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MAKE BRITAIN FIT CAMPAIGN STARTS SOON

Grants To Be Made To Local Sports Organisations

BRITONS

ARE GOING TO, licity. It

BE HAPPIER FROM AUTUMN sideration ONWARDS, IF THINGS HAP PEN AS THE GOVERNMENT

as use of films.

giving special con-

The Technical Committee

had

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HOPES. FOR THEN BEGINS been considering the question of a AN INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN national college. TO MAKE A NATION OF EN- THUSIASTS IN PHYSICAL FITNESS.

had been able play most games since he had been able to walk but what had been the nor-

"Fitness for the greater enjoy-mal development of most members ment of life" is the aim of the had been denied to millions. Physical Training and Recreation

of Commons.

Bill, read a third time in the House The Bill gave statutory authority for certain administrative machin- ery already formed and it would

So Mr. Kenneth Lindsay, Parlia= enable grants to be paid to local mentary Secretary to the Board of authorities and voluntary organisa- Education, told the House in his tions under the scheme, first speech for the Departmenta speech (said he) that was a plea- sure to make.

Standard Of Living

He hoped the three committees They were out to build up a new Local Organisation, Propaganda leadership of trained men and wo-land Technical would begin work by men to inspire everybody else to the summer holidays.

fitness.

Film Publicity

Mr. Lindsay reported that the Propaganda Committee had been reviewing various channels of pub-

GERMANY WINS BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

Brussels, To-day.

The German Auto-Union and Mercedes-Benz cars, which have won

Mr. Lees Smith wondered why the B.B.C. had not done more to encourage listeners in the perform- ance of physical exercises.

When the Bill was in operation, he said, very large, and perhaps unanticipated, results might follow the raising of the whole question of physical fitness and the standard of living of the nation to Labour members had been for years calling attention.

which

NEGRIN'S VISIT TO PARIS

Paris, Yesterday.

These

Britain is shortly introducing a “keep fit” campaign. three fair members of a woman's health organisation are shown go- ing for a trot on the beach at Hove.

IMPORTANT LOYALIST SUCCESSES

Madrid, To-day. An official communique states that the Government this morning. captured- Villagueva and Delpar- dillo, fifteen miles due west of the capital.

The Republicans captured 600 prisoners and much war material.

Reuter.

RESTAURANT STRIKE IN PARIS

Paris, To-day. iness has suffered

rapid

and |

The tourist much harm through” the

most of the major motor-racing The Valencia Premier and Fin- events in Europe in the past year, ance Minister, Senor Juan Negrin, gained further laurels in the Grand during his recent visit to Paris not spread of the strike of hotel Prix de Belgique yesterday.

only conferred with the then Pre-restaurant workers which began The race, consisting of 34 times mier, M. Leon Blum, and the For-Saturday morning

round the track of 506 kilometres, resulted as follows:

1. Rudolf Hesse (Auto-Union) 2. Hana Stuck (Auto-Union) 3. Hermann Lang (Mercedes-

Benz)

Delbos,

eign Minister, M. Yvon but had conversations with diplo matic and financial members of the Soviet Embassy.

This is alleged by "Le Jour, which was the newspaper which Rudolf Hesse's victory was also revealed Senor Negrin's presence in a track record, the German driver the French capital.-Trans-Ocean.

winning with an average speed of 167.189 kilometres jan hour.

the

At first the right bank of Seine was the only part of the capital affected but later the strike extended to the Southban area which includes, the Quartier Latin, where students and permanent guests are the mai patrons.

4.

an famous

Montparnasse, the artistic duar- ter, is also affected, and the fear is

GEN. HERTZOG PROTESTS IN ERROR

London, Yesterday. Alleged protests by the Pre- mier of the South African Union, General Hertzog, to the British Government in connec- tion with the question of trans- fer to the Union of sovereignty over the

chuanaland, Swaziland and were refuted in the House of Commons yester- day by the Dominions Secre- tary, Mr. Malcolm Macdonald.

declared that Mr. Macdonald General Hertzog's accusation that the British Government had broken its word was quite obviously based on a misunderstanding.

Basutola otectorates of Be-

the

Great Britain and South Africa had agreed in 1935 that both Gov- ernments should endeavour to take make such steps as necessary to transfer of sovereignty over Protectorates to the Union prac- ticable, and to assure agreement of the population in the Protectorates to the change.

NO DATE SPECIFIED

Nothing, however, was ever specified within which the change accomplished, because any precipitancy could have prejudiced success of co-opera- South tion between Britain and Africa

GEORGE GERSHWIN expressed that the strike will spread was to have been

PASSES

throughout France. Trans-Ocean.

BREAKING DOWN

Paris, Later.

Fourth place also went to Ger- many, Kautz coming in on a Mer- cedes-Benz, while the best place

The strike in Paris began to gained by a non-German competiti-

Hollywood, To-day. break down late on Sunday, most tor was fifth, this falling to Sum-

Another celebrity in the enter of the hotels and restaurants re- mers, an Englishman, driving an tainment world has passed away opening under police protection:

the person of the famous com-Trans-Ocean. Before the race, King Leopold, poser, George Gershwin, who who is himself an enthusiastic died after an operation for driver, inspected all the cars ex- tumour on the brain. haustively, asking many questions.

Trans-Ocean."

Italian Alfa-Romeo.

RMS.

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Hong Kong an

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BOY SCOUTS ASSN.

Concluding, M. Macdonald said that Britain adhered to her at- titude and that th re was no occa- sion for accusing the British Gov- ernment of having broken its word. He hoped the question would be settled by friendly agreement. Trans-Ocean.

noted George Gershwin was

The following is a list of sub- modern compositions, scriptions, which have been receiv

of which was the led by the Hong Kong Boy Scouts- in Blue.Reuter Assn. for 1957, Previously acknow-

ledged $655, Sir William Hornell Representatives of 13 iations, includ- river, rising for the second $10, Prof. W. I. errard $5, Prof. ing Great Britain, will take part in the 11th world congress of milk, producers ar, has flooded, the Southern

Wong Sik Chung and dealers in Berlin, from Aug. owlande, and many families A. K. Digby

28. Lo $10. $5, The Hon. Mr. ting to leave their homes.

are pr