XMAS EVE
NEW YEAR'S EVE
the
GLOUCESTER
ANDREW & SYKES
Modern Ballroom Dancers
TO-NIGHT
TO-MORROW
Monday, 27 December
Friday, 31 December
DON & DOLLY
Spanish Dancers Extension till 2 a.m.
Extension till 2 a.m. Extension till 3 a.m.
Popular Records For The Festive Season
QN
Columbia and Regal
DX 549-LETS HAVE A CHORUS
DX 550 SHIPMATES OF MINE DX 559-RUNCORN FERRY
DX 586-OLD SCHOOL TIE
DX 684–25 YEARS OF POPULAR SONGS MR1968 XMAS OUT ON THE PRAIRIE MR1816-OH SUSANNAH
J 3198 MARCHING WITH SOUSA
DX 112 WAR MARCHING SONGS:
J 3165 AUD LANG SYNES
THE CHINA
DECEMBER
CROWDS QUINS WANT
mingle, themselve
Each one
O
On life and all its petty cares--
A fretting host
They press, they cra
fight for space, Each one intent On getting here, or
there,
On duty bent.
No longer individuals,
A single mind Has drawn them
leaving
this
fevered throng That lures their kind. They pass, but others fill their
place
When they are gone, Their numbers grow alarming-
ly
As life goes on!
Dorothea Dowling.
ISAAC PITMAN'S GIFT TO WOMEN
SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH
ANADA'S Dionne quintuplets
now three and a half years. old, are so lonely that a special -school may be built for them to--- enable them to meet children of their own age
Scientists fear that if Quins are kept much longer in their present seclusion they will not grow up into normal children.
Yvonne is cleverest so far, Cecile and Annette put up a keen battle for second and third place, and Emile is fourth *Marie, who was the smallest at birth, comes last.
It is not all fun being a quin No one spanks them if they are naughty but the offender is sent.
off to play alone. Refusal to eat
at mealtime means being sent away from the table.
They have hundreds of toys. But each must be put away be fore another is taken out.
Columbia vocal gem comp..
Debroy Somers band.
Stanley Holloway. "The vote may have been given The Western Brothers.to women by Miss Pankhurst, but Vocal Gem comp. Isaac Pitman gave a weekly pay
The Hill Billies. envelope to many of them," said hand than was already in use, The Hill Billies. Mr. L. J. Pitman, grandson of Sir primarily for the school of which Isaac, the founder of the short he was headmaster. He believed hand system.
that shorthand was an educational
Grenadier Guards band. Debroy Somers band. Debroy Somers band
THE ANDERSON MUSIC
CO., LTD.
Phone 2132
Ice House St.
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Mr. Pitman was broadcasting asset. Publishers refused his first from Wotton-under-Edge, Glouces system as it was based on one tershire, to gatherings held at already existing, and advised him Wotton, London, Bath, Trowbridge to produce his own. and Edinburgh to celebrate the Mr. J. D. Cassels, K. C., who was centenary of the system. More than elected president of Pitman's Fel- 600 guests at Grosvenor House, lowship, recalled that he took a London, heard the speech.
shorthand note of Marcom describ- His grandfather's idea, he said, ing for the first time in London his was to provide a cheaper short, system of wireless transmission.
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for your money in clothing for everyone!
FOR GENTLEMEN:
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ailored by experts. Latest European
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HUBERTUS OVERCOATS,
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OVERCOATS
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$24.50
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SMOKING SUITS.
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FOR LADIES:
COATS
From
$64.00
in the most up-to-date style and best materials available
COSTUMES
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$16.00
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RAINCOATS OF BALON SILK
From
waterproof in drap or sand colour. Light weight and also ideal for motoring
From $22.00
OUR STOCK FOR LADIES IS VERY LIMITED, EXCLUSIVE FABRICS AND STYLES MAKE EACH DRESS COSTUME OR OVERCOAT DISTINCTIVE IN ITS
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FOR BOYS:
TROUSERS
SUITS
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Well made from the best Cheviot fabrics in
$0.80
navy blue. Also in other materials.. From $5.50
HUBERTUS OVERCOATS
These overcoats are well-known in all schools in Europe. Parents know that in these over- coats their children will be amply protected from rain or cold
FOR YOUTHS:
SUITS
From
$9.90
for young men or grown up boys in up-to-date styles, shades and fabrics. Long or short trousers
Price for suit with
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HUBERTUS OVERCOATS
From $17.00
From $17.50
From $29.50
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