrived. form had to be kept fully illuminated while the rert of the stallen was in darkness, except for tiny blue Rights,
Twenty minutes after the alaria had been sounded there was a joud report outside the station.
lared away.
The
Hoses were run out. Two escape ladders were run up to a rovt.
brought down dummies, firemen
ambulance where were placed on handcarts and rushed away.
Forty-five minutes after the warn-
ing syren the fully-luminated plat- An imitation incendiary "bomb" form was vacated by a departing train, and immediately the lights were extinguished and small blue Auxiliary fremen ran up with alights took their place. hose and sprayed the station wall; At 2 .. a huge white flare near which the "bomb" had dropped illuminated the whole of one end of to prevent the fire spreading. The the station. Anuther, "bomb" "bomb" itself was dealt with.
dropped. The fire and rescue squnds
Prominent first nighters at the York, were Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 11. La Guardia, in happy mood above.
Federal Theatre's premiere of "The Swing Mikado," in New
Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins and Mayor Fiorello Unique show is a WPA project.
Author Beaten By
Gangsters
EMPIRE NEWS
John Worby, ex-tramp and author of the successful best 43 P.C. OF LOAN NOT seller "The Other Half," was beaten up by gangsters in London recently. He went to the Lambeth Hospital,
Worby has just completed his new book, "Spiv's Progress," in which he fearlessly exposes the gangsters of Britain, their terrorism, and the trickeries and rackets which are worked.
This book was awaited with great interest, and in some quar- ters with uneasiness.
Recently Worby was in a cafe in the West End with two friends, one a member of the firm of J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., the publishers of the book, when he was suddenly attacked by a
gang.
With badly discoloured eyes (a stitch had to be put in the corner of the left one), a swollen jaw, cut lips, bruises on the back of his head and on his body, Worby said:
"I was sitting in the cafe when the gang about a dozen strong, came in, caught hold of me and dragged me outside.
"When my friends attempted to interfere they were pushed roughly aside and told: 'It's this--we want,'
"The gang got me on the ground and kicked me savagely. Only one used his fists. It's a wonder I'm alive,"
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Worby was taken to Charing Cross Hospital and he left after NEW ZEALAND receiving attention. Later he became delirious and was taken to Lambeth Hospital where he was found to be suffering from slight | LEISURELY DOCKERS concussion.
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His book, "Spiv's Progress," will be published shortly.
Gamecock Rodeo
Seen
Two Hundred
By Two
CRITICISED
AUCKLAND. Alr. Webb, Minister of Mines, announced recently that a national conference of shipowners and workers would be held to consider plans for increasing the effetency of work on the waterfront, with a view to re- ducing excessive costs.
He criticised the "inconvenient
"leisurellness of New Zealand
The twenty-one English men and women, their retinue of methods" of British packing, and the North Country bird handlers, and the survivors of the 148 game-workers. cocks that fought to give them pleasure recently left Calais.
If the conference were unsuccessful, be said, the Government intended to
im-
But after the lost English bird The winner was acclaimed by ensure the provision of men und had left the garage belund the those who had won moncy. is plant capable of effecting an Hotel Meurice, where he had owner-picked him up-by-the-wing provement.
In and tossed him into a sack to die of fought, cocklighting went on.
had
Then a red smoke flare broke into again came Into action. And so fire half-way up the building. Two went on for three hours.
it
the Galladrome, a covered court-his wounds, yard behind a cafe not far from the hotel, there were rightcen more victimas.
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There were children around the EFFECT OF CONGRESS ing. A chubby, fair-baited girl, nged eight, sucked a finger and star-
Visitors paid ten frunes (1s. 20.) to ed at the birds. watch the afternoon's sport,
On her face disgust and Interest
SPLIT
CALCUTTA,
The resignation of Pandit Nehru, It was different from the secret? cockfights in the garage. The Engwere mixed. A father lifted up his the former President, from Congress ish drank champagne: at the Gal-daughter so that she could see better. has been received in Bengal with considerable surprise, us it is said Indrome the only drink available was The crowd were good-natured. that his loyalty to Mr. Gandhi was beer costing just over a half-penny Most of them lost money when Shin the last thing that Mr. Subhas Chan- a glass.
ing Sword of Calais, a magnificent The English wagered up to £100 white speckled bird, lay dead, bentendra Bose, the "Left Wing" President,
had expected. on night. Half a crown was a bigĺby a red unknown from St. Malo. The tasit now left to Mr. Bose is
bel in the Gailadrome.
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ROMANTIC NAMES
If the fighting got slow you could
into the cafe. They stamped nj cock on your hand in ink so that you could get back without paying.
The birds were carried into the arena in linea bags. They were
·big barnyard roosters, much larger than the English Aghting cock. Their spurs had been cut off and steel spikes, two-and-a-half inches
clipped, to their legs. They had romantic names, like Roi d'Enfer (King of Hell) and Napolean le Brave, cwners lifted them When their from the saelis and took the corks off their spikes the birds seemed gentle, but when one was held out to look at another he pecked viciously, like a snake
striking.
"Just bad luck, The Sword was unenviable. He is left to lead a the better bird," they said.
Congress which is tile more than a name.
£2,000 Job
Is Born
London County Council created a now £2,000-a-year job recently.
It is generally expected that the resignation of Ministries in some States
Mr. will follow, and thus Gandhi will take the wind from the sails of the President of Congress.
KENYA
OPENING or TOURIST SEASON
They agreed with members of the establishment committee that the
MOMBASA, council's architect needs an assistant with the arrival of the Cunard-White The tourist season has opened here
The post is to be advertised, and Star
tons. Iner Franconia, 20,175 will have ♫ salary starting at with 200 passengers. Her Rinerary £1,800 a year, rising to £2,000 in is from New York to the Cape, and two years.
along the East coast to Australia.
The assistant architect will deal On March 11 the German liner with town planning and the designing Colombus, 32,505 tons, which ja to
The birds were put into the steel-of new London County Council build-make a round-Africa trip, arrived
Ings. netted ring. The colour of the mat
on which they fought was red. Some of the cecks rushed instantly at each other. Others moved around foolding for an opening.
But there always came a Herce rush, n flutter of wings as the birds reared up to strike with their spurs. They struck so fast that until they tired
you could not see their lega
move.
here from New York.
Alien Mosquitoes Invade Chelsea
Mc. A. Ankers, a dalryman in Lots-
After a few fleree struggles both Poisoned arms and legs, Inflamed, birds would stop, exhausted, even eyes, sleepless nights have been road, sald. "if one or both were not fatally worrying hundreds of people in Chel-
wounded.
SHOUTED INSULTS
BCO.
.
"I killed four mosquitoes in ray. dairy the other day. I have travel- They are caused by a plaque of led widely and I know that they are The longest of fifteen fights took large mosquitoes.
not usual English, mosquitoes. thirteen minutes, the shortest atteen! One hundred and fifty residents in They are even larger than the tiger seconds. At the end of the thirteen-Lots-road, Tetcott-road, Upcerne- mosquitoes which you get in the Gulf minute. night both birds, torn, bleed-road, and Meek-street, have peti-of Mexico. Ing, barely breathing, were aptioned Chelsea Borough Councit to parently dying.
take action to rid them of the mos-use. The creek needs dredging."
"I don't think spraying will be any The crowd shouted insults, then quitoes. roored applauso 'as one slowly The Port of London Authority has Mrs. G. E. Gülbert, of Tetcott-road, lifted himself, pecked at his oppo- refused to allow the creek at the rear said that she had to stay awake on nent's eye, then leaped in the air of Lole-road to be sprayed wills | several nights applying fomentatlona and struck one steel spur clean paraffin, so the Chelsen Council is to relieve the swelling of mosquito through the other bird's head, ́: searching for another preparation. bites.
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